Chickpea Hash Browns

It was late at night, Lilly had gone back home so I had the apartment to myself, and having eaten dinner hours ago, I was hungry and wanted something fried. Now being the sensible person I am, I figured it wasn't a smart decision to pull out some of the fries from our freezer and cook them up (they were on sale at Target, that's why we have them I swear!) I knew I should have something a little more nutritious than that. But damn, I just wanted some good ole fried ...something. That's when an idea struck me. I got out a few ingredients and made what I think is one of my more brilliant concoctions (it's also vegan and gluten free to the best of my knowledge, so this recipe is pretty baller if you ask me). 

I drained and rinsed a can of chickpeas and mashed them up to a nice pulp. Then I shredded one potato into the bowl and mixed it up. 

I chopped up half and onion and mixed that in too. Then I seasoned it with garlic powder, season salt, and curry. I added more of each after tasting the first one I cooked up, and I also dusted just a little cayenne pepper into the mix too. 

I had a pan of olive oil ready to go, so I took a handful of my mixture, balled it up and flattened it a bit, just like a mini hamburger, and fried it. I turned it over when the side facing down was a nice golden brown and let the other side reach the same point. 

After letting them blot a little on a paper towel and cool down so that I didn't scald my mouth off with them, I had the best late night snack ever. It was everything I wanted, which it's rare that I can successfully pull that feat off, since I almost never know what I want to eat when I get the late night munchies, and more importantly, if I do know what I want it's usually not easily available to me when I want it. This however, was a total and udder late night snacking success. Somewhere between a falafel  a hash brown, and a crispy fried taste of heaven. Okay, that last part was a bit of an exaggeration, but you know what I mean. I high suggest you try this, and I'll see you next Tuesday!