Now this is the PROPER way to fry an egg! None of this clean frying pan and fresh oil business. I do my eggs after i have fried the black pudding and sausage and bacon. All the rich juicy bits of the previous frying will stick to the eggs and give it so much extra taste. This looks a real delicious brekky that I would eat any day of the week. Thanks Tony. This is a neat little vid.
I'd love some of Tony's "speckled eggs". Those speckles are little bits of bacon flavor! Love your videos. Have spent the evening enjoying them. Also love it that you tell us how your family traditionally cooked these recipes. Authentic is very cool! I can figure out how to add expensive ingredients if I choose to, but love to hear what your mother did. Lorcan takes lovely pictures but Tony is the one who knows how to make the food taste great. Thank You!
In America this is just called a potato pancake or lattke, from the Yiddish. Ours tend to be more German or Eastern European. This type can be served with apple sauce and/or pickled beets, even sour cream. I always understood boxty to be mashed potatoes (properly champ or colcannon) with some flour, more than you use, that was baked or fried to make it more breadlike. The butter in the mash helped make it more like a dough. It could be used as a foundation for eggs or hash, or for a meat or vegetable sauce.
Put the washed potato in the middle of a clean tea towel or cloth bring all the corners together twist it like a sweet wrapper and squezze the hell out of it , thats the best way
I’ve had hash browns but not Boxty! It looks delicious and I love the speckled eggs. Putting the bacon on the Boxty makes perfect sense. Thank you so much! I have potatoes in the fridge!
looks awesome. grab that tablespoon and tip the pan to spoon baste the bacon grease over the eggs and yolks. it helps them set and speckles will join. dad taught me that when was 11. did it over a campfire in Texas. love this video.
Actually, it pre-dates the Irish migration, as "hashed brown potatoes," hashing being a term for shredding food. Also, other countries and cultures have similar dishes, a most notable example being the Jewish latke. But since American hash browns are so identified with the South, it is probable that the Irish had some influence on the dish.
I agree... but I reckon it's missing some soda bread, and good Danish feta. Maybe a sprinkle of some dried herb on top. And my mouths watering at the thought of some mushies🤩
I grew up eating something similar. My mother is from Kentucky and hers was the same thing. Irish and Welsh influences the Appalachians in more than their music.
Reminds me of the women here in WV. Ask for a potato salad recipe from 6 women and you’ll get 7 recipes! We make our potato pancakes the same way you make boxy. And fry everything...and I mean everything.. in bacon grease. Have all my life. That’s why it tastes sooooooo good.
Boxty originates from an area in north west Ireland centered around Co. Leitrim. As I'm from Leitrim I grew up on it (boiled, baked or fried - there are three types). The fried boxty my mam and gran would have made was different to this, possibly because of Tony's Mother's origins. Anyone know where Tony's Mother is from? Possibly Cavan??
Thank you for your kind words, I am not sure if u can buy Irish bacon in CA, but if you want I will bring some over next time in am in your area? Or if you can't wait, ask your butcher for a chuck of good American back bacon (cured pork). Tony O
Thanks for making a delicious meal. I like a little crispy on the fried eggs. As an American, it's so difficult to get blood puds white or black in the US. Would you share a recipe for those?
You made hash browns as we call them across the pond! To further dry out the shredded potatoes use a kitchen towel to squeeze out all the liquid. Lastly, those eggs you made were perfect, for me that is HAHAHAHA! Cheers
1st time seeing your channel. So, Irish 'Boxty" is a potato croquette? Looks a lot more pleasing to foreigner's than the breakfast of your southern neighbor. Never could get past the look of blood pudding sitting up on a plate for breakfast!!. Thank you for sharing your recipe with us.
I don’t mind speckles in my eggs! So long as it’s from food that I’ve just cooked and not dirt. I am definitely going to try this recipe, only I’ll use gluten free flour.
My grandma used to make boiled dinner with beef roast and cabbage carrots and potatoes and onions it wasn’t always top of the line beef it was cooked slow
Speckled eggs. You should see the state of mine after I've cooked the bacon sausage tomato black pudding mushrooms and fried bread in the same pan. But it's fantastic You won't get a better fried egg.
That egg is raw as hell.... whites should never still be partly clear like that. It's definitely true though that so much irish food looks like heart attacks....
First, those whites were cooked clear through, no clear matter. You might want to get your eyesight checked. Second, if you don't like it, why the hell are you viewing it? And it's not the food that causes the heart attack, it's the lack of hard work and exercise.
