Easiest Potato Kugel

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Positively Perfect Potato Kugel

I had to get over myself to post this recipe!  By now you know that I rarely use anything that is processed in any way – pre-grated, canned, packaged…not usually my style.  BUT my sister Susan had a great recipe for potato kugel and she once whispered to me that I could cut corners and use frozen shredded potatoes rather than peeling and grating them myself.  Horror of horrors! But – I trust my sister, so I went to the store and read the package (only ingredient: frozen shredded potatoes) and decided, for once, to make things easy.

As it turned out, this has become one of my “go to” dishes to bring to potluck type meals and to prepare and reheat for us and for my many relatives who seem to drop by when they are starving.  And for some reason, this potato kugel, which is like a giant potato latke or a plate of better-than-hashbrowns, is one I always keep in mind. It tastes better and better as the days go by. Old people love it, 30- and 40-year-olds love it, and even babies love it.  Take it from one who knows!

Sister Sue’s Dumbed Down and Slightly Adapted Potato Kugel

Makes 9 x 12 ceramic deep dish

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Ingredients
  • 3 Tbsp neutral oil (such as avocado or canola oil)
  • 1 lb, 14 oz. package shredded FROZEN  Ore Ida potatoes (a little bit defrosted but not all the way unfrozen)
  • 1 ½ brown onions, skinned, peeled and chopped in the Cuisinart or Nutribullet
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 Tbsp matzo meal or all-purpose flour
  • 3 Tbsp melted butter (cool slightly)
  • 1 ½  Tbsp salt  
  • Fresh ground white or black pepper
Instructions

Preheat oven with the rack in upper third to 400 degrees. Put the 9 x 12 pan in the oven with the three tablespoons of oil for about 10 minutes before you start to bake the kugel, and let the pan and oil heat up.

Grate or finely mince the onion in a food processor or Nutribullet.  In a large bowl, whisk eggs, salt, pepper and matzoh meal. Stir in potatoes/onions with hands until well combined. OK, wear disposable gloves if you don’t want stinky hands.

Pour the potato mixture into the preheated pan with preheated oil and spread evenly.  Bake uncovered at 400 degrees for 15 minutes, reduce heat to 375 and bake about 45-50 minutes more or until the top is crisp.  Brush top with a little melted butter 30 minutes before it is done if it looks too pale.

Cool before cutting.  Serve cut into squares with ketchup, plain yogurt or sour cream, whatever you like on hash browns.

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2 Responses to Easiest Potato Kugel

  1. Dee Allison says:

    Hi, and thanks!
    How do you make it one big pancake, please?
    Thank you!

  2. Marilyn says:

    Basically you can use two round cake pans (greased) and pour the divide the kugel between them, making two round kugels that you bake

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