Boiled egg croquettes – how to cook a delicious dish?

Croquettes are delicious balls or sticks with a tender filling inside and a crispy crust outside. They can be meat, vegetable, fish, but boiled egg croquettes are especially popular. This dish is prepared quickly, requires a minimum of ingredients and turns out incredibly tasty. We at joy-pup will tell you how to cook boiled egg croquettes. Read also how to cook potato croquettes.

Ingredients

• Boiled eggs – 5-6 pcs.
• Raw egg – 1 pc. (for breading)
• Flour – 2-3 tbsp.
• Breadcrumbs — 100 g
• Milk — 50 ml
• Butter — 30 g
• Hard cheese (optional) — 50 g
• Dill or parsley — 1–2 tbsp
• Salt — to taste
• Ground black pepper — to taste
• Vegetable oil — for frying

Step-by-step recipe for egg croquettes

• Boil the eggs hard (cook for about 8–10 minutes after the water boils). Cool them in cold water, peel and finely chop with a knife or grate on a coarse grater.
• If using cheese, grate it as well. Mix the chopped eggs with the cheese, add finely chopped herbs, salt and pepper to taste.
• Melt the butter in a frying pan, add the flour and quickly stir with a whisk to avoid lumps. Pour in the milk in portions, stirring constantly, until the mixture becomes thick, like custard.
• Remove the sauce from the heat and combine it with the egg mixture. Mix thoroughly. Let the mixture cool slightly so that it becomes denser and easier to form croquettes.
• Form small balls or oblong sticks the size of a walnut from the prepared mixture. If the mixture sticks to your hands, moisten them with water.
• First roll each croquette in flour, then dip it in beaten raw egg, and then roll it thoroughly in breadcrumbs. The breading should be dense – this will ensure a crispy crust when frying.
• Heat vegetable oil in a deep frying pan or in a deep fryer. There should be enough oil so that the croquettes float freely. Fry the croquettes in batches until golden brown on all sides. This usually takes 2-3 minutes.

To be continued…