Skillet Potato Pancake Pizza

Original, delicious, for the whole family for dinner! Potato pizza in a frying pan is a quick way to prepare your favorite dish, using grated potatoes instead of dough. The base turns out to look like a large potato pancake, and the filling is mushrooms, which go well with potatoes.
cook time: 30 min
Zoe Kendrick
Skillet Potato Pancake Pizza

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

145
Calories
6g
Fat
11g
Carbs
5g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

For the base:

Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Wheat flour 2 tbsp
Eggs 1 pc
Potato 4 pc

For filling:

Onion 1 pc
Tomatoes 2 pc
Salt to taste
Hard cheese 50 g
Champignon 150 g
Dry spices to taste
Bacon 150 g

For frying:

Vegetable oil 2 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to fry potato pizza in a frying pan? First of all, prepare the ingredients for the filling. As with classic pizza, you can take any sausages, meat, pickles, olives, peppers. I chose bacon and mushrooms. I have red onions, but any onion will do — onions, leeks. Take either a couple of large tomatoes or several cherry tomatoes.

Step 2

Step 2
Cut the bacon into thin strips.

Step 3

Step 3
Wash the mushrooms carefully, then dry well with paper towels. Excess moisture will make them watery and not tasty. Cut the champignons into slices.

Step 4

Step 4
Peel the onion and cut into half rings.

Step 5

Step 5
Wash the tomatoes and cut them into large rings and cherry tomatoes into halves. Grate the cheese on a medium grater — this will melt it faster. Any cheese is suitable for this dish — hard, semi-hard, soft, such as mozzarella. The main thing is that it is tasty, of high quality, without milk fat substitutes and melts well.

Step 6

Step 6
Prepare ingredients for the base. For potatoes, take three large tubers or 4 medium ones, weighing approximately 500 grams. From this quantity I got one pizza in a frying pan with a diameter of 24 cm.

Step 7

Step 7
Next, make the potato pizza base. Wash and peel the potatoes, dry them with towels. Grate the tubers on a fine or medium grater. I chose medium, it turned out faster, and the base was perfectly fried.

Step 8

Step 8
If you have very juicy potatoes, squeeze out the excess moisture and drain it. Beat the egg into the grated potatoes, add salt and pepper to taste, add flour. Be sure to wash your eggs before using them, as even seemingly clean shells can harbor harmful bacteria. It is best to use food grade detergents and a brush.

Step 9

Step 9
Mix the base batter until smooth. It will be medium thick.

Step 10

Step 10
Heat a frying pan over medium heat and add bacon. Fry it, stirring, for a couple of minutes. If there is not enough bacon fat, add a little vegetable oil. Add onion and mushrooms to bacon. Season the filling with salt, but donʼt overdo it—the bacon and cheese already contain salt. Stir and fry the filling for 5-7 minutes over high heat, until the liquid that the mushrooms release after adding salt has evaporated.

Step 11

Step 11
At the same time, heat another frying pan. Pour some vegetable oil into it. Spread the potato dough in an even layer, covering the entire bottom. Fry the base over low heat for about 5 minutes. I covered the pan with a lid for a couple of minutes to ensure the potatoes were cooked through. When the base is well browned on the bottom, turn it over to the other side. To prevent the potato pancake from tearing, remove it to a plate and then return it to the pan, turning it over.

Step 12

Step 12
Place the prepared filling on top of the potato pancake, sprinkle it with spices to taste (I used oregano). Add chopped tomatoes. Sprinkle grated cheese on top.

Step 13

Step 13
Turn the heat to low, cover the pan and fry the pizza for a few more minutes until the cheese melts.

Step 14

Step 14
Serve the finished pizza right away — just like the classic one, it’s good hot. Bon appetit!

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