I forgot about posting this one for some reason. If anyone ever has the chance to try a Garbage Plate or Hot Plate from Upstate NY it's something to behold. For anyone that doesn't know here is some quick background from Wiki:
A Garbage Plate, according to a 2010 archive of the restaurant's official website, starts "with a base of any combination of home fries, macaroni salad, baked beans, or french fries topped by your choice of meats and dressed to your liking with spicy mustard, chopped onions, and our signature Nick Tahou's hot sauce. Each plate comes with two thick slices of fresh italian bread and butter."[3] Another site wrote that Tahou "concocted his original combo plate with two hamburger patties and a choice of two sides — usually some combination of home fries, macaroni salad, and beans. The contents are often laced heavily with ketchup and hot sauce, and mixed together before eating. Rolls or white bread are served on the side."[2] Health.com named the Garbage Plate the fattiest food in the state of New York.[4]
The real secret is the meat sauce that you spread over everything. Looks like taco sauce. Some family friends sent me a large packet of the dried sauce mixture and I mixed this up with 1 lb of burger. I wouldn't say this would be an authentic recipe since I used a hashbrown patty instead of home fries or french fries but it was good and tasted pretty authentic to me. I topped mine with a hamburger patty but you can also top them with hot dogs. The meat sauce was hot as heck!
The Sauce
A Garbage Plate, according to a 2010 archive of the restaurant's official website, starts "with a base of any combination of home fries, macaroni salad, baked beans, or french fries topped by your choice of meats and dressed to your liking with spicy mustard, chopped onions, and our signature Nick Tahou's hot sauce. Each plate comes with two thick slices of fresh italian bread and butter."[3] Another site wrote that Tahou "concocted his original combo plate with two hamburger patties and a choice of two sides — usually some combination of home fries, macaroni salad, and beans. The contents are often laced heavily with ketchup and hot sauce, and mixed together before eating. Rolls or white bread are served on the side."[2] Health.com named the Garbage Plate the fattiest food in the state of New York.[4]
The real secret is the meat sauce that you spread over everything. Looks like taco sauce. Some family friends sent me a large packet of the dried sauce mixture and I mixed this up with 1 lb of burger. I wouldn't say this would be an authentic recipe since I used a hashbrown patty instead of home fries or french fries but it was good and tasted pretty authentic to me. I topped mine with a hamburger patty but you can also top them with hot dogs. The meat sauce was hot as heck!
The Sauce
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