Leftover Mashed Potato Patties
Leftover Mashed Potato Patties also known as mashed potato cakes or mashed potato pancakes. Fluffy patties created with leftover mashed potatoes—filled with cheese, green onion and rolled in bread crumbs before frying to a golden brown. This Thanksgiving Dinner instead of having the same old mashed potatoes as leftovers create something new. These mashed potato pancakes are just what your day after Thanksgiving breakfast or lunch needs. They are super simple to put together, taste fantastic and make the perfect side dish!
The Day After Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas
Leftover turkey is always delicious, especially with a spoonful of TURKEY GRAVY and HOMEMADE CRANBERRY SAUCE. Leftover mashed potatoes are another thing. They never seem to be as creamy as they were the day before. Vamp up your leftover mashed potatoes. Form the potatoes into a patty shape and make potato pancakes!
Make your own Combos
- crispy pancetta, roasted red pepper, Romano cheese, fresh basil and garlic
- fiesta corn, cilantro and Jack cheese
- crispy bacon, garlic and rosemary
- caramelized onion, cheddar and parsley
- gouda, sun dried tomatoes, tiny pieces of diced red bell pepper, and green onion
- fresh herbs
- different cheeses: parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, or your favorite cheese
What to Serve on the Side with the Potato Pancakes
- Dollop of sour cream with a sprinkle of chopped chives
- cranberry sauce
- apple sauce
I Love These Leftover Fried Mashed Potato Cakes
Here’s why:
- something different then reheated mashed potatoes
- super easy to make
- simple ingredients
- lots of flavor
- light and fluffy
- very versatile
- perfect for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner
Can I Make Potato Patties Using Sweet Potatoes?
In short YES you can! Instead of taking the same old sweet potato casserole to Thanksgiving dinner, try making sweet potato cakes! Click here for a great recipe with lots of tips and tricks→SWEET POTATO CAKES
How to Make Potato Patties
- Add Gouda shredded cheese, flour, large egg and green onions to the mashed potato mixture.
- Measure out a heaping ¼ cup of mashed potatoes and shape into a ½ inch thick by 3 inch wide round small patties.
- Dip rounds in egg and then in bread crumbs.
- Set stove top to medium heat, heat large skillet with vegetable oil brown both sides.
- Place patties on a cookie sheet lined with paper towels.
- Keep warm in a preheated 300° oven.
How to Make Loaded Baked Potato Patties
Who doesn’t love a good loaded baked potato? These smashed potato patties already have the making of a delicious potato patty. Cheese, green onion, and potato. All that’s left is the bacon! Cook bacon until it’s crispy enough to crumble into small piece. Mix the bacon pieces into the mashed potato mixture, and form the best potato cakes! NOTE: You can also use bacon bits.
How to Store Leftover Potato Cakes
Place leftover potato patties in a single layer with parchment paper between each layer in an airtight container. Will stay fresh in the refrigerator up to 3 days.
How to Reheat Cold Mashed Potatoes
- AIR FRYER: Preheat air fryer to 375° for 3-5 minutes. Place potato pancakes into the air fryer basket, making sure they don’t overlap. Set timer for 5 minutes, flip, continue cooking until desired crispness.
- OVEN: Preheat oven to 350°. Place potato patties on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake 10 minutes per side or until hot in the center.
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner! These Leftover Mashed Potato Cakes are Perfect Anytime!
For this easy recipe you can use either leftover mashed potatoes or freshly made mashed potatoes.
BREAKFAST: For breakfast serve with bacon and eggs.
LUNCH: For Lunch place it on a bun with a grilled hamburger patty.
DINNER: For dinner serve with meatloaf, roasted chicken or grilled steak.
HOW TO MAKE LEFTOVER SMASHED POTATO PATTIES IN THE AIR FRYER
- Preheat air fryer to 400° for 10 minutes.
- Place patties on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. While the air fryer is heating, place patties in the freezer. This will help the patter keep their shape during the cooking process.
- Place patties in air fryer basket, only 4 at a time making sure to not overcrowd.
- Cook undisturbed for 12 minutes. Repeat with remaining patties.
HOW TO FREEZE POTATO CAKES
Place leftover potato patties in single layers with parchment paper between each layer in an airtight freezer safe container. Potatoes will stay fresh in the freezer up to 3 months. Thaw frozen patties overnight in the refrigerator.
MORE MASHED POTATO RECIPES
Leftover Mashed Potato Patties
Instead of just reheating your leftover mashed potatoes make these delicious patties!
Ingredients
- 2½ cups leftover mashed potatoes
- ½ cup Gouda cheese, shredded
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons green onion, chopped
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon water
- ¾ cup fine dry bread crumbs
- 1 to 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Instructions
- In a medium bowl stir together mashed potatoes, cheese, flour, green onions and pepper.
- Measure out 8 heaping ¼ cup portions and form potato mixture into 8 patties ½-inch thick and 3-inches round.
- Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Preheat oven to 300°.
- Pour half the oil into a large skillet heat on medium-low.
- In a shallow dish whisk together the egg and water.
- Place bread crumbs in another shallow dish.
- Dip patties in the egg then in the bread crumbs, turning to coat both sides.
- Add patties (only 4 at a time) in the heated skillet.
- Cook until bottoms are golden brown.
- Watch the heat, you don't want the patties getting dark before they're warmed through.
- Turn over and brown the other side making sure not to get th patties too dark.
- Transfer to a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Keep warm in preheated oven.
- Cook remaining patties using the remaining oil.
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I’m an old country gal, and my mother always fried in bacon grease or home-made lard. I said old. 🙂
Oh Wow Helen….I bet that tasted good!
Always wanted this recipie – I grew up with left-over mashed potatoes and Potatoe Patties was one way to spread out the dinner menu. I loved them.
Hi Rhona, I’m glad you found the recipe.
Made these tonight and they they are wonderful! Thanks for the recipe!
I’m so glad you liked the recipe Anna.