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Chicken Croquettes

A fried chicken mixture formed into rolls and coated in breadcrumbs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and lemon 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 ↓

Chicken Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat.

  2. Stir in the corn starch and cook for 1 minute.

  3. Gradually add the hot milk, stirring constantly until thickened.

  4. Season with salt, celery salt, pepper, parsley, lemon juice, and onion juice.

  5. Spread the mixture on a platter and let it cool.

  6. Once cool, shape the mixture into rolls.

Coat and fry

  1. Roll each croquette in crumbs, then dip in the beaten egg, and roll in crumbs again.

  2. Fry the croquettes in hot lard until golden brown.

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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Celery + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,810 recipes

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

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

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

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

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

  5. Celery + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,467 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Corn starch
Thickens the hot milk into a firm sauce that holds the croquettes together.
Butter
Adds fat and richness to the base sauce.
Chicken
Provides the main filling and savory flavor.
Egg
Binds the crumb coating so it adheres during frying.

The step that matters

Let the mixture cool fully before shaping. A warm, soft starch mixture stays sticky and slumps, so the rolls can break or leak during coating. Cooling lets the starch set into a firm paste that holds its shape.

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, butter, corn, milk, pepper, parsley, lemon):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Marjoramfits about as well
  3. Tarragonfits about as well
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, butter, corn, milk, pepper, parsley, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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