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Potato pancakes are classic. Potato pancakes with cheese - a step by step recipe

Potato pancakes are pancakes made from grated potatoes, onions, spices and sometimes eggs.

Things to consider before preparing the dough

  1. It is best to use starchy potatoes. They usually have a light brown skin and a whitish flesh. Young potatoes will not work because they have less starch than old ones.
  2. Potatoes are best grated on a fine grater. Just peel not all the potatoes at once, but 2-3 pieces at a time. Otherwise, you will have to soak the tubers so that they do not darken. And in water, they will lose some of the necessary starch.
  3. So that the grated potato does not darken, it must be grated alternately with onions. In addition, onion puree will also give the finished pancakes a wonderful aroma and golden color.
  4. Instead of onions, you can add 1-2 tablespoons of sour cream. It will not allow the potatoes to darken, and will also make the pancakes more fluffy.
  5. If the grated potato has produced too much juice, you can squeeze it slightly. But not much, otherwise the potato pancakes will turn out to be dry and tough. It is better not to pour out the liquid: it may come in handy at the end of cooking.
  6. It is not necessary to add to classic pancakes. It is put in the event that there is not enough starch in the potatoes. The egg will keep the dough from falling apart.
  7. Do not add flour: it can make potato pancakes "rubbery" and tasteless. If the dough is too runny, it is better to add a little starch. You can use a store-bought starch, or you can take the starch that settles on the bottom of the container with potato juice.

Over time, many different recipes for potato pancakes have appeared, but potatoes always remain the same ingredient. Here are some of the best potato pancake options.

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Ingredients

  • 5-7 potatoes;
  • 1 onion;
  • salt to taste;
  • 1 egg - optional;

Preparation

Grate potatoes and onions. Add salt and mix thoroughly. Add egg and starch if necessary and stir until smooth.


postila.ru

Ingredients

  • 100 g of hard cheese;
  • 1 clove of garlic;
  • 5-7 potatoes;
  • 1 onion;
  • salt to taste;
  • 1 egg - optional;
  • 1-2 tablespoons of starch - optional.

Preparation

Grate cheese and garlic. Grate potatoes and onions alternately. Add cheese and spices to this mixture and mix well. If the cheese is salty enough, then you can skip the salt or put just a little bit. Add egg and starch to the dough if necessary.


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Ingredients

  • 200-300 g minced meat (you can take any meat, such as pork, beef or);
  • 2 onions;
  • salt to taste;
  • ground black pepper - to taste;
  • 5-7 potatoes;
  • 1 egg - optional;
  • 1-2 tablespoons of starch - optional.

Preparation

Add 1 grated onion, salt and pepper to the minced meat and stir. You can add other spices of your choice. Alternately grate the potatoes and the second onion. Add some spices and, if necessary, egg and starch and mix thoroughly.

Minced meat and potatoes can be simply mixed, or you can make potato pancakes with filling. You can find the method of their preparation below.


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Ingredients

  • 200-300 g of champignons;
  • some vegetable oil;
  • 5-7 potatoes;
  • 1 onion;
  • salt to taste;
  • ground black pepper - to taste;
  • 1 egg - optional;
  • 1-2 tablespoons of starch - optional.

Preparation


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Ingredients

  • 300 g pumpkin;
  • 5-7 potatoes;
  • 1 onion;
  • salt to taste;
  • 1 egg - optional;
  • 1-2 tablespoons of starch - optional.

Preparation

Rub the pumpkin. Grate potatoes and onions alternately. Combine these ingredients, add salt and, if necessary, egg and starch.

How to fry pancakes without filling

Potato pancakes are fried in a hot pan with heated vegetable or butter. It should cover the potato pancakes by about half. Then they will get a delicious crispy crust.

It is better to warm up the oil in a frying pan in advance. As soon as the pancake dough is ready, you need to immediately start frying.

Scoop the potato mixture with a tablespoon and place in the pan, flattening with a spoon. The thinner the layer of dough is, the crisper the pancakes will be.

Fry the potato pancakes over medium heat for a few minutes on both sides: the crust should turn out golden. Cooking time depends on the thickness of the pancakes. Thin pancakes will take about 3-5 minutes on each side, and 7-10 minutes for thick pancakes.

Stir thoroughly before frying each subsequent portion of potato pancakes. The starch in its composition can settle to the bottom, then the pancakes will not keep their shape well.

After browning, place the pancakes on a paper towel to drain off excess fat.

Place the potato mixture in a skillet and flatten. Place small meat patties, mushrooms, or other ingredients of your choice on top of them immediately. Then cover the filling with another spoonful of dough and fry the pancakes in the same way as usual.

How to serve pancakes

The best pancakes are freshly cooked. They won't be as tasty when cold.

Potato pancakes are considered an independent dish. Most often they are served with sour cream and fresh herbs. But you can use it to your liking.

For some reason, it is believed that potato pancakes are a dish of particular simplicity, and to make it, let's say, is a snap. But the only thing that has a bluish tint and a sticky consistency is not potato pancakes. These are ineptly cooked potato pancakes.

