Betty's Simple Shredded Potato Patties

Betty demonstrates how to make Simple Shredded Potato Patties. These are an interesting departure from the standard potato cakes made from leftover mashed potatoes (which you will also find in Betty's Kitchen). Simple Shredded Potato Patties 6 medium-sized potatoes, peeled 1 teaspoon salt, for boiling potatoes freshly-ground sea salt, to taste freshly-ground peppercorns, to taste dash of ground red pepper, to taste (optional) one-half of a fairly large, white onion, chopped 2 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled 2 eggs, well beaten ¼ cup self-rising cornmeal mix (You may substitute cornmeal or flour if you don't have cornmeal mix.) peanut oil for frying Place 6 whole, medium-sized, peeled potatoes in a pot with enough boiling water to cover them, leaving room for the water to bubble. Add 1 teaspoon salt. Cook potatoes about 12 to 15 minutes, until crisp-tender. Do not overcook. Drain. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. The next day, use a kitchen shredder to shred the chilled potatoes. Add freshly-ground sea salt and freshly-ground peppercorns, to taste. Sprinkle a dash of ground red pepper or top, to taste (optional). Add half of a chopped, fairly large, white onion, 2 tablespoons melted butter, 2 well-beaten eggs, and ¼ cup self-rising cornmeal mix. Fold gently, until all ingredients are combined. Pour peanut oil into a heavy skillet, just enough to generously coat the bottom. Place the oil over medium heat. Meanwhile, form potato mixture into potato patties. Place the patties into the heated peanut oil in a single layer. Fry over medium heat until the under side is brown. Turn, and brown the other side. When both sides are brown, remove from skillet and place on a platter with paper toweling to drain. Continue this procedure until all patties are browned and drained. Remove from platter and place on a nice serving dish. Serve immediately—while hot! These are crunchy and crusty on the outside and full of flavor on the inside! I hope you enjoy them! --Betty Please subscribe: /bettyskitchen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW Cookbook:  "Betty's Kitchen Cookbook:  2013 Recipes" (c) 2014 Also available:  "The Betty's Kitchen Collection:  Second Edition" (c) 2013 *Both can be ordered from http://www.amazon.com or http://www.createspace.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Betty's Website:  http://www.bettyskitchen.us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Other places to watch Betty's Kitchen: Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/bettyskitchen/166973502092 Pinterest:  http://www.pinterest.com/bettyskitchen/bettyskitchen/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Myshine Google+:  https://plus.google.com/108882445101872897307/posts ifood.tv:  http://www.ifood.tv/bettyskitchen Roku:  http://www.rokuguide.com/channels/betty% 27s-kitchen​

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