Potato Pancakes

106 Reviews

Prep: 20 min
Cook: 20 min
Ready In: 40 min

“My family loves these as a side dish or for Sunday brunch. Delicious topped with sour cream and green onions or applesauce.” - by HIGHROAD

Ingredients

5 potatoes, peeled and shredded
2 eggs, beaten
1 onion, finely chopped
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
salt and pepper to taste
3 tablespoons vegetable oil

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Original recipe yields 4 to 5 servings

Directions

In a large bowl, stir together potatoes, eggs, onion, flour, salt and pepper.
In a large skillet, heat oil over medium high heat. Drop large spoonfuls of the potato batter into the skillet and flatten cakes slightly with a spatula. Cook for about 4 minutes on each side, until golden brown. Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (4 total)

Calories
366 cal
18%

Fat
13.1 g
20%

Carbs
55.4 g
18%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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IndyCook

Mar. 18, 2007

"This was a super simple recipe and a definite keeper. The only change I made was to add a little garlic powder. I used my food processor to shred the potatoes and onion. I doubled the batch and made t..." See morehe pancakes small...ended up with about 40 pancakes which was perfect for the party I took them to."

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Nikki

Jul. 20, 2006

"This is the closest recipe on this site for authentic German Latke's like my mom makes. Sometimes we use breadcrumbs instead of flour or leave out the egg and flour altogether (they still hold togeth..." See moreer nicely from the starch in the potato). We sometimes will add spices (my mom likes chili powder or thyme while I prefer oregano, basil and parmesan cheese.) My latest, delicious addition was some shredded, leftover zucchini I had from making zucchini bread."

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RGH3ANGE;

Oct. 15, 2003

"Very tasty and extremly easy to make. instead of chopping onion I grated it with the potato. No biting into large obnoxious chunks of onion that way ;-)..." See more"

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