Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Homemade Leftovers Makeover: Mashed Potato Fritters

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have leftovers makeover: mashed potato fritters using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Leftovers Makeover: Mashed Potato Fritters:

1. Prepare For the fritters:
2. Prepare 2 cups mashed potatoes (firmly packed)
3. Prepare 1/3 cup flour for the fritters
4. Prepare 1 large egg
5. Make ready 1/2-2/3 cup grated cheese (such as Cheddar, Jack, Mozzarella, Colby Jack)
6. Make ready 1 large green onion, chopped (white parts, too)
7. Take For frying:
8. Make ready 2 cups oil

Steps to make Leftovers Makeover: Mashed Potato Fritters:

1. Put all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. (Try to sprinkle the salt evenly over the entire surface area of the mashed potatoes so you don't accidentally get a super salty bite.)
2. Get in with your hands (or a wooden spoon or spatula if you're not a handsy person) and mix everything thoroughly.
3. Preheat oil in a pan to somewhere between 350F and 375F. If you don't have a thermometer, you can sprinkle some flour into the oil and if it starts to gently sizzle right away, your oil's ready.
4. Gently drop batter into the oil by spoonfuls. I like to take two silverware tablespoons and make them in a quenelle shape.
5. Fry for 6 to 8 minutes until they're a dark golden brown, turning two or three times during the process to make sure all sides get cooked evenly.
6. Blot the oil from the fritters on a paper towel, paper bag, or tempura paper, and enjoy!

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