Homemade Mashed Potato Cakes

Back on the internet and found something that caught my eye.  Tried it and it's a keeper.

Pro tip, give yourself about 90 minutes to make these.

Ingredients

Filler

6 medium potatoes

1/2 cup parmesan cheese

1 egg

1/4 cup of chopped onions

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon pepper

Outer Layer

2 eggs

2 cups Panko Breadcrumbs

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 tablespoons butter

Stuff you will need

Large pot

Vegetable Peeler

Colander

Potato masher

2 x Mixing bowls

Frying pan

Spatula

Paper towel

1/4 cup measuring cup

Directions

Peel the potatoes and put the peels into the composter or the green bin.

Cut the potatoes into chunks and boil till tender.

Drain the potatoes and put back into the pot and let sit for about 5 minutes. (You may feel tempted to add milk or butter...  DO NOT)

Add the cheese, egg, onions, salt and pepper.  Mash.

Transfer mashed potatoes to a mixing bowl.  Put the mixing bowl in the fridge for about an hour.

Using your 1/4 cup measuring cup, take out the potatoes and form into a patty.  About 3 inches round and 1/2 inch thick.

Makes about 8 patties.  (I made 9, but I used some pretty big potatoes)

Using the dirty potato mixing bowl, crack your eggs and scramble them up.

In another, shallow mixing bowl, put the breadcrumbs.  I didn't start with 2 cups.  I started with about a cup of bread crumbs and then added more as needed more.

Dip your patties, one at a time, into the egg mixture and then into the bread crumbs.  Make sure to cover the sides of the patties.

Let the bread crumb covered patties sit for 5 to 10 minutes.

Add about 1/4 a cup of oil and 1 tablespoon butter to the frying pan.  Heat to about medium heat.

Make sure the oil is HOT.

Add about 4 patties at a time.  Cook 3 minutes per side.  (Pro tip, tilt the pan and add the patty, so that the oil doesn't splash all over your stove.  DO NOT insert the tip of your finger into the hot oil.  My finger tip is still sore.)  You can avoid the splashing oil if you got a second spatula.

Remove the cooked patty onto a plate covered in paper towel to absorb any excess oil.

OPTIONAL - So that you don't have freckles on the second batch of patties, dump the oil into a container that can handle the hot oil.  Give the frying pan a quick wipe with a paper towel.

For the price of oil and paper towel, I didn't mind the freckles on my patties.  My wife didn't mind either.  Make sure to give the fussy kids (this may include grand children) the first batch of Potato Cakes as they may whine about the burnt freckles on their Potato Cakes.

I had mine with salt and pepper.  My wife, added a little bit of  ketchup on the side.

Variations...

Serve with sour cream.

Add crumbled bacon (6 slices) into the filling.

Remove the cheese and insert salt cod (Fish cakes).

I didn't have Panko Bread Crumbs.  I used the Italian Bread Crumbs you get at Atlantic Superstore.

The left overs did microwave ok.  But obviously lost the crunchy outer layer when I did that the next day.  An Air Fryer may have been better for the re-heat.

Are you making these for breakfast?  Make the potatoes the night before, add the ingredients and mash them.  Transfer to mixing bowl, cover with saran wrap and put in the fridge.  The next day, the potatoes are ready to make into patties.

Comments and suggestions are ALWAYS welcome!