Perfectly crispy Potato pancakes (latkes) 

A few modifications; after grating the potatoes, squeeze them in your hands over the sink to remove excess fluid and starch. Finely chopping the onion yields a bit better separation and better flavor after cooking. Add a Tablespoon or two of lemon juice and mix well to bring the PH of the alkaline potatoes closer to neutral, it makes all the difference. By all means use clarified butter or bacon grease and you almost must use a cast iron skillet to get that deep crust. Place on paper towel to remove excess grease. Remember to salt a bit after cooking.

Thank God finally someone who knows how to make a potato latkes I’ve never ever squeezed and drained all the fluid out of my potatoes I feel it takes the flavor away 🥰

These are just like Grandma's potato pancakes and the way I still make them today! My grandma used to put a little bit of ham in them to sometimes. Topped with applesauce of course.

Thanks for the cooking lessons, like managing the pan’s heat and using the paper bag and convection oven as well as the great recipe.

Love your video and your calming voice. I made potato pancakes from leftover mashed potatoes. I make latkes when a few potatoes are on their way out.

Thx for all the “grate” tips. 😆 The paper bag under the paper towel is helpful!

They look crispy and light. I look forward to trying them! Thank you.

Exactly how I watched my mother make them. We always have them with a side bowl of buttermilk as a cold soup with a little salt pepper and I still do this because I love it. Sour cream nice too. Thank you I just love you.

Wonderful video - loved it. I made some recently and placed the potatoes in a colander with a bowl underneath the catch the liquid. I placed a paper towel on top which I pressed into the potatoes to press out and absorb some water, then left it there to prevent the oxidation until ready to mix them.

wow i love this Crispy Potato pancakes. Thank you for sharing your recipe

I have been making the same potatoes cakes for years to make my food go more. It was my hash browns potatoes. My kids love them

Aunt Susie....I used my hands for years, too. I'm 62 so I've been cooking a LONG time! I also have artificial nails and rings. I found plastic gloves on ebay for $1 for 100 about two years ago. I am hooked! I always hated having to stick my hand in things, especially meatloaf, but you have to for incorporation. Your mother is right...hands are the best! Being a former nurse, I was just always conscious of my nails and kept a nail brush at my sink to clean them. But, the gloves are great! Love them so much and I don't worry about the germs anymore :) Handwashing works....I was always more worried about what was under my nails :) Try them and see if you like them.....at a dollar a pack, you are not losing much :)

After mixing the potatoes and onions you might want to squeeze the mixture through a cheese cloth over a measuring cup. Once the liquid settles, gently pour off the liquid and the remaining starch will be left in the bottom. Mix this potato starch with your eggs to create a nice binder for the latkes. Add this mixture to your potatoes and then fry.

Will try to do these. You make it look easy. You have a gift of cooking and thanks for sharing

You make this just like my mother use to unfortunately she passed away and i never got her to do this on video! Even the green onions she added! Thanks for sharing this video im going to make this for my daughter she's going to love it...

Love listening to you. You're such a good teacher and you're very interesting.

Love the precise instructions about the heat of the pan

When I make rosti (similar, but no flour or egg), I grate the potato into a clean cloth, gather up the corners, and squeeze out the excess water.

Thank you for this potato pancake. You gave me a good idea of cooking potato.❤🎉😊

Looks GREAT!! As for the paper bag..always use unstained ones. Then cut them up, and ONLY use the INSIDE layer of the bag. Works fine. 😀

I love potato pancakes, when I was a kid, we couldn't eat meat on Friday, and potato pancakes were our choice for dinner, right behind a fish fry. Love mine with butter and syrup.

Looks great, I can almost taste them☺ I really like your preference of adding the sliced green onions. Thx for your video!

I just made them they taste real good thanks for the recipe I will be looking forward in seeing more of your recipes on post

Thank you for clearly explaining your methods, I'm trying it right now.

Was so glad to see how you make potato cakes....looks so good!

Your potatoes look scrumptious! When I make them I don't use flour. I add caraway seeds for a special flavor. Also, I feel that putting potatoes in an oven after there cooked may dry them out. Finally, I like apple sauce with my potatoes.

