The Garbage Plate Recipe

Step 1

For the mysterious meat sauce:

Step 2

Sauté diced onions until soft. Set aside.

Step 3

Take ground beef and place it in a hot pan and distribute meat evenly. Let sit for 5 minutes or until all meat is nice and brown.

Step 4

Constantly stir to make sure the meat is fully cooked. Scrape the bottom to make sure none gets stuck. Continue to do this until you get crispy brown bits.

Step 5

Add your tomato paste and stir around to combine.

Step 6

Add your ground cloves, cinnamon, allspice, cayenne pepper, ground cumin, paprika and garlic powder, and stir over medium heat.

Step 7

Add sautéed onions back to pan.

Step 8

Deglaze with 1/2 to 1 cup of water. Scrape bottom after adding.

Step 9

Add pinches of salt and pepper to mix in then set aside.

Step 10

For the home fries:

Step 11

First, dice 3 peeled potatoes. Set in pot and cover with cold water and add white vinegar and 3 pinches of salt.

Step 12

Bring potatoes to a boil and cook for 5 minutes.

Step 13

Spread on a paper towel-lined baking sheet to let cool.

Step 14

Place the butter and vegetable oil into a cast-iron skillet. Add potatoes and let sit for 4 minutes or until potatoes have a golden crust on one side. Repeat until potatoes are a golden crispy brown all over.

Step 15

While warm, season potatoes with 2 pinches of kosher salt, paprika (if desired) and 2 pinches of freshly ground pepper. Toss potatoes to evenly season throughout.

Step 16

For the macaroni salad:

Step 17

In a mixing bowl, add the pasta, carrots, celery, green onion, parsley, peppadew peppers, garlic powder, salt and ground pepper, and toss together. Add the mayonnaise, sour cream and Dijon mustard to pasta and stir to coat evenly.

Step 18

To assemble:

Step 19

Fill half a plate with your home fries and the other half with your fresh pasta salad.

Step 20

Cut two hot dogs in half. Place them in a pan and place another pan on top. Cook thoroughly.

Step 21

Place hot dogs on top of the plate of home fries and macaroni salad.

Step 22

Cover everything in the meat sauce you set aside earlier. Slather with ketchup and yellow mustard.