Dad’s Potato Pancakes

  4.6 – 75 reviews  • Pancakes

One of the most well-known and traditional salads in Russia is this wonderful Russian garden salad.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 15
Yield: 15 servings

Ingredients

  1. 5 pounds potatoes, peeled
  2. 1 onion
  3. 3 eggs, beaten
  4. 2 ½ cups dry pancake mix
  5. 2 teaspoons salt
  6. 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  7. 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Instructions

  1. In a food processor grate potatoes and onion. In a large bowl combine potatoes, onions, eggs, pancake mix, salt and pepper.
  2. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Spoon potatoes into skillet and cook as you would pancakes, for 3 to 4 minutes on each side.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 197 kcal
Carbohydrate 39 g
Cholesterol 37 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 5 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Sodium 652 mg
Sugars 2 g
Fat 2 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Ralph Stone
This is exactly the recipe I use. My husband grew up with these, and we love them. Anyone that thinks these are bland, also must not like French fries. They are perfect, husband is also German
Terry Newman
GREAT!
Stefanie Garcia
These were very good. I hand grated the potatoes and squeezed out the water before adding the egg, pancake mix and seasoning. I used an onion that was a little too small so I suggest using a medium to large onion for added flavor
Richard Martinez
This was a very easy recipe, and they turned out great. Haven’t had potato pancakes in a long time. 5 stars!!!
Allen Smith
I’m surprised that this tasted better than I would have thought. I just needed a little more salt. I’ll try this with some cajun seasoning next time.
John Lewis
Yum, yum, yum! Best served fresh, not as good the next day. I used left over mashed potatoes and onion powder. Turned out wonderful.
Donald Fernandez
this recipe was simple and delish. I added garlic,parsley,and shredded cheddar as well. thinking crushed red pepper will add nicely also.
Tyler Taylor
Pregnancy cravings wanted potatoes but something different but quick. Omg this hit the spot! Who knew simple ingredients that is always in your kitchen makes a delicious “restaurant quality but homemade” flavor!!! I have to make these for hubby when he wakes up! (Currently 3:30 am) lol
Teresa Costa
I used some left over mashed potatoes; I seasoned it as instructed, but I had some left over crispy fried on onions ( the kind you put on green bean casserole). I crushed them up and folded them into the batter. It was outstanding!! I cooked them in a pain with butter about 3 min on each side over med heat. My 7 y/o ate 5 of them.
Laurie Ferguson
Potatoes MUST be hand grated
Caitlin Burch
I have been trying to find a recipe for potato pancakes like my grandmother used to make. This is not quite it but pretty close and they are very good.
Jon Wiggins
It’s ok. Kids ate it with lots of syrup.
Patricia Williams
Woke up Christmas Eve Morning with a strong hankering for potato pancakes!Ask myself do u really want to get into all that? So I made an adjustment, some may call cheating, but made this so much faster, easier, and tastes exactly the same. I used frozen hash browns, thawed by running under cold water in a strainer for about 2 minutes. Dried off potatos with paper towels. Then continued as usual. I also added fresh chopped garlic, a dash of paprika & couple drops of worschestershire sauce. Another quick time saver I used my pancake flipper pan. Double sided pan They turned out so delicious!.
Kimberly Kidd
Ok, nice idea. I think cooking the potatoes first would help.
Jennifer Boone
Great recipe, good consistency. I added garlic and corn to the last half of the batch and they were yummy, the first ones were a bit sweeter, probably due to my pancake mix.
Andrew Bowers
Yum!!!! Best potato pancake recipe I’ve tried yet!
Michael Hall
I used the basic recipe,I didn’t use 5 lbs of potatoes it’s just the 2 of us so I just peeled what I needed. Then I added half of a large onion and 3 cloves of garlic salt and pepper to taste. Then put in 2 large eggs and then added the pancake batter (pwd form) I used Krusteaz buttermilk pancake mix.The kind you use will make a difference, this is the best I have ever found. Put in enough so batter is not too runny then fry in oil. My pancakes turned out the best they ever had! Even my husband was happy with them.
Chase Myers
This was quite good. I had to alter just a bit. Didn’t have regular pancake mix so I used what I had – Sweet Potato Pancake mix. It was yummy.
Stephanie Perez
I followed the recipe exactly but with regard to technique – after grating the potato and onion in my food processor, I then poured them into a towel to squeeze out the excess water. These were extremely easy to prepare and the only suggestion I would make is to salt to your personal taste.
Michael Perry
These were some pretty fabulous potato pancakes. You can really throw whatever you’d like on top and it’s great.
John Riley
Topped with sour cream and New Mexico red chili or salsa……yummmmmm. Thanks for the recipe!

 

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