This is a great recipe to use up leftover turkey or chicken It does not taste anything like leftovers Youll definitely need to double or triple recipe for large groups as I can eat 2 croquettes easily
Prep Time
3 hrs
Dificult
Medium
Servings
3 hrs 50 mins
Ingredients
Instructions
Place bread in a blender and blend until soft crumbs form. Place bread crumbs in a shallow bowl.
Heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat until melted. Stir flour into melted butter until dissolved. Mix milk and broth into butter-flour mixture; cook and stir until mixture is thick
about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and cool mixture.
Mix turkey
parsley
rosemary
salt
and pepper into cooled mixture. Form turkey mixture into balls. Place balls on a plate and refrigerate until chilled
at least 3 hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Dip balls in the beaten egg
allowing excess to drip back into bowl. Press balls into bread crumbs until coated. Arrange balls on a baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and browned
25 to 30 minutes.
Cook’s Note
Chicken can be substituted for the turkey
and dried parsley can be substituted for fresh.You can spice this up even more with thyme
sage
poultry seasoning
and onion powder.We like to make a bunch and freeze them for future meals.
