Potato pancakes are crispy, golden and fragrant potato pancakes. But not so simple! This dish is known under various names in Belarusian, Ukrainian, Jewish and several European cuisines. Let us consider in more detail the preparation of such a wonderful dish as potato pancakes without eggs and flour.

Many remember how mothers and grandmothers treated hot and ruddy potato pancakes with sour cream. This is a great breakfast dish.

The following products are needed:

  • potatoes;
  • flour;
  • onion;
  • spice;
  • vegetable oil.

But in order to make a dish worthy of a festive table from such products, you need to know certain secrets.

A step-by-step recipe for egg-free potato pancakes is presented below. And also added a few secrets for cooking the most delicious and delicious of them.

Wash potatoes, peel and grate, salt.

Peel and grate the onion, preferably with the smallest holes on the grater. You can use a food processor, then the process of chopping onions will not cause inconvenience.

And now the first secret: first put the grated onion in the bowl, and already the potatoes in it, then it will not darken, and the finished pancakes will not have a bluish tint.

Pour 3 tbsp into the resulting mass. l flour, pepper and other spices to taste.

Second secret in that the mass of potatoes and onions needs to be thrown into a colander to liquid glass. You can even squeeze. Indeed, many people think that if these are pancakes, then the consistency of the mass should be appropriate, but this is not so. Excess liquid will make them loose, they can disintegrate when frying.

Now heat the oil in a pan and start frying potato pancakes. To do this, spread the resulting mass with a tablespoon to make round-shaped pancakes.

You need to fry over medium heat so that the middle does not remain damp. Therefore, do not make them too high.

And the third secret that ready-made potato pancakes are best laid out on a napkin that absorbs excess oil.

Sour cream will be the best addition to mouth-watering pancakes, then there will be a lot of fat.

And the last secret: Put the pancakes on a plate in one layer, if you want to keep them crisp.

Potato pancakes - a classic recipe without eggs

This dish is well suited for fasting or for vegetarians - you just need to exclude eggs from the recipe.

 

But for a change in them, you can add grated carrots or finely chopped mushrooms. As a sauce for such a dish, you can offer lean mayonnaise instead of sour cream.

To make a beautiful golden crust, turmeric is added to the potato mass on the tip of the knife. You can add spices, such as coriander or others to your taste.

How to fry potato pancakes without eggs and flour?

In the classic recipe for pancakes, you can not add eggs, but you can also exclude flour. The question immediately arises, how to fry potato pancakes without flour? After all, flour glues potato mass. To do this, you need to know two secrets.

The first: squeeze the mass prepared for frying so that there is no excess liquid, and dab the oval cutlets with your hands, which, before putting them into the heated oil, squeeze a little with your hands.

It is interesting: minced potato pancakes

And the second secret: it is necessary to fry potato pancakes over medium heat for at least two minutes to form a crust, and it will help to gently flip each of them. On the second side, also fry for 2-3 minutes.

You can add turmeric for a beautiful crust color.

Egg-free pancakes in the oven

 

If you need to cook a large portion of potato pancakes, then you can cook them in the oven. It is good to cook in this way potato pancakes with additives. For example, with meat. Then you will be sure that the filling is well baked.

Recipe:

  • potatoes - 1 kilogram;
  • onions - 100 gr, or two medium heads;
  • garlic - 2 teeth, finely chopped, if such an additive is to your taste;
  • dill at will;
  • salt, pepper to taste.

Next, we cook according to this scheme:

Grated peeled potatoes and onions. Some housewives advise one part of the potato to grate on shallow, and the second on medium grater, so that the mass turns out to be homogeneous, but fried with a crust. We remember the secrets, and mixing all the ingredients well, we discard the mass in a colander to drain excess fluid.

Take a baking sheet, cover it with parchment and lay out the shaped pancakes. The oven must be preheated to 185 degrees, the baking time is about 30 minutes.

Potato pancakes without minced eggs

 

To make this wonderful dish more satisfying, you can cook potato pancakes with meat.

Essential Ingredients:

  • yellow potatoes - 1 kilogram;
  • onions 3 heads;
  • minced pork or beef - 350 gr.
  • salt, pepper, spices to taste.

Cooking:

Chop two onions and mix part with potatoes, and part with minced meat. Cut the remaining onion into thin rings and fry until golden brown. Put in a plate, we will need it later.

Salt the potato mass, squeeze. In another bowl, mix the minced meat with onions, salt and pepper, and mix thoroughly.

On a preheated oil, put a spoonful of potato cake with a spoon, a smaller cake made of minced meat on top and again a layer of potatoes. Fry on both sides, gently turning over. We must try to keep the potato pancakes intact.

Then put the pancakes on a baking sheet or in a baking dish, and send to the preheated oven for about 15 minutes. So the pancakes are guaranteed to bake and remain juicy.

Egg-free Chicken Recipe

You can cook excellent pancakes with the addition of chicken.

Ingredients for preparing 5-6 servings:

  • potatoes - 6-7 medium-sized tubers;
  • onion - 2 small heads;
  • flour - 3 tbsp. l without a hill;
  • chicken breast - half, approximately 250 gr;
  • salt, pepper to taste;
  • greens - dill and parsley;
  • vegetable oil.

Cooking:

Following the classic recipe, peeled and grated potatoes immediately mix with onions, salt and let the excess liquid drain. Add finely chopped greens and minced small pieces of fillet. Mix thoroughly, add flour, add salt and pepper.

Spread the mass with a tablespoon on a preheated pan, giving it a round or oval shape. Fry over medium heat under a lid so that the meat does not remain raw. It can be served with sour cream and herbs. Bon Appetit!

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