By the way, several world cuisines argue about whose dish it is. Somehow it so happened that it is considered a traditionally Belarusian dish. But the Ukrainians will correct you and say that these are not potato pancakes at all, but potato pancakes and a dish related to their cuisine, and the Jews will answer that latkes (this is again pancakes) is one of the main dishes on Hanukkah and can be ordered in the most prestigious restaurants. These are not simple ones, potato pancakes, or terunets, or kremzliks, or ...

If you do not succeed (or you get potato pancakes as described above with blue), then read carefully, strictly follow the recipe and get the correct, most tender, sunny pancakes.

Since there are a lot of recipes for cooking, we will narrow this circle down to a basic recipe, then complicate it a little, and then slightly change it. The main goal is to understand all the principles and subtleties of cooking potato pancakes. Join, it will be exciting, because you will learn a lot of secrets.

Basic recipe for potato pancakes

Anyway, potato pancakes are grated potatoes. That's the whole secret.

Ingredients

  • potatoes - 5 large
  • half onion
  • flour - 2 tbsp. spoons
  • eggs - 2
  • salt, pepper to your taste
  • vegetable oil for frying

How to cook potato pancakes

Grate potatoes and onions on a fine grater (with the smallest round holes). If you have an assistant (harvester), then the task of making a lot of potato pancakes is greatly simplified.

First, grate the onion and place it in a bowl.

Secret first. Onions, being oxidized, do not darken the potatoes. Therefore, firstly, the finished pancakes will have a golden color, and, secondly, there is no need to rush, fearing that the potatoes will darken.

Second secret. Potato pancakes are also called potato pancakes, hence the misconception that the consistency of pancakes should be similar to the consistency of pancake dough.

We will not be mistaken, therefore, we will remove all the liquid from the potatoes and other products that will be used.

To do this, put the potatoes and onions in a colander, and when the liquid drains, squeeze out more - there should only be a "dry residue" at the exit. Add salt, pepper, egg and flour and mix thoroughly.

Add salt, pepper, egg and flour and mix thoroughly.

Fry in a preheated skillet with vegetable oil, spreading the pancakes with a tablespoon.

Don't make them too thick, smooth with the back of a spoon.

Secret third : fry over medium heat - potatoes should cook well inside too.

The fourth secret: put the potato pancakes on a paper napkin, which will take away the excess oil, because they are best served with sour cream, and so much fat is not very useful, albeit tasty.

The fifth secret: if you want crispy pancakes, do not stack in a pile, lay out in one layer.

Serve the pancakes immediately, while they are hot. With sour cream, into which be sure to cut the greens.

On a note... If you need to serve a large number of fried pancakes to the table, turn on the oven (t 120-140), cover the baking sheet with parchment and put the pancakes from the pan on it. When everything is overcooked, place the baking sheet in a warm oven until serving, but not too long so that the pancakes do not dry out.

Potato pancakes with filling

Yes, if you add the filling to the basic recipe, you get a new dish. And although potatoes never get bored, you still want variety. What kind of filling to take? Imagine boiled potatoes or fried potatoes, what would you eat them with? Yes with anything. This is exactly this "anything" and can be an addition. For example, Belarusians prefer to add meat, an excellent addition is a variety of vegetables: eggplants, bell peppers, garlic, mushrooms, zucchini and others. Or sauerkraut.

Replace flour with starch to make it completely potato.

Ingredients for the recipe

  • potatoes - 3 pcs.
  • onion - 1
  • sauerkraut - 130 grams
  • egg - 1
  • potato starch - 1 tbsp. spoon
  • vegetable oil to fry

How to cook stuffed potato pancakes

Finely grate the onions and potatoes, discard in a colander.
Cut the cabbage very finely.
Squeeze out potatoes and cabbage and place in a bowl.

Break the egg into a small bowl, loosen it and pour over the potatoes. Add starch, stir.

Fry, as in the first case, in vegetable oil, medium heat. Place on a napkin.
Serve hot.

Potato pancakes with carrots

Why with carrots? Because she and potatoes are a very tasty combination. Carrots give tenderness and sweetness to potatoes, and potatoes endow carrots with satiety.

But so that life does not seem like a culinary paradise, we will make potato pancakes, grated on a coarse grater.

Ingredients for the recipe

  • potatoes - 4
  • carrots - 1 medium
  • greens, salt, pepper - to taste
  • egg - 1
  • flour - 2 tbsp. spoons

How to cook potato pancakes with carrots

Grate the carrots and potatoes on a coarse grater. Place in a colander, then squeeze and transfer to a bowl. By the way, there is much less liquid from coarsely grated potatoes.

Add the egg and finely chopped herbs and season with salt and pepper. Stir.

Add flour and mix well again.
Fry over medium heat in vegetable oil.

Serve hot with sour cream.

ON A NOTE

Having tried variations with finely and coarsely grated potatoes, you will understand which one you like best. But this is not a reason to stop, because you can combine, for example, finely and medium grated potatoes - you get a soft center and a crispy top.

If some vegetables rub badly on a fine grater, pass them through a meat grinder.

