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Baked Corned Beef Hash

A baked hash of potatoes, corned beef, onion, and eggs, seasoned with salt, pepper, and paprika.

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Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Baked Corned Beef Hash

Oven450°F, then 350°F

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the hash

  1. Combine potatoes, corned beef, and onion.

  2. Add 1/2 cup cream and 1 tablespoon melted butter.

  3. Season and mix well.

  4. Place mixture in a buttered oblong baking dish.

  5. Using the bottom of a custard cup, make six indentations in the hash, dot each with butter, using 1 tablespoon in all.

Bake with the eggs

  1. Bake at 450 for 15 minutes.

  2. Remove from oven and break one egg into each indentation.

  3. Season and cover each egg with 1 teaspoon of cream and dot with remaining butter.

  4. Bake at 350 until the eggs are set, 15–20 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

692Calories
38 gProtein
38 gFat
50 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Potato + beeftop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,052 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Form the bulk of the hash and give it a soft, starchy body.
Corned beef
Provides the savory, salty meat flavor that defines the hash.
Eggs
Set during baking to form soft cooked pools that hold the hash together.
Cream
Adds moisture and richness, keeping the hash and eggs tender as they bake.
Butter
Adds fat and richness and helps the top brown in the oven.

The step that matters

Baking the eggs at the second temperature. Eggs continue to cook from residual heat, so pulling them when the whites are just set and yolks still soft keeps them tender. Overbaking turns the yolks chalky and dry.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, beef, egg, cream, butter, pepper):

  1. Chivefits about as well
  2. Onionthe original
  3. Asparagusfits about as well
  4. Spinachfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, beef, egg, cream, butter, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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