Turkey Dinner Croquettes
By
Dawn Whitted
@dawn01
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I love making leftovers into yummy new things. This recipe is designed to use up holiday leftovers. You really can put virtually anything into it and they would be amazing.
Rating:
★★★★★ 2 votes
Comments:
Serves:
10-15 patties
Prep:
15 Min
Cook:
20 Min
Method:
Pan Fry
Blue Ribbon Recipe
Notes from the Test Kitchen:
This is a very delicious concoction Dawn created. These croquettes are a great way to use your leftover turkey and stuffing. The Cheese-Its crumbs add a bit more flavor than traditional bread crumbs. And I loved using the French fried onions as the coating. Just adds to the overall flavors. What's great is you can really use whatever you have left over - corn, green bean casserole, etc - to add to the stuffing and turkey mixture. You can serve with a dressing but, honestly, this turkey croquette was yummy all by itself.
This is a very delicious concoction Dawn created. These croquettes are a great way to use your leftover turkey and stuffing. The Cheese-Its crumbs add a bit more flavor than traditional bread crumbs. And I loved using the French fried onions as the coating. Just adds to the overall flavors. What's great is you can really use whatever you have left over - corn, green bean casserole, etc - to add to the stuffing and turkey mixture. You can serve with a dressing but, honestly, this turkey croquette was yummy all by itself.
Ingredients
- 10-12 oz
- turkey, cooked (holiday dinner leftovers work)
- 1 c
- stuffing (holiday leftovers)
- 1 stalk(s)
- celery, diced
- 2 small
- green onions, finely chopped
- 1 c
- cauliflower & broccoli florettes, green bean casserole or corn
- 1 large
- egg
- 1 - 1 1/2 c
- cracker crumbs *I used Cheeze-Its*
- pinch
- salt and pepper
- 1 c
- French fried onions or crackers, crushed
- olive oil
How to Make Turkey Dinner Croquettes
- 1Using a food processor, chopper or Bullet finely chop meat, celery, onion, cauliflower, and broccoli.
- 2Stir in stuffing and 1c crushed cracker crumbs.
*I used Cheeze-Its & saltines but any flavor of crackers would work. - 3Whisk egg well and add to mixture along with a pinch of salt and pepper.
*This makes a good binder for the patties* - 4Take a scoop of the mixture and roll into a ball that sticks together (add more cracker crumbs if it's not holding together well). Press ball into patties the size of a standard burger bun in diameter.
- 5Dredge patties in crushed French fried onion or remaining cracker crumbs if desired.
- 6Heat a skillet to medium heat and use 2 tbsp olive oil fry the patties for 3-5 minutes on each size until golden brown.
- 7Serve these patties on a bed of fresh greens with a light dressing (sour Cream w/chives) or on a grilled sesame bun topped with tomato, cucumber & lettuce.
Make the patties smaller for appetizers.
