I was married to my Polish husband for 47 years and he taught me this dish the first week we were married. We always had them with some baked ham slices and ALWAYS served with applesauce and sour cream. He passed away in 2017 and every time I make this most favorite dish, I remember how much fun I had learning to cook new foods. Thanks, Jenny, for sharing your recipes with us. And for reminding me how much I love cooking even at age 72. 🥹❤️

Thanks for posting this Jenny. We had a family friend from Ukraine, her husband was Polish, so she used to cook a lot of stuff he wanted, and she used to let me help her make plackis about 40 years ago when I was like 7. I would help her hand-grate the potatoes and onions (one time cutting my hand, ugh) and she would melt the butter in the pan. The smell while they were cooking was unreal, and I'll never forget that and the taste of them. I attempted to make them recently and while they were not exactly like she made them, the flavour took me right right back to when I was a kid. Your method of draining the water for 5 minutes and putting the starch back in makes total sense, and i think I can now better replicate the ones she made because of that. By the way, if anyone actually read down this far, they are pronounced plat-skis !!

Looking for a potato pancake recipe and I got a blast from the past. The Jenny Jones show was my favorite thing to watch when I was a teenager.

This lady knows her stuff. I loved potatoe pancakes as a kid and I never in(all these years) learned how to make them. I can't wait. Even a little lesson on flipping. I love this lady.

I always used to beg my grandma to make these. She’s still alive, she just turned 90 and is fighting cancer. I wanna make these because I miss them. Thanks for the recipe.

This gal is wonderful at giving directions. Best I have ever watched. Simple, easy to follow. thank you so much.

Good food doesn’t have to be complicated. Your teaching style is perfect

I'm eating these right now -Absolutely the best potato pancakes ever! They were simple to make, fast, and pretty-much fool-proof. I've tried many, many recipes but this is hands-down the best.

I found your video a few years ago. It’s been the best Potato Pancake recipe ever. Thanks.

I couldn't even finish this video without saying that your kitchen makes me so happy. All that colour. Wow! That is the coolest knife I have ever seen!

I can't tell you how thankful I am for this recipe. My mum made THE BEST potato pancakes, but I'm approaching 20 years without her, and 33 years+ without her making them for our family. She was Ukrainian, and this recipe is almost exactly hers with one major important difference that I can't wait to try- the 5 min drain through the strainer. I have not been able to for figure out why mine are so watery and greasy. I would use more oil because of the watery batter. Now I know what to do!! I am trying this tomorrow. Thank you and God bless you!

Jenny, I missed you after all these years. I am so happy to of found your channel! I am glad you're doing well. You look amazing! ❤

My mother from Poland, misses her food … thank you, you brought me back to childhood.

Potato pancakes is yummy, I’ve made this before it’s good,a different way to have potatoes

Hi Jenny, firstly a BIG thank you for showing us all of those wonderful Polish dishes. I’m Polish and it’s really nice to see some Polish recipes. Secondly, my grandma used to make those pancakes very often. She always grated the potatoes and onions on a grater. And she fried them really thin. So they were incredibly crispy and thin. We ate them for dinner either with sour cream and chives or with sugar. From where I am we call them placki ziemniaczane. Actually, I haven’t made them in a really long time. You inspired me to. Thanks once again!

Certainly brings back memories of my Grandma! Makes me hungry just watching! Potato cakes were always a favorite of mine! Thanks!

I have these for lunch often. They're great with homemade ketchup or even with maple syrup! So versatile.

They look great, thanks again and I love your beautiful personality, a real pleasure to watch (-:

Thank you! My husband and I both grew up having these as part of our regular mealtimes and loved them. After several attempts with no real success we were frustrated beyond belief. While we had the recipe we somehow managed to never been allowed to help beyond grating the potatoes and onion and as a result we were missing one step. We weren't adding the potato starch back in and as a result they wouldn't fry properly. We tried adding a little more flour, a little more of liquid back in and even tried an extra egg all with no success, it never even occured to me to add starch back in, even though I was aware it separated from the water when I did the clean up,. Thank you again, we're so happy to be able to add them to the menu rotation for our family. 😊

My mother was polish and this is about the only dish I still know how to make. Love the channel

Great cooking, simple and to the point. I am not an American, but I see myself as a citizen of the world, yet born on the African Continent. Your so passionate and lovable, the secret of good cooking is the love you put in it. You can be the best cook in the world, but if there is no love added into the mixture life will taste sour and just boring, perfect....you go girl.