P. S. It seems that we diligently revealed all the secrets of making potato pancakes, and they are clearly visible on your monitor. Or have we forgotten something? .. Then remind me, please, in the comments everything that you think is necessary, important and useful.

Greetings to all blog readers and guests. Today we will cook crispy and delicious !! Do you love this dish as I love it ??)) I think so !! After all, it is prepared very quickly, it requires a minimum of products, it tastes amazing and satiates the stomach!

The process of cooking potato pancakes is the most simple to eat, so no need to cheat and everything will work out !!

But still, in order for the dish to be successful, you need to know a couple of secrets:

  • Potatoes should be taken large with a high starch content, young will not work.
  • You can grate the vegetable with a grater, meat grinder, blender or food processor.


  • Pour flour not very much, otherwise the taste of the food will turn out to be rubbery.
  • You can cook with or without eggs.
  • You can add any seasonings and spices, as well as herbs.
  • So that the potatoes do not darken, they rub it in turn with onions, go add lemon juice.
  • Fry in a hot skillet with plenty of oil.

The answer to this question is very simple: grate the vegetables, mix the foods and fry)) In general, we read the photo recipe and do everything according to the instructions !!


Ingredients:

  • Potatoes - 6 pcs.;
  • Flour - 2 tablespoons;
  • Chicken egg - 1 pc .;
  • Onions - 1 pc.;
  • Vegetable oil - for frying;
  • Salt, ground pepper - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse and peel the potatoes. Grate alternately with peeled onions.


You can grate on a fine, medium or coarse grater, or use a food processor, whichever you prefer.

2. Squeeze the mass a little, drain the excess juice. Add salt, pepper, flour to the grated vegetables and beat in an egg. Mix everything thoroughly.



4. This dish is best served with sour cream or other favorite sauce.


When I see hot potato pancakes, I canโ€™t resist and burst them right away in the heat of the heat !!

Making minced meat pancakes

The following type is considered an excellent option for the dish, because we will add meat to it. And potatoes and minced meat always go well. So you have a full dinner ready !!

By the way, there are even more varieties of cooking potato wizards with minced meat, see.

Ingredients:

  • Minced meat - 500 gr.;
  • Potatoes - 4-5 pcs.;
  • Chicken egg - 2 pcs.;
  • Onions - 3 pcs.;
  • Salt, black pepper - to taste;
  • Flour - 80 gr ..


Cooking method:

1. First, prepare the minced meat. To do this, twist the meat and onions in a meat grinder, salt and pepper to taste, mixing everything.


You can take ready-made minced meat, preferably homemade, that is, half from beef, half from pork.

2. Grate the washed and peeled potatoes on a fine grater and drain the potato juice.


3. Take a deep bowl and mix the minced meat with the grated potatoes. Add the egg, finely chopped garlic, salt and pepper. Mix everything well and form lazy potato pancakes.


4. Such blanks can be baked in the oven, steamed or traditionally fried in a pan.


Lean egg-free recipe

I cannot ignore this type of food either, because not everyone can eat eggs. Many chefs, in principle, prepare potato pancakes without this product, since they believe that the dough comes out much better. Let's try and cook such a treat.


Ingredients:

  • Potatoes - 8 pcs.;
  • Salt, pepper - to taste;
  • Soda - 1 pinch;
  • Sunflower oil - 4 tablespoons in dough + for frying;
  • Flour - 5 tablespoons


Cooking method:

1. Rinse and peel the potatoes. Then grate one part on a fine grater, and the other on a coarse one.


2. Add salt and pepper, flour and baking soda to the grated potatoes. Pour in oil and stir.


You can also add chopped herbs for taste and aroma.

3. Take a cast iron skillet and heat oil on it. Spoon into pancakes from the dough and fry over medium heat on one side first.


4. Then on the other until golden brown.


5. Serve with vegetables or salads.


Well, how did you like it ?!

Quick potato pancakes with onions

Another classic recipe. This is how my mom prepares the dish, and what could be tastier than my mom's food ?! Never mind!!))

Ingredients:

  • Potatoes - 0.5 kg;
  • Onions - 2 pcs.;
  • Egg - 1 pc.;
  • Flour - 3 tablespoons;
  • Vegetable oil - for frying;
  • Salt and pepper to taste.

Cooking method:

  1. Peel the onion.
  2. Wash, dry and peel the potatoes.
  3. Coarsely grate the onion and potatoes in turn into a deep bowl.
  4. Squeeze out the mixture and pour out the juice.
  5. Beat in an egg, stir. Season with salt and pepper, add flour. Mix everything again. Finely chopped dill can be added to the dough.
  6. In a preheated skillet with oil, fry the pancakes on both sides until golden brown.
  7. Place on a paper towel to drain off excess fat. Then eat to your health !!


What a beauty it turns out, salivating already flowed!

Video on how to cook potato pancakes with zucchini

And this is a great summer, vegetable and healthy option. See the plot for all the details, the author explains the nuances of cooking step by step.

In principle, nothing complicated, everything is the same, only we still rub the zucchini.

