Fried Chicken Croquettes

I made this couple of days before on a cold rainy rainy day..I also made some hot and sour chicken soup for dinner..Can you imagine how comforting it was..I had a steaming hot bowlful of this soup and lots of croquettes..My sisters loved it too..

This is perfect for parties or any get togethers, Because it it so easy to make and a little portion yields lots of this tiny morsels..Believe it or not I got around 40 mini bites of this..

I added some Indian touch to the traditional chicken croquettes with some ginger and garlic paste and green chillies...You could add any herbs or spice powders as you wish..My favorite will be oregano or rosemary..

The cool thing about this dish is you could make a ton of this untill breadcrumbs coating and freeze the whole lot in freezer containers..So you can make it whenever you want..Isn’t that cool..

So I hope you love it and off you go to the step by step recipe with pictures..

Ingrediants:

Chicken -1/2 kg

Milk-1 cup or as needed

Flour- 4 tblspn

Breadcrumbs-as needed

Egg-1

Onion-1 chopped very finely

Green Chilli-1 chopped finely

Coriander leaves / Cilantro-2 tblspn chopped

Butter-1 tblspn

Ginger Garlic Paste-1 tblspn

Oil for shallow frying

Salt to taste

Method:

Boil chicken in water for 15-20 mins until cooked and shred it into tiny pieces..I chopped the cooked chicken breast really finely.Set this aside for a moment.

Heat butter in a kadai and add in onions,chilli,cilantro and ginger garlic paste..

Now add in flour and fry for few minutes..Pour in milk slowly while mixing so that no lumps are formed.

Season with salt and mix well..Add in chicken pieces and mix well.

Cook this untill the mixture comes together.

Tip this to a bowl and set it in fridge..Let it chill for 30 mins..

Now take small portions out this and shape into oval shape or your favorite shape..

Now dip the croquettes into flour, then in egg and lastly in breadcrumbs..

Continue doing this till the entire batter gets over..

Now fry the croquettes in oil till golden on both sides..

Drain on a paper towel..

Serve with ketchup or mayo..

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Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

boil chicken in water...

till it is cooked...Don't throw away the stock use it for chicken stock..

drain the chicken and allow it to cool down..

cut into small pieces

set aside

melt butter

add in onions

chilli and cilantro..

add in ginger and garlic paste

mix well

add in flour

and mix well

pour in milk

and mix well..Season with salt

add in chicken pieces

and mix well

cook untill it thickens and comes together..

remove and chilli it

now line flour,egg and breadcrumbs

remove it from fridge

shape into small balls or any shape

roll in flour

dip in eggs

and now in breadcrumbs

one done..

make everything in the same way

heat oil for frying

and fry this in oil

till golden on all sides

Drain and serve

I had it with soup

You could enjoy it with ketchup or mayo

look how fluffy it is