My grandfather from East Prussia used to make them with green onion and then would serve them with my grandmothers home made berry jams and fresh cream, they were great.

I have been craving potato pancakes for a month and just happened upon your channel, so thanks.

I love your humour whilst making all these goodies.Your a natural. Thank you for sharing. X

I have to say Jen, (...I can call you that, cos that's my dear wifes name, lol ) It is so refreshing to see such clear no-bullshit, Tube recipes put together as well as you have done, - Very clear and easy, - even for a vague old boy like me to follow. Thanks

I'm sooooo happy to have found Jenny Jones on You Tube cooking. I always liked her! And now I can watch all day every day!!

Love your channel. I'm beginning to think my mom was polish! Potato pancakes were a staple growing up.

My Mom used to make these and we loved them :-)

Sometimes I don't even care for the recipe. Just want to see someone positive : )

Thanks Jenny. I had learnt making polish foods from your channel. My husband is polish so I gotta keep the tradition :)

My husband has gone to Poland with his work several times and I know that he loved the food. He is from Germany and his father is from Poland and so I can't wait to make these for my husband. I think he will really like them. I am so glad I found your videos. They help me so much., Thanks!

Love your channel, reminds me of my grandmother and mothers cooking!, brings back memories. !! Thank you !!

Thank You so much for doing this recipe. Such a help. You are always cheerful and so pleasant to watch and listen to! Your humor at the end is always delightful! Puts a smile on my face for sure!

Thanks Jenny, those look great. Growing up, my Polish dad never used to drain the water, I like the looks w/o the water. Me and my 4 brothers used to do all the grating and by the time we were done, a lot of the potatoes would be brown, lol. But my mom used to fry these and we would eat them as they came out and she could barely keep up!! Loved these. (We also used sour cream, but lately I have found that plain yogurt tastes just like sour cream but is healthier, I will have to try it on these. Thanks again, hope you are staying safe!

Brilliant......you took me back to my childhood, dad was a dab hand at making these...thanks!

I just made these for my husband and he said they need to go into my every day cookbook and I so liked them too. It was the first time I had potato pancakes. I did them without any oil, in a Organic Ceramic pan and, Just Wow!

This is my 1st time watching you cook and you are too precious! You make me wanna hug you! Oh- I enjoyed the cooking lesson too of course.

Just made these exact to your recipe. I swept a tiny bit of creme fraich over the polish pancakes (I know but this is a treat!), then topped it with an over easy egg, then dribbled a sauce mixture of a dallop of mayo, saracha and dijon sauce mixed together over the egg, then scattered fried Portuguese sausage slithers all around. I ate an unbelievably delicous international breakfast... for dinner!

I like your videos. They're informative and not too long. My mother-in-law had taught me to make several Polish dishes, including Pierogi and Naleschniki.

Just like my MOM use to make I just couldn't remember guess what I'm going to make tomorrow thanks for bringing back great memories

Love the Jenny videos, they are very accurate and love the endings ~ These potato pancakes are the best! I am 100% Polish!

Jenny: I'm part Polish and when I was little, my aunt and mother used to make these, similar to yours (theirs were more liquid-y, hence thinner pancakes), and we used to sprinkle sugar on them after they were cooked! I wonder if your Polish family ever did that too. They were so delicious, but the MEMORY I have of when I was young is even better than the potato pancakes. (We'd have them on Fridays, along with a platter of Tuna sandwiches that my aunt would make for those who didn't want the potato pancakes!) Take care and hope you had a good Easter. Best, Gloria

We always put a tsp of cottage cheese on top of each one or a slice of cream cheese in between. Either way it is excellent. I love it with more grease and my husband likes it the way you make it Jenny. So I will try your way. My mother came over here on a boat and they just found a trunk that her family used and it had Auschwitz on it. She is pure blooded Polish but all of my life I never knew anything about my grandparents or her family. She had four brothers and her mother (my grandparents died from the boat ride I guess. )If they had not found that trunk I would know nothing.

