Sweet-Potato Fritters
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These fritters were very tasty. Made these fritters for dinner the other day, I added 1 chopped scallions and 1 small fresh red chili pepper and also made a chipotle chili and toasted cumin sour cream dip to accompany the fritters, yum!
Ingredients
| 1 | pound |
sweet potatoes, or yams
peeled, coarsely shredded |
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| 1 | small |
onions
coarsely shredded |
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| 3 | large |
eggs
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| 3 | tablespoons |
all-purpose flour
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|
| 1 | x |
vegetable oil
for frying |
* |
Directions
Spread potatoes and onion on clean dish towel; roll up, twisting towel to extract excess moisture from vegetables.
In bowl, whisk eggs, flour, ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper until smooth.
In large nonstick skillet, heat ¼ cup oil over medium-high heat.
Add vegetables to batter; mix.
Spoon mixture into skillet, allowing heaping 1 tablespoon for each fritter; with back of spoon, flatten slightly.
Fry, six fritters at a time, 4 minutes.
Turn; cook 2 to 4 minutes.
Drain on paper towels; keep warm while frying remaining fritters, adding more oil if necessary.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 116g (4.1 oz)Amount per Serving
Calories 12220% of calories from fat
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 3g
4%
Saturated Fat 1g
4%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol 106mg
35%
Sodium 63mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate
7g
7%
Dietary Fiber 3g
11%
Sugars g
Protein
10g
Vitamin A 293%
•
Vitamin C 26%
Calcium 5%
•
Iron 7%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet
How is this calculated?
