How To Make Easy Bubble & Squeak

Bubble & Squeak must be the most obvious leftover meal of all time but it’s worth including simply because it’s delicious, nutritious, and so easy to make it’s a joke. There are no rules really. Traditionally, bubble and squeak was made with leftover potatoes, cabbage and onions, but you can use whichever combination of vegetables you happen to have: broccoli, carrots, peas, swede, sweetcorn; it doesn’t really matter. As long as you’ve got plenty of potatoes in there (and that includes sweet potato and butternut squash) anything goes.

1. Step 1:

   Mash all the leftover vegetables together and mix with the potatoes.

2. Step 2:

   Preheat the oil or lard until it’s practically smoking and fry the bubble and squeak in the biggest pan you’ve got. Alternatively, put it in a greased ovenproof dish, dotting the top all over with butter, and bake in a hot oven, Gas Mark 6–7 (200–220°C) until it’s a deep golden brown all over the top.

3. Step 3:

   If you’re frying the bubble and squeak, keep turning it over in the pan with a vegetable slice or spatula so it browns nicely without sticking and burning.

4. Step 4:

   Serve with sausages or bacon, baked beans and tinned tomatoes, or on its own with brown sauce or tomato ketchup.