A Canadian Curry -or- How to Feed 5 Guys for Less Than 10 bucks

With that title, it should come as no suprise that last night was game night. I was joined by Nail and Optimist Prime, along with New Guy 1 and New Guy 2, who are the new hires at work and as yet to receive cool, official blogging nicknames. I know, they're just dying to get them and it will be the completion of their professional and personal existences.

Anyways, I'd been at odds regarding what to make. My main goal was quick, and simple... and cheap too. It wasn't till the end of the day, when I was speaking with RJA that fortune provided me with an idea of what to do. Simply put, he offered me a large quantity of left over ham. Mmm... ham. Quickly recognizing the dinner opportunity, I agreed to take it out of his fridge and give it a good home. I think we both agree, it's win/win.

The dish that I was going to make started out being called the "Dog's Dinner", as named by Serdad. Basically, he'd take left over meat and fry it up with some potatoes, onions and peppers. It would be seasoned with Lee & Perrins (there is no other Worchestershire Sauce), soy sauce, and seasoned salt. It's a great and tasty way to use up leftovers.

You start by nuking a couple potatoes (1 per person) to semi cooked. They'll finish up in the pan. Chop up a couple peppers (1 per two people), and an onion (1 medium per two people) and some meat (1/4 lb a person). Those are the basic ratios I use.

From there, you fry up the potatoes in the main pain in a bit of oil, garlic and seasoned salt (and as I found out, a bit of water). At the same time, start sauteeing up the onions in another pan with some butter. When the onions are turning translucent, add them to the potatoes. Add the Lee and Perrins. After about 5 minutes, add the meat.

Add the peppers to the pan where the onions were, with some butter again and start to fry them up. Be careful not to burn them. When the peppers are getting to the sautee'd point (10 min), add them to the potato mixture and then add the soy sauce.

By this time, your potatoes should be cooked well and soft but not mushy. The onions should be almost carmelized, the meat should be heated through and the peppers should be firm but not crisp. Serve it with some nice fresh bread, and there you go. Dinner for 5, under 10 bucks and no leftovers. =( Still, I know my dad would be proud of creating something economical and tasty!