You were my favorite talk show host.. Now you are my favorite Chef 👏🏽

What a lovely Lady; what a beautiful voice. I made the pancakes exactly as she instructed and they are like herself, absolutely beautiful. Thank you from Australia.

I can not wait to give these a try!! I have your stuffed cabbage in the oven now. I love you recipes!!

I am Polish and I confirm this is an actual potato pancakes recipe (w/o grating) my mother would make for me :)

I'm 71 and remember my Babci serving her potato plackies with bacon, baked apples, sour cream and homemade crusty rye bread...my gosh, I'm headed to the store. Thanks Jenny.

Well done Jenny. You make it all look so simple it becomes an encouragement to go ahead and try. Thanks.

I just made these potato pancakes as you show, and both my wife and myself are HOOKED! :) Thanks so much!!!!

Love your recipes , so easy. My husband is polish and am always looking to surprise him with polish meals. U make the preparation so easy.

I just love watching Jenny cook. Then I go and make the recipe myself...MMMMM. And you are so entertaining, too, Jenny. I think you are turning me on to great Polish foods.

Jenny, you have inspired me to make fresh and switch from box stuff. Thank you so much.

My mom used to add leftover corn (frozen or fresh). I like to use green onion with the sour cream or put them in the potato pancake as well as the white or yellow onion. It a great way to get creative and add all sorts of things. My hubby loves them with bacon :D Thank you for bringing back some happy memories

I got a food processor for Christmas from my good lady. First time I have owned one in 50+ years and this is one of the first things I've made in it. Easy and delicious, thank you.

we had potato pancakes with chicken soup often except we grate raw potato coarsely and sometimes add a little sweet potato. loved the crunchier outer rim and softer centre . the also go well with apple sauce

The ending was too cute :D

Just made them, they were great! We used olive oil on low heat and they turned out perfect. Thank you!

The videographer did an amazing job filming Jenny!!! There was no jerry movement with the Camera!!! I looove Jennys very cozy kitchen!!! Humanity needs to understand whether they live in a very big house or a tiny house their friends really appreciate being in a cozy kitchen that smells of real home cooking!!! I loove to keep a cozy kitchen like Jenny as I always enjoy playing in the kitchen...it's my playground!!!

Wow, exactly as I remember "Kartoffelpuffer" from my childhood in Germany except this method is so much easier - I belong to the generation that used a shredder and many a knuckle turned bloody whilst preparing the potatoes. In my family this was traditionally served with applesauce. Also, the addition of a little chopped parsley to the dough before frying is very nice. I particularly like the small amount of oil used, the taste is better and your heart will thank you. I'm seriously impressed, thank you Jenny

This EXACTLY the way my MOM made them, thank you for the recipe, my six sisters were no help

I love this woman and her humor!

jenny I'm just a kid, but I made this for my parents and they loved it. thank you!

I grew up in Greenpoint, Brooklyn NY and my English Mother made these all the time😃. Still enjoy them to this day!

"left-overs" - a concept I've heard about but never seen myself :D :D :D

You're hair is so cute and I love all the colors in your kitchen! Thanks for your recipe. Looks great!

My Babcia made these for me as a kid and teenager, ofcourse the old fashioned way. She would just keep shredding and frying (4 at a time) until I was absolutely stuffed. What a treat these were! Enjoy 😋✌

This is like almost the best food my mom can make. There is only one thing tastier than that: the same thing just much thicker from the oven with smoked bacon and then with sourcream. yumMMmy

My mother used the same recipe but always used box grater cause there were no food processers😄. but she used 4 or 5 pds of potatoes (big family). we ate them with sour cream, applesauce, cottage cheese, and canned salmon. Delish!

I hope this will work with sweet patatoes as well. Been looking at recipies of those and this seems the easiest and quickest way to make pancakes with patatoes. Nice.

