Traditional Potato Latkes for Chanukah ~ Quick and Easy Recipe

Chanukah came early this year and it was time for another family get together to light the candles and eat latkes.  We met on the second night of Chanukah to peel, shred the potatoes, fry the potato pancakes, and dollop sour cream and horseradish on top of them.  The latkes turned out crisp and delicious!  Grating potatoes by hand and squeezing out all of the extra moisture turned out to be key to success.

Happy holidays!

Channukah Potato Latkes

Ingredients

5 medium potatoes, peeled and shredded

1 medium onion, peeled and shredded

3 eggs

1/2 cup flour

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

vegetable oil for frying

Directions

1.  Rinse potatoes in cold water and squeeze dry.

2.  Combine potatoes with onion, eggs, flour, salt and pepper.

3.  Preheat oven to 250 degrees.  Heat oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat.

4.  Place latkes in hot oil, lower heat to medium, and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side, until golden brown and crisp on the outside and cooked through.  I passed the frying responsibility to my mom.  While she was frying the latkes I mixed my parents' home marinated mushrooms with onion, garlic, pepper and sunflower oil.

5.  Cook latkes in batches, adding more oil, as needed, and transferring cooked latkes to the preheated oven to keep warm.

6.  Serve latkes hot with dollop of sour cream and horseradish cream.

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