Potato Latkes


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 1
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 264.6
  • Total Fat: 13.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 56.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 29.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.5 g
  • Protein: 6.8 g

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Introduction

To keep it healthy, you probably ought to figure one medium potato per person. However, you may crave more. Just a warning. I use red potatoes and leave the skin on. More fiber and potassium.
To keep it healthy, you probably ought to figure one medium potato per person. However, you may crave more. Just a warning. I use red potatoes and leave the skin on. More fiber and potassium.

Number of Servings: 1

Ingredients

    1 potato per person

    For each potato:
    about 1/5 onion
    1 tsp parsley
    1/2 egg white (you can use whole eggs if you want: 1 per 5 potatoes (nutritional info uses egg whites))

    olive oil

Directions

Grate potato with a fine grate, the hand-held kind works great (so to speak).
Grate onion or chop very small.

Put onion and potato in strainer and use your hands to press out excess fluid. The more fluid you get out, the better the latkes.

Put in bowl, mix in parsley and egg. Shape into meatballs about 1.5-2 inches diameter.

Put a thin film of olive oil (no more than that--maybe a Tbsp. Canola's okay too) in a skillet. Put latke balls into skillet and flatten. Brown one side, then the other. Serve hot.

Traditionally eaten with sour cream and applesauce. (Not included in nutritional info).

Makes about 5 latkes per potato (a serving is one potato).

Number of Servings: 1

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ELENASAN.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Incredible!
    5 of 6 people found this review helpful
    Sounds awesome! I've also read about putting the potatoes in cheese clothe or a cloth bag to squeeze out the extra moisture- then you move it around and squeeze out some more!! - 12/12/09


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    Incredible!
    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    They were so crispy and yummy! I was so sad that I couldn't get my applesauce jar open! I can't wait to make them again...with applesauce! :D - 12/29/09


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    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
    Potatoes are gluten free. Gluten is anything with wheat, rye, barley and contaminated oats. - 2/8/10


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    Incredible!
    Yuuuummm! Just made a whole 5 potatoes' worth of these, to be ableto take some for lunch this week. Didn't have parsley, so used dill instead, and added "Vegeta" vegetarian spice, as well as some gluten free oat flower, because I couldn't get much of the liquid out. DELICIOUS. - 8/25/13


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    Very Good
    very good. even better with some light sour cream - 4/13/10