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Chicken Croquettes

A fried patty of minced chicken mixed with breadcrumbs, egg, gravy, and seasonings.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Chicken Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the mixture

  1. Combine minced chicken, bread crumbs, beaten egg, and enough gravy to moisten the mixture in a bowl. If you don't have gravy, use a little drawn butter instead.

  2. Add pepper, salt, chopped parsley, and rubbed egg yolks to the mixture.

  3. Mix gently to form a paste, ensuring it is not too wet to mold.

Shape and coat

  1. Shape the mixture into rolls or oval balls using floured hands.

  2. Roll each piece in flour until well coated.

Fry and serve

  1. Fry a few croquettes at a time in hot dripping or a mixture of half lard and half butter to avoid crowding.

  2. Once cooked, drain on a hot colander to remove excess fat.

  3. Serve in a heated dish with cresses or 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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

  2. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity).

  5. Butter + parsleytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together28,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

What each ingredient does

Minced chicken
Forms the main body of the croquettes and gives them their savory flavor.
Bread crumbs
Absorb moisture and help the mixture hold together as a paste.
Egg
Binds the mixture so the croquettes keep their shape while cooking.
Gravy
Moistens the mixture so it binds without becoming too wet to mold.
Hard boiled egg yolks
Add richness and a crumbly, tender texture to the filling.

The step that matters

Keep the mixture firm enough to mold. If the paste is too wet it will not hold its shape and may break apart in the hot fat. Moistening only enough to bind, and flouring the hands and coating well, helps the croquettes keep their form while frying.

“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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