Chicken & Sweet Potato Hash With a Cranberry Relish

"This is great comfort food, but still nice enough to serve to company. With the apples, cranberries and sweet potatoes it is a true reminder of Fall, but I still don't mind eating this any time of the year. I consider this a hash, but whatever you decide to call it ... it is very very tasty. The cranberry relish is really what makes this dish - but is wonderful served on it's own with ham, chicken or pork - it is the perfect blend of flavors, Sarasota's Sweet and Savory Cranberry Relish. The cranberry relish can be served warm or cold."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
25
Yields:
4-6 Individual servings
Serves:
4-6
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directions

  • Walnuts -- In a small dry saute pan on medium to medium high heat, add the walnuts and toast until golden brown. You will begin to smell them and that is when you know they are done. Stir often and keep an eye on them, they only take a few minutes. Remove, and let cool.
  • Cranberry Relish -- In a medium sauce pan, add the butter and bring to medium heat. Add the onion and simmer 2 minutes until slightly tender. Then stir in the cranberries, cranberry juice, water, pinch of salt, maple syrup and bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat to a simmer (medium low to low) and cook until the cranberries start to pop - it will take 7-10 minutes. Continue to cook as you stir in the walnuts, chives, dijon mustard, pepper and any additional salt to taste. Cook another minute or two and then remove from the heat and cool. It will thicken upon cooling. This can easily be done in advance.
  • Base -- In a large saute pan on medium high heat, add the bacon and saute until golden brown and slightly crisp. Remove to the side on a paper plate lined with a paper towel to drain.
  • Chicken -- In the same pan with the bacon drippings, add the chicken (seasoned well with salt and pepper) and cook until golden brown. Once again, remove the chicken to the same plate with the bacon.
  • Onions, Celery and Potatoes -- To that same pan with the bacon drippings and chicken bits, add the potatoes, onion, celery and garlic. Add additional oil - only if necessary. The potatoes will soak up a lot, but you should have enough from the bacon dripping, but if not - add just a little olive oil, a little at a time if needed. Then add approximately 1/4-1/3 cup chicken broth and cook uncovered on medium heat. The broth will give it a little moisture and help cook the potatoes (don't add too much, this is just to help the cooking process started). Cook about 10-15 minutes until the potatoes begin to get tender. The broth will reduce and the potatoes and onion will start to brown up. Cooking time will depend on how small you diced your potatoes.
  • Finish -- Once the potatoes are tender. You don't want them falling apart, just tender. Add in the apple slices (they don't take long to cook), the chicken and bacon back in along with the sage, thyme and parsley. Check for seasoning, and add salt and pepper if needed. Cook an additional 5 minutes until everything is well combined and heated through. If it looks a bit dry, add a little more broth, that is why you have it. Water will work too if you don't have broth on hand.
  • Serve -- The hash is done! Time to eat. I prefer to warm up the cranberry relish in the microwave, but serving it cold is just fine. I just "nuke" it for 1 minute on medium just to take the chill off and then serve a nice dollop right on top on your hash. It is just the perfect condiment to this savory dish. ENJOY!

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<p>Growing up in Michigan, I spent my summers at my cottage in the Northern part up by Traverscity. On a lake, big garden which had all the vegetables you could imagine. My mom taught school, so summers were our vacation time. Gramps and I fished all the time so fresh fish was always on the menu, perch, blue gill, walleye and small and large mouth bass. At age 5 I learned how to clean my own fish and by 10 I was making dinner, canning vegetables and fruits, making pies and fresh breads. Apples fresh picked every fall, strawberries in June and July, Cherries at the Cherry Festival in Traverscity. So fresh foods always were a big part. Mom worked as a teacher during the year so dinner was more traditional with pot roasts, meatloaf, etc, but it seemed we always had fresh fruits and vegetables as part of the meal. Mom also didn't use as many spices as I do, but times were different back then. <br /> <br />So ... My motto is ... There is NO Right and NO Wrong with cooking. So many people thing they have to follow a recipe. But NO ... a recipe is a method and directions to help and teach someone. Cooking is about personal tastes and flavors. I love garlic ... and another person may not. I like heat ... but you may not. Recipes are building blocks, NOT text ground in stone. Use them to make and build on. Even my recipes I don't follow most times --They are a base. That is what cooking is to me. A base of layer upon layer of flavors. <br /> <br />I still dislike using canned soups or packaged gravies/seasoning ... but I admit, I do use them. I have a few recipes that use them. But I try to strive to teach people to use fresh ingredients, they are first ... so much healthier for you ... and second, in the end less expensive. But we all have our moments including me. <br /> <br />So, lets see ... In the past, I have worked as a hostess, bartender, waitress, then a short order cook, salad girl in the kitchen, sort of assistant chef, head chef, co owner of a restaurant ... now a consultant to a catering company/restaurant, I cater myself and I'm a personal chef for a elderly lady. I work doing data entry during the day, and now and then try to have fun which is not very often due to my job(s). <br /> <br />I have a 21 year old who at times is going on 12, aren't they all. Was married and now single and just trying to enjoy life one day at a time. I'm writing a cookbook ... name is still in the works but it is dedicated to those people who never learned, to cook. Single Moms, Dads, or Just Busy Parents. Those individuals that think you can't make a great dinner for not a lot of money. You can entertain on a budget and I want people to know that gourmet tasting food doesn't have to be from a can of soup or a box, and healthy food doesn't come from a drive through. There are some really good meals that people can make which are healthy and will save money but taste amazing. So I guess that is my current goal. We all take short cuts and I have no problem with that - I do it too. I volunteer and make food for the homeless every couple of months, donating my time and money. I usually make soup for them and many times get donations from a local grocery stores, Sams Club, Walmart etc, with broth, and vegetables. It makes my cost very little and well worth every minute I spend. Like anyone, life is always trying to figure things out and do the best we can and have fun some how along the way.</p>
 
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