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Potato Latkes
 
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 4 large potatoes (about .7 lbs), shredded
  • ½ medium onion, shredded
  • 1 egg, scrambled
  • 1 cup flour
  • Vegetable oil
  • Salt & pepper
Instructions
  1. Place shredded potatoes into cold water, rinsing until water runs clear.
  2. Drain potatoes.
  3. Mix potato, onion, egg, and half of the flour to combine.
  4. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  5. Add remaining flour as necessary until potatoes can be shaped into patties.
  6. Shape latkes into patties of your desired size.
  7. Heat enough oil to coat a pan over medium heat.
  8. Cook each latke on both sides until golden and crispy and place on paper towels to absorb excess oil.

This recipe creates some really nice crispy potato pancakes without being too heavy or oily.  First, soak the potatoes to remove extra starch.

Soaking potatoes.

Then drain and mix with other ingredients to shape into patties.

Latke takes shape.

Then just fry them in oil and drain on paper towels.

Frying the latke.

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Avocado and Tomato Salad
 
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • ½ avocado
  • 1 small tomato
  • ¼ cup red onion, chopped
  • Juice from from ½ lime
  • Pinch of salt
Instructions
  1. Chop the avocado and tomato into bite-sized pieces.
  2. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and squeeze lime juice over mixture.

 

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Crispy Polenta
 
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Serves: 2
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  • ½ cup yellow cornmeal
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup chicken or vegetable broth
  • 1 fresh bay leaf
  • 1 tablespoon ground Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
  1. Heat milk, broth, and bay leaf over medium-low heat until fragrant, about 10 minutes.
  2. Remove from heat, add cornmeal and Parmesan, and stir until smooth.
  3. Pour polenta into small oiled pan, making it about ½ inch thick.
  4. Refrigerate for an hour.
  5. When firm, cut polenta into serving sizes, and quickly fry in pan with olive oil until brown and crisp.

 

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Twice Fried French Fries
 
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 1 lb russet potatoes, cut into sticks
  • 3 tablespoons corn starch
  • 3-4 cups vegetable or peanut oil
  • Salt
Instructions
  1. Rinse potatoes repeatedly in cold water until water runs clear. This will remove their excess starch.
  2. Heat oil to 350° F and cook potatoes for about 5 minutes.
  3. Remove potatoes from oil and place on paper towel lined bowl.
  4. Increase heat of oil to 425° F and re-fry potatoes until golden.
  5. Place in paper towel lined bowl and season with salt to taste.

We usually opt to bake french fries, but on the rare occasion we decide to deep fry them, this is the recipe we use.  It is essentially the same as Kenji’s, except the potatoes are coated in corn starch which seems to add additional crunch to the outside, while remaining moist on the inside.

First remove excess starch from the cut potatoes by repeatedly rinsing them in cold water.

Rinsing fries.

Lightly coat the potatoes in corn starch and add to 350° F oil for about 5 minutes.  This just begins to cook them, and there should only be minimal browning.

First fry for the potatoes.

Remove potatoes from oil and increase the temperature to 425° F.  Then, add the potatoes back for about 2-3 minutes until golden brown.

Second fry.

Remove potatoes from oil, place in paper towel lined bowl, and salt to taste!

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French Green Beans with Mushrooms and Garlic
 
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups fresh green beans
  • ⅔ cup mushrooms, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons green onions, chopped
  • 8 garlic cloves, sliced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
  • 4 tablespoons of broth (chicken or vegetable)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Slice the green beans length wise.
  2. In a frying pan, sauté the garlic and mushrooms with the olive oil for 5 minutes.
  3. Add the green beans and continue to cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  4. Add the broth to the pan and continue cooking until the green beans are tender.
  5. Finish with the green onions and parsley.
  6. Add salt and pepper to taste.

For a fancy looking side dish, this is an easy recipe.  The mushrooms and garlic in this dish make it quite savory and hearty. We are always looking for new ways to cook vegetables and this turned out to be one of our favorites.  This is also a very easy recipe to make vegetarian/vegan by using vegetable broth instead of chicken broth.

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