Delicious pancakes without filling, but with cheese

Well, the final recipe for today. In the option described below, I add grated cheese directly to the dough, but you can put it on ready-made potato pancakes and let it melt, or bake in the oven.

Ingredients:

  • Potatoes - 500-600 gr.;
  • Onions - 1 pc.;
  • Egg - 1 pc.;
  • Flour - 2 tablespoons;
  • Hard cheese - 70 gr.;
  • Salt - 2/3 tsp;
  • Pepper - 1/3 tsp;
  • Sour cream - 2 tablespoons;
  • Sunflower oil - 30-50 ml.

Cooking method:

1. Peel onions and potatoes.


2. Grate vegetables on a fine grater. Add flour, spices, sour cream and beat in an egg, stir.


3. Grate the cheese on a medium grater directly into the dough and stir again.


4. Preheat a greased skillet. Fry the tortillas on both sides over moderate heat so they are baked on the inside and toasted on the outside.


5. You can eat the dish both hot and cold.


A delicious and certainly simple selection for today has come to an end. I wish you all a good mood and bon appetit !! Bye Bye!!

Greetings dear readers. We will analyze today how to cook potato pancakes, a simple recipe, or rather several recipes. Potatoes are a unique product. You can cook many different dishes from it, which only the chefs do not do: fry, steam, boil, bake, and so on.

But let's start simple, let's cook potato pancakes, especially since this year we have a good, most importantly, high-quality potato crop, so we decided to cook pancakes. Today, as well as yesterday, I will cook potato pancakes, my wife just got sick, and I decided to please her with my recipes.

Potatoes are a unique product

First, let's try to answer the question: What is Draniki and why were they called that? And this word is taken from the word "to tear" (to rub on a grater). Therefore, they are also called "Deruny". It's that simple. The dish itself is potato pancakes or pancakes. Which is also understandable.

Potato pancakes are prepared quickly enough and you can easily prepare an appetizing and hearty dinner. In the morning, I do not recommend such a dish, as it turns out to be quite fatty, heavy on the stomach.

The main ingredient is, of course, potatoes. Here you can choose absolutely any potato. In addition, we add eggs, flour and spices. The first two ingredients are needed for the bunch to make the pancakes. Noya tried to simply rub the potatoes and fry them like pancakes.

It is very difficult to turn them over, the grated potatoes crumble. But without eggs and flour, it turned out better. But this is my personal opinion. And I created more difficulties with cooking. They say that it is better to rub it with your hands on a fine grater. But this is everyone's business.

You can grate potatoes on a fine or coarse grater. I made the recipes described below on a coarse grater. You can also rub it with a food processor or rotate it in a meat grinder.

  1. To remove excess fat from the potato pancakes, on which they were fried, you can dip each potato pancake in a paper towel. So, by the way, you can get a crisper dish.
  2. So that the potato pancakes do not burn and have a beautiful golden color, the bottom of the pan should be filled with oil about 3 millimeters.
  3. Finely grated onions will not only add flavor to the dish, but also prevent the potatoes from darkening.
  4. The cooled potato pancakes can be safely heated in the microwave or oven and they will become delicious again.
  5. You can cover the pan with a lid so that the pancakes are well fried.
  6. It is better to fry the dish over high heat.
  7. Usually this dish is hearty and served without bread, but with sour cream.

The classic recipe for potato pancakes.

The classic potato pancake recipe

To begin with, a classic recipe for how to cook potato pancakes. This is the base, the most delicious and original. Everything is done very quickly and easily.

We need:

  1. Potatoes - 800 gr (8 medium pieces);
  2. Egg - 1 chicken;
  3. Flour - 2-3 tablespoons;
  4. Baking soda - on the tip of a knife;
  5. Sunflower oil for frying;
  6. Salt and pepper to taste.

Step 1.

We wash and peel potatoes. We rub it on a grater or in any way convenient for you.


Rub the peeled potatoes

Step 2.

Now we squeeze out the juice and pour it out. We put the egg, salt and pepper. Mix everything thoroughly.


add an egg (I have two, a double serving).

Step 3.

We put the pan to heat, pouring enough oil.

Step 4.

In the meantime, add flour and soda, mix everything thoroughly and fry immediately until the dough darkens.

Mix everything thoroughly

Step 5.

Fry the pancakes on both sides until golden brown.

you can make any sizes

Step 6.

Serve hot with sour cream or sauce. Bon Appetit.

Bon Appetit!

Potato pancakes without flour.

Draniki without flour

Making potato pancakes without flour is considered a dietary one. Although the abundance of oil does not allow such a dish to be called dietary. But you never know, what if someone does not like the taste of flour, or it just ended. Then you can simply cook potato pancakes without flour.

Ingredients:

  1. Potatoes - 7 - 8 medium pieces;
  2. Onion - 1 head;
  3. Garlic - 1 wedge (optional);
  4. Egg - 1 chicken;
  6. Salt pepper to taste.

Step 1.

We also clean and rub potatoes in a way convenient for you.

Step 2.

Squeeze out the juice and pour it out.

Step 3.

