Chili Soup with Mashed Potato Cakes
Chili Soup with Mashed Potato Cakes

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chili soup with mashed potato cakes using 11 ingredients and 28 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chili Soup with Mashed Potato Cakes:
  1. Make ready Chili
  2. Make ready 1 pound Ground Beef
  3. Get 1-2 large Green bell Pepper cleaned & Chopped
  4. Get 1-2 large sweet onions Chopped
  5. Make ready 24-36 ounces V8 juice or tomato juice
  6. Make ready 5-15 ounce cans of Beans I use Red Kidney, Pink Kidney, Black Beans, northern Beans, rinsed thoroughly
  7. Make ready 5 cloves Garlic minced or 1/2 of an elephant garlic clove minced
  8. Make ready 3-15 ounce cans of Diced tomatoes do not drain
  9. Prepare Seasonings I use to taste: dash of cinnamon ( cuts acidity
  10. Take 2 teaspoons each: Ground Cumin, Chili Powder, Red pepper Flakes, Paprika (smoked or sweet)
  11. Prepare to taste Salt and Pepper

You know, like mashed potatoes are supposed to be. Fried cheesy potatoes, do I need to say more? The outside of these leftover mashed potato cakes is light and crispy with a touch of cheese-melted-onto-the-side-of-a-pan taste. Inside they are warm and soft and slightly gooey from the melted white.

Instructions to make Chili Soup with Mashed Potato Cakes:
  1. Brown meat in Large kettle or skillet, on medium low, when meat is almost done,
  2. Add Chopped vegetables (Onions, bell peppers, canned or fresh tomatoes, beans, garlic, jalapeños if using.)
  3. Add half of seasonings. When veggies are tender.
  4. Add V8 or tomato juice. (I like V8 because of the flavor it adds.) Stir turn heat up to medium high until it begins to boil.
  5. I use two different methods for cooking.
  6. 1.). On top of the stove to simmer all day on semi low. I use a lid that I will allow steam to escape. If I have to add more liquid.
  7. Sometimes I add low sodium chicken broth, sometimes water. I start in the morning so it will be ready for dinner.
  8. 2.) Slow cooker method. I like to fix it before I go to bed, start it on the stove then transfer to lightly oiled Slow Cooker.
  9. I start it on high for approximately 45 minutes. I turn it on low to cook over night. Then warm when I get up. Ready for lunch and dinner.
  10. Mashed Potato Cakes
  11. My husband enjoys mashed potatoes. However when I make them, I have to make quite a bit extra. Next time you make mashed potatoes… make almost double.
  12. 8 Medium to large Potatoes, Peeled, quartered or more depending on size
  13. 8 ounces of low fat cream cheese softened.
  14. Warm milk.. I add 1/4 cup at a time
  15. Softened real Butter I use unsalted 1/2 of a stick. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Mash all together. I like to add fresh roasted garlic, fresh shredded cheese of my choice. We like smoked Gouda but a little bit goes a long way.
  16. To make my mashed potatoes, I use Russet potatoes, enough for four people. Approximately.. 8 medium to large potatoes. Cleaned, peeled and Cut I To quarters or sixth (depending how large)
  17. I place in Low sodium Chicken Broth. Boil until tender, Rinse and save broth.. set it aside
  18. I place potatoes back in pot they were cooked in
  19. Mash all ingredients until almost smooth. I like a few small lumps, I want my guest to know they are not instant.
  20. The next day, add to your mashed potatoes to prepare to make cakes.
  21. Oil to fry in about 2-3 inches deep or deep fry. Bread crumbs, sometimes I crush corn flakes, sometimes I use Panko Crumbs, sometimes plain fine bread crumbs. I like to add my own seasonings to my taste which varies.
  22. 1-2 sweet onions peeled and chopped.
  23. 2 garlic cloves minced.
  24. Seasonings I use to taste: salt, pepper, Italian, Cumin, divide these in half.
  25. 1 cup of all purpose flour per two cups of mashed potatoes. More if you need it.
  26. I season my potatoes and my bread crumbs. Stir well
  27. Wet your hands shake of excess.. scoop some out with your wet hands. Roll into a ball, place in seasoned bread crumbs
  28. Roll around and slightly flatten, place in Hot oil carefully. I normally fry in skillet. About 3-4 minutes each side on medium heat.

To your mashed potatoes, add egg and mix up really well. Stir it up really well with a fork until well blended like this. My mother always used leftover mashed potatoes this way or made cream of potato soup in the Always make extra mashed potatoes so I can make potatoe cakes. These crispy, cheesy mashed potato cakes are the best way to give new life to leftover mashed potatoes. Don't let those spuds go to waste!

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