I like to ad dried rosemary and garlic granules in mine 👍 Thanks for the vid When we were kids 50 years ago here in Australia.. for some reason these were called ‘mock fish ‘ ! Always tasted good 👍 You could probably pop a bit of corn or peas in there too like a Vege fritter

Was a nice video, thanks for sharing and your voice was nice and soft spoken

So simple yet delicious.

Very yummy, mouth watering!!!

My mouth watered. Loved your demo.

Love this. And the paper bag trick is what I use when making homemade fries. Absorbs the oil. Never thought to lay it down too. Thanks :) This video is perfection!

so simple to make will defo give them a go Thank's

Absolute brilliant recipe one of the best well worth trying

I've been dong this with grated zucchini for years! I made up the recipe myself and had no idea that potato latkes were made the same way. The bit about draining off the liquid is even more important when using the zucchini. They seem to have a lot more moisture than potatoes.

Great food; I use almost the exact same recipe (I use a lot of black pepper, I love it) but after grating the potatoes and onions, you might want to try waiting for five or ten minutes then squeezing the potatoes/onions in cheesecloth to get the water out.

Those look absolutely delicious!!

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They taste so good with applesauce too!

😲 My stepmother used to make potato pancake. My family ate it woth apple sauce.....??MMmmmm. Dilish👍🏼

Thank you for sharing your recipe!

Looks soooo good, love potato pancakes............good with applesauce, and a side of sour cream as well.

I use the cast iron skillet! but needs a lot of oil (about 1" of oil in the pan), and then go low and slow. The cast iron solves the problem of the uneven heat which is why you are turning the heat up and down. It's what cast iron does best! If you have a good cast iron that has developed it's patina food never sticks. Also, one tip for the liquid ... I get a sturdy, linen kitchen towel, put the potato AND the onion in the towel and then twist like a tootsie roll and keep twisting till it's squeezed out. The grated onion adds a lot of liquid to the mix as well as the liquid leeching from the potato. And ... just for giggles ... try adding other additives? I've done them with jalapenos, chipotles, chopped black olives (the best), diced garlic, and finely diced red bell pepper.. . get creative and have fun! I do parties for 10 or more and do small batches w different additives.

That is so nice .good job👍👍👍

Oh yum...I remember these were my very favourite food as a child....I always used to say to my mum " When I grow up I'm going to make these for dinner every night" she would just smile.....I've made them a lot in 36 years marriage but not every night lol

I use baking powder also and grate potatoes on smallest grate and make sure to get all liquid out

Yummy potato pancakes

I like the square non-stick skillet!! ☺️👍 I think I know what you mean about "pan recovery time"! ☺️

Thank you for teaching me about 'recovery time' when frying. I'm an old dog learning a new trick. Wow they look so good! Can't wait to cook them myself. Sour cream and 🍷👅 😜 !!

Learned how to make my potato pancakes crispy! Thank you! 😀🥔

I am German too, like other people that commented. We always called this Reibekuchen. They are always delicious! Great Video Susie!

mmmmmm, my mouth is watering, can't wait to try them, thank you!!

I had the same thing fried with apple sauce an sour cream. Still one the best things I've ever tried.

My favorite poor man's meal....I'm watching for tips on less mushy...you illustrated some squeezing out the juice, moving the potatoes away from liquids building up in the pan bottom, and keeping the cooking surface sufficently hot...I'll try all those ideas !!

Yumm potato pancakes with crisp bacon and sour cream with a side of homemade applesauce. I'm dying here.

Yummy! Thanks and good night!

Definitely a thumbs up I used to make my corn beef hash this way great everything even the corn beef and the onions and the potato I always turned out perfect👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I am just eating these..they are fabulous thank you ☺💜

Washing the potato in water gets rid of the starch. Then squeeze them dry and then maybe air dry some so that your pancakes will be crispy.

Why are so many people complaining about the nails, the pancakes look delicious. Her hands are clean. Enjoy the damn pancakes and quit being so persnickety, thank her for the recipe and make the pancakes at home with short nails and clean hands

Thank you for the video Susan! It was extremely helpful and love the tips you inserted about frying on high heat and getting rid of liquid

Wouldn’t it be better to place your grated potatoes in a colander over a bowl, to drain the liquid that will come from the potatoes?

