Colcannon is a very tasty, traditional Irish dish made of potatoes, cabbage, and kale that’s usually associated with St. Patrick’s Day. However, you might be surprised to know that it’s mostly seen on Irish tables at Halloween when the cook would hide trinkets in the potatoes.
Ingredients:
2 lbs. of red potatoes peeled and quartered
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder or 3 cloves
Pinch of salt
8 slices of bacon
1/4 medium green cabbage sliced thin
1 cup kale chopped
1 tablespoon cracked pepper
1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter
1/4 cup melted salted butter for topping
2 Tablespoons chives cut fine
Directions:
Put the potatoes on to boil with a pinch of salt and the garlic until fork tender. Fry eight pieces of bacon in a large skillet until nice and crispy. Cut into one inch pieces and set aside saving the bacon grease.
Using the saved bacon grease fry the chopped kale and thinly sliced cabbage until its just soft. This took me about five minutes. Turn off the burner and set aside. When your potatoes are done, drain and add them to your large skillet with the softened kale and cabbage adding the pepper, stick of butter, and bacon heating the entire mixture thoroughly.
Spoon potatoes into a serving dish making a depression in the top of the mashed potatoes, add the melted 1/4 cup of the butter. Sprinkle on the chives. Tradition is to take a fork full of potatoes and dip them in the melted butter. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Enjoy!
