Traditional Irish Boxty
  1. Place half of the potatoes in a large dutch oven pan and cover with water. Simmer until potatoes are fork tender.

  2. While potatoes are boiling, grate the other half of the potatoes with a large grater.

  3. Place the grated potatoes in a sieve and toss with 1 tsp salt. Let rest to draw out moisture.

  4. Once the boiling potatoes are done, drain off water and return potatoes to pan. Add butter and milk, mash with a potato masher.

  5. Add eggs and green onion, stir.

  6. In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients (salt, pepper, flour, baking powder) and add to the pot.

  7. Add the shredded potatoes and mix well to form a thick batter.

  8. In a large skillet, heat oil until smoking, add 1 Tbs of butter.

  9. Scoop batter into pan making 4 inch rounds, flatten if needed.

  10. Cook on each side until golden brown, remove and drain on paper towels. Serve while hot.

Course🍚Side Dish

Diets🥕Vegetarian...

Category🥞Pancake

Cuisine🇮🇪Irish

Occasions🎉Celebration📆Everyday

Season🔁Year-round

DifficultyEasy ⏰ 40m

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