Potato Croquettes Recipe

Prep time: 20 mins

Cook time: 20 mins

Total time: 40 mins

Serves: 6-8

Here is how to make potato croquettes traditionally. This recipe has a lot of ingredients but it’s quite simple. As expected, potato croquettes are mixtures of different ingredients like mashed potatoes, eggs, spices, milk and flour. These ingredients are combined to make extraordinary patties that are best served as main dish for lunch and dinner.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons milk (30 ml)
Salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper (2.5 g)
1/2 teaspoon chopped green onion (2.5 g)
2 egg yolks, beaten
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour (75 g)
4 cups mashed potatoes (900 g)
1 egg
Sifted dried breadcrumbs
Oil, enough to fill pan 1/2-inch

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, stir in milk with salt, pepper, chopped onions, egg yolks, flour and mashed potatoes. Beat thoroughly until well mixed.
Refrigerate to chill for 15 minutes.
Beat one egg in another mixing bowl.
Take out from the refrigerator, spoon and shape using an ice cream scoop. (Skip this step if you are using left-over mashed potatoes that have already been in the fridge).
Immerse each scoop of potato mixture into the beaten egg, and then roll through bread crumbs.
In a large skillet/frying pan, fry each potato croquette in shallow oil until brown on all sides.
Cook in small batches, giving each croquette at least 2 inches of space around it to avoid overcrowding the pan. This prevents the croquettes from crumbling while frying.
Serve and enjoy!

Notes And Extra Tips

You can add chopped parsley into the mixture and drizzle with a generous amount of smoke sea salt flakes on top of each croquette.