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Meat-and-Rice Croquettes

A fried patty made from cooked meat and rice mixed with egg, salt, pepper, and breadcrumbs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Rice and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,379 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Meat-and-Rice Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Combine cooked meat and rice in a bowl.

  2. Add beaten egg, salt, and pepper; mix well.

  3. Shape the mixture into small patties.

  4. Coat each patty in breadcrumbs.

Fry and serve

  1. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat.

  2. Fry the patties until golden brown on both sides.

  3. Drain on paper towels before serving.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Rice + peppertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,379 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Meat + ricetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Meat + peppertop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together8,777 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Meat + eggtop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,432 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Rice + eggtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,350 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Cooked meat
Provides the main filling and savory flavor of the croquettes.
Cooked rice
Adds bulk and helps bind the mixture so the patties hold their shape.
Egg
Binds the mixture together and helps hold the patties in shape.
Breadcrumbs
Forms a crisp, browned outer coating when fried.

The step that matters

Shaping and coating the patties. If the mixture is too wet or loose, patties may fall apart in the oil. Firm, evenly shaped patties hold together and brown more evenly when fried.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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