Ham and Cheese Potato Balls. Welcome back to my Youtube Channel. For today's video we're going to cook quick, simple, easy, and delicious recipe affordable and practical to the. Cheese and potatoes, two ingredients that nobody refuses, come together in this exciting starter.

This comfort food features slices of potatoes, ham and cheese in a creamy sauce with a golden au gratin crust on top. Serve it as a main course by itself or as a side with other dishes, and it's perfect for a party too. Push the potato mixture around to cover up and seal the tops of the ham squares, then smooth out again. You can cook Ham and Cheese Potato Balls using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Ham and Cheese Potato Balls

🢂 3/4 cup of mashed potato.
🢂 3-4 tbsp of milk depending on the consistency of mash potato.
🢂 1/3 cup of cheddar or Mexican blend cheese.
🢂 2-3 tbsp of finely diced ham.
🢂 1 tbsp of chopped pickled jalapeno or to taste.
🢂 to taste of salt and pepper.
🢂 1 of egg beaten.
🢂 1/4 cup of all purpose flour.
🢂 1/4 cup of Japanese Panko.

Leftover scalloped potatoes with ham are mashed, shaped, rolled in bread crumbs and pan fried to perfection for a tasty appetizer. Using potato masher, mash potatoes and ham in medium bowl. Here's the how to video and recipe. Just when you thought you couldn't eat mashed potatoes on the Potato Lasagna Recipe by Tasty.

instructions Ham and Cheese Potato Balls

Mixed all the ingredients together, except for egg, flour and Japanese Panko. Divide them into equal portions and form them into balls. Place the balls on a small baking sheet and cover saran wrap. Refrigerate for at least one hour..
Line the fryer basket with grill mat or a sheet of lightly greased aluminum foil..
When ready to use, roll the potato balls in flour, dip them in beaten egg, and dredge them in Panko. Then, put them in the fryer basket..
Spray some oil onto the potato balls and air fry at 380F (190C) for 6-8 minutes, flip or shake basket once in between. Spray some more oil onto the potato balls and continue to air fry until the surface is crisp and golden brown..

Ham and cheddar cheese make it hearty enough to serve as a one-pot meal, or use a bit less ham and make it a side dish. My whole family loves mashed potato pancakes and this potato pancake recipe is packed with ham and cheese, making it a filling side dish or appetizer! Big thanks to Roth Cheese for sponsoring this post. They can be also be made from leftover mashed potatoes but I preferred boiling the potatoes with their skin-on for this recipe only. This is a step you can do ahead.