Sweet Potato Latkes (Pancakes)

Kittencalskitchen's Note:

This is a family favorite! You can add in some cumin, cayenne and cinnamon too. You might want to increase the recipe to 3 pounds of sweet potatoes along with the other ingredients, these are so good! If you are adding in the cumin, cayenne and cinnamon, then omit fresh garlic. Yield is only estimated depending on the size of pancake.

• Total Time: 23 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 50 pancake ...

• 2 lbs sweet potatoes , peeled and coarsley grated
• 1 medium onions or 4 -5 green onions , finely chopped
• 2⁄3; cup all-purpose flour
• 1 -2 tablespoon fresh minced garlic (optional or to taste)
• 2 large eggs , lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons salt (or to taste) or 2 teaspoons seasoning salt (or to taste)
• pepper
• oil (for frying)

Directions:

1. In a large bowl stir together grated sweet potatoes, onions, flour, eggs, garlic, salt and pepper.
2. Heat enough oil to cover bottom of a large skillet.
3. In batches, spoon a heaping tablesooon batter onto hot oil and flatten slightly with fork or spoon.
4. Cook for about 1-1/2 minutes on each side (depending on how crispy you want them).
5. Transfer to a paper towel.
6. Delicious!

Reviews

[Olive Owl]

I thought these were really good! I scaled it down to four pancakes, and added cumin, paprika, and ancho chile coarse salt. I will try and make them crispier next time.

[Chef #792255]

I did not like these at all. It took a lot of effort to peel and grate the potatoes and I couldn't even eat these when cooked. I used onion and garlic and cut back on the egg as suggested by one reviewer. They took a really long time to cook up and they tasted awful.

[Chef #382830]

Excellent! I omitted the onion cause I'm not a huge fan and it still came out delicious. When they were finished I sprinkled a little cinnamon on them. Next time, I'm going to try using egg white instead of eggs to reduce that egg taste to it.