Latkes With Chutzpah
photo by Fairy Nuff
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 small onions, grated
- 1⁄4 cup parsley, minced fine
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 medium potatoes, shredded
- 1⁄3 cup chicken fat
- salt and pepper
directions
- Beat the eggs and additional yolk.
- To the beaten eggs, add remaining ingredients, except chicken fat.
- Shred the potatoes, just before adding them; it will look very peculiar.
- Season well.
- Heat the fat in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat (or use an electric frying pan set at 400 degrees).
- Using a large spoon, drop the potato mixture into the hot fat, creating mounds approximately 3 inches in diameter; flatten with the "turner" Occasionally, press the latke into the fat so that it will brown evenly.
- Turn carefully when the underside is brown and crusty; brown the second side.
- Remove from the pan and drain on paper towels.
- Keep warm in a 350 deg. oven, in a single layer, for no more than 20 minutes.
- Serve piping hot with applesauce.
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Reviews
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Alot of ingredients in this! Very artery clogging. The texture was very soggy. If one squeezes out the moisture from the grated potato and onion mixture, the texture of the finished product dramatically improves. I like to use matzah meal instead of flour, skip the B.P., pepper and extra yolk and fry in canola oil. Perhaps not the same chutzpah as yours but still mighty kosher and heart healthy, that is until you add the rather large dollop of sour cream! LOL! Thanks for a different spin on traditional latkes Toolie.
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Alot of ingredients in this! Very artery clogging. The texture was very soggy. If one squeezes out the moisture from the grated potato and onion mixture, the texture of the finished product dramatically improves. I like to use matzah meal instead of flour, skip the B.P., pepper and extra yolk and fry in canola oil. Perhaps not the same chutzpah as yours but still mighty kosher and heart healthy, that is until you add the rather large dollop of sour cream! LOL! Thanks for a different spin on traditional latkes Toolie.
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