We grate the onion, you can chop it finely. You can add 1 clove of garlic, either grated or finely chopped, but not required. Some also add finely chopped greens, for an amateur.

Step 4.

Now we mix the potatoes, egg, onion and garlic. Mix everything thoroughly and heat the pan, pouring oil.

Step 5.

Fry pancakes in a pan on both sides. After frying, you can reduce the heat and bring to readiness under the lid.

Pancake recipe without eggs.


Potato pancakes without eggs

Anything happens in life. So I went to cook potato pancakes yesterday, but there are no eggs. What to do? potatoes and onions are ready. And nothing, it doesn't matter. Eggs can be replaced with semolina. An interesting taste is obtained, try and you cook potato pancakes without eggs.

We need:

  1. Potatoes - 7-8 medium pieces;
  2. Onions - 1 head;
  3. Semolina - 2-3 tablespoons;
  4. Vegetable oil for frying;
  5. Salt to taste.

Additionally, to improve the taste:

  1. Garlic - 1 head;
  2. Greens;
  3. Pepper to taste.

Step 1.

We clean the potatoes, wash and grate them or in any convenient way. Squeeze and pour out the juice.

Step 2.

Finely chop the onion, or grate it. If you use garlic, then chop it too.

Garlic not only improves taste, but is also useful for preventing various colds. Eating garlic and onions daily will reduce your chances of getting a cold.

Step 3.

We mix the components, mix and immediately add semolina. Mix thoroughly again and leave on the table for 10-15 minutes. This is necessary for the cereal to swell.

After that, you can add seasonings and spices, mix everything thoroughly.

Step 4.

Now we heat the pan, add vegetable oil and fry on high heat on both sides.

Potato pancakes with cheese.

pancakes with cheese

I really liked this recipe. The main condition is to choose the cheese that you yourself like. It's a good idea to cook potato pancakes with cheese, you get some of these chips with a cheese flavor. I made them, by the way, a little thinner than usual and fried them well to crunch. Just lick your fingers!

Ingredients:

  1. Potatoes - 7-8 medium size;
  2. Onion - 1 onion;
  3. Hard cheese - 200 gr;
  4. Egg - 1 chicken;
  5. Flour - 3 tablespoons;
  6. Vegetable oil for frying;
  7. Salt and pepper to taste.

Step 1.

Everything is as usual: peel and three potatoes. Squeeze the juice and pour it out.

Step 2.

Peel and finely chop the onion. Add to potatoes. Also there egg, flour, salt and pepper to taste. We mix.

Step 3.

Now we rub the cheese into the dough on a fine grater and mix everything thoroughly.

Step 4.

Preheat the pan, add oil and fry on both sides until golden brown.

Delicious pancakes with mushrooms.

pancakes with mushrooms

You can diversify your dish in one more way: cook potato pancakes with mushrooms. You can use any mushrooms: salted, dried, canned. By the way, instead of mushrooms, you can cook any filling in this way, experiment and get a unique dish.

Ingredients:

  1. Potatoes - 7-8 medium-sized pieces;
  2. Onion - 1 head;
  3. Garlic - 1 clove;
  4. Mushrooms - 200 gr;
  5. Egg - 1 chicken;
  6. Salt, pepper and herbs to taste.

Step 1.

We clean, wash and rub the potatoes. Now we either leave for 10 minutes, or squeeze out immediately and pour out the juice, it is not needed.

Step 2.

Now finely chop the onion and garlic, if you use herbs, then chop it finely and add all this to the potatoes. We mix.

Then add the egg, salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly.

Step 3.

Mushrooms need to be prepared in advance. Canned or salted mushrooms must be washed. Dried ones must be soaked so that they swell and rinse. Rinse raw, too, and boil in two waters as well as dried ones.

After cooking, finely chop and add to the potato dough. Mix thoroughly.

Step 4.

Now heat the pan and pour in the vegetable oil. Fry on both sides. You can bring it to readiness by reducing the heat and covering with a lid. You can also send the fried pancakes to the preheated oven, where in 15-20 minutes the pancakes will be completely ready.

That's all for me, leave your comments, share recipes on social networks, bye and see you.

Updated: November 10, 2019 by the author: Pavel Subbotin

Good day everyone! Catherine is in touch with you! I continue the series of articles on dishes with your favorite vegetables. Today I want to touch on such a fruit as potatoes. Namely, I offer you recipes for potato pancakes in different interpretations.

It turns out that this is a very ancient dish, which is said to have originated in Belarus and Ukraine. Well, and then it became popular absolutely everywhere.

Interesting! That in every country he was given a very unusual name. For example, bulba, tarkovaya or bladed mass, latkes, potato pancakes, potato pancakes, hashbrown and reshti. And how strange it is pancakes.

If you like various fried foods, then I suggest you cook such delicious pancakes with milk.

Which title do you like best? what do you call them at home? Share your work. There are a lot of variations, there are even Lithuanian ones with different types of cereals, for example, with semolina or buckwheat. Prepared from raw or boiled potatoes. There is a very cool and easy version of American ๐Ÿ™‚ In general, if you are interested, read this article to the end and write your comments.

