Posts Tagged ‘oil’
Potato Latkes
Ingredients
- 2 cups potato, cubed
- 3 Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled & shredded
- 1 onion, shredded
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons matzoh meal
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to boil.
- Add potatoes and cook until tender but firm, about 15 minutes.
- Drain potatoes, cool, and mash.
- In a medium bowl mix potatoes, yukon golds, and onion.
- Add in eggs, matzoh meal, and salt. Mix well until holds together without being sticky. May need to add more matzoh meal until its no longer sticky.
- Warm oil in a large skillet.
- Drop potato mixture by tablespoons into oil and flatten with a spatula.
- Cook until golden brown on both sides.
- Drain on paper towel.
Notes
Serve with sour cream, apple sauce, or greek yogurt.
Number of servings (yield): 6
Sweet Potato Latkes
Ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes, peeled & shredded
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Place sweet potatoes in a towel and squeeze out as much water as possible. Let sit and the re-squeeze.
- In a large bow, combine sweet potatoes, eggs, brown sugar, flour, cloves, and cinnamon. Mix well.
- Heat oil in a large heavy skillet.
- Form into pancake size cakes, and fry in hot oil. Flip cakes after 2-3 minutes and brown other side.
- Drain on paper towels and serve hot.
Variations
We are going to try this again roasting them.
Cooking time (duration): 30
Number of servings (yield): 8
Adobo Chicken
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 8 boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 2 cups chopped onion
- 5 minced garlic cloves
- 6 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons water
- 3 tablespoons white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 cups cooked rice
Directions:
- Heat oil over medium high heat.
- Add chicken to pan and brown on each side.
- Remove chicken and set aside.
- Add onion to pan and cook until translucent.
- While cooking, combine soy sauce, water, vinegar, honey, pepper and bay leaf.
- Add garlic and cook for one minute, stirring frequently.
- Return chicken to pan.
- Add soy sauce mixture to pan.
- Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to medium.
- Cover and cook for 10 minutes or until chicken is done.
- Remove cover, remove chicken and set aside.
- Reduce and thicken sauce.
- Discard bay leaf.
- Serve over rice.
- Servings: 4 (2 thighs + 6 tablespoons of sauce)
- Calories: 485
- Fat: 15g
- Fiber: 2g
Corn Bread
Ingredients:
- 1 cup(s) uncooked cornmeal, yellow
- 1 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp table salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 14 3/4 oz cream-style corn, canned
- 1/2 cup(s) buttermilk
- 2 large egg white(s)
- 2 tsp corn oil
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400ºF.
- Coat an 8-inch square cake pan with cooking spray.
- Combine cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a large bowl.
- Mix well with a fork, then make a well in the center; set aside.
- Combine creamed corn, buttermilk, egg whites and oil in a medium bowl; mix until blended.
- Fold wet mixture into dry ingredients; mix until blended.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth the top.
- Bake until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
- Allow to cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
- Remove from pan; cool completely before cutting into 8 squares.
- Servings: 8
- Calories:
- Fat:
- Fiber:
- WW Points: 3
Capellini Cake with Carmalized Onions
Ingredients:
- 1 pound whole wheat capellini
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- cooking spray
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Directions:
- Cook the pasta according to the package.
- Heat 1 teaspoon of the oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium high heat.
- Add the onion and cook, stirring, until softened and golden, about 10 minutes.
- Transfer the onion to a bowl and toss with the parsley.
- Put the pasta in a large bowl and spray with cooking spray then toss well.
- Add all but 1/3 cup of the onion mixture, the Parmesan, salt and pepper. Toss to combine.
- Transfer to the skillet and press with a spatula to form a flat cake.
- Cook over medium heat until golden brown and crusty, about 15 minutes.
- Flip and cook other side until golden brown and crusty, about 5 more minutes.
- Remove from skillet, top with remaining onions, and slice into 8 pieces.
- Servings: 8
- Calories: 236
- Fat: 3g
- Fiber: 5g
- WW Points: 4
