Bacon Potato Pancakes
Ingredients
- 4 strips bacon
- 4 Idaho potatoes, peeled and shredded
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- vegetable oil for frying, or as needed
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Instructions
- Cook bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain; cool, then crumble. Reserve bacon drippings in the skillet.
- Combine crumbled bacon, potatoes, eggs, flour, garlic, thyme, salt, and black pepper in a large bowl.
- Heat ¼-inch vegetable oil with drippings in the skillet over medium heat until oil and drippings shimmer.
- Drop potato mixture by heaping tablespoonfuls carefully into hot oil; flatten into patties about 3 inches in diameter. Cook until browned, about 3 minutes per side.
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