Every year for the last 16, the White Castle restaurant chain has run a contest in which they ask people to create a recipe that uses 10 White Castle hamburgers. Leslye Lewis, this year's winner was crowned on Monday and won the top honors for her creation that she calls, "The Latkes You Crave." The recipe takes the hamburger patties off the buns and crumbles them into a batter of potato, onion, flour, eggs and seasonings. They are then cooked in vegetable oil and served warm with traditional latke sides (applesauce and sour cream). If you want to make your own White Castle latkes you are in luck, as the recipe is after the jump.
Other finalist dishes (all made out of White Castle sliders) included dim sum, a White Castle Ruben Bake, a Seven-Layer Burger and a White Casterole Breakfast Bake. The Latkes You Crave
Submitted by: Leslye Louis
10 White Castle burgers
3 eggs
4 cups grated potatoes
1/4 cup grated onion
4 tablespoons flour
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon parsley flakes
1 teaspoon ground sage
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Vegetable oil
Remove the pickles and crumble or dice hamburgers in a large bowl and set aside. Beat eggs until light and foamy. Stir in the grated potatoes, grated onion, flour, seasonings, herbs and combine with the hamburger mixture. Heat 1/8 to 1/4 inch vegetable oil in a large skillet. For each Latke, drop about 1/4 cup White Castle potato mixture into the hot oil, fry on each side until golden brown. Add oil to pan as needed, to keep proper depth for frying. Drain Latkes well on absorbent paper. This makes about 14-20 of the lightest White Castle Latkes in the Latke-land. Serve hot, with applesauce, dairy sour cream, apple butter or eat plain.
May is National BBQ Month and National Hamburger Month
Cupcakes, not for dessert (unless beef is your idea of a treat)
Because eating French Fries in the car is so tough
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-08-2007 @ 1:49PM
wintem01 said...
I don't know about the Latkes, but I would try some of the others: White Castle Rueben Bake, The WC Breakfast Casserole, etc. Too bad those recipes aren't listed. I bet there's a WC recipe book out there somewhere. I've heard that Sliders make an excellent turkey stuffing. Anyone tried that?
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11-08-2007 @ 1:53PM
wintem01 said...
By the way, making up a recipe using just the cooked hamburger patties doesn't seem to be that creative. Any recipe that uses crumbled hamburger could be used. You should have to come up with something that uses the whole thing - pickles, bun and all. But maybe that's easier said than done.
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11-08-2007 @ 9:55PM
RobynT said...
white castle dim sum!? i find this hilarious as there is a white castle right next to my local dim sum place.
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11-08-2007 @ 11:47PM
Linda said...
I make the turkey stuffing every year. We grew up on White Castles so I tried it one year for fun. It came out really good. Nobody would believe it was made from White Castle hamburgers! (I got the pickles on the side and just ate them myself.) Now it has become a tradition. White Castle once gave out a free booklet with the top recipes but I haven't seen one for awhile.
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11-10-2007 @ 5:05PM
George Huebner said...
I bought a package of your frozen hambergers...the worce I have ever eat....in fact didn't eat all six of them...shame...
No onions or green peppers....
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11-10-2007 @ 5:08PM
George Huebner said...
A good hamberger needs only good things...
Whole wheat bread
Lean meat
Onions
peppers
Lettuce
Tomatoes
and a few herbs and spices
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