Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, leftovers makeover: mashed potato fritters. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
These leftover mashed potato fritters are so yummy, it's worth planning to have leftovers on purpose! Full potato fritters recipe written below. We don't usually have leftovers when I make mashed potatoes, but this time, we did.
Leftovers Makeover: Mashed Potato Fritters is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Leftovers Makeover: Mashed Potato Fritters is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have leftovers makeover: mashed potato fritters using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Leftovers Makeover: Mashed Potato Fritters:
- Make ready For the fritters:
- Take 2 cups mashed potatoes (firmly packed)
- Prepare 1/3 cup flour for the fritters
- Make ready 1 large egg
- Prepare 1/2-2/3 cup grated cheese (such as Cheddar, Jack, Mozzarella, Colby Jack)
- Take 1 large green onion, chopped (white parts, too)
- Prepare For frying:
- Take 2 cups oil
If the mashed potato pancake mixture looks too dry and isn't holding together, add one more egg. Garlic-Rosemary Potato Fritters Cook lots of chopped garlic and rosemary in olive oil until fragrant. Form into patties (chill, if time allows). Dredge in bread crumbs or flour.
Instructions to make Leftovers Makeover: Mashed Potato Fritters:
- Put all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. (Try to sprinkle the salt evenly over the entire surface area of the mashed potatoes so you don't accidentally get a super salty bite.)
- Get in with your hands (or a wooden spoon or spatula if you're not a handsy person) and mix everything thoroughly.
- Preheat oil in a pan to somewhere between 350F and 375F. If you don't have a thermometer, you can sprinkle some flour into the oil and if it starts to gently sizzle right away, your oil's ready.
- Gently drop batter into the oil by spoonfuls. I like to take two silverware tablespoons and make them in a quenelle shape.
- Fry for 6 to 8 minutes until they're a dark golden brown, turning two or three times during the process to make sure all sides get cooked evenly.
- Blot the oil from the fritters on a paper towel, paper bag, or tempura paper, and enjoy!
These crispy, cheesy mashed potato cakes are the best way to give new life to leftover mashed potatoes. You actually can fry mashed potatoes without all of the added flavors and ingredients that we've used here. But they'll fall apart as they fry unless they have at least an egg and some cheese to. Leftover mashed potatoes make the perfect batter for the next morning's pancakes. Henderiks says to mix two cups of mashed potatoes with an egg, a handful of spinach, tomatoes and shredded low-fat feta or cheddar cheese.
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