Pancakes question?

Question

Does someone know of a great recipe for potato pancakes, using a dry mashed potato mix?

Answer 1

Easy Potato Pancakes

Ingredients:
1 can (14 oz.) chicken broth (1 3/4 cups)
Generous dash Pepper
1 1/2 cups instant mashed potatoes flakes or buds
1 green onion coarsely chopped

HEAT broth and pepper in saucepan to a boil. Remove from heat. Add potato flakes and onion and stir until liquid is absorbed. Shape potato mixture into 4 (4") pancakes.
COOK pancakes in nonstick skillet until browned on both sides.

Answer 2

Just use a regular recipe and substitute 1/2 the flour with the instant mashed potatoes. The mashed potatoes will absorb a lot of water. Grated potatoes make a better pancake, its worth the effort.

Answer 3

Not if you want them to be great! Sorry. Great calls for real grated potatoes. BUT if you want to make something similar and tasty with mashed potatoes I'd suggest a Potato Kugel. If you are unfamiliar with them that's basically a Potato Pudding/Casserole.

There are a variety of recipes, and you could web search them, but the basic ingredients are mashed potatoes, onions, eggs, salt, pepper, butter. Maybe a little milk if it wouldn't make it too loose. Put the mixture in a greased/sprayed with Pam baking dish and cook for about 45 min to an hour or until browned on top.

You could use a similar mixture to make potato pancakes but not only will the texture be off, but it will soak up a lot of oil. So that's my suggestion for a similar taste but one that I think you'll be happier with.