Chicken Croquettes

Ingredients

• i£ cups chopped chicken
• f cup chopped ham
• 6 chopped mushrooms
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon cream
• Pepper and salt
• Nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Method

1. 1

   Put in a saucepan the flour and butter.

2. 2

   Mix till the butter absorbs the flour, then add stock made from boiling up the bones of the chicken and stir till it becomes a thick paste.

3. 3

   Add the cream, pepper and salt enough to season, a little nutmeg and lemon juice.

4. 4

   Stir in the chopped chicken and mushrooms.

5. 5

   Mix well and turn on a plate to cool.

6. 6

   When quite cold, roll a tablespoon of the mixture in oblong shape, dip in egg and bread crumbs and fry in hot fat.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Left-overs made palatable (1902) by Isabel Gordon Curtis, page 46. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHICKEN CROQUETTES i£ cups chopped chicken f cup chopped ham 6 chopped mushrooms 4 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup chicken stock 1 tablespoon cream Pepper and salt Nutmeg 1 teaspoon lemon juice

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