Spicy Sweet Potato Pancakes with Holiday Guacamole

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Holiday Snacks

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (15)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(15)

Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 25 min

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Ingredients

2/3 cup light olive oil or peanut oil, for frying
1 large Idaho potato, peeled and shredded
2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and shredded
1 small onion, peeled
1 egg, beaten
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, cracker meal, or matzo meal
1 tablespoons chili powder, couple of palm fulls
2 teaspoons smoked sweet paprika, 2/3 palm full
2 teaspoons ground cumin, 2/3 palm full
2 teaspoons coriander, 2/3 palm full
Salt
2 Hass avocados
1 lemon, juiced
1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped
1 small glove garlic, pasted up with some salt
2 jalapenos, seeded and finely chopped
3/4 cup pomegranate juice

Directions

Heat about 1/3 cup of oil over medium to medium-high heat.

Drain the shredded potatoes, pressing them down in a colander to get their moisture out. Place the potatoes in a bowl; using a box grater, grate the onion directly into the potatoes so that the onion juices fall into bowl as well. Add the egg and flour or meal to the bowl then season with spices and salt. Combine and drop enough batter into hot oil to make 2 1/2-inch pancakes. Add more oil, as needed, and fry cakes in batches until deeply golden on each side.

You will get about 16 pancakes. Drain cooked cakes on paper towels.

Cut the avocados in half, all the way around the pit. Remove the pit with a spoon, then scoop the flesh into a bowl and add the lemon juice, onion, garlic, jalapenos and a generous amount of salt. Mash the guacamole to a smooth consistency.

Reduce the pomegranate juice to a syrup.

Arrange the potato pancakes on a platter and top with heaping spoonfuls of guacamole.

Drizzle pomegranate syrup over the guacamole and serve.

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recipe Spicy Sweet Potato Pancakes with Holiday Guacamole
Trisha New York , NY 01-03-2009
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Not So Easy to Make
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

Did I miss something? Between prep and cooking it took me almost 2 hours to make these. I did break in the middle to finish... up a desert, but he prep was a lot of work - grate and onion... By the time I finished this as an appetizer we had to order out. I might try again, but... The taste was nice. I might have just done something wrong, but it takes more than 30 mins to get your food ready.Read more
recipe Spicy Sweet Potato Pancakes with Holiday Guacamole
rochelle Yonkers, NY 12-28-2008
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JUST WOW !!!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Say good-bye to ho hum pancakes..... Rachael...this recipe gets 10 stars from me ! Great combination of flavours...really... wakes up ye honorable sweet potato! And for y'all out there.... increase the flour or matzo meal to 1/3 cup and your cakes will not fall apart ! Read more
recipe Spicy Sweet Potato Pancakes with Holiday Guacamole
doreen san antonio, TX 12-28-2008
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Good
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Another good sweet potato recipe for the box!!
recipe Spicy Sweet Potato Pancakes with Holiday Guacamole
elide phoenix, AZ 12-17-2008
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Pomalishious
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These were fantastic, a Mexican version of Falafels! I just made them on a skillet with a little oil so they wouldn't fall... apart. I got lazy with the Pomegranate and just drank it instead. Still fantastic though, big hit with my husband! Read more
recipe Spicy Sweet Potato Pancakes with Holiday Guacamole
Angela Plainfield, IL 12-17-2008
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Great Flavor!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I love sweet potatoe pancakes and have been looking for a good recipe. This is definitely it. They have a great and unique... flavor that my husband went crazy for and even my kids loved. I did not have a problem with them staying together but I really squeezed the water out, don't know if that made the difference but all mine came out as pancakes. I made them for a side dish so made larger pancakes then she called for. Big thumbs up!Read more
recipe Spicy Sweet Potato Pancakes with Holiday Guacamole
K Kyle, TX 12-07-2008
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Skip the syrup.
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

All but two of mine fell apart. The guacamole was good, but the syrup did not belong in my opinion.