Friday, January 14, 2011

Larry's FUBAR Potato Cakes

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
8 cups Mashed Potatoes
1 Egg, beaten
1 cup Sour Cream
1 1/2 cup shredded Cheese (cheddar is fine)
3 cups Panko Bread Crumbs (one cup to coat)
1/2 Onion, chopped
Salt and Pepper to taste
Optional: 1 Cup of the meat of your choice, cooked: Bacon, Ham, Ground Meat, etc

 After you prepare the mashed potatoes, in a mixing bowl add panko, meat, onions, salt, pepper and blend together good.  Form "cakes" with the mixture then coat the potato cakes by rolling them around the remaining panko.
Fry at 350 until golden brown with a nice crispy exterior, or can bake at 350 until browned.  
NOTE: If you do fry, like my local New Orleans chef, friend, and mentor Emeril Lagasse says: "when you fry, fry right or dont fry at all..." Most of us southerners can fry good and healthy!!  Frying doesn’t have to mean unhealthy anymore!!
Submitted By: Lawrence L. Lambert, EMT
Louisiana, USA

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