Potato Balls
Potato Balls

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, potato balls. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; stir into potato mixture. Remove with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Drain on a paper towel lined plate and season immediately with more salt.

Potato Balls is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Potato Balls is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have potato balls using 19 ingredients and 22 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Potato Balls:
  1. Take Potato balls———-
  2. Get 4 large potatoes
  3. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon salt
  4. Get As needed water to boil potatoes
  5. Get Filling———-
  6. Prepare 1 pound ground beef
  7. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon salt
  8. Take 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  9. Prepare 2 tablespoons chopped olives green
  10. Get 1/4 cup finely diced onions
  11. Make ready 1/4 cup finely chopped bell pepper
  12. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
  13. Take 2-1/2 tablespoon tomato paste
  14. Prepare To taste ground black pepper
  15. Prepare 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
  16. Get Coatings————
  17. Get 1 cup breadcrumbs
  18. Get 2 large eggs
  19. Take 1 cup all purpose flour

I love the combination of bacon bits, cheddar cheese and chopped parsley. Mix the leftover mashed potato with all the ingredients together and then shape them into bite-sized balls. You can use your hands to shape the balls. Our classic mashed potato ball filled with picadillo (ground beef, onions, peppers, and Spanish seasonings) coated in panko bread crumbs and fried to perfection.

Steps to make Potato Balls:
  1. Peel and dice the potatoes. Wash and boil in water. When fork tender drain.
  2. Mash the potatoes adding salt until there is no lumps set aside and let cool.
  3. Heat oil and add the onion and bell pepper. Fry stirring often. Sauté till onions are translucent and soft.
  4. Remove from heat and set aside.
  5. In the remaining oil add beef and brown. When it's done set aside with the onions and peppers. Chop the olives.
  6. In the pan on low heat, add the vinegar, olive and Tomato paste. Add the beef, onions and peppers. Season with the rest of the spices.
  7. Set aside and let cool.
  8. When the potatoes and filling is cooled form the potatoes into balls.
  9. Beat the eggs. Now place the flour in a bowl.
  10. Add breadcrumbs to a bowl.
  11. Make a crater in the center of potato ball.
  12. Add meat filling to the center.
  13. Close the ball back together.
  14. Roll the ball in the flour.
  15. Then the egg
  16. And final coating of breadcrumbs.
  17. Put into refrigerator to cool at least 2 hours
  18. Heat oil and deep fry about 3-4 minutes.
  19. If shallow frying roll the ball around in hot oil till every side is crispy about 1 minute per roll
  20. Move to a paper towel to absorb excessive oils.
  21. Serve I hope you enjoy
  22. These can also be frozen before cooking till needed.

Baking Instructions Note: opens in a new window. Once the potatoes and beef have cooled, form the potato balls: grab a handful of mashed potatoes, and split into two equal portions. Form each piece into a small bowl shape, and fill with the ground beef mixture. Place the two halves together, seal the edges, and smooth to make a round ball. German potato dumplings or balls as someone calls them (they really do look like balls) are usually served as a side dish with sausage or a meatloaf type dish.

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