Japanese Croquette Recipe (Korokke)
Japanese Croquettes are made from a mixture of mashed potatoes, minced meat, and other vegetables. The mixture is then coated with panko and fried. In Japan, these are often served as street food, but can also be made at home. They are easy to make from scratch.
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 3 potatoes
- 1 onion
- 200 g minced meat (~1/2 lb)
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil (for cooking the minced meat)
- 200 ml vegetable oil (for frying the croquette)
Seasonings
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 1 tbsp dashi
- 1 tbsp cooking alcohol
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
Croquette Coating
- flour (for coating the croquette)
- 1-2 eggs (for coating the croquette)
- panko (for coating the croquette)
Instructions
Preparing the Ingredients
- Boil a pot of water for the potatoes
- Sliced the 3 potatoes into bite size slices, and boil for 15-20 minutes (until soft)
- Slice 1 onion
- Add 1 tbsp of vegetable oil, the sliced onion, and the minced meat into a frying pan on medium heat and cook for ~5 minutes
- Add the mirin, dashi, cooking alcohol, and soy sauce into the frying pan
- Cook the onions and minced meat over low heat for 5 minutes
Forming the Croquettes
- Once the potatoes are soft, remove them from the hot water and mash them in a mixing bowl. (Make sure to strain them well and remove as much moisture as possible.)
- Add the mixture of cooked minced meat and sliced onions to the mashed potatoes and mix well
- Form the mixture into individual patties to be coated and fried
- Coat the patty first with flour, then egg and finally panko. Do the same for all patties.
Cooking the Croquettes
- Add 200 ml of vegetable oil into a frying pan and heat
- Drop panko into the hot oil. If it immediately floats, then the oil is hot enough to start frying the croquettes
- Fry the croquettes for ~2 minutes on each side.
- Remove the croquettes from the hot oil and enjoy!