Kittencal's Potato Pancakes (Latkes)
Recipe: #262
September 29, 2011
Categories: Side Dishes, Potatoes, One-Pot Meal, Christmas, Hanukkah, Passover, Sunday Dinner, Thanksgiving, Kosher, Non-Dairy, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Dinner, more
"Plan ahead the shredded potatoes need to soak in cold water for 8-24 hours, soaking in the cold water will remove the starch and create a crispy pancake, using a food processor for shredding will save time and effort, any leftovers may be frozen on a baking sheet then popped into a freezer bag, to reheat and re-crisp bake thawed pancakes in a 400 degree F oven for about 8 minutes. Serve these hot and crispy with sour cream on the side, this will yield about 20-25 pancakes but it will depend on how much batter that you use for each pancake"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (55.3 g)
- Calories 41.1
- Total Fat - 0.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.1 g
- Cholesterol - 10.4 mg
- Sodium - 244.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 8.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.2 g
- Sugars - 0.8 g
- Protein - 1.3 g
- Calcium - 7.8 mg
- Iron - 0.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 4.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Coarsely grate the potatoes, then transfer to a large bowl.
Step 2
Cover with cold water, drain/rinse then cover again with cold water.
Step 3
Place in refrigerator for 8-24 hours (can even sit for 48 hours).
Step 4
Using your hands firmly squeeze out as much liquid from the shredded potatoes as possible, then place in a medium bowl.
Step 5
Add in green or yellow onion, egg, flour, salt, pepper and if using, garlic powder; mix thoroughly.
Step 6
Heat a generous amount of oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat (the oil must be hot before adding in the potato mixture).
Step 7
Drop mixture a few at a time into the hot oil using semi-heaping tablespoonfuls, then using a fork flatten slightly (the edges will be uneven).
Step 8
Cook until golden brown turning once until crispy on both sides adding in more oil as needed when frying the pancakes.
Step 9
Towards the end there will be some liquid that has gathered in the bottom of your bowl just keep stirring it into the potato mixture.
Step 10
Transfer to a plate, serve with sour cream.
Tips
No special items needed.