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 /13Iain 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 /13Young and Hungry Productions
Crisp Latkes with Chicken Confit and Eggs
This one goes to all of our breakfast-for-dinner Jews out there.
3 /13Eva 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 /13Sunset Magazine
Cocktail Latkes
When you want to sample as many latke toppings as humanly possible, you make loads of little ones.
5 /13Thomas 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 /13Leo Gong
Sweet Potato-Parsnip Latkes
Swap out the standard potatoes for some less common, more interesting tubers.
7 /13Leo Gong
Herbed Yukon Gold Potato Latkes
Lots of fresh thyme, rosemary, parsley, and chives lighten up these latkes.
8 /13James 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 /13Thomas 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 /13James 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 /13Thomas 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 /13Iain 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 /13Quentin Bacon
Cranberry Rugelach
A trip to New York inspired Jeannie Lee of Marin County, California, to develop this rich, cranberry-filled cookie.