Morgan Bolling makes Texas Potato Pancakes.
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This is the first time I've done any kind of skillet potato that came out perfect. I love the step by step instructions and hints of your recipes. You're my go-to for recipes.
They may call these Texas Potato Pancakes, but they are just good old fashion Jewish Potato Latkes like what is made during Hanukkah.
This isn't a Texas anything… its a latke .
McDonald's hash browns are NOT potato pancakes. My family has been making them for many generations. You do NOT wring out the juice from the potatoes, It helps the pancakes stick together. Recipe: Two medium potatoes to one medium onion. Both grated. One egg. One tablespoon flour or potato starch, salt & pepper. Pancakes are only sauteed in about an inch of oil, and are NOT deep fried.
These were the best potato pancakes I have ever eaten!!!!
I'm German…and thisight have been brought by German immigrants to Texas… Nothing Texan about it. Or did the Native Texans make these too??!
This looks almost like polish 'Placki Ziemniaczane'. Fascinating how people all around the world are coming up with similar recipes
APRICOT SYRUP GOES GOOD ON THE POTATO PANCAKES…..
Voice too annoying to watch
Dumb question from a newbie cook here. What do you do with the oil when you are done?
Awesome. Many variations on this recipe. But the big debate is always sour cream or applesauce for topping!
LOL: "I have a few burns to show for this". They look fabulous! (Keep some of the starch at the bottom of the drained water).
Grrman potato pancakes are so delicious!
I’ve been going to Wurstfest in New Braunfels almost every Fall since I was 17. I am 59 now. I can vouch that this is the real recipe and they are DELICIOUS! At Wurstfest, which is an almost 100-year old celebration, the line for the booth that sells the Kartoffelpuffers always has the longest lines of any of the other food booths. I missed last year’s Wurstfest, but watching this video has spurred me to definitely go this year. A bad fire at the main food pavilion in 2019 in addition to Covid restrictions the following years has meant no visits to Wurstfest. After seeing this video, I’m definitely going back this year. Thanks for sharing!
Drain off the water above the potato starch that settled to the bottom of the bowl, then use the potato starch in place of all or some of the flour. Crispier.
Looks delicious 😋
Some new faces and I think they're all great. Nice job.
Grew up eating and making latkes like this. I make them now but I grate in some onion, flour, egg, salt, pepper, and either Dill or Italian seasoning. Sweet potatoes also make great potato pancakes when topped with sour cream.
Latkes!
Wisconsin-German stock… this is how my family has made potato pancakes for years… We often have with brats… 😉
"Texas potato pancakes", so latkes?
These are very common street snacks in india 🇮🇳
You can make them using grated apples too instead of potatoes. Use the same method & squeeze out moisture from apples. Sprinkle them with cinnamon & sugar when cooked. I had a German boyfriend who was a chef who taught me that. They are called appfelpuffre – I think that's how you spell it.
Cannot wait to try these. My relatives attend every year and this is a favorite treat.
My mouth is watering… looks like I have a Sunday project 😋
Aren't these just latkes? A little unnerved that there's no mention of the Jewish connection here…
This is one of the things that baffles me: when people call something “texas” whatever. I have been trapped here, for most of my life, and I have never heard of “texas potato pancakes.” Never. There are people here, who make and eat latkes, but it is uncommon outside of those specific groups. My people have been here for 176 years, and my mother’s people are Polish. Outside of a Jewish deli, or a Jewish home, I have never, ever heard of Texans eating potato pancakes. Never.
Nice job Morgan. Definitely experimenting with this. Great comments too.
Ive always thought they're a Polish dish, not texasish 😮
Texan here but I think credit needs to go to Germany for this wonderful food. There's a famous restaurant in Florida that makes these and if you ask for ketchup you'll be thrown out of the restaurant…which is why they're famous..;-)
These are no different from a traditional Potato Latke recipe. What makes them Texan?
How good do these look!!
I could see this on an eggwhite McMuffin with ham and cheese 😋
This womans pronunciation kills me… These are a New Braunfel thing not a Texas thing!
Use a potato ricer for extracting the water out of the grated potatoes. It won't break the strings and will remove far more water than squeezing them inside a kitchen towel. It's great for cooked spinach as well.
She lets the frying pan handle hang out over the stove so she has to walk around it. So dangerous. A pan handle should be turned in toward the counter while you work. If she'd bumped it then grease would've gone all over. I make it a habit to keep the handle over the counter rather than in the aisle way so that I never have to worry about bumping it or worse yet having a small child grab it. I expect better from America's Test Kitchen. This would be like a car show host driving and texting at the same time.
I wonder if you can stick this mixture in a waffle maker?
This is not a Texas thing. It is a German thing. I’m born and raised in DFW, but my parents now live in New Braunfels. Wurstfest is a huge deal, but it’s meant to specifically celebrate all things German. These are very similar to Latkes though. Fantastic food! I always get one of these at Wurstfest each year!
Looks amazing. As do the pancakes…
Latkes, deep fried! Huh!
grind half of the potato, grate the other half. use ground potato instead of flour and you get a soft version of the pancake
I was born and raised in Texas but made ours with leftover mashed potatoes. These look delicious! I know I would dip them in ketchup