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Potato pancakes with sauerkraut

Name: Potato pancakes with sauerkraut
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 5 large Potatoes; 1 handful Sauerkraut; 3 tbsp All-purpose flour; 1 Egg; to taste Salt and pepper

Crispy pan-fried pancakes made with raw potatoes, sauerkraut, egg, and optional garlic. Serve with sour cream or alongside soup. Serves 4.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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Potato pancakes with sauerkraut bring together two ingredients traditionally paired in Slovak cooking. Finely grated raw potatoes are mixed with well-squeezed, finely chopped sauerkraut, egg, salt, pepper, and enough all-purpose flour to keep the batter from being too runny. Add crushed garlic if you like. Fry the pancakes in oil on both sides until crisp, then serve with sour cream, sauerkraut, or in place of bread alongside soup.

Ingredients

4 servings

Potatoes 5 large
Sauerkraut 1 handful
All-purpose flour 3 tbsp
Egg 1
Salt and pepper to taste

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Instructions

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Peel the potatoes and finely grate them into a bowl. Squeeze as much liquid as possible from the sauerkraut, chop it finely, and add it to the potatoes along with the egg, salt, and black pepper.
Add crushed garlic if you like. Stir in enough flour to keep the batter from being too runny, let it rest briefly, then fry the pancakes in oil on both sides until crisp.
Serve the pancakes with sauerkraut or sour cream, or in place of bread alongside soup.

Tip: After squeezing and chopping the sauerkraut, separate it with your fingers so it does not clump in the batter and is evenly distributed among the pancakes.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 235 kcal
Protein: 7.5 g
Carbohydrates: 49 g
of which sugars: 2.3 g
Fat: 1.5 g
of which saturates: 0.5 g
Fiber: 5.7 g
Salt: 0.8 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Zemiakové placky s kyslou kapustou