Potato Croquettes

One of the root vegetables that Sophie and I love to eat is potato. French fries. Mashed potatoes. Chicken afritada with lots of potatoes. Omelete with potatoes. Chicken adobo with potatoes. I almost always cook dishes with potatoes on it. We just love it. And so one night when we were watching a show on The Food Network, Sophie saw one of the chefs cooking potato croquettes. She said she is tired of mashed potatoes and wants to try something new. And if we could try making what the chef is cooking.  Of course, I told her.

I googled the recipe. And since I don't follow the recipe to the letter, I adjusted some and made it my own.  You know me, I love to experiment. Below is my own version of potato croquettes.

Ingredients

4           pcs medium baking potato, peeled and quartered

3           pcs mozarella sticks, finely chopped

1/4        parmesan cheese

1/4        dried parsley

3           organic eggs

1 tbsp  salt

1 cup    breadcrumbs

Vegetable oil for frying

Cooking Instructions:

1. In a pot, cover the potatoes with water, then simmer until tender. This will take about 15-20 minutes.

2. When cooked, transfer to a large mixing bowl and mashed it. Add the mozarella and parmesan cheese, dried parsley, salt and one egg. Mix and form into balls.

3. Beat the remaining 2 eggs. Coat the potato balls with the egg, then with breadcrumbs.

4. In a pan, heat the oil and fry the croquettes until golden brown. May serve with ranch dressing or ketchup.

The croquettes turned out good, Sophie said. I thought it was ok. But I would be making some changes the next time I cook it. 

1. Instead of parmesan cheese, I would be using cheddar cheese or american cheese.

2. I will add spring onion.

3. Instead of dry parsley, I will be using fresh one.

But for now, we will enjoy my first potato croquettes experiment. Do you want some?