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Chicken and Oyster Croquettes

Fried croquettes made with chicken, oysters, and bread crumbs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Bread and oyster are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,545 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Chicken and Oyster Croquettes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Boil the chicken bones in enough water to cover them.

  2. Mix the chicken and oysters with the broth until it can be molded into finger-sized rolls.

Shape and fry

  1. Roll the croquettes in sifted bread crumbs.

  2. Fry 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. Bread + oystertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,545 recipes

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

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

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

  3. Oyster + eggtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,103 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity).

  5. Bread + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,964 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken
Provides the main body of the filling, which firms as it cooks and holds the croquette together.
Oysters
Add a briny, savoury flavour and moisture to the filling.
Bread crumbs
Absorb moisture in the filling and form a crisp, golden outer coating.
Egg
Binds the filling so the croquettes keep their shape when fried.
Lard (in the method)
Fat that conducts heat quickly, browning and crisping the outside.

The step that matters

Mixing the filling to the right consistency. The mixture must be moist enough to mold but not so wet that it softens. Too wet and the croquettes can split or fall apart in the hot fat. Too dry and they crack. The egg and crumbs help bind it together.

“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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