Recipe: Delicious Japanese Potato Croquettes

Japanese Potato Croquettes. Delicious and perfect for a main meal or a snack for the kids. Here is my authentic Japanese recipe. Korokke (Japanese Croquette) is by far my favorite food that my mom makes.

The potato mixture is flavoured with typical Japanese seasonings such as soy sauce, sake and mirin. Korokke are mashed potato cakes that are coated with panko and deep fried. Korokke is a food It's said that Korokke originated from French croquette or Dutch kroket. You can cook Japanese Potato Croquettes using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Japanese Potato Croquettes

1. Prepare 8 pieces of Potato.
2. It's 150 grams of Minced pork (or Minced Beef).
3. Prepare 1/2 pieces of Onion.
4. Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
5. It's 1/4 tsp of pepper.
6. It's 1 tbsp of Butter.
7. Prepare As needed of Bread crumbs.
8. It's As needed of Flour.
9. It's As needed of Egg (1 ~ 2 pieces).

Fresh potatoes and ground beef are covered with panko bread crumbs and deep fried. Cook in boiling water until soft. In a big bowl, mash potatoes well. Korokke is the Japanese take on the French croquette, and is a very popular dish in Japan.

Japanese Potato Croquettes step by step

1. Peel the potatoes and remove any eyes. Wrap them in plastic wrap and use Microwave for 6 ~ 8 minuets until a bamboo stick goes through easily..
2. While use the Microwave, finely chop the onion. Heat a frying pan and add the butter. Add the onion and Minced pork and stir-fry until the pork become brown and the onion become golden brown. Season with salt & pepper..
3. Mash the Potatoes to use madder. (If you do not have madder, you can use fork.) Combine the Mashhed potato, Minced pork & onion..
4. Shape into small oval patties. Coat with layer of flour, beaten egg and bread crumbs. (First Flour, Second beaten egg, Last Bread crumbs).
5. Fry the Croquetts in deep fried oil at 170℃ until golden brown..
6. When the croquettes have finished cook, take them out and put on paper towels. (Excess the oil).
7. Natire’s Nest Brastagi Potatoes Granola (Washed) SG$3.2/kg at FairPrice.
8. Chef Yellow Onion - Large SG$1.45/700g at FairPrice.
9. Panko bread crumbs SG$1.9/pck at FairPrice.

Mashed potato and ground beef patties are coated in panko and deep fried. These Potato Croquettes are loaded with bacon, stuffed with two kinds of cheese, crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and sure to please everyone. Mix together mashed potatoes and corn. Make into patties that are fat but flat. Dip each pattie first in flour, then beaten egg, then panko.