Crocchette di pollo
Chicken croquettes
Chicken croquettes are a mixture of leftover cooked chicken, prosciutto cotto, mushrooms and bechamel. A delicious dish that adults and children like very much all over the world. They can be prepared in two ways: according to the traditional recipe without looking at fat and calories or trying to turn them into a dish more digestible and less problematic for your figure. Make the right choice for you ;)))
yeld for 4
- 300g (10 1/2 ounces) leftover cooked chicken
- 100g (3 1/2 ounces) prosciutto cotto (Italian cooked ham) in a slice
- 100g (3 1/2 ounces) button mushrooms
- 1 egg
- Some sprigs parsley
- 15g (1/2 ounce) all-purpose flour
- 30g (1 ounce) butter
- 90ml (3 fluid ounces - 1/3 cup) milk
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper, if liked
- Plain bread crumbs
- Oil for frying
- Time:
preparation: 30 minutes
cooking: about 60 minutes
total: 1 h 30 minutes - Difficulty:
medium difficulty - Nutrition Facts (amount per serving):
Calories: 249 (kCal) 13 % GDA (*) - 1043 (kJ)
Protein: 21.1 (g) 43 % GDA
Total fat: 16.5 (g) 24 % GDA
Total carbohydrate: 4.3 (g) 2 % GDA
Sugars: 1.4 (g) 2 % GDA
How to make leftover chicken croquettes
- - Chop the mushrooms finely and cook them with half the butter.
Let the cooking juice reduce very well. - - Season the mushrooms with chopped parsley and salt at the end of cooking.
- - Meanwhile remove the chicken skin.
- - Then strip the flesh off the chicken.
- - At this point mince the meat together with the prosciutto cotto.
- - Prepare the bechamel sauce with the remaining butter, flour and milk.
- - Transfer the minced meat into a bowl.
- - Add the mushrooms, egg and bechamel.
Season with salt and pepper, if liked. - - Form the croquettes as you can show on the photo, not too big.
- - Dip them in the bread crumbs.
- - Fry the croquettes in abundant boiling oil.
- - Once fried, trasfer your croquettes on a serving plate on which you've put some absorbent kitchen paper to remove the fat in excess.
- - Serve them warm or cold.
Generally chicken croquettes are prepared with leftover cooked chicken but you can also use turkey.
Note
- - Serve the chicken croquettes with tomato salad or seasonal green salad or french fries if you prepare them as main dish.
- - Tips for chicken croquette recipe less rich in fat and calories.
It's enough to cook the mushrooms in olive oil not in butter.
Prepare the light bechamel but in this case it isn't the bechamel or butter to increase total fat and calories. The problem is the cooking method, in other words frying!
So what is the solution? bake your croquettes, don't fry them!
By the way, calories and fat of chicken croquettes you can read just above do not consider the cooking method. You have to add 100 to 150 kCal per 100g of fried product if you want to know their real nutrition facts. - - The chicken croquettes are a great solution when you have to prepare a buffet, a cold dinner in summer, a starter in all seasons and an unusual main dish. An excellent solution with the leftover turkey after your Christmas lunch or New Year's Eve menu. The recipe serves 4 when prepared as main dish. Obviously these doses serve more than 4 people (up to 8) if prepared for a buffet or a starter.
What's the right wine ?
Our tip is a young red or rosé wine.
The author Loretta Sebastiani lives in Italy (IT)
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