How to cook potato pancakes with onions? Classic recipe

The most popular, best and standard cooking option from raw potatoes, which absolutely everyone probably knows. Of course, you can modify it at your discretion by adding any more ingredients. They turn out to be quite soft, but at the same time crispy.

We need:

  • potatoes - 6-7 pcs.
  • onions - 1 pc.
  • flour - 2-3 tbsp
  • chicken egg - 1 pc.
  • salt and pepper
  • vegetable oil for frying

Cooking method:

1. Take fresh washed potatoes. Using a knife, remove all the dark skin, that is, peel it. Then take and grate. Now squeeze out any excess liquid by pressing down on it with your hands.


Interesting! Why do you think onions are used in this variant, and why it is not advised to remove them? Why do potato pancakes turn black? Whoever cooks this dish without onions may notice the blackness. It is the onion that makes it possible not to blacken the potatoes.

There is one more secret how you can replace the onion so that these gourmands do not darken, read about it in the next subparagraph.

Now grate the onions. I've always cried like that before when I did this procedure. And now I have found a solution to this problem. It is necessary to put the onion in the refrigerator for an hour in advance. I donโ€™t know why, but itโ€™s the cold in the onion that kills something that then helps me not to cry. How are you saving yourself? ๐Ÿ™‚ And then add it to the mass.

3. Add a couple of tablespoons of flour and mix well. Now heat a frying pan with vegetable oil and fry such pancakes, well, or whatever you like potato pancakes.

Important! There are potatoes that contain a sufficient amount of starch. You don't need to add flour to this.

Well, well, the final stage is turning, after the first side is fried and you see a beautiful crust, turn it over to the other. I usually use surebets to flip, don't you? Many people still ask whether it is necessary to close the lid when frying, personally I never close it.


4. This is what you should get approximately, such golden handsome men that will certainly decorate your table at lunch or dinner.

Important! If you want such patties to be crispy, similar to the taste of chips, then firstly put the dough in a not very thick layer in the pan. Secondly, after frying, each potato pancake will need to be put on a napkin to remove all excess fat, and of course so that they do not take moisture from each other.


5. Serve with sour cream and herbs. Bon Appetit!


Potato pancakes from potatoes: the easiest recipe

If you want to make an unusual breakfast or dinner, then repeat all the steps for this hostess:

Lean recipe for potato pancakes

Do you think it is possible to cook potato pancakes without flour? Yes, of course you can, but how? In this traditional recipe, I will not use flour as an ingredient specifically to show you the whole frying process.

As promised, I'll tell you what secret ingredient needs to be added so that the potatoes do not turn black during the cooking process. Perhaps you guessed it? This is lemon juice, but I like to use grated onions more because they are more piquant.

Interesting! Another trick is to soak the potato mixture in milk.

Take more products, because they are very savory and satisfying. They can feed the whole family. And you can serve it with any sauce, for example with ordinary sour cream, or make your own, I usually take mayonnaise into it through a press, pass the garlic, mix everything well and add a drop of freshly ground black pepper. It turns out very tasty and aromatic.

We need:

  • Potatoes - 12 pcs.
  • Onion - 1 pc.
  • Egg - 1-2 pcs.
  • Salt
  • Oil -10 tbsp for frying

Cooking method:

1. Once I was asked if it is possible to cook this dish, and not grate the potatoes on a coarse grater, but use something similar to mashed potatoes. And pass the main ingredient through a blender. Yes, of course you can, but why not. Now in the modern world, in order to speed up any process, there are good helpers in our kitchen.

And you can also drive it through a meat grinder, it will turn out very gently and softly.


Important! Squeeze the resulting consistency through cheesecloth or at least with your hands to get rid of excess juice.

Then add one egg, salt and pepper as you like.

Interesting! This mixture resembles minced meat, only it is not meat.


3. Now take a tablespoon and carefully scoop up a thin gruel from a bowl, distribute it in a thin layer over the pan, forming such small cakes. Cook until golden brown.

Important! Fry in a well-heated skillet with vegetable oil. How many minutes to fry? Usually it is 2-3 minutes, but I never time the time, I focus purely on the appearance, if it is beautiful and ruddy, then everything is ready.



5. Serve with sweet tea or any fruit, berry jelly. They look just great, just like in a restaurant or cafe.

Potato pancakes with minced meat in a pan

To achieve maximum satiety, especially my husband loves to use them with me, I stuff them with meat or minced meat. You can take absolutely any minced meat, for example, mixed beef + pork or chicken, from game.

We need:

  • potatoes - 4-5 pcs.
  • egg - 1 pc.
  • minced meat - 300 g
  • wheat flour - 0.4 tbsp.
  • ground black pepper and salt

Cooking method:

1. All stages of preparation are almost no different from the first two options. You will also first have to peel the potatoes, and then rub them with a steep grater or pass them through a meat grinder or blender. Then salt and pepper everything in your own way. Add the grated onion and add a spoonful of sour cream for flavor and juiciness. Beat in an egg.

2. Salt and pepper the minced meat, mix well. If you have it frozen, then be sure to defrost it in advance in a warm place.

