Delicious Croquettes Recipes

Croquettes are amazingly delicious and incredibly easy to make. Grandma Scamper used to make chicken croquettes with a white gravy. We loved them. She made salmon croquettes on Christmas Eve and good Friday every year. In Madrid we discovered Serrano ham croquettes at a tapas bar.

Once we started to explore different varieties, we realized that most cultures have some type of croquette. They can be made with meat, vegetables, fish and even fruit. Try a couple of these recipes and you’ll probably come up with some new ones to enjoy. Let us know if you find one that you love.

Chicken Croquettes

Grandma’s way. After Thanksgiving, we would catch her using turkey. She would shrug her shoulders, look at the turkey, look at us and say, ” Don’t you kids have something productive to do? I’m trying to make the chicken croquettes.”

Ingredients

2 c shredded roasted chicken or turkey
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/4 c milk
1 pkg stuffing mix or 3 c of left over stuffing
1 lg egg beaten
2 Tbsp minced onion
2 Tbsp finely chopped celery
1 c breadcrumbs
Oil to fry

Sauce

1 can cream of chicken soup
1 c milk

Preparation

Combine chicken, soup, milk, egg, stuffing, onion and celery
Refrigerate for 3 hours Make balls of the mixture and roll them in breadcrumbs
Flatten one side on the bottom so that they look like a cone.
Fry until golden or bake on 350 for 25-30 min

Sauce

Combine and heat until thickened
Pour over croquettes

Serrano Ham Croquettes

These are just like the ones in Spain.

Ingredients

4 c milk
1/2 c flour
6 Tbsp butter
2 eggs
3 1/2 oz Serrano ham, chopped
1 bay leaf
1 c breadcrumbs

Preparation

Heat milk *Do not boil
Add bay leaf
In a separate pot, heat butter and ham
Add flour, stirring constantly
until it starts to color
Slowly add warm milk
Stir until thick. About 20 min
Pour into a Pyrex, baking dish that you would use for lasagna Cover with seran and chill for 24 hrs Beat the eggs Form the chilled mixture into logs Dip each log in egg, then breadcrumbs Fry until golden

Salmon Croquettes

The way Grandma made them on Christmas Eve and good Friday.

Ingredients

1 can pink salmon
1 egg, beaten
2 Tbsp diced scallions
1/2 c breadcrumbs
Oil for frying

Sauce

2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 c milk

Preparation

Mix salmon, egg, scallions and 1/4 c breadcrumbs
Form balls out of the mixture
Roll the balls in the remaining breadcrumbs
Fry in oil until golden

To make the sauce

Heat the butter
Add flour and make a roux, by stirring until it’s a nutty brown
Slowly add milk and salt, stirring constantly
Heat on low until thickened
Spoon over croquettes

Mashed Potato Croquettes

We first tasted these in Paris. We serve them with a simple grilled meat or seared fish. Add steamed vegetables and you have an elegant meal. You can also make good use of left over mashed potatoes.