Potato Latkes
From lor 14 years ago
- 5 minutes to make
- Serves 25
This recipe is typically served at Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. Oil was burned in the original Menorahs and that fact plays a symbolic role in many fried foods.
Ingredients
- 4 large potatoes, grated and either pressed between layers of paper towel or place in a sieve and press any liquid out. shopping list
- *For a change, I like to use 3 large potatoes and 1 yam/sweet potato shopping list
- 1 medium onion, finely grated on a box grater or a rasp, which takes forever shopping list
- 1 egg, beaten shopping list
- Note: you can add 1 whole beaten egg or for lighter latkes, you can beat 2 egg whites until there are peaks and fold them into the mixture. shopping list
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder or 1/2 tsp. onion powder shopping list
- 1/2 tsp. salt (optional) shopping list
- vegetable oil for frying shopping list
- Note: If you want something a little different then grate half a medium zucchini or add a minced garlic clove and I sometimes like to add a pinch of cumin. shopping list
How to make it
- Peel and coarsely grate the potatoes.
- I like to drain my grated potatoes.
- Mix potatoes and onion with the beaten egg. flour, garlic powder and salt.
- Drop teaspoon size pancakes into HOT vegetable oil.
- Brown on both sides.
- Serve with sour cream and applesauce.
- Makes approximately 20-25 small latkes.
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Reviewed by 6 people-
Thanks for sharing this!
m11andrade
in Kankakee loved it
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thank you for the variations and the tips..five forks
peetabear
in mid-hudson valley loved it
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I've made these twice now. The first time they were a bit too starchy tasting for me, so the second time I shredded the potatoes then soaked them in very cold water for 10 min., drained, then soaked again in fresh cold water for another 10 min. Dra...more
warsawnan
in Warsaw loved it
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