Mom’s Potato Latkes

Ingredients

• 3 cups shredded potato
• 1/4 cup grated onion
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 6 saltine crackers, or as needed, crushed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil, or as needed

Directions

Mix potato, onion, eggs, crackers, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl.

Pour enough vegetable oil into a skillet to fill about 1/2-inch deep; heat over medium-high heat.

Drop spoonfuls of the potato mixture, first pressing potato mixture against the side of the bowl to remove excess liquid, into the hot oil; slightly flatten the latkes into the oil with the back of your spoon so they are evenly thick.

Cook in hot oil until browned and crisp, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Drain latkes on a plate lined with a paper towel.