Latkes, or crisp onion-scented potato pancakes, are a traditional Hanukkah dish. Go to any Hanukkah party and you’ll find an apron-clad Jewish mother or grandmother standing at the stove frying and doling them out – a tradition I loved and cherished until I became the poor mother who had to make them. Cooking short-order style, hot oil splattering all over the kitchen, children running underfoot – no thank you! Enter these oven-fried latkes. They’re no healthier, mind you, but just as good, half the mess and so much easier.
Oven-Fried Potato Latkes
Recipe By Jenn Segal
- Cooking and Prep: 40 m
- Serves: 6
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Contains:
Ingredients (7)
Main ingredients
Start Cooking
Prepare the Latkes
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Set oven racks in center of oven. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
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Peel the potatoes, then coarsely grate them with the onion together in food processor or by hand using a box grater.
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Place potato mixture in a fine sieve and press down firmly with paper towel to remove excess moisture. Stir and repeat a few times with fresh paper towels until liquid is mostly drained.
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Transfer potato mixture to bowl and mix in eggs, salt, baking powder and flour.
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Fill two heavy non-stick rimmed baking sheets with 1/2 cup oil each. Place pans in oven for 10 minutes to heat the oil. Wearing oven mitts, carefully remove pans from oven.
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Drop batter by the 1/4-cupful onto baking sheets, spacing about 1 and 1/2 inches apart.
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Using the bottom of the measuring cup or a spoon, press down on pancakes to flatten just slightly.
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Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until bottoms are crisp and golden.
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Carefully remove pans from oven and flip latkes (tongs are the best tool as a spatula may cause oil to splatter).
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Place pans back in oven and cook until latkes are crisp and golden brown all over, about 10 minutes more.
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Remove pans from oven and transfer latkes to large platter lined with paper towels. Serve immediately with sour cream or apple sauce, if desired.
Note:
It is very important to use non-stick baking sheets so the latkes don't stick.
About
This recipe originally appeared on Once Upon a Chef. And check out Jenn's cookbook, out now, Once Upon a Chef, the Cookbook: 100 Tested, Perfected, and Family-Approved Recipes.
