Spain

Croquetas de pollo

Name: Croquetas de pollo
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 250 g cooked chicken finely shredded chicken, boneless; 3 1/2 tbsp butter; 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil; 1/2 onion very finely chopped onion; 1/2 cup plain flour plus extra to coat maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 2 cups warm milk; a grating nutmeg; Salt, to taste; 2 eggs beaten egg; 1 cup fine breadcrumbs breadcrumbs; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for shallow frying

Crisp outside, creamy inside, gone in seconds. The Spanish way to use up roast chicken.

180 minTime

18 gProtein each

mildSpice

Grandma's Monday croquetas2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCreamy chicken béchamel croquetas, crumbed and fried.

The original

415kcalsame

18 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

180minutessame

Croquetas de pollo, Spanish home style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, boneless250 g cooked chicken, finely shredded

Butter3½ tbsp

Olive oil1½ tbsp

Onion½ onion, very finely chopped

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)½ cup plain flour, plus extra to coat

Milk2 cups, warm

Nutmega grating

Saltto taste

Egg2 eggs, beaten

Breadcrumbs1 cup fine breadcrumbs

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for shallow frying

Method

6 steps

1Melt the butter with the olive oil and soften the onion.
2Stir in the flour and cook 2 minutes, then add the warm milk a little at a time, whisking.
3Stir in the chicken, nutmeg and salt and cook until very thick.
4Spread in a dish, cover the surface and chill until firm.
5Shape into small logs, roll in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs.
6Shallow fry in batches, turning, until golden, then drain on paper.

Serve it like this

Pile on a plate with a lemon wedge and a small green salad. They freeze well raw, crumbed and ready to fry.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Spain

Croquetas de pollo

Crisp outside, creamy inside, gone in seconds. The Spanish way to use up roast chicken.

180 minTime

18 gProtein each

mildSpice

Grandma's Monday croquetas2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCreamy chicken béchamel croquetas, crumbed and fried.

The original

415kcalsame

18 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

180minutessame

Croquetas de pollo, Spanish home style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, boneless250 g cooked chicken, finely shredded

Butter3½ tbsp

Olive oil1½ tbsp

Onion½ onion, very finely chopped

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)½ cup plain flour, plus extra to coat

Milk2 cups, warm

Nutmega grating

Saltto taste

Egg2 eggs, beaten

Breadcrumbs1 cup fine breadcrumbs

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for shallow frying

Method

6 steps

1Melt the butter with the olive oil and soften the onion.
2Stir in the flour and cook 2 minutes, then add the warm milk a little at a time, whisking.
3Stir in the chicken, nutmeg and salt and cook until very thick.
4Spread in a dish, cover the surface and chill until firm.
5Shape into small logs, roll in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs.
6Shallow fry in batches, turning, until golden, then drain on paper.

Serve it like this

Pile on a plate with a lemon wedge and a small green salad. They freeze well raw, crumbed and ready to fry.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Croquetas de pollo

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Ingredients

Method

Croquetas de pollo

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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