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Croquettes of Chicken

A fried chicken croquette made with béchamel sauce, glaze, eggs, and breadcrumbs, topped with fried parsley.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Egg and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 22,662 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Croquettes of Chicken

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Mix shredded chicken with béchamel sauce and glaze in a bowl.

  2. Let the mixture cool completely.

  3. Form the chicken mixture into balls about the size of a large marble.

Coat and fry

  1. Beat eggs in a separate bowl.

  2. Dip each ball into the beaten eggs, then roll in bread crumbs.

  3. Place the coated croquettes on paper and dip them again in eggs, then roll in crumbs once more.

  4. Fry the croquettes in lard until golden brown.

  5. Fry the parsley until crisp and drain on paper.

Serve

  1. Serve the croquettes on a dish lined with a napkin, topped with the fried parsley.

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

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

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

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity).

  3. Bread + parsleytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,588 recipes

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

  4. Chicken + parsleytop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,314 recipes

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

  5. Egg + parsleytop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,765 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Cooked chicken
Provides the main filling and savory flavor of the croquettes.
Béchamel sauce
Binds the chicken together and keeps the filling moist and creamy.
Eggs
Act as a binder and coating that helps the bread crumbs adhere.
Bread crumbs
Form a crisp, golden outer crust when fried.

The step that matters

Let the mixture cool completely. A warm, soft filling is hard to shape and may loosen or burst during frying. Chilling firms the béchamel so the balls hold their shape and coating.

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, sauce, egg, bread):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Garlicfits about as well
  3. Tarragonfits about as well
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, sauce, egg, bread. 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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