@annagilda1 Tha'ts a good idea, my recipes are all my interpretations, cheese would be lovely, melted on top, yum. I'll use that next time, take care, Tony O
I have had boxty a few times, it's nice but doesn't come close to potato farls, In Belfast we have bacon, sausage, black pudding potato Farley, soda Farley tomato and fried eggs. Breakfast of Champions 😋
The potato farl, while a simple delight, can be nice - but to place it in the same company as Boxty - Sure, you'll be preferring the Lambeg over the Bodhran next. Shush now.
Me and Irish Recipes are like: OHHHH I've never heard of THAT ONE. 5 mins later: it's hash browns. Just like "chappy". Mashed potatoes with chopped spring onions. But Irish potato bread which is mashed potatoes with flour then cooked dry in a frying pan like a pancake with no oil.... well that was one I never saw before.
Actually, there is no traditional way. Boxty was a dish born of poverty. It was maybe 70-80% potato, and the rest of whatever you could add for flavor. In the spring and early summer, wild onions were harvested, so that would go into it. Rendered fat from whatever meat they laid hands on was used to fry it.
The boxty is the potatoes. If you go back and listen, he says he will serve it with bacon and eggs. As to presentation and the name, remember this is Irish cooking. Nothing extravagant because the Irish were forced to live in poverty by their English landlords. Boxty was made with the biggest crop grown in Ireland (and the mainstay of their diet), the potato. The name boxty is a crude Anglicization of the Gaelic, aran bocht ti, meaning poor house bread. In other words, a family too poor to even have flour for bread could make pancakes from potatoes and possibly some other ingredients.
Now this is the PROPER way to fry an egg! None of this clean frying pan and fresh oil business. I do my eggs after i have fried the black pudding and sausage and bacon. All the rich juicy bits of the previous frying will stick to the eggs and give it so much extra taste. This looks a real delicious brekky that I would eat any day of the week. Thanks Tony. This is a neat little vid.
@ Absolutely Jon!
@ Absolutely Jon. Stick to the old ways and you won't go wrong mate.
Fuck yeah way to go butter and bacon plus beef dripping can't go wrong. Cheers from Tasmania
@@robinalexander5772 Many thanks from England Rob!
You sir are a wise man
Boxty in the oven boxty in the pan if you can't make boxty you won't get a man. ........old Irish saying.
Love that old Irish saying. But what is Boxty? I could look it up on google but I'd rather you told me Eunice!
@Chief Big BobYEAH, AND IT'S REALLY GIVEN ME AN APPETITE TO MAKE MY OWN MATE!
That's real food with real fried eggs. Simply great to see real cooking!
Thanks for the great breakfast idea, can't wait to try it.
Looks wonderful speckled eggs equals tasty egg .. hello from America love your channel
I'd love some of Tony's "speckled eggs". Those speckles are little bits of bacon flavor! Love your videos. Have spent the evening enjoying them. Also love it that you tell us how your family traditionally cooked these recipes. Authentic is very cool! I can figure out how to add expensive ingredients if I choose to, but love to hear what your mother did. Lorcan takes lovely pictures but Tony is the one who knows how to make the food taste great. Thank You!
In America this is just called a potato pancake or lattke, from the Yiddish. Ours tend to be more German or Eastern European. This type can be served with apple sauce and/or pickled beets, even sour cream.
I always understood boxty to be mashed potatoes (properly champ or colcannon) with some flour, more than you use, that was baked or fried to make it more breadlike. The butter in the mash helped make it more like a dough. It could be used as a foundation for eggs or hash, or for a meat or vegetable sauce.
I died laughing at 4:07, 4:20, & 4:30. Irish and sarcasm are so delightfully interwoven.
I’m so glad I found your channel! In south...we cook our eggs in same pan with drippings.
Put the washed potato in the middle of a clean tea towel or cloth bring all the corners together twist it like a sweet wrapper and squezze the hell out of it , thats the best way
I’ve had hash browns but not Boxty! It looks delicious and I love the speckled eggs. Putting the bacon on the Boxty makes perfect sense. Thank you so much! I have potatoes in the fridge!
That looks delicious. I'm going to try this for breakfast
The best way to fry eggs! My daughter and I love it❤️
looks awesome. grab that tablespoon and tip the pan to spoon baste the bacon grease over the eggs and yolks. it helps them set and speckles will join. dad taught me that when was 11. did it over a campfire in Texas. love this video.
Todd Tomaszewski Ooh!! Listen up...Texans always know everything. Do go on...
Great video love 💖 your meals. I reckon the Irish ☘️ went to the USA with this recipe and someone called it hash browns.
