Ingredients
3 eggs
3 cup grated, drained potatoes
1/3 cup potato flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp onion salt
1 dash pepper
3 tbsp grated onion
1/4 cup grebenes
4 tbsp melted chicken fat
Directions
Beat eggs. Add remaining ingredients. Put into 1 1/2 qt. greased
baking dish and bake at 325F for 1 hour. TO MAKE GREBENES: Take 1
pound of chicken fat and fry in a fry pan until very crispy. Reserve
4 T melted chicken fat. Take the remaining crispy skin and dice. The
grebenes is actually crispy chicken fat.
Servings: 8 servings
Potato Kugel Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Vegetable
The History of Recipes
It is possible to track the history of written recipes back into history, certainly as far back into recorded history as ancient Egypt, and maybe even further. Having said that, sadly, these old cookbooks were just primitive hieroglyphic instructions for food preparation.
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