Potato pancakes are an amazingly simple but delicious snack to eat. We only need 4-5 ingredients for this recipe. This dish has been requested many times. Interestingly, people who requested it saw this dish on the Korean TV program “Family Outing.” In that program, Lee Hyori cooked this one-day, and many people wanted to learn how to make those potato pancakes. So, I watched that program and made this recipe.
Yield: 8 Pancakes
Short Korean Lesson
- SinBahl (신발) = Shoes
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Video Instructions
Main Ingredients
- 2 Medium Potatoes (12 oz)
- ¼ tsp Salt
- Some Green Onion, Red Hot Pepper (to Garnish)
- Some Oil for Frying
Directions
Prepare 2 medium sized potatoes. They should be about 12 oz total.
Peel the potatoes and chop them into 1-inch cubes. To prevent the potatoes from turning brown, soak them in water.
Grind the potatoes until they become a very fine paste. You can use either a mixer or a hand grinder.
Drain the potato mixture to separate the liquid from the potato. Cover the ground potato with plastic wrap.
Set aside the potato water for about 15 minutes.
For the optional garnishing and flavoring, chop some green onions, along with some red and green hot peppers.
About 15 minutes later, the potato starch will be at the bottom of the bowl, and the liquid will be on top. Remove the liquid and save only the potato starch.
Add the potato starch to the potato paste.
Add ¼ tsp of salt and mix well.
In a generously oiled and heated pan, add about a spoonful of potato mixture and make it round.
Place some green onions or peppers on the pancakes.
Fry them until both sides of the pancakes become golden brown.
Garnish the pancakes with green onions and red peppers. Enjoy! 😀
Hi Aeri,
I made this for snack and it’s delicious! Love it so much that I finished a whole plate of it all by myself! 🙂
hi Mildred Yeo,
Awesome.. I can do the same thing when I make this. hehe thanks 🙂
Hi, I’m making this right now. How to make it not stick to the pan? I already pour generous of oil but it still sticks to the pan. It’s like my fifth time making it and the results are all the same…
Hi Feteha,
Did you use a nonstick pan? If you didn’t, that’s my suggestion to use nonstick pan. Thanks ^^
hi, i tried this today and it was really good, thank you for your great site.
I have a favour i bought a box of castella cake mix but the instructions are in korean…can you please help me in translating it? i would reallt appreciate it
Hi soojin,
Please send me a picture of the instruction..so I can see if I can help you. Thanks ^^
hi what if the potato turn pink after i blend it?
hi nadyaoktrizma,
If you don’t mind the color for your food.. it’s okay for your taste.so you can just use it.. . just certain type of potatoes seem have that problem.. I normally buy white or yellow potato for my cooking. thanks
Hi! What if my potato didn’t produce starch? Mine only has very little starch after I pour away the water.
does the type of bowl I use affects how the starch will remain at the bottom of the bowl?
hi X,
After I read your comment and thought of it.. I think it can effect.. so I guess you used flat wide bottom bowl ??
hye aeri lee..
i’m always watching FO especially when they make dinner n breakfast :3
so I can practice it by view ur recipes ..
tq 😀
hi aeri! i watched barefoot friends where hyori made this and i decided to search for a recipe and saw yours! made them just now and they’re very good! forgot to take pics though because i ate them all at once 😛 thanks a bunch! will try making kimchi soon 🙂 😆
Hi Aeri,
Can I make the potato pancakes a couple of days ahead of time? How long can they be kept in the fridge? Thank you for all your wonderful recipes. 😛
No.. the potato taste change by time.. it will not good even the next day.. so I will say.. just make it fresh.. thanks.. ^^
Hi must we boil the potatoe first?
no you don’t boil the potato.. ^^
Thank you so much for posting this recipe. It is funny because I was watching Family Outing episode where Lee Hyori made this and really wanted to make it and your site was one of the first ones that came up!
Made it tonight and it was delicious and easy!
안녕하세요~ 저는 경아라고 합니다. 에리시 비디오를 보면서 너무 감사하다는 말을 하고싶었는대 어떡해 열락하는 방법 을몰았습니다. 에리시 때문에 요리와 음식에대한 생각과 만드는 법도 달라졌어요. 너무 감사하고 응원할깨요~ 사랑합니다!! 완전 팬이에요! ^_^
-경아~
hi 신경아 Michelle Sin,
^^ 만나서 반갑습니다. 글 남겨주셔서 감사해요. 히~~~ 너무 친절하세요. ^^
hello, why we sholud add the starch??
if i dont add it..it will taste diff?? what is the funtion og the starch?? ❗
hi mihah,
The starch gives it chewy texture… I think.. it gives some flavor too. Thanks
Ever since i watch the program i want to try making it, was searching the recipe in the internet and i stumble across ur blog, is amazing and the fact that u make it exactly the way hyori did!love it and i just made it today and it taste good!hahah..~thanksssss~
Wow!! I am so surprised to see this recipe O_O
I’m from Lithuania, and it’s such a popular national dish here ^____^ my grandma makes this very often 🙂
There is another way of making this, and it gives interesting texture – instead of blending, grate the potatoes (like an apple 🙂 ), and then mix just like you would the blended. It’s great with sourcream/radish sauce!
