Started at Nick Tahou Hot's restaurant in Rochester, New York as a staple for drunk and hungover college kids. The garbage plate has exploded in popularity all over the world. Everyone wants to give it a shot even if you're not much into drinking, but not many want to make the drive for one dish. Start at step one to learn how to make this iconic dish from the comfort of home.
Ingredients
The Plate
- 1 1/2 cups cooked macaroni
- 1/4 cups mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons carrots chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 large chopped baked potato (or frozen home fries)
- 2 hamburger patties
- 2 slices of cheese
- Mustard
- Ketchup
- Horseradish
- Hot chili sauce (Special sauce is optional)
- Bread
- Chopped onion
- Refried beans
- One chopped onion
- One minced garlic clove
- One tablespoon oil
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 cup water
- 12 ounces tomato paste
- 1/2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Steps
Method 1
Method 1 of 2:
Assembling the Garbage Plate
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Place the cooked macaroni noodles on a plate. Plain noodles are fine. -
Mix the mayonnaise, seasoning, and carrots into the noodles.Advertisement
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Fry chopped potatoes until crispy. Or cook frozen home fries until crispy. Place these next to the macaroni.
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Dump the refried beans on the plate. Anywhere you would like to them go is fine.
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Cook the burgers. You can cook the burgers however you'd like as long as they're not raw. Place a single slice of cheese on each burger. Place these burgers on the plate, on top of the macaroni and fries.
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Pour a mixture of mustard and horseradish over the burgers.
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Top with minced onions.
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Dump a lot of the chili hot sauce or the special sauce over the burgers. This is up to your preference. However much you would like can be used.
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Pour a large amount of ketchup over everything. Again, this is up to your preference. Use as much as you are comfortable with.
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(Optional) Mix well. You can eat it as is or mix into one giant messy situation.
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Enjoy. Use buttered bread as a spoon. A very large metal one works just as well.Advertisement
Method 2
Method 2 of 2:
Making the Special Sauce (Optional)
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Fry the meat, onion, and garlic in a pan. Ensure to stir every so often.
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Add water and the tomato paste. Fry for a total of 10 minutes.
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Add all of the other spices.
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Fry for 30 minutes. Add water if it starts to get too dry. You can use this instead of the chili hot sauce mentioned above.Advertisement
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Tips
- You can substitute the cheeseburger for hamburger, red hots, white hots, hotdogs, chicken tenders, haddock, fried ham, grilled cheese, or eggs.Thanks
- As you might be able to tell there is a lot of room for interpretation. While this is generally accepted as the best practice you can tweak pretty much anything you'd like. Get creative with it. Use tater tots instead of home fries.Thanks
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