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Croquettes of Chicken

A fried chicken croquette made from leftover chicken, eggs, bread crumbs, and seasonings.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Croquettes of Chicken

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the mixture

  1. Mince the remains of the chicken or turkey finely.

  2. Add 2 beaten eggs, pepper, coarse sea salt, and a little grated lemon peel.

  3. Stir in 1 ounce of finely crumbed bread.

Shape and fry

  1. Form the mixture into pear shapes, not too large.

  2. Roll in beaten egg, then in bread crumbs.

  3. Fry in boiling lard until light brown.

Serve

  1. Serve on a warm napkin or dish, garnished with a stalk of parsley for a stem.

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. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

  4. Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Chicken + breadtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,258 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the minced chicken and, beaten, form the coating that holds the crumbs.
Finely crumbed bread
Absorbs moisture and firms the mixture so the croquettes hold their shape.
Remains of a roast or boiled chicken or turkey
Provides the main body and flavor of the croquettes.
Lard
Fries the outside to a light brown crust through direct, hot contact.

The step that matters

Fry in boiling lard until light brown. The lard must be hot enough to crisp the coating quickly. If it is too cool, the croquettes absorb grease and turn heavy and soggy before the crust sets.

“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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