Potato Latkes

Name: Potato Latkes
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 32
Cuisine: Jewish
Ingredients: 3 larges eggs, lightly beaten; 118 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps fresh lemon juice; 454 grams large onion; 907 grams russet (baking) potatoes (about 4); 237 milliliters vegetable oil

Potato Latkes is a dairy free and vegetarian side dish. This recipe serves 32. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 1g of protein, 1g of fat, and a total of 47 calories. Head to the store and pick up eggs, flour, onion, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Hanukkah. This recipe is typical of Jewish cuisine.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 250°F with rack in upper third.

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Oven

Peel potatoes and coarsely grate into a bowl using large teardrop-shaped holes of a box grater or in a food processor fitted with medium shredding disk.

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Potato

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Food Processor

Box Grater

Bowl

Add lemon juice and toss to coat.

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Lemon Juice

Coarsely grate onion into same bowl.

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Onion

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Bowl

Transfer to a kitchen towel (not terry cloth), then gather up corners to form a sack and twist tightly to wring out as much liquid as possible.

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Kitchen Towels

Wipe bowl clean, then return potatoes and onion to bowl and stir in flour, eggs, and 1 1/4 teaspoons salt until just combined.

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Potato

All Purpose Flour

Onion

Egg

Salt

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Bowl

Heat oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Fill a 1/4-cup measure halfway with latke mixture and carefully spoon it into skillet, then flatten to 3 inches in diameter with a slotted spatula.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Spatula

Form 5 more latkes in skillet and fry until undersides are deep golden, 1 1/2 to 3 minutes. (If latkes brown too quickly, reduce heat to medium.) Turn over and fry until deep golden all over, 1 1/2 to 3 minutes more.

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Frying Pan

Transfer to paper towels to drain briefly, then transfer to a metal rack set in a baking pan and keep warm in oven. Make more latkes.

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Paper Towels