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These 13 Hanukkah Recipes Are a Festival of Latkes, Brisket, and Jelly Doughnuts

It's time to overindulge in your favorite fried treats—latkes and sufganiyot! But that's not all we've got for you...

Sunset Staff

Passover may get most of the Jewish-food glory, but for lovers of starch and oil—and let’s be honest, who among us does not love starch and oil?—Hanukkah is truly a time to celebrate. So we’ve rounded up our favorite recipes: a lot of latkes, of course, but also brisket variations, sufganiyot with a PNW twist, and more.

1 /13 Iain Bagwell

Best Latkes

Latkes are the best, so here are our best latkes. You’ll eat so many, you’ll forget all about the gelt.

2 /13 Young and Hungry Productions

Crisp Latkes with Chicken Confit and Eggs

This one goes to all of our breakfast-for-dinner Jews out there.

3 /13 Eva Kolenko

Grilled Potato Latkes

There’s no end to the number of dishes we will cook on a grill, in winter, and yes, that includes latkes. Trust us.

4 /13 Sunset Magazine

Cocktail Latkes

When you want to sample as many latke toppings as humanly possible, you make loads of little ones.

5 /13 Thomas J. Story

Korean Latkes

If you’re the type who’s going to eat kimchi with everything (i.e., our type), might as well go all the way and do your latkes fully Korean style.

6 /13 Leo Gong

Sweet Potato-Parsnip Latkes

Swap out the standard potatoes for some less common, more interesting tubers.

7 /13 Leo Gong

Herbed Yukon Gold Potato Latkes

Lots of fresh thyme, rosemary, parsley, and chives lighten up these latkes.

8 /13 James Carrier

Twice-Baked Beef Brisket with Onions

We don’t use the phrase “Just like Bubbe used to make” for just any Jewish recipe, but this one, well, it’s just like Bubbe used to make.

9 /13 Thomas J. Story

Matt’s Slow-Cooked Brisket

Who says Hanukkah brisket has to be braised all day long? It could also be smoked all day long, too!

10 /13 James Carrier

Quick Brisket Puffs

In an alternate universe, you might be doing a lot of Hanukkah entertaining, and these puffs would come in handy. Or you could just be looking for a way to use up all the leftover brisket you made last night.

11 /13 Thomas J. Story

Fried Chicken

Given the emphasis on oil and frying, it’s surprising that good old fried chicken is not more common on Hanukkah menus. Help us shift the paradigm with this classic recipe!

12 /13 Iain Bagwell

Marionberry Jam Doughnuts (Sufganiyot)

Any holiday that gives us an excuse to eat jelly doughnuts eight days in a row is a holiday we approve of.

13 /13 Quentin Bacon

Cranberry Rugelach

A trip to New York inspired Jeannie Lee of Marin County, California, to develop this rich, cranberry-filled cookie.


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