Important! Instead of minced meat, you can take chopped cabbage, mushrooms, or something else and add.

3. Add flour to the dough, note it is used more here than in other versions, because I wanted to diversify this second dish to get "twinkties" like lazy stuffed pancakes.


4. Heat the pan well together in vegetable oil.

4. Well, now the fun begins, you need to carefully form small cakes in the form of a potato mixture, put the minced meat in the center, and put the dough on top again.

5. Fry over low heat so that the minced meat is well and evenly fried inside for about 2-3 minutes, determine the frying temperature yourself, just make sure that the potatoes do not burn right away. I also make one or two potato pancakes with a surprise inside, put a few pieces of ham or sausage in them. Every time we have new lucky ones who then wash the dishes, all to be honest.

Once we had a friend of mine as a guest, and I was just making such dumplings, so he generally said that such a dish is gorgeous, well, just like at McDonald's.

6. Fry on both sides until a nice appetizing crust, turn over with a special spatula or two forks, like me. Serve with sour cream and herbs. And by the way, cold potato pancakes are also incomparable, they can be used the next day, just heat them up in the microwave, of course they will lose the crunch, but the taste will remain!

Belarusian potato pancakes with meat

Well, this kind reminds me of the smell from childhood, like that of my grandmother, for me it is also quite light. My grandmother adheres to a small diet, and therefore she prepares pancakes with chicken meat, or with chicken thighs. And I love most of all with chicken breast. Of course, by themselves, these "creatures" can hardly be attributed to lean, dietary meals. You agree with me? Some calories and a lot of oil, also fried in fat. ๐Ÿ™‚

This technology is passed down from generation to generation, because there is nothing better than these juicy pancakes, as Belarusians used to call them, it was from them that we got acquainted with this dish and now everyone loves it very much.

Interesting! Do you know what the secrets of potato pancakes are in Belarusian, the fact that they are prepared exclusively with the addition of sour cream to the dough. And it turns out awesomely juicy! I was already salivating while I was writing, I remembered their aroma.

We need:

  • potatoes - 0.5 kg
  • onion - 1 pc.
  • chicken egg - 1 pc.
  • flour - 2 tbsp. l
  • sour cream (in dough) - 2 tbsp. l.
  • salt and black pepper
  • meat (I have chicken thigh fillet) - 300 g
  • vegetable oil for frying;
  • sour cream for serving

Cooking method:

1. Defrost chicken legs or chicken breast if your meat is frozen. Wash well under cold running water. Cut into pieces with a sharp knife, while removing the skin, it will not be needed. The pieces must be very small so that they are then well fried.


2. Peel the potatoes.


3. Pass it through a meat grinder. If there is no desire to get the meat grinder, then you can do such simple actions as rub it on a coarse grater. You can also not cut the meat, but pass it through this electrical appliance.


4. Now mix the meat pieces with the minced chicken. Skip the onion in a meat grinder or grate.



6. With a spoon, gently place small cakes in the form of circles or ovals on a preheated frying pan with vegetable oil. You make absolutely any form, the one that you like best.


7. Fry them until tender on both sides until they are nicely savory. Wish you a magical meal! Bon Appetit! Garnish with herbs and sour cream.


Potato pancakes with ham, cheese and herbs - a very tasty recipe

This option is truly amazing, I just love it. Well, probably because I like potatoes, ham and cheese. And I always add greens to such a dish, and when it's winter outside I take frozen ones. I usually always have frozen dill in my freezer. It is very appropriate here.

Important! Greens can be taken not only fresh, finely chopped, but also dried. It tastes just as good.

Instead of herbs, you can add absolutely any seasonings. What are you adding? Share your opinion in the comments.

We need:

  • potatoes - 6 pieces
  • onions - 1-2 pcs.
  • ham - 110 g
  • cheese - 110 g
  • kefir - 3-4 tablespoons
  • flour - 2-3 tbsp
  • garlic - 1-2 cloves
  • any greens, for example dill or parsley

Cooking method:

1. Well, as usual, let's start with the simplest. Grind all the ingredients, just like in the picture. Well, just some kind of sunny composition turned out. Grate cheese and ham, as well as potatoes. Chop the herbs very finely with a knife. Squeeze the garlic through the garlic press. Well, and grate the onion, too.


2. Season with salt and pepper, add egg and kefir to make it juicier and softer. Stir. Add flour.


3. The final stage is frying ready-made products with cheese and ham.

Important! Use only an environmentally friendly pan, preferably one with a non-stick ceramic coating.


4. Fry on both sides until aesthetically pleasing crust. Garnish with parsley. Golden with onions and herbs are ready!


And such beauty, of course, will delight the eye, and the taste will be unique and your loved ones will be asked to cook it more than once.

Potato pancakes without flour and eggs

Well, for those who do not want to add an egg and flour to this dish, I have prepared such a variant especially for you. He always saves me when I suddenly forgot that the flour was over in the house, and I didn't buy eggs. It happens ... oddly enough, and this is in our life. Although I do not specifically add eggs to this option, since I use starch, it replaces them.

