Best Potato Latkes Recipe | One Hungry Mama

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: frozen hash browns

Sweet potatoes add nutrients and flavor, while frozen hash browns save prep time.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt offers similar creaminess with fewer calories.

eggs

🥗Healthier: flaxseed meal

💰Cheaper: aquafaba

Flaxseed meal is a vegan alternative that binds ingredients.

flour

🥗Healthier: almond flour

💰Cheaper: cornstarch

Almond flour adds flavor and nutrition, while cornstarch is a gluten-free option.

Peel the potatoes and place them in a bowl of cold water to prevent browning while peeling the rest.

Grate the potatoes using the coarse side of a box grater or a grating disc on a food processor.

Add the grated potatoes to a colander and mix in the chopped onion.

Squeeze out as much liquid as possible from the potato and onion mixture.

Set the potato and onion mixture aside.

Whisk the eggs in a separate bowl and then add them to the potato mixture.

Add flour, salt, black pepper, and white pepper to the potato mixture and mix until combined.

Generously coat the bottom of a 12-inch skillet with oil and heat until hot.

Form patties from the potato mixture and add them to the hot oil, leaving space between each latke.

Fry the latkes until golden brown on one side, then flip and fry until golden brown on the other side.

Transfer the cooked latkes to a paper towel-lined plate to absorb excess oil.

Let the latkes cool to the touch before serving with sour cream and applesauce, and optionally garnish with chives.

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