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Homemade chicken croquettes

Name: Homemade chicken croquettes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: dutch
Ingredients: 500 grams chicken breast / fillets; 2 onions; 100 grams butter; 100 grams flour + extra; 1 chicken stock cube; 100 ml whole milk; 2 sheets of gelatine; pepper and salt to taste; pinch of nutmeg; 4 egg whites; breadcrumbs; oil for deep frying

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These homemade chicken croquettes are delicious as a snack, in a sandwich or for dinner with fries and a salad. Easy and tasty!

1 hours 30 minutes

6 persons

Snacks

Nutrition balance score

Good

7.3/10

Glycemic Index

Glycemic Load

55.92 (Medium)

10.32 (Medium)

Nutrition per serving

Kcal

357.73 kcal

Carbohydrates
Of which sugars

18.46 g
3.83 g

Total fat
Of which saturated fats

20.74 g
11.09 g

Proteins

32.27 g

Fiber

1.94 g

Sodium

360.47 mg

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Made by Véronique

Published at 2023-06-29, this recipe is for 6 persons and takes 1 hours 30 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2025-09-27

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Preparation time

30 minutes

Time cooking

1 hours

Total time

1 hours 30 minutes

Preparation – 30 minutes

Fill a medium saucepan pan with water and poach the chicken fillets in it for around 15 minutes. The exact cooking time depends on the thickness of the chicken fillets; they must be fully cooked.

Measure out 300 ml of the water in which the chicken has been cooking and add a chicken stock cube to it. Use 2 forks to shred the chicken into small pieces.

Peel and chop the onions. Put the gelatine sheets in cold water.

Finishing the homemade chicken croquettes – 1 hour + waiting time

Melt the butter in a medium saucepan; you can reuse the pan used for the chicken. Sauté the chopped onions in it for a few minutes, until they are translucent. Then add the flour in one go and stir well. Cook the roux for a few minutes to remove the floury taste.

Add 300 ml chicken stock, little by little, and stir until smooth with a whisk. Add 100 ml of milk and mix again until smooth. Squeeze out the excess water from the gelatine and dissolve it in the hot mixture.

Stir in the chicken pieces and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Then leave it to cool completely.

Once the filling has cooled completely, you can form croquettes from it. The ideal croquette thickness is achieved by using 80 grams of filling per croquette. Use your hands to shape the croquettes.

Prepare 3 deep plates, the first with flour, the second with 4 whisked egg whites and the last with breadcrumbs. Dredge the croquettes first through the flour, then the egg whites and finally the breadcrumbs. Always make sure that the croquettes are completely coated.

You can bread the croquettes again to get a thicker crust. Put the croquettes on a plate lined with a piece of baking parchment to prevent them from sticking. You can now freeze them, or deep-fry them immediately.

Heat the sunflower or other neutral oil to about 180 degrees celsius. Deep-fry the croquettes in batches until they are beautifully golden brown and serve immediately. Bon appetit!

Tips!

Which oil is best for deep-frying?

It is best to use an oil that has a neutral taste. Sunflower oil, for example, has this and is also suitable for heating to high temperatures. Groundnut oil is also a good choice. Specific deep-frying oil is available, which is a composition of different types of oil that can withstand high temperatures.

Can you use whole eggs in the breadcrumb coating?

You can use whole eggs in the breadcrumb coating, this gives you a slightly thicker crust. Using egg whites gives a nicer, more delicate crust.

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Nutritional values

Per 1 serving / piece:

Pay attention! These indicated nutritional values are based on standard tables and are therefore an estimated total. No rights can be derived from the data in the nutritional value table.

General

Kcal

357.73 kcal

Carbohydrates
Of which sugars

18.46 g
3.83 g

Total fat
Of which saturated fats

20.74 g
11.09 g

Proteins

32.27 g

Fiber

1.94 g

Sodium

360.47 mg

Show vitamines & minerals

Minerals

Iron

1.13 mg

Calcium

52.95 mg

Magnesium

42.63 mg

Potassium

42.63 mg

Phosphorus

347.68 mg

Copper

0.16 mg

Zinc

1.24 mg

Iodine

0.34 µg

Selenium

5.35 µg

Vitamins

Vitamine C

4.21 mg

Vitamine D

0.30 mg

Vitamine A

0.19 mg

Vitamine B1

0.12 mg

Vitamine B2

0.21 mg

Vitamine B6

0.70 mg

Vitamine B12

0.34 µg

Folic acid

13.78 µg

Vitamine E

0.05 mg

Vitamine K

1.91 µg

Vitamine K1

0.00 µg

Handy! Scroll this table horizontally to see all nutritional values per ingredient

