Amish Chicken Croquettes
a delicious homemade chicken nugget, a recipe that pre-dates chicken nuggets!
Ingredients
- 2 cups minced, cooked chicken
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 2 ½ tablespoons flour
- 1 cup milk
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ teaspoon onion or garlic powder
- 1 Tablespoon minced parsley
- ⅛-1/4 teaspoon thyme (optional)
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup dry bread crumbs
- Olive Oil to coat bottom of skillet
Instructions
- Chop the pre-cooked chicken.
- Make a white sauce of the butter, flour and milk.
- Add salt, pepper and other seasonings to the white sauce.
- Cool. Combine chicken and seasoned sauce.
- Shape into eight croquettes. (About the size of large meatballs.)
- Dip in beaten eggs, then into crumbs.
- Pan-fry in olive oil at medium heat, for 3-5 minutes per side, or until brown. Set on napkins or paper towels to remove excess oil before serving.
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