chicken croquettes with sauce

Name: Chicken Croquettes with Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 - 5 oz. chiken breasts; 1 3/4 cup(s) brown and wild rice; 2/3 cup(s) shredded mozzarella (part skim); 1/2 cup(s) frozen peas, thawed; 2 tablespoon(s) grated parmeasan; 3 tablespoon(s) fat free mayo (i used light mayo and i used 5 tbsp); 2 - large egg whites; 6 tablespoon(s) italian seasoned bread crumbs; 1 cup(s) marinara sauce (i did not use marinara)

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Pearl Florick

clifton park, NY

Updated on Feb 7, 2012

This is a Weight Watchers recipe from their Now & Later. The recipe was very good although I had to tweek it a bit. I'll give you the original a la WW then I'll note my tweeks. It was good and my picky husband really liked it very much.

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 25 Min

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yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 - 5 oz. chiken breasts
1 3/4 cups brown and wild rice
2/3 cup shredded mozzarella (part skim)
1/2 cup frozen peas, thawed
2 tablespoons grated parmeasan
3 tablespoons fat free mayo (i used light mayo and i used 5 tbsp)
2 - large egg whites
6 tablespoons italian seasoned bread crumbs
1 cup marinara sauce (i did not use marinara)

How To Make chicken croquettes with sauce

Step 1

preheat oven to 400 and spray a baking sheet with Pam.

Step 2

Chop the chicken into cubes and add to a food processor along with the rice and pulse until finely chopped and transfer to a large bowl. Stir in the mozzarella, parmesan, peas and mayo. With moistened hands form into 8 3 inch logs (I shaped them like mounded burgers)
Step 3

Whisk the egg whites in a medium bowl. Spred the bread crumbs on wax paper. Dip the croquettes into the egg whites and then roll in the crumbs.
Step 4

Place them on the prepared cookie sheet and bake for 25 minutes. Meanwhile heat the marinar sauce and top the croquettes with the sauce.
Step 5

OKAY, I found I needed more mayo so I used about 5 TBSP. and I like mine a bit on the seasoned side, so I added some onion powder and a couple TBSP of fresh chopped parsley. I did not use the marinara on this. I took a can of condensed cream of celery (because I was out of cream of mushroom) and heated it in a small saucepan along with some dry white wine and skim milk (sorry didn't measure, just watched for the consistency I like) and added some pepper, onion powder and parsley to that. Served it with the croquettes and it was very good, if I do say so myself. The croquettes were good but you may want to add the seasoneing you like. Next time I will try to add a little water or and few drips of egg whites rather than the extra mayo (damned calories)
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