Leftover potatoes and carrots,an idea I think I’ll try: will it work?

[Mosca]

I made a pot roast the other day. It was AWESOME. Porter Road dry aged chuck roast. Incredible, and also proof that I don’t take pictures of every meal I make.

We are done with the meat part, and I still have this:




Obviously, this can be reheated and eaten just as it looks.

But don’t you think that it could be mashed, then mixed with SPG, dusted with corn starch, rolled into tots and roasted in the oven to make potato/carrot beefy tasting tots? Crunchy on the outside, savory and soft on the inside? Why not, y’know?

Im thinking of doing this. Because I just have too much time to think about stuff, I dunno.

[Jim White]

I’m in!

[barelfly]

Heck yes! We made cauliflower tots on Sunday night and they are really good! This would be a great tot….or even totchos for the next meal!!!

ha! I love all the different things you come up with!

[Jfrosty27]

Sounds delish. In fact we have leftover pot roast in the fridge with the same veggies. We’ll have it tonight for dinner and I have no doubt we’ll end up with extra veggies. This idea might be the answer!

[Oak Smoke]

We had exactly the same thing the other night. My wife just put them in the air fryer for a few minutes and crisp them up on the outside. They were delicious.

[LA Pork Butt]

When I saw carrots and potatoes I had a flashback to a dish my mother used to make - bacon, carrots, peas, potatoes, garlic, black pepper, salt and pepper som onions. I haven’t had it quite a while. Irene avoids carbs.

[Mosca]

I used to make mashed turnips and carrots, those were great!

[Mosca]

Maybe add cheese and bacon. Idk.

[Alan Brice]

Always add cheese n Bacon! ;-))

[acorgihouse]

For one of your breakfasts, you could also chop finely (or mash), add a little onion, flour and egg, and make potato pancakes/latkes.

[Mosca]

I’m thinking potato starch, aka instant mashed potatoes. I’m still thinking about the egg, there’s all that gravy in there and the egg might make it too loose. Mrs M can’t eat onion (radiation cystitis), gotta leave that out. I’m going to mash them with some salt and garlic powder (just a little garlic), then make tots, toss them in a little oil, dust them with the potato starch, and roast them in the oven. I’d use the air fryer, but it isn’t big enough.

[Spinaker]

I mean, you can add bacon to anything! I would save the cheese. Either way, it looks so good.

This throws back to my childhood. Coming home and smelling that pot roast with potatoes, carrots and onions. On a cold day? Nothing better.

[Mosca]

I did it in the slow cooker, all day from 10AM to 6PM. I was forced to wait!

[Spinaker]

Ugh, I was at school all day, so I did not have to endure that pain!

[Santamarina]

Brilliant idea! I’d also make’em into pancakes and drop a fried egg or three on top!

[STEbbq]

I like the idea of tots. Same concept but perhaps less work could be a egg roll or dumpling using store wraps.

[DaveD]

Trying to see how you could make anything with those that wouldn't be delicious...!

[Skip]

Waiting...........but...getting kinda hungry.

[Carolyn]

Would make a good pie filling too. Pot pie, hand pie, in muffin tins, etc, etc.

[Mosca]

I tried a couple different things.

I mashed these up and mixed in s/p/g. They were pretty loose, so I added about a quarter cup of potato flakes.




First, I figured to try some in the air fryer. This would basically be the same as in the oven.



Eh. They didn’t hold their shape. The flavor was good, but they were dry.


I had some flattened, and ready to go into the oven.




But I figured they’d come out the same as in the air fryer, so I decided to try pan frying them instead:



These didn’t hold their shape at all.




So I listened to acorgihouse and added an egg, and an equal amount of potato starch, and went back to the frying pan:


Much better! These held their shape and browned nicely!


With some Blues Hog Champions Blend sauce:




These were excellent, but would have been better if I’d known what I was doing beforehand. There was a lot of wasted time and energy figuring out the right method. But I was hedging my bet on the egg and starch, because of all the gravy in there. To do it again, I’d mix in the egg and starch and do them in the oven: easy peasy like that!

[barelfly]

Nice work!

[Sweaty Paul]

Looks delicious. Thanks for the great write up!