Ingredients
Mashed Potato Balls
- Idaho Potatoes, 2, peeled and cut
- Milk, ¼ cup
- Butter, ¼ cup
- Salt, 1 tsp
- White pepper, ½ tsp
- Chicken Base, 1 tbsp
- Scallions, ¼ cup, chopped
- Nutmeg, a pinch
- Flour,1 cup
- Cayenne Pepper, 1 tsp
- Eggs, 4
- Buttermilk, ½ cup
- Mozzarella Cheese, 1 cup
- Dried Bread Crumbs, 4 cups
- All-Purpose Flour, 2 tbsp
- Unsalted Butter, 2 tbsp (¼ stick)
- Apple Butter, 2 tbsp
- Chicken Broth, 2 cans (15-ounce)
- Hot Sauce, 2 tsp
- Worcestershire Sauce, 2 tsp
- Thyme, 4 sprigs, leaves removed
- Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper, to taste
- Boil the potatoes thoroughly, until they are soft.
- Strain the potatoes from the water, and put them back in a skillet. On a medium flame, cook the potatoes with the butter, milk, salt, white pepper, chicken stock, scallions, and nutmeg, for a few minutes. Mash thoroughly, the entire mixture, until it is smooth. Do not cook for too long, as this can cause the mixture to become sticky. Allow this mixture to cool.
- Once cool, form these mashed potatoes into cakes, and add in a little cheese in the center. Form them into the size of golf balls.
- Beat the eggs together with the buttermilk to make an egg wash.
- Dip the balls first in flour mixed with cayenne pepper, then in the egg batter, and then in the bread crumbs, and deep fry, on a medium flame, in oil that has been heated, until it turns golden brown. Set these aside on a platter.
- For the dipping sauce, in a large skillet, on a low flame, melt the butter, and add in the flour. Cook until the flour turns a golden brown color, for about 3-4 minutes.
- While stirring, slowly pour in the chicken broth, and then add in the two sauces, the apple butter, thyme leaves and salt and pepper.
- Allow this blend to cook for about 5 minutes, and then pour it into a serving bowl. Serve it as a dip along with the deep fried mashed potato balls.
To this basic recipe, there are several variations in the stuffing that you can add, to make it interesting. Some suggestions are given below:
- Instead of cheese, add in bits of bacon as a stuffing.
- Make a stuffing of your favorite cheese, put in sliced olives, and garnish with oregano and thyme. Stuff the mashed potatoes with this mixture, and make rolls, to be deep fried later.
- Sweet corn and chopped capsicum are other interesting ingredients that you can add while making the batter for mashed potatoes, and then fry the mashed potato cakes.
- Serve mashed potatoes with a sauce of your choice, or with a some sour cream, a cheesy dip, or a mayonnaise dip with garlic and oregano.
Chinese Style Deep Fried Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients
- Potatoes, 2/3 pounds, boiled and peeled
- Carrot, 1, finely chopped
- Salt, 1 tsp
- MSG, a pinch
- White Bread, 4 slices, cut into circles, 2-inch diameter
- Egg White, 1
- Cornstarch,1 tsp
- Black Sesame Seeds
- Parsley,1 tbsp, minced
- Oil for deep-frying
- Boil the potatoes until they are soft. Mash them while they are still hot.
- Add in the carrots, MSG, the egg white and the cornstarch. Mix in all the ingredients well.
- On every circle of bread, press on this mashed potato mixture, and cover it with parsley, followed by the black sesame seeds.
- Deep fry these rounds in oil that has been heated, on a medium flame, until they turn golden brown and crisp. While frying, ensure that the potato mixture faces downwards.
As mentioned before, all you need to do, to make this fried mashed potato recipe more delicious, is to keep trying out new ingredients to go with it, and add unique twists and surprises to this already yummy treat! Create your own fried mashed potato recipes, and treat yourself and your guests to your new inventions! Enjoy!
