Tex-Mex Latkes
The recipe Tex-Mex Latkes could satisfy your Jewish craving in roughly 45 minutes. For $1.11 per serving, you get a side dish that serves 12. One portion of this dish contains roughly 4g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 216 calories. It will be a hit at your Hanukkah event. A couple people made this recipe, and 10 would say it hit the spot. Head to the store and pick up sour cream, serrano peppers, pepper, and a few other things to make it today. It is brought to you by Hilah Cooking. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian diet. With a spoonacular score of 31%, this dish is rather bad. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Tex Mex Mule, Tex-Mex Pizza, and Tex-Mex Burger.
Servings: 12
Ingredients:
Apple sauce
½ cup crumbled or grated cotija cheese
2 eggs
Fresh cilantro
2 cloves garlic, minced
Jalapeño jelly
1 cup oil for frying (grapeseed, canola, corn, light olive oil)
¼ teaspoon pepper
2 pounds potatoes (starchy Russets are my preference)
½ teaspoon salt
1-2 jalapeño or serrano peppers, minced
Sour cream
¾ cup finely chopped onion (1 small yellow onion)
Equipment:
grater
bowl
frying pan
Cooking instruction summary:
Grate most of the potatoes on the large holes of a grater. Grate about cup of potato on the fine side.Put all the potatoes on a clean towel and squeeze over a bowl to get the liquid out. Set the bowl aside to settle.Mix potatoes with the egg, onion, cheese, pepper, garlic, salt, pepper.Drain the brown water from the small bowl, keeping the white potato starch behind. Scrape the starch into the potato mix and stir.Heat cup of oil in a skillet over medium-high heat until a strip of potato sizzles. You should have at least inch of oil in the pan.Scoop the potato mixture by large spoonfuls onto the skillet (about c each) and spread out to make a 3" patty.Fry for 2-3 minutes until very brown.Flip carefully and cook an additional 3 minutes.Add more oil to the skillet as necessary and fry the rest of the latkes.Serve with sour cream, applesauce, jelly and a little cilantro
Step by step:
1. Grate most of the potatoes on the large holes of a grater. Grate about cup of potato on the fine side.Put all the potatoes on a clean towel and squeeze over a bowl to get the liquid out. Set the bowl aside to settle.
2. Mix potatoes with the egg, onion, cheese, pepper, garlic, salt, pepper.
3. Drain the brown water from the small bowl, keeping the white potato starch behind. Scrape the starch into the potato mix and stir.
4. Heat cup of oil in a skillet over medium-high heat until a strip of potato sizzles. You should have at least inch of oil in the pan.Scoop the potato mixture by large spoonfuls onto the skillet (about c each) and spread out to make a 3" patty.Fry for 2-3 minutes until very brown.Flip carefully and cook an additional 3 minutes.
5. Add more oil to the skillet as necessary and fry the rest of the latkes.
6. Serve with sour cream, applesauce, jelly and a little cilantro
Nutrition Information:
covered percent of daily need
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