Those looked delicious!

Yes, make pancakes at home and stir with a spoon. Use an ice cream scoop to dish it out in pan. Scoops come in one fourth and one half cup size. That way your hands will not touch potato shreddes. Best potato recipe ever. Thanks.

I use a similar method but with an egg and a bit of baking powder to help as binder. Looks delicious.

I really loved your recipe. Thank you for sharing!

Hey, you guys, my mother in law always had long fingernails and she was one of the best cooks I've ever known. Real cooking has always been "earthy". Chefs prefer using their hands. It's their personal touch. Taste their food. It's delicious!

The only thing different I’d do is rinse the potatoes off after grating them to get that brown off and wring them dry.

First of all they look delicious. Secondly to the people complaining about the nails you are not eating the latkes this is an instructional video, would it be better if her nails were not taken care of, with dirt under her nails, broken, and looking barley. Keep up the wonderful videos and I for one is trying this recipe.

I make these. I use a salad shooter to grate the potatoes. Life changing!

Nice job. Thank you. I am blessed to have a SaladMaster grater, and one can grate the potatoes in a few short minutes. :)

I'm going to try your wonderful recipe tomorrow. Beautiful hands!

Wonderful . Thank you

Susie’s latkes look delicious. But I was taught that you had to lightly salt the grated potatoes and allow them to drain and then put the shredded potatoes in a clean tea towel and wring out an excess water there might be. Does anyone else do this?

Great Potato pancakes!

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my mom would add some (cooks in 5 min) oatmeal, that helps soak up extra remaining liquid and has no flavor but adds extra crunch. Your right about cooking on med/hi heat otherwise pancake can absorb too much oil.

Looks good yummy yummy I got to try

Sweetheart,you were amazing with these pancakes! Will definitely try. Your mom is right! Hands are the best utensils we can use. And I love those beautiful nails 🤗

I agree Susies kitchen. My Mother and Grandmother did too , yes with lots of love and their hands were immaculate , but my dear with all due respect, you missed my point. I mean they they didn’t work in the kitchen with handling food with long nails. That was my point I was trying to make. The recipe is wonderful , and many ladies do have gorgeous nails, but maybe food gloves are a good idea when we want to have our nails. Just for when mixing or when the food can get in our nails. In the old days that’s how they did it anyway. I’m one of those old gals, so I consider myself kind of old fashion at times in the kitchen. The old gals thought that way anyhow.

Thanks for sharing, I will try this 💖

Thanks for all the tips and for causing my mouth to water! Haha

Thank you from Scotland. 2020.

I wanted to see if she was going to set a record for saying, "go ahead and..." Not quite, but she's right up there with the best of 'em.

I'll make this for breakfast, THANK you.... THUMBS up.

My father taught me to squeeze out the water from the shredded potatoes before making hashbrowns. I like this recipe so now its off to the kitchen.

I'm still looking for a recipe similar to the way we made them at my parent's German Club in PA. They weren't processed down to a batter but more finally chopped than yours.

It's looks delicious. I like add some Carrots and make it little spicy by adding pepper.

Great recipe, Thank You!

HUNGRY 2020.GOOD JOB

Thank you for tge tips.. About paper bag

Potato pancakes was a always a favorite growing up, but never really master making them myself. This looks doable and delicious. Gonna try em. Thanks for sharing and for the good tips.

While you cook them...line your oven rack with foil...have it pre heated to 200.... keeps them nice till you are done cooking and ready for all to sit down and eat.

Adding 1/8th tsp baking soda with the flour will make browning much easier.

That looks like hash browns/potato fritters. Yum

Excellent! After cooking possible to smooth them with mushed garlic, if somebody preferred.

They are wonderful with warm maple syrup. Beautiful job. Thanks.

Nothing sticks to cast iron unless it's not seasoned properly or unless you burn the food in it. Cook and wipe clean with a paper towel. My cast iron is my most prized possessions. I love your latka recipe.

yummy , thanks for sharing , new friend , stay connected

Clever cooking technique