Interesting! Rumor has it that real potato pancakes are prepared exclusively without flour, and in general, in general, why add flour, it only drowns out the taste of potatoes. Although with her it is better in my opinion. But it's up to you, in any case, the only thing I can say is that for whom calories are important, then of course do not use flour, it will be much more low-calorie.

We need:

  • potatoes - 5-6 pcs.
  • onion - 1 pc.
  • salt
  • ground black pepper
  • potato starch- 1 tsp
  • vegetable oil- for frying

Cooking method:

1. Grate peeled potatoes and onions. What is the best grater for grating? Of course on a large one, by the way, too. Season with salt and pepper. Add starch.


2. Now heat the pan and add the vegetable oil to it. Spoon these round pancakes with a tablespoon. And fry them on both sides.

Important! To reduce splashes, squeeze the dough through a sieve or cheesecloth.


3. Serve ready-made lukewarm crispy potato pancakes without eggs with sour cream or adjika, maybe even with ketchup. One friend of mine does ketchune at all. Mixes mayonnaise and ketchup and it turns out not that something interesting. My neighbor makes a sauce of vinegar, dilutes it with water, then adds garlic, and dipped it into this tincture, so to speak.


Draniki-sorcerers with meat are very juicy and tasty

This variation uses ingredients such as milk and yeast to give them a milky taste. I propose to watch this option in this video from the YouTube channel:

Delicious zucchini and potato pancakes

This option is truly summer or autumn. Zucchini is a seasonal vegetable that you won't see in winter. Therefore, we take a moment and prepare this dish now. Such masterpieces are delicious cold. Try it and you will like it.

Potato pancakes in the oven

Potato pancakes baked with onions, otherwise potato pancakes in the old days were cooked in the oven, nowadays in the oven.

This option refers to dietary, lean dishes, because oil takes almost half as much as if you stood and fried in a pan. The advantage of this cooking method is that you do not need to stand at the stove and make sure that nothing is burnt.

We need:

  • potatoes - 6-8 pcs.
  • chicken egg - 1 pc.
  • mayonnaise - 4 tbsp. l.
  • onion - 1 pc.
  • garlic - 2-3 cloves
  • flour - 4 tbsp. l.
  • salt and pepper
  • sunflower oil - 2 - 3 tbsp. l.

Cooking method:

1. To prepare this dish, you will need a round bowl in which you will knead the dough. To do this, grate the potatoes on a coarse grater, then the onion. After that, squeeze the ingredients a little with your hands so that the excess juice flows. Add mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Break one egg.


2. Pour in wheat flour, a couple of spoons or more, depending on what kind of potatoes you have.


3. Then dip your hands in cold water and sculpt them in a round, oval or long shape, or even balls, these are "cool things".

Important! If you want to have piquancy in this dish, then chop the garlic, finely chopped, on top of the finished product.


4. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper for baking. Lubricate it with refined vegetable oil. And accordingly, put thin products on it.


5. Bake these potato cakes for 20-25 minutes, the frying temperature should be about 200 degrees.

Important! In the process of cooking, do not forget to turn them gently onto another barrel after about 10 minutes.


Well, well, the dish is ready, I think it is not nearly worse than the Belarusians, or our great-great-grandmothers in the oven, once cooked a long time ago. ๐Ÿ˜† Serve with vegetables, or for example with a vegetable stew.

Lazy pancakes in a frying pan

I had never cooked such before, but as it turned out, itโ€™s generally very simple, it turns out such an enormous cake, and if you make it with mushrooms, but with fried onions or minced meat, oh, carrots, itโ€™s just not good.

In a nutshell, grate the potatoes, mix them with the onions and place them in a baking dish and bake. And such a truly classic dish does not contain any more ingredients. And the main thing is delicious and even healthier than in a frying pan. Americans call them hash brown, and we Russians call them lazy.


If you want to learn in more detail and step by step how to cook such a miracle, see here, it gives an option for cooking in a pan:

Redmond multicooker pancake recipe

I will not describe this option in detail and in detail, for the simple reason that you can take absolutely any recipe as a basis and bake such sweets in a multi-aid.

The only thing I want to say is that fry them in a bowl with well-heated vegetable oil at a temperature of 100-120 degrees, and choose the mode with the "Fry" lid open.

Interesting! Many people make such a dish stewed in sour cream, but I honestly did not try to fry it like that! I think it will be very soft and juicy.

For those who do not understand or understand something, watch this video:

That's all for me. See you on the blog! Have a nice day and a bright, cheerful mood!

P.S Recently I learned an old Russian-Belarusian, and maybe Ukrainian sauce for pancakes, who knows how it really was. I share them with you my subscribers and blog guests.

This sauce is called machanka, but such a funny name. ๐Ÿ™‚ To do this, you need such products, take them by eye: smoked or smoked sausage, pork ribs, ghee and chicken leg. All these ingredients will need to be poured with a little water and added sour cream and herbs. And most importantly, you need to bake it in a pot in the oven until tender. After everything is ready, dip the shingle in this liquid and eat it to your health. Well, gobble up all the remaining ingredients with pleasure.