When you see a six burner stove and buckets of cooking utensils at the ready. It’s a pretty good indication you have landed in the right kitchen. Great video thank you.

Wow you are awesome Jenny!!!! Never knew there existed an easier way to make potato pancakes!!! Thank you very much!!!!

I Love potato pancakes!!!! Your recipe is great!! Thank you for sharing your recipe!!!

Jenny can cook! And she does it and pigtails- fabulous.

Thank you for sharing all of this knowledge and experience, the starch hack was totally new to me!

I love your way of cooking ... informative, easy & elegant.

So nice to “see” you again, Jenny. You’ve aged so gracefully. Thank you for the recipe, it was delicious. 😋

OMG this reminds me of my mother's potato pancakes that she made when i was young. I havent had these in years but will have to make this recipe. Its amazing how food can bring back such good memories. Thanks Jenny!

Polish potato pancakes with goulash is awesome! Very popular in Poland 🇵🇱 too!

I would be eating them about as fast as I could make them! Great vid, Thanks!

I love all your recipes. I have a slavic background and enjoy the food very much. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes.

Love your channel Jenny! I really like how easy and simple you make things.

didnt know how easy this was to make!! thank you for teaching me

Thanks Jenny! Just paid $6.45 for a small box of potato pancake mix! I serve them with sour cream and apple sauce, so good!❤ I will now make them from your recipe, for pennies! Expect A miracle! 🙏🏻😇🕊 from California ( sorry ) lol

mmmm...potato pancakes with sour cream - a match made in food heaven

This is one of those recipes that I thought was too simple to have very much taste to them, I couldn't have been more wrong, these could just about bring on world peace. Not only are they fast and delicious, but they also take on other flavors to only make them better. I made these last year at the Christmas breakfast I hold for my employees. I made some by adding chopped bacon, chopped ham, ham and cheese, jalapeno ham and cheese, you get the idea. They were gone before the steak was, and it was Kobe beef. I have been wondering how these would turn out using sweet potatoes because sweet potatoes have a lot less starch in them than a Russet has. These Magnificently simple and far more delicious than the Hungry Jack boxes you find sitting in a box in the grocery store, and these literally cost pennies to make.

OMG you made this look so easy!!! Thank you

omfg. I've been making latkes for 30 plus years and not only did these come out EXACTLY like she said....they are (sniff) better than my old recipe. Thank You Jenny!!

Thank you so much for the is video. I could almost smell them cooking. My dear dziadek(Polish Grand father) used to make 'platski' the old fashion way when my sisters and I were kids, on a Sunday morning. I, still to this day, late in my life, enjoy them with apple sauce. Dziekuje(thank you) for this video. Sincerely Bruce Raykiewicz(Rajkiewicz)

I love your videos!!! I'm usually not good at making these but you make it look easy!!! I'm going to try again!:)

Just trying this recipe now. You are such a joy to watch and I love your kitchen!

They look wonderful. Can't wait to give them a try. Thank you Jenny for your easy to make recipes.

What a beautiful lady you are! Thanks for the video. Can't wait to try these. :)

I have enjoyed every video of yours I ever seen, Jenny. Nice work. Thank you. Just my opinion but Corn oil and Canola oil ARE made from Round Up ready GMO crops. I won't have them in my house, let alone cook with them. For frying, restaurants use them so now I eat out way less. Which works for me, I prefer to do all my own cooking anyway, so I know what is in my food, thank you very much. Olive, peanut and grape seed oils is not GMO, yet, So that's all I use for cooking oils. Grape seed oil is good for high temperatures.

Oh oh my God it’s what I have been looking for as my mother has done this for me - I felt special when she made these now I have a go at it .

You know, I know you used to be on TV, but I can't remember what the show was, but I always remember you here on youtube making your cooking vids. Thank you! I enjoy watching you best here.

Thanks for sharing. This is so healthy gonna try this.

Thanks Jenny for this recipe. They are so delicious & I intend to make them often. I love your recipes, UR the best!

I've not been able to make a Potato Pancake I liked until now. My Pancakes were Awesome! Thanks for the Video.

Oh WOW! Never ever thought of straining them first!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!