The recipe for smiling potato cakes is as follows:
Ingredients required: 2 potatoes, 1 spoon of salt, 1 spoon of chicken powder, 1 spoon of black pepper, appropriate amount of flour, appropriate amount of starch, olives 1 tablespoon oil.
1. Wash and peel the potatoes, cut into small pieces, and steam for 15 minutes. Press the steamed potatoes into puree, add appropriate amount of salt, black pepper, chicken powder, flour and starch, and stir evenly.
2. Roll the mashed potatoes into balls and flatten them into hash browns. Use chopsticks and spoons to make a smiling face. Make sure the chopsticks and spoons are dipped in oil.
3. Cover the baking sheet with tin foil, brush both sides of the potato cakes with oil, and put them into the air fryer. You can make two layers, so after selecting the French fries function, add another 5 minutes (180 degree 20 minutes). Bake for about 12 minutes, change the order up and down, and when the time is up, you can take it out of the pan!
Tips for making smiling potato cakes:
This smiling potato may seem simple, but it is actually not easy to make. You may face many problems such as the mashed potatoes being wet and sticky, not forming into shapes when rolling them out, or sticking together after cutting into rounds, etc. Therefore, you must pay attention to the step of making mashed potatoes. Use steamed potatoes as much as possible. Do not save time by cutting them into slices and boiling them with water. The mashed potatoes will contain a lot of water and will become sticky no matter how much starch is added. Gooey.
Because the water content of mashed potatoes is different, the amount of starch added at the end will also be different, whichever can be just kneaded into a mashed potato dough that is not sticky. The optimal thickness of the smiley face is 0.5 cm. If it is too thin, it will not be easy to engrave the facial features. If it is too thick, it will not be fried enough and affect the taste. In terms of taste, the fried version is definitely the best, but if it is for children or people who are afraid of getting fat, the air fryer version is quite delicious on the basis of focusing on low oil and health.