Side Pannel
Helen Taft's Turkey or Chicken Croquettes
Helen Taft's Turkey or Chicken Croquettes
- Recipe Submitted by ADMIN on 09/26/2007
Category: Poultry, Main Dish
Ingredients List
- 2 1/2 c Leftover turkey/chicken
- -finely chopped
- 1 Medium onion, chopped
- Salt, pepper, nutmeg to
- -taste
- 2 tb Butter
- 3 tb Flour
- 1 1/2 c Heavy cream
- 2 Eggs, beaten
- Bread crumbs
Directions
Combine the chopped turkey or chicken with the onion and seasonings. Melt
the butter, stir in the flour, and add this to the cream over a low flame
before combining the two mixtures. Chill, forming little croquet shapes,
roll in egg and then bread crumbs, and fry.
Serve this with rice, leftover giblet gravy and a fresh green salad. Fresh
fruit for dessert.
"You will have to agree this is probably the kind of food that put
President Taft in the 230 pound weight category." Quote by White House
Chef, Mr. Rysavy. (1957)
From "The Treasures of White House Cooking"
the butter, stir in the flour, and add this to the cream over a low flame
before combining the two mixtures. Chill, forming little croquet shapes,
roll in egg and then bread crumbs, and fry.
Serve this with rice, leftover giblet gravy and a fresh green salad. Fresh
fruit for dessert.
"You will have to agree this is probably the kind of food that put
President Taft in the 230 pound weight category." Quote by White House
Chef, Mr. Rysavy. (1957)
From "The Treasures of White House Cooking"
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