Air Fryer Latkes

Ingredients

• 2 medium or 3 small russet potatoes
• 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and quartered
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons matzo meal, or plain breadcrumbs
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt, more as needed
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• Olive oil, as needed
• Sour cream, for serving, optional
• Applesauce, for serving, optional
• Thinly sliced chives, for serving, optional

Instructions

1. Gather the ingredients. Preheat the air fryer to 400 F.
2. Scrub the potatoes and grate them on the large holes of a box grater. You can also use the grating blade in your food processor.
3. If you prefer, you can chop the shreds into smaller pieces. This will help make the latkes into more compact rounds.
4. Grate or chop the onion. Combine the potatoes and onion in a colander. Rinse the shredded mixture with cold water.
5. Place the mixture onto a few layers of cheesecloth and squeeze the liquid out over a medium bowl. Twist and squeeze as hard as you can until almost all of the liquid has been removed. Put the potato and onion shreds into a large separate bowl.
6. Let the liquid settle. Pour off and discard most of the liquid, leaving behind the thick potato starch gathered at the bottom of the bowl.
7. Whisk together the eggs, matzo meal, salt, pepper, and reserved potato starch.
8. Add the egg mixture to the potato and onion shreds. Mix together to combine.
9. Generously grease the bottom of your air fryer with some of the olive oil. Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat to 200 F. Set a cooling rack over a rimmed baking sheet. Dollop 1/4-cup portions of the latke mixture onto the greased air fryer basket. Make them as thick or as thin as you would like. Sprinkle them with more salt. Brush the top of each latke with more olive oil.
10. Cook in the air fryer for 8 minutes.
11. Flip and cook until golden brown and crisp, an additional 5 minutes.
12. Transfer to the rack and keep warm in the oven while you make the remaining batches. Re-grease the air fryer with olive oil and cook in batches until all of the latke batter is cooked.
13. Serve hot with applesauce, sour cream, and chopped chives, if desired, and enjoy.