Button Potato Pancakes
Button Potato Pancakes
Story
Button potato pancakes are a cozy, traditional Chinese home-style snack named for their small, round, button-like appearance. Crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside, they are a beloved comfort food often prepared for casual family meals or holiday celebrations, filled with the warm, nostalgic flavor of homemade cooking.
Ingredients
1 potato
cornstarch
25g
sugar
1 tsp
salad oil
10g
1/2 tsp salt
potato
tomato
Instructions
1
Step 1
Steam potatoes over medium heat until cooked. Peel and set aside (about 150g cooked potato).
2
Step 2
Place cooked potatoes in a food bag and crush. Place the bag on the work surface and roll repeatedly several times.
3
Step 3
If not sufficiently crushed, continue to mash with one end of the rolling pin.
4
Step 4
Add salad oil, salt, sugar, and cornstarch. Mix well.
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Step 5
Knead into a dough.
6
Step 6
Sprinkle dry flour on the work surface to prevent sticking.
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Step 7
Roll into a sheet about 0.3 cm thick.
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Step 8
Use a round mold to cut into shapes. Gather the scraps into dough again, roll out, and cut into circles. Repeat until finished.
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Step 9
Press into shape with a round mold, knead the leftover edge scraps back into dough, press into circles again, and repeat until all are done.
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Step 10
Cut a small section of straw, use the straw to press out four buttonholes.
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Step 11
Cut a small section of straw, use the straw to press out four buttonholes.
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Step 12
Heat the oil, then pour in the button potato cakes.
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Step 13
Deep-fry until golden brown, then remove from the oil.
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Step 14
Serve with ketchup and it's ready to eat.
