It is very easy to make such a dish, especially since now there are many additions to these fragrant potato pancakes. In this article, we will consider not only the classic recipe for making potato pancakes, but also its interpretation.

Classic pancakes recipe

Ingredients:

  • Potatoes - 10 pieces (medium size);
  • Eggs - 2 pieces;
  • Onion - 1-2 heads;
  • Flour - for dough (the amount depends on the consistency of the dough, the thinner it is, the more flour will be needed);
  • Salt to taste.

Cooking:

  1. Potatoes must be peeled. Be sure to cut out all the black dots and rot. Rinse the potatoes in cold water.
  2. Take a large grater and use it to chop all the potatoes.
  3. Remove the peel from the onion and rub it on a coarse grater too.
  4. In a large bowl, combine onions, potatoes and 2 eggs. The dough will turn out liquidy, due to the fact that starch protrudes from the potato. Therefore, potatoes need to be thickened with flour. At the end of the dough you need to salt.
  5. Heat the pan thoroughly and pour vegetable oil on it, then spread it over the entire surface using a silicone brush.
  6. Gather the dough into a spoon and put the pancakes on the pan. Ideally, cast-iron cookware should be used, but a non-stick pan is also suitable.
  7. Fry pancakes to a golden color. Then, using a spatula, they must be turned over so that they are prepared on the other side.
  8. The dish is ready! Serve it with vegetables, or just with bread.

Draniki with minced meat

Ingredients:

  • Meat - 0.2 kg (usually use pork, but you can take chicken or beef);
  • Onion - 1 piece;
  • Potato - 7 pieces;
  • Flour - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
  • Favorite seasonings and salt to taste.

Cooking:

  1. Rinse and dry the meat.Grind it with a blender or meat grinder.
  2. Peel the onion, chop it finely, or chop it in a meat grinder and add it to the meat. Spices (for example, hops-suneli, curry or basil) and salt should also be added to the minced meat. Mix everything thoroughly. Stuffing is ready.
  3. Peel the potatoes and rinse thoroughly. Grind all the potatoes on a coarse grater. To avoid excess moisture in the dough, we advise you to make potato pancakes like this: 1) Blot the peeled potatoes with paper towels or napkins to remove the liquid; 2) Grind all the potatoes on a grater and put them in a clean towel, or in cheesecloth and twist tightly so that unnecessary moisture is gone. Then the potatoes will be ready for further processing, and in this case it will not be necessary to add flour.
  4. Add eggs to the potato, mix everything.
  5. If you didn’t squeeze the potatoes, add flour.
  6. Before the hottest, add salt to the potato. This should not be done before, so that the potatoes do not let the juice go.
  7. Heat the pan, pour oil into it.
  8. Potatoes can be spread on a hot skillet. Lay out a small amount of dough and smooth it.
  9. On top of the potatoes, put a spoonful of minced meat, evenly distribute it throughout the shingles.
  10. Put a layer of potatoes on the meat again so that the meat does not peek out and fall out, a “sealed” potato pancake is formed.
  11. Fry the product on one side until golden brown over medium or high heat.
  12. Then turn over the potato pancakes, reduce the heat and cover the frying pan. Fry the meat pancakes for another 10-15 minutes.
  13. Finish ready-made pancakes on paper towels so that they absorb excess fat.
  14. Serve the pancakes warm. Bon Appetit.

Potato pancakes with mushrooms

 

Such a recipe for pancakes will be appreciated by lovers of mushrooms.

Ingredients:

  • Mushrooms - 0.3-04 kg;
  • Onion - 2 pieces;
  • Potato - 0.7-0.8 kg;
  • Flour - 2 tbsp. spoons;
  • Oil - for frying;
  • Egg - 1 piece;
  • Salt and seasoning to taste.

Cooking:

  1. Rinse the mushrooms thoroughly (required several times). Trim all dark places and peel.
  2. Mushrooms are very finely chopped (in the end they should be as large as potatoes), but note that they will still boil and halve in size.
  3. Pour mushrooms into a hot pan. They immediately start the juice, let them stew in their juice, then add salt and mix thoroughly.
  4. Remove the peel from the onion and chop it finely. Immediately process 2 onions, but they are needed for different processes.
  5. When all the liquid from the mushrooms has evaporated, pour in the oil so that they begin to fry.
  6. Add chopped onions to the mushrooms (only 1) and mix. Let the mushrooms with the onions cook for about 10 minutes over low heat.
  7. Peel all the potatoes and grate them.
  8. Add onion (second head), 1 egg, seasonings and salt to the potatoes. Mix everything very carefully.
  9. Add ready-made mushrooms and flour to the potato mass. All mix.
  10. Preheat the pan, grease it with oil and spread it on a hot surface of the pancakes with a spoon.
  11. When the product is browned on one side, you can turn potato pancakes on the other side.
  12. Now set the fire to a minimum, and let the potato pancakes fry in this state for about 10 minutes.
  13. Our potato pancakes are ready. It is better to eat them in a warm form, along with sour cream.

Oven baked potato pancakes recipe

A great option for those who adhere to a diet or monitor their diet, because in this recipe the oil consumption is much lower. Also, the housewives will like this idea if they cook several dishes at once, and there is no time to stand at the stove. So let's get started.

Ingredients:

  • Potato - 0.4-0.5 kg;
  • Sour cream - 1 tbsp. spoon (this is for cooking, for serving, take this ingredient separately and calculate the amount you need);
  • Egg - 1 piece;
  • Onion - 1 head;
  • Flour - 2 tbsp. spoons;
  • Garlic - 2 cloves;
  • Oil - for greasing a baking sheet;
  • Salt and seasoning to taste.

Cooking:

  1. Turn on the oven 200 degrees so that by the time of baking it has time to heat up.
  2. Remove the peel from the onion and chop it finely.
  3. Peel the garlic and pass 2 cloves through a press or chop it finely.
  4. Cut the potatoes in stages: 1) Take 1 potato and peel it, cut the rot and eyes; 2) Flush it; 3) On a large grater, grate this potato and immediately squeeze it so that excess liquid is left, which will interfere with cooking; 4) Put the grated potato in a bowl and add a little sour cream to it. This is necessary so that the potatoes do not darken. Repeat these processes with all the potatoes and put them in a large container.
  5. Drive the egg into the potatoes and mix everything.
  6. Add flour and spices, as well as chopped onions with garlic. All mix.
  7. Take a baking sheet and grease its entire surface (using a silicone brush) with vegetable oil or margarine. If you have a silicone pan, then lubricating it is not necessary.
  8. At a short distance from each other, our pancakes need to be tidied up. For convenience - use a spoon.
  9. Send the form to the oven for 20 minutes.
  10. Golden potato pancakes can be removed and served. Optionally, you can decorate potato pancakes with greens. As a sauce, you can use sour cream or ketchup. Good appetite.

Now you know how to make potato pancakes. Try making new recipes and don't be afraid to experiment. Cook with love!

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