hey i tried this as my first korean recipe and im not soo sure i did it right lol starnge question since their potatoes and all but are they supposed to taste like hashbrowns? 😳 if so then yay for me!! if not what might i have done wrong?
hi crystalfish,
Did you like the flavor..?? I think that’s the most important part. 🙂 so in that point..if you liked it.. yay ~~~ for you. I can’t say it is exactly like hashbrowns..but since they are both made with potato so it will have similar flavor in it. 🙂
Umm hi i’m vietnamese and i am obsessed with korean food. Instead of finely blending it can i used a fork and mash it like mash potato 😳 well it’s because i don’t have a blender 😳 how embarrassing 😕
hi Tiffany,
There is some food like that.. make pancake type thing with boiled and mashed potato… however.. this recipe is different from it in texture and taste…^^:;
I love your website (: i will try this recipe today. I wanted to know if you know how to make kimchi. i have seen it being mentions in a lot of shows and dramas n i am curious to try it. it look delicious.
hi Juana Ortega,
I already posted several kimchi recipes.. please search “kimchi” on my blog. thanks
Hi, I have made this recipe a few times using different potatoes. I live in Sweden so we have a huge variety of potatoes available. I have found that any yellow flesh potatoes turn a reddy pink colour but the floury white fleshed potatoes tend not to. Also the pinish ones tend to cook fine but go an almost greyish colour.
If you are having difficulties you might just need to try a few other types of potatoes.
Also my husband loves them with a bit of white pepper included.
Hi Stace,
Thanks for sharing your experiences with us. We don’t have that many variety of potato in Korea. I was kind of surprised to see so many different kinds of potatoes in USA. Yes, I like to use white flesh.. yellow or light brown skin round shape potato for my Korean cooking since that’s looks like the korean potatoes I had in Korea. I;m glad your husband loves it. thanks
wow.thanks for this interesting recipe..
i’m one of FO fans,i love to see them scramble of this pancake 🙂
I had the same problem above where my potatoes turned a darkish/purplish color. I don’t think it has to do w/ how long you blend it since I barely got started and already it changed color. I even took them out of the water and placed some on the cutting board ready for the food processor and it started to change colors before my very eyes. Do I need to add salt or something to stop that discoloration?
Overall, they turned out ok but the color is not white but a dark purplish color. I was using Russet Potatoes instead of the ones in the recipe.
Your advice is appreciated.
Hi Nanarei,
It seems like the kind of potato you use for this recipe is important..especially if your potato changes the color.. so try the potato I used.. thanks
thank you so much it’s sooooooooooooo yummy i can’t get enough from eating it 😀
OMG i tried it for the first time ^^. And yes after i watch it in Family Outing Hyori sshi cooking it~ OMG it look so good. it is simple and delicious. . and most of the your recipe is really good and simple~ its easy for student like me to cook fast and simple food ^^. thank you so much for the recipe <3 😉
hi i need help! i failed trying to make this twice!!
how long did you blend it for? i take a really long time and the potato paste already turns briwnish/purplish in the blender, not yellow like yours! is my mixer the prob or does the type of potato matter?
also, when im draining the potato mixture, some of the potato mixture gets through too, do you just throw it away with the water after 15min?
Also, how much oil do you add!
Sorry for bombarding, and thanks! 🙂
Well, I’m not the author… but when my mom makes these, she actually very finely grate the potato instead of blending them, some uses food precessor. You could try that and see if it works for you. You maybe blending it too long, destroying starch structure. And for the potato mixture getting through, it’s just judgement call. My mom just throws them away with potato water since it’s only very little. She also pours very generous amount of oil almost comes 1/2 centimetre up the side of the pan. She says it’s the only way it’s good. Even if you don’t want to use that much I think it’s a good idea to let the oil completely coat the pan in a layer.
Hi Freddie,
Thanks for the answer for C. ^^ It is useful.
Hi C,
Freddie had some good points in the reply for you. Another thing I wanted to say is.. yes.. what kind of potato u used seems matter.. so if you can find.. try the potatoes I used.
my case.. the potato starch and the water seperated pretty good.. so I throw away the water but kept the starch on the bottom.. You just use normal or generous amount of oil you use for frying food..
thanks
I’m posting this here because it’s kind of a related question. How long do you soak the potato chunks in water to prevent it from turning brown when you grind it? Thanks!
hi Yoonhee,
You just soak the potato chunks until you are ready to grind them. ^^ It’s not preventing it from turning brown when you grind it..actually if you leave the chunks outside while you are peeling and cutting the other potatoes..they can turn into brown..that’s why you put them in water.. thanks 🙂
omg this is really very easy to make! and super yummy! i wonder if there’s any other garnishes we can add in to make it even more yummy?
hi wanq,
^^ if you find any other garnishes to match with it.. please share it with us.. 🙂 thanks