Potato Latkes

Submitted by Joy1996

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 32 latkes

ingredients

• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 tablespoons matzo meal
• 4 medium potatoes, peeled and shredded (4c.)
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil

directions

1. In a large bowl, combine egg, meal, 1/8t.
2. salt and a dash pepper.
3. Rinse potatoes; pat dry with paper towels.
4. Stir potatoes and onion into egg mixture.
5. In a large skillet, heat 1/4c.
6. cooking oil over med.
7. heat.
8. For each latke, spoon about 2T.
9. batter into the hot oil; spread to make a circle about 2 1/2" in diameter.
10. Cook for about 2 1/2 minutes or until golden brown; turn and cook on the other side the same amount of time.
11. Add more oil during the cooking as necessary.
12. Drain on paper towels and serve with applesauce or sour cream.
13. Makes approximately 32 latkes.

Reviews

[Jessa Honey]

These were excellent! They were fairly quick to make, and they turned out fine when I replaced the matzo meal with flour. I'm going to make them again for Christmas! Thanks for a great recipe!

 

[DDW]

This was my 1st attempt at Latkes and they were gobbled up by my family. I was happy to use minimal oil rather than overloading on it. I didn't have matzo meal so just used flour. Topped with applesauce - yum!

 

[drrothman]

The easiest Latkes ever! And, I did not need a lot of oil. They were not too greasy...I blot mine between layers of paper towels when I take them off the pan.

 

[petlover]

These are like my grandmother used to make! It is essential that you hand-grate the potatoes. To prevent the potatoes from getting brown make sure you store the peeled potatoes in cold water, mix the rest of the ingredients then hand grate the potatoes over the bowl and mix. I also used more oil- more like a half a cup--and dont measure! I cooked these on medium high ( works better) and made 10 nice sized latkes. Thanx joy for this great recipe.

 

[Annette1]

These are excellent,very easy to make. I served these with steak and a green salad