I think so! Thank goodness ☺
Actually, it pre-dates the Irish migration, as "hashed brown potatoes," hashing being a term for shredding food. Also, other countries and cultures have similar dishes, a most notable example being the Jewish latke. But since American hash browns are so identified with the South, it is probable that the Irish had some influence on the dish.
Love the plates the food looks great too.
Such flavour in those 'speckles'. Yhe best eggs by far (imo of course) are those fried in bacon fat.
This looks heavenly
Speckled eggs...my favorite!
Simple - and delicious - thanks for sharing.
my father's family is McCauley from sligo :) You always make me smile and hungry when I see your videos!! :)
Oh my goodness! This looks fantastic!
So sorry to hear about your Wife Tony. God bless Mate.
Only thing missing is Irish soda bread toast and strong cup of coffee
Yessss
Love this!! my mouth is watering.
That looks like the best breakfast ever！😍
I agree... but I reckon it's missing some soda bread, and good Danish feta. Maybe a sprinkle of some dried herb on top. And my mouths watering at the thought of some mushies🤩
This dish looks amazing. Even the eggs!
What the.... Irish men cooking... sign me up✔️ I am quite impressed. I want to be invited to this breakfast‼️
just ate dinner, now I'm hungry for breakfast again!!! cheers, mate.
Delicious 😋 thank you 💞
Looks fantastic, Can't wait to make and taste some, MMMMmmmmm WOW lovely, :}
Can I come over for breakfast,lunch and supper? Lol :) this looks so delicious!
😳...Wow! 😋😋 3 likes from Italy!
Great breakfast. Great flavor.
I grew up eating something similar. My mother is from Kentucky and hers was the same thing. Irish and Welsh influences the Appalachians in more than their music.
You have made an American viewer very hungry indeed! Everything looks so good, including those eggs!🍳
Perfection!
Looks delicious
Reminds me of the women here in WV. Ask for a potato salad recipe from 6 women and you’ll get 7 recipes! We make our potato pancakes the same way you make boxy. And fry everything...and I mean everything.. in bacon grease. Have all my life. That’s why it tastes sooooooo good.
I watch now all your vedios. A Catholic priest from india.
I like the idea of adding mash to the raw, going to try it, thank you!
Bless you both
Thank you for your kind wishes
Boxty originates from an area in north west Ireland centered around Co. Leitrim. As I'm from Leitrim I grew up on it (boiled, baked or fried - there are three types). The fried boxty my mam and gran would have made was different to this, possibly because of Tony's Mother's origins. Anyone know where Tony's Mother is from? Possibly Cavan??
Damn, I've been calling them hashbrowns for 63yrs...damned UA-cam!
Nothing wrong with that, that's what they're called in America. We don't call mashed potatoes with spring onion champ either...
Thank you for your kind words, I am not sure if u can buy Irish bacon in CA, but if you want I will bring some over next time in am in your area? Or if you can't wait, ask your butcher for a chuck of good American back bacon (cured pork). Tony O
Similar to American hash browns. Looks great. I will endeavor to try this soon. 😃
Lorcan & Tony - the two of them in the nip 'n mad for it.
Watching this makes me hungry. In America call Boxty, hash browns. Non the less I'd definitely eat it.
Now that was an awesome breakfast
I cook speckle eggs too. Delicious 😋
Looks great...I'll take the speckled eggs any day.
Good eggs! I'll try this!
Thanks for making a delicious meal. I like a little crispy on the fried eggs. As an American, it's so difficult to get blood puds white or black in the US. Would you share a recipe for those?
Great recipe.
What's all that wining in the background?
Awesome
So hash browns. Looks delicious.
Love speckled eggs
Excellent....love them...but, learn cast iron,my friend,once learned they are incredible.
You made hash browns as we call them across the pond!
To further dry out the shredded potatoes use a kitchen towel to squeeze out all the liquid.
Lastly, those eggs you made were perfect, for me that is HAHAHAHA!
Cheers
1st time seeing your channel.
So, Irish 'Boxty" is a potato croquette? Looks a lot more pleasing to foreigner's than the breakfast of your southern neighbor.
Never could get past the look of blood pudding sitting up on a plate for breakfast!!. Thank you for sharing your recipe with us.
I don’t mind speckles in my eggs! So long as it’s from food that I’ve just cooked and not dirt. I am definitely going to try this recipe, only I’ll use gluten free flour.
I could smell that cooking while I watched this.
