Mashed Potato Cakes

Name: Mashed Potato Cakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 servings.
Ingredients: 1 medium onion, chopped; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 eggs; 1-1/2 cups mashed potatoes; 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/8 teaspoon pepper; Dash hot pepper sauce, optional; 1 tablespoon water

My mother often made this recipe and probably grew up with it in the Appalachian area of Tennessee. She usually served it on Monday, making use of leftover mashed potatoes from Sunday dinner. We used to eat this topped with brown gravy.

Ingredients

1 medium onion, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
2 eggs
1-1/2 cups mashed potatoes
1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
Dash hot pepper sauce, optional
1 tablespoon water

Directions

In a large skillet, saute onion in butter until tender. Remove from the heat. In a large bowl, lightly beat one egg. Add the onion, potatoes, flour, salt, pepper and hot pepper sauce if desired.
Shape into four to six patties; place on a greased baking sheet. Lightly beat remaining egg; stir in water. Brush over potato cakes. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until heated through.

Nutrition Facts

2 each: 412 calories, 19g fat (10g saturated fat), 247mg cholesterol, 886mg sodium, 49g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 2g fiber), 13g protein.

Originally published as Mashed Potato Cakes in Reminisce March/April 2004

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Elena

Nov 24, 2018

What about leave out the onion of the mashed potato cakes?
Bill

Sep 28, 2018

I usually fry my potato cakes but this oven method works great and frees up my stove top so I can be cooking other dishes at the same time. I flip them after 15 min then bake another 12 to 14 min to brown on both sides.
daisy4062

Dec 29, 2013

I make these every Monday or Tues evening after a big Sunday supper with left over mashed potatoes
annsway1

Mar 29, 2013

I have eaten these my whole life,san the hot sauce,they are so very good. Like someones said, brown and flip over to brown the other side. Happy eating!
bjsilve0

Dec 3, 2012

I did not use the hot pepper sauce. Maybe that makes the difference but we thought they were blah. If you want them brown, they need to be turned.
bevbennett

Apr 5, 2012

first potato cake that tastes like home, I have been looking for this recipe a long time, I make these with eggs, bacon my husband loves them!!!!!!
DBL_D

Nov 28, 2011

My mother made these cakes often when we lived on the farm in rural Iowa. We grew potatoes in our garden & raised chickens so both were plentiful besides being an economical meal. My mother would include onions when cooking this as a dinner meal, but the onions were omitted when cooked for breakfast meal. I liked putting catsup over the hot patty while my brother liked putting the fried cake in a bread sandwich with mayonnaise.
Bonnette23

Sep 14, 2011

These are fantastic! I pan fried them in some butter over medium high heat to nice them a nice crust, if my families lucky, I won't eat them all before dinner is served; )
pamelag21

Oct 12, 2010

Very good. My girls don't eat potatoes and they ate this! I made it even easier by just putting in a bit of onion flakes instead of the sauted onion in butter. I didn't have hot sauce so I sprinkled in a bit of cayenne pepper.
Trilby Yost

Jul 12, 2010

My husband could eat these potato cakes every other day. I sometimes make them for breakfast instead of the usual hash browns.