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Fowl Croquettes a LA Reine

Fowl croquettes à la Reine are fried chicken and mushroom croquettes served with a hot sauce à la Reine.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,172 recipes. Both carry 1-butyl acetate, which smells fruity, banana. The science ↓

Fowl Croquettes a LA Reine

six pieces

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Make a croquette mixture with chicken and mushrooms.

  2. Roll the mixture into six cork-shaped pieces.

  3. Dip each piece in beaten egg, then in breadcrumbs.

Fry and serve

  1. Fry in very hot fat for four minutes.

  2. Drain thoroughly and place on a hot dish over a folded napkin.

  3. Serve with ½ pint of hot sauce a la Reine in a sauceboat.

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.

Explore the science

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. Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  2. Mushroom + saucetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,480 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Mushroom + eggtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,987 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Chicken + saucetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,513 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Chicken + eggtop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,991 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 chicken
Forms the main body of the croquette mixture.
Chopped mushrooms
Adds moisture and savoury flavour to the croquette mixture.
Beaten egg
Coats the pieces so the breadcrumbs adhere.
Sifted breadcrumbs
Forms a crisp, golden coating when fried.

The step that matters

Fry in very hot fat for four minutes. If the fat is not hot enough, the breadcrumb coating absorbs grease and turns soggy instead of crisping quickly. Hot fat sears the coating so it seals and browns while the filling heats through.

“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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