My grandma used to make boiled dinner with beef roast and cabbage carrots and potatoes and onions it wasn’t always top of the line beef it was cooked slow
Speckled eggs. You should see the state of mine after I've cooked the bacon sausage tomato black pudding mushrooms and fried bread in the same pan. But it's fantastic You won't get a better fried egg.
Old school eternal bow plates hahaha my mom had the same ones
That egg is perfect.
That egg is raw as hell.... whites should never still be partly clear like that. It's definitely true though that so much irish food looks like heart attacks....
First, those whites were cooked clear through, no clear matter. You might want to get your eyesight checked. Second, if you don't like it, why the hell are you viewing it? And it's not the food that causes the heart attack, it's the lack of hard work and exercise.
@annagilda1 Tha'ts a good idea, my recipes are all my interpretations, cheese would be lovely, melted on top, yum. I'll use that next time, take care, Tony O
Thank you for your comments, Tony O
Deliciosa receta. Yo les envío saludos desde México 👌👌👌🇲🇽
I love my eggs like that.
You can't beat the spuds
Making boxty in the morning 😁
The speckle is where the flavor is!
I have had boxty a few times, it's nice but doesn't come close to potato farls, In Belfast we have bacon, sausage, black pudding potato Farley, soda Farley tomato and fried eggs. Breakfast of Champions 😋
The potato farl, while a simple delight, can be nice - but to place it in the same company as Boxty - Sure, you'll be preferring the Lambeg over the Bodhran next. Shush now.
Me and Irish Recipes are like: OHHHH I've never heard of THAT ONE.
5 mins later: it's hash browns.
Just like "chappy". Mashed potatoes with chopped spring onions. But Irish potato bread which is mashed potatoes with flour then cooked dry in a frying pan like a pancake with no oil.... well that was one I never saw before.
That just made me feel very hungry for bacon
Great stuff. Would you do one of old school BBC? Boiled bacon and cabbage.
That looks like a potato pancake to me. And it looks delicious 😋
Roesti! The 'cheat' with the cooked spud is a grandma's secret... 🤘
my mum Dublin women .It had to be thin like a plate that you folded in half with mushrooms and left over Ham all fry in butter in side it.
Speckled is flavor!
Looks good 💕
As much as I love boxty, I can't imagine them without adding some onion and garlic to the mixture.
Joshua Brande Oooh! I like it your way!
Hello there, is it traditional to add spring onions/scallions to Boxty ?
No, nor is it traditional to add flour. But you can if you like, and grated carrot would be nice too, scallions are lovely with spuds, so go for it.
Actually, there is no traditional way. Boxty was a dish born of poverty. It was maybe 70-80% potato, and the rest of whatever you could add for flavor. In the spring and early summer, wild onions were harvested, so that would go into it. Rendered fat from whatever meat they laid hands on was used to fry it.
I was expecting a more extravagant presentation with that name. Why is it called "Boxty" That's bacon and eggs with hash browns.
The boxty is the potatoes. If you go back and listen, he says he will serve it with bacon and eggs. As to presentation and the name, remember this is Irish cooking. Nothing extravagant because the Irish were forced to live in poverty by their English landlords. Boxty was made with the biggest crop grown in Ireland (and the mainstay of their diet), the potato. The name boxty is a crude Anglicization of the Gaelic, aran bocht ti, meaning poor house bread. In other words, a family too poor to even have flour for bread could make pancakes from potatoes and possibly some other ingredients.
Boxty is like our potato pancakes without the egg and onion.
The egg is not part of the boxty.
@@larrysmith2638 exactly, it's similar to a potato pancake recipe WITHOUT eggs and onions.
To dry grated potatoes, place them in a clean t towel and squeeze, much hardier.
Lol, just hashbrowns. Boxty is hashbrowns. Looks great. Thanks
Was that terry wogan behind the camera ?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no written recipe? :-( Web link www.oreillysrecipes.com doesn't work.
I want to make this and when I do I will fry it lard, the traditional way.
Sean Furlong just use the bacon grease. Fry the potatoes and the eggs in it. Very good!
It's a potato pancake with a good Irish name.
You made Boxty of the boxty.
"Sure if your mother told ya, it must be true."
AHH so the Irish fry their bacon like the English. Scots grill ours 💙
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Ps she was from county kerry
The fried eggs look no worse than mine, but really are tasty.
Whelp guess I’m having boxty for breakfast
The mashed potato is your binder, no need for flour, if anything 1 egg. I like your cook, it is very good. Stay safe. enjoy your work.
robin alexander Do it your way, sure. The man uses flour. I want to eat it his way.