Chicken Hash on the Beach

Tena and I love to sea kayak. We do our best to head out for 4-5 days at a time into the wilderness and our friend Karen Martin joined us. Northern Maine is a perfect spot to do it. This year we started in the South Arm of Lower Richardson Lake, through the Narrows to Upper Richardson. Then a little trespassing to portage to Mooselookmeguntic Lake. The last night we spent on Student Island and we had planned on awaking to the best day of the trip. Two AM awoke us to a driving rainstorm that did not let up until we finally got the courage to crawl out of the tents at 8:30. Then it was just windy and dreary. I prepared breakfast watching the wind blow through the narrow channel between the island and the mainland. But at least we would have a good breakfast!

The recipe was supposed to be Chicken Hash I found in a cookbook written for sea kayaking. The last day of a trip is the day all the leftovers get used up so the recipe changed rather significantly. It didn’t look like much but man was it good!!!

1-2 T butter or in our case reserved Bacon grease from day one (we forgot butter)
2 small baked potatoes (we bake them slathered in butter wrapped in foil then they are ready to fry)
1 small onion
1 Chicken breast (we had grilled on extra on the first day of the trip)
3 Slices of pre cooked bacon (from breakfast on day two)
1/3 Green Pepper
3 T Pesto from the Jar (left over from the previous night)
3 Eggs
Sliced Habanaro Jack cheese
Sliced Cheddar Cheese
Shaved Parmesan Cheese

Start by frying potatoes in bacon grease and once they are beginning to brown, add onion, chicken, bacon and green pepper. Fry those until just cooked. Then add pesto. Mix well. Scramble the eggs and add those. Cook well. Lay all the cheese on top and just let melt and serve.

We were bad, Karen has done awesome on her diet and lost over 50 lbs. Nothing in this dish was on her approved diet list. We still paddled 5 or 6 miles that day so she worked it off!