Amount		Ingredient	Allergens	Kcal	Carbs	Carbs of which sugars	Fat	Fat of which saturated	Protein	Fibers	Sodium	Iron	Calcium	Magnesium	Potassium	Phosphorus	Copper	Zinc	Iodine	Selenium	Vitamin C	Vitamin D	Vitamin A	Vitamin B1	Vitamin B2	Vitamin B6	Vitamin B12	Vitamin B11	Vitamin E	Vitamin K	Vitamin K1
83.33	gram	chicken breast		95.00	-	-	3.33 g	1.25 g	25.00 g	-	41.67 mg	0.58 mg	8.33 mg	29.17 mg	333.33 mg	283.33 mg	0.02 mg	0.58 mg	-	-	-	0.08 mg	0.02 mg	0.06 mg	0.06 mg	0.58 mg	0.25 µg	1.67 µg	-	-	-
0.33		onions		15.00	2.54 g	2.54 g	0.08 g	0.04 g	0.50 g	1.04 g	3.75 mg	0.21 mg	12.50 mg	4.17 mg	72.92 mg	17.50 mg	0.03 mg	0.33 mg	-	-	2.71 mg	-	-	0.01 mg	0.01 mg	0.05 mg	-	4.17 µg	-	-	-
16.67	gram	butter	milk	122.50	0.12 g	0.12 g	13.75 g	9.00 g	0.12 g	-	0.83 mg	0.02 mg	2.17 mg	0.33 mg	2.50 mg	3.33 mg	-	0.01 mg	-	-	-	0.20 mg	0.17 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16.67	gram	flour	gluten	60.67	11.63 g	0.25 g	0.25 g	0.03 g	1.90 g	0.47 g	0.33 mg	0.17 mg	3.33 mg	3.33 mg	30.00 mg	16.67 mg	0.05 mg	0.18 mg	-	-	-	-	-	0.02 mg	0.02 mg	0.05 mg	-	5.83 µg	-	-	-
0.17	cube	chicken stock	celery	0.10	-	-	0.01 g	0.01 g	0.01 g	-	6.17 mg	-	0.07 mg	0.01 mg	0.07 mg	0.05 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16.67	ml	whole milk	milk	10.33	0.72 g	0.72 g	0.57 g	0.35 g	0.62 g	-	7.33 mg	-	20.00 mg	1.67 mg	26.67 mg	16.50 mg	-	0.08 mg	-	-	0.33 mg	0.02 mg	0.01 mg	0.01 mg	0.03 mg	0.01 mg	0.07 µg	0.67 µg	-	-	-
0.33	sheet	of gelatine		2.44	-	-	-	-	0.60 g	-	0.60 mg	-	-	0.07 mg	0.10 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		pepper and salt		2.93	0.76 g	0.01 g	0.04 g	0.02 g	0.12 g	0.30 g	226.09 mg	0.06 mg	2.67 mg	0.89 mg	7.39 mg	1.01 mg	0.01 mg	0.01 mg	0.34 µg	0.01 µg	0.89 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.12 µg	0.05 mg	1.91 µg	-
0.17	pinch of	nutmeg		0.91	0.07 g	-	0.06 g	0.05 g	0.01 g	0.01 g	0.03 mg	-	0.28 mg	-	0.58 mg	0.35 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0.67		egg whites	egg	13.07	0.19 g	-	0.05 g	-	2.96 g	-	45.33 mg	0.05 mg	2.93 mg	2.67 mg	41.33 mg	5.60 mg	0.03 mg	0.01 mg	-	5.33 µg	0.08 mg	-	-	0.01 mg	0.09 mg	-	0.03 µg	1.33 µg	-	-	-
		breadcrumbs	egg, gluten, soy	12.77	2.43 g	0.20 g	0.10 g	0.05 g	0.43 g	0.13 g	28.33 mg	0.04 mg	0.67 mg	0.33 mg	10.00 mg	3.33 mg	0.01 mg	0.03 mg	-	-	0.20 mg	-	-	0.02 mg	0.01 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-
		oil		22.03	-	-	2.49 g	0.29 g	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
				357.73	18.46 g	3.83 g	20.74 g	11.09 g	32.27 g	1.94 g	360.47 mg	1.13 mg	52.95 mg	42.63 mg	524.89 mg	347.68 mg	0.16 mg	1.24 mg	0.34 µg	5.35 µg	4.21 mg	0.30 mg	0.19 mg	0.12 mg	0.21 mg	0.70 mg	0.34 µg	13.78 µg	0.05 mg	1.91 µg	-