Bills game day food; Sweet potato hasherole to face Panthers

Whether it’s tailgating or homegating, fans of the Buffalo Bills are known to be elite tier when it comes to food. Wingin’ It returns for it’s eighth season of Mad Hatter-esque recipes taking inspiration from the Buffalo Bills and their opponents.

Sweet potato hasherole

I was looking through North Carolina culinary culture and was reminded that they produce the most sweet potatoes of any state. So that led to me brainstorming sweet potato ideas. I’ve done a baked version back when the sweet potato joke for the playoffs was a big thing. I was torn between hash browns and sweet potato casserole. So I combined them and their component words to make “hasherole.”

Sweet potato hasherole

Serves: 4-6
Active Time: 20 min
Total Time: 40 min

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds of sweet potato
1 medium sized Spanish onion
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup brown sugar
Miniature marshmallows
Hot sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
Olive oil for cooking

You will need: Large mixing bowl, food processor (recommended), sauté pan, thin and flexible spatula, steel cookie cutter (optional)

1. Clean and peel sweet potatoes; shred into mixing bowl.
2. Shred or finely chop onion; add to mixing bowl.
3. Add cinnamon and brown sugar to mixing bowl and toss ingredients together.
4. Preheat sauté pan on MED/HIGH (about 6.5 or 7 out of 10 on my stove) and add about a tablespoon of olive oil.
5. Place small mounds (about a palmful) of shredded potato mixture into the pan and immediately press flat using the spatula.
6. Add about 5 or 6 mini marshmallows on top of each flattened potato mound then drizzle with hot sauce.
7. Place a small amount of potato on top of each (about half what you used before) and press flat.
8. Add salt and pepper to taste.
9. Allow to cook for about 5- 6 min.
10. Flip carefully and cook the other side for another 5-6 min.
11. Remove from pan and serve.

Wingin’ It Tips and Prep Gallery

As opposed to my last incredibly complicated recipe, this one is very easy. There’s only one question you might want an answer to if you’re paying attention to the carefully curated photographs. How did I get my hash browns to be such A Perfect Circle? You just need the right Tool.

The one picture this week shows the cookie cutter technique. Place a small amount potato in a steel cookie cutter already placed in the pan. Using a spoon, flatten the potato inside the cookie cutter. Add marshmallows and hot sauce (the step just completed in my picture). then add another thin layer of sweet potato and flatten. Finally, carefully remove the cookie cutter using tongs.