Extra crispy potato latkes are great plain or served with applesauce, ketchup, or sour cream and chives. Your new favorite side dish!

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Potato latkes take me back to Friday Fish Fries in Milwaukee.

I waitressed to have extra money to spend on clothes which I wore to my real job at an investment company. I mostly worked Friday nights and Sunday mornings, and Friday nights in Milwaukee mean one thing: Fish fries.

There were so many potato options with your Fish Fry: Baked potato, mashed potatoes, french fries, hash browns, American fried potatoes, broasted potato wedges, boiled potatoes, and potato latkes.

I loved the latkes because they were something a little different: Crispy circles of joy. We always served them with 1-ounce cups of applesauce. I love them with ketchup too or with pulled pork (scroll down and you'll see what I mean).

Potato Latkes are super simple to make, too.

You can use a box grater although I like to use the shredding disk on my food processor. You wind up with longer shreds if you use a food processor, but I think the end result is basically the same.

These look normal, right??

Normal and delicious.

But here's the best part: Potato Latke Mashups.

Sure, these babies are tasty on their own, but things get NUTS when you do this:

Chive-infused sour cream topped with Magic Pulled Pork (made in a slow cooker). It's simply the best.

You should make potato latkes JUST to make the pork version. I see a cheeseburger version in my future, too.

But if you're a purist, the plain ones are awesome too!