Description
This is a traditional potato pancake recipe, and is a wonderful comfort food. Serve with applesauce and sour cream for a light dinner, or with roast chicken for a hearty winter meal. You can use more flour if the mixture seems too wet.
Ingredients
- 4 large potatoes
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ground black pepper to taste
- 2 cups vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Finely grate potatoes and onion into a large bowl. Drain off any excess liquid.
- Mix in egg
- salt
- and pepper. Add enough flour to make the mixture thick
- about 2 to 4 tablespoons all together.
- Preheat the oven to low
- about 200 degrees F (95 degrees C).
- Heat 1/4 inch oil in the bottom of a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Drop two or three 1/4-cup mounds of batter into hot oil
- and flatten with back of a spatula to make 1/2-inch-thick pancakes. Fry
- turning pancakes once
- until golden brown.
- Transfer pancakes to a plate lined with a paper towel to drain. Keep warm in the oven until serving. Repeat until all potato mixture is used.
Servings: 6