Potato Cakes For Dinner
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
Nashville, Tennessee
September 28, 2021 5:40pm CST
Another dinner to share with you. Potato cakes. Something I ate growing up, and still enjoy.
If you have leftover mashed potatoes, you can use them with this recipe.
Not a problem if you have no leftovers. Just make mashed potatoes and add as follows:
Two cups of mashed potatoes
1/4 cup flour
1 egg
salt and pepper
Heat a pan with canola oil and butter on medium heat. Brown on both sides. Drain on a paper towel and sprinkle with salt.
Easy and quick! Anything goes with these. You can fry eggs, bacon, and have a breakfast. Or add any kind of meat or sides.
With potatoes, anything goes. I often eat just these potato cakes. Sometimes I add a little sour cream on top. Other times, ketchup.
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@spiderdust (14759)
• San Jose, California
29 Sep 21
We sometimes have these with applesauce on the side.
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@spiderdust (14759)
• San Jose, California
29 Sep 21
@CarolDM Oh, my kids would prefer the sour cream too! They are sour cream fiends who would eat it by the spoonful straight out of the container if I let them.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
29 Sep 21
@spiderdust That is how much I enjoy sour cream too.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
30 Sep 21
Sounds good! Adding veggies, makes a nice meal.
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Got to get healthier foods for me, getting older and close to weigh in & blood draw.
@ptrikha_2 (47260)
• India
29 Sep 21
I think we also have something similar sometimes. Yet we might be using some other name.
May be "Pakodas".
They are delicious but well not to be taken in excess or too frequently.
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@ptrikha_2 (47260)
• India
30 Sep 21
@CarolDM
Yes that is the best diet approach.
Too strict or lenient approach doesn't works!
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@RebeccasFarm (91120)
• Arvada, Colorado
28 Sep 21
Oh Carol, my Granny used to make the best spud cakes too.
She cooked them in a cast iron.
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@RebeccasFarm (91120)
• Arvada, Colorado
28 Sep 21
@CarolDM Yes indeed, enjoy those cakes now Carol. Glad you made them.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
29 Sep 21
love this! Great ide and of course, added to my list!
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
29 Sep 21
@CarolDM thank you!!! i will let you know when we make them!
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@snowy22315 (184373)
• United States
29 Sep 21
My mother used to make those when I was a kid, I never liked them..so not sure I have ever had them as an adult.
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@snowy22315 (184373)
• United States
29 Sep 21
@CarolDM I think sis liked them. She probably still makes them.
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@1creekgirl (42165)
• United States
3 Oct 21
I love potato cakes! I use mashed potatoes, flour, salt and pepper, and sometimes cheese and cooked bacon. Then after they're browned, I put sour cream on top, very similar to yours.
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@pitsipeahie (5041)
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29 Sep 21
Oh yes, we love potato cakes. I sometimes would put cheese inside those cakes. 
And yes, it's good with anything.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
29 Sep 21
These would be the culinary "cousin" of latkes, which I absolutely adore. I would recommend plating these on a bed of spinach, adding a dollop of sour cream, and adding some shredded carrots to top it all off for a bit of a "wow" factor-- especially if serving guests. You could even add a few edible flowers alongside.
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