Best Loaded Potato Cakes Recipes

LOADED MASHED POTATO CAKES

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels, reserving bacon grease in skillet; crumble bacon.
• Melt butter in bacon grease over medium heat; cook and stir onion, celery, and garlic until tender and lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Transfer vegetables and bacon to large bowl; stir in mashed potatoes, American cheese, flour, egg, mustard, black pepper, and hot sauce.
• Heat vegetable oil in a clean skillet over medium heat. Drop spoonfuls of mashed potato mixture, flattening slightly, and fry patties until golden brown on both sides, 5 to 7 minutes. Serve with sour cream.

LOADED MASHED POTATO CAKES #5FIX

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the mashed potatoes, egg, cheese and bacon. Shape mixture into 8 patties. Roll in bread crumbs.
• Place on broiler pan. Broil for 10 minutes or until delicately browned.

FULLY LOADED POTATO SKIN CAKES

Steps:

• Cook bacon until crispy, drain and set aside.
• place potatoes and garlic into a pot of water, bring to a boil. Boil about 20 minutes until tender. Drain, return to the pot and mash together. Let cool slightly.
• Add cheese to potatoes, mash more to combine. Crumble bacon and stir into potatoes.
• Add green onions and pepper, egg and flour. stir until smooth and thick.
• Dust hands lightly with flour and using 1/2 c each form into patties 1/2 inch thick and 2 inches wide.
• Heat some oil in a non stick pan (i use just a tad of cooking spray) and fry patties in bunches, about 3 mins per side until golden and crispy.
• Serve with sour cream and salsa if desired.

LOADED MASHED POTATO CAKES

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a large skilled over medium heat turning as needed to cook evenly on both sides. Remove from pan and let cool on paper towels. Once cooled, crumble bacon and set aside. Leave 1/2 the bacon grease in pan and set other 1/2 aside for use later. Add diced onions to bacon grease.and cook until soft and translucent. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Once cooked scoop out onions and garlic into a medium sized bowl. Set skillet aside for use again later. Add mashed potatoes, cheese, flour, egg, mustard and black pepper to onions. Mix well. Place skillet back on medium heat and add 1/2 remaining bacon grease. Scoop out a golf ball sized hunk of dough and smash between hands to form a pancake, around 1/4 inch thick. Place pancakes into grease and fry until golden on each side, approximately 5 minutes on each side (depending on how hot your stove is). Add remaining bacon grease as needed. If you run out, use butter. Serve hot or room temperature with sour cream, green onions and remaining bacon crumbles!

LOADED POTATO CAKES

Steps:

• Fry the bacon until crispy and drain on a paper towel until cool. Crumble into small bits. Place the bits into a large bowl.
• Pour off all but 2 Tablespoons of bacon grease from the frying pan and over medium heat cook the garlic and onion until translucent.
• Add the bacon bits along with remaining ingredients (except butter/margarine) and blend well with a spoon or your hands (it'll be sticky).
• Wash and dry the frying pan, then melt 1 Tablespoon of butter or margarine in it over medium heat.
• Scoop up about 1/4 cup of the potato mixture and form into a ball. Place it in the hot pan, flattening it out until it's about 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick.
• Fry for about 3 minutes on each side, until they are lightly golden brown. Serve immediately, while hot and crispy. Top with green onions, sour cream or ketchup as desired.