Brussels Sprouts Hash With Pancetta

Brussels sprouts hash with pancetta and shallots is an amazing and surprisingly quick dish to prepare. It is a dish that can be eaten as its own meal or as a side dish. The ingredients are simple and include Brussels sprouts, red potatoes, pancetta and shallots.

If you have been following me for a while then you know I have quite the obsession for Brussels sprouts. I created this recipe to try to make a more robust Brussels sprouts dish that can be eaten on it's own and I am glad I did!

For this recipe the ingredients are very simple.

To Make This Delcious Hash You Will Need:

• Brussels sprouts
• pancetta
• a shallot
• baby potatoes (red potatoes work great)
• olive oil
• salt and pepper

Nothing too complicated and this entire meal including preparation time can be done in under 30 minutes!

The key to a quick cooking time is to cut your red potatoes small so they cook in the same amount of time as the Brussels sprouts. You will also be cooking the potatoes with the pancetta and olive giving them a little head start on the Brussels.

Needless to say, the pancetta is the ingredients that pulls all of this together. Pancetta is not only a umami note but it lends its spices and salt to the dish as well. The only seasoning you will need to add is a little salt and pepper at the end of cooking.

The steps to making this dish a very simple, much like the ingredients.

Here are the simple steps to making this hash:

• You prep all your ingredients. Clean your Brussels and red potatoes and cut them up along with your shallot.
• Heat a large heavy bottom pan over medium heat with olive oil.
• Add your pancetta and shallot cook down.
• Then you add your potatoes and cook for a few minutes.
• Last you add your Brussels sprouts and cook for a few minutes.
• Add salt and pepper.
• Cover with lid for 3 minutes.
• Enjoy!

All really easy and no special skills needed.

If you are not familiar with buying pancetta, you can usually find cubed pancetta in the specialty cheese and meat section of your grocery store. I live in a rural area and I can easily find it here so I think it is widely available now.

If you cannot find it there, you can always go to your grocery store's deli area and ask them to slice ½ inch thick slices for you there. When you get home you will just need to cube it up yourself with a sharp knife.

As I mentioned earlier, this dish can be eaten completely on it's own as a light lunch or dinner. I like to serve it as a healthier breakfast.

This dish makes a wonderful Christmas breakfast because of its red and green colors and it will keep those energy levels up on your special day! It is also a nice welcome from the normal sweet indulgences we are constantly bombarded with at the holidays.

No matter when you decide to make this recipe, one thing I know is you will love it!

Since I am obsessed with Brussels sprouts, I have a few more of these recipes that you can check out:

Italian Brussels Sprouts

Brussels Sprouts with Olive Oil and Lemon

Asian Brussels Sprouts Served over Hot Dogs (It may sound unusual but it is good!)

Brussels Sprouts and Potato Gratin

Tips for Cleaning and Trimming Your Brussels Sprouts:

When buying Brussels sprouts for this recipe, I also recommend buying the whole Brussels sprouts versus the partially prepped ones (where the store cuts the spouts for you).

The reason for this is the stems are always left on when the store does it. No one wants to eat the stems. Never ever!

Here are my steps for Cleaning and Prepping Brussels Sprouts:

First I clean them by washing and drying them off.

The next thing I do and as mentioned above is I cut all the stems off of the Brussels sprouts. They are rough and will ruin your experience eating this delicious vegetable.

The next thing I do is take one single layer of the Brussels sprout's leaves off of the outside. If you have worked with this vegetable before then you know that the outside layer can be pretty ugly and not something you want to serve to others.

That is it. This is what I have found to be the best way to clean and trim Brussels sprouts. If you find this too labor intensive, it makes a great project to enlist some help from another person in your home.