Potato and Chicken Croquettes with Sweet Chili Cheese Dip – easy-to-make appetizers or snacks

My family loves snacks, both sweet and savory. I like to make snack platters now and then to surprise them with as a kind of Saturday afternoon/early dinner or if there is a lot of sport watching on the television for the day.

I also used to make (smaller) platters for them as an after school lunch treat, but would then only have used healthy snacks i.e. fresh fruit skewers, these Potato and Chicken Croquettes with Sweet Chili Cheese Sauce and maybe some fish sticks.

Cooked potatoes keep well in a sealed container in the refrigerator and I usually make some extra than I need a couple of days before I plan on making these Croquettes. I still dry-cook the potatoes as much as I can (see **Note below), but chilling the cooked potatoes does help a lot already.

You can add more Chicken if you prefer, but not too much or the mashed Potatoes would not hold firm and it will be a lot harder to deep-fry the Croquettes.

**Note : Cook your potatoes as usual for mashed potatoes – add only 2 TB Butter and 2 TB Milk – mash and season to taste – return to stove plate – dry-cook the mashed potatoes as much as possible, stirring all the time – let cool completely and chill for 2 – 3 hours before use.

Potato And Chicken Croquettes With sweet Chili Cheese Dip

Linda Nortje

Potato and Chicken Croquettes with Sweet Chili Cheese Dip - easy-to-make appetizers or snacks

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Course Appetizer, Snack

Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

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Servings 30 Croquettes

Ingredients

  

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• 900 g Mashed Potatoes *See NOTE above recipe ( 2 pounds )
• 1 200g Chicken Fillet cooked and shredded ( 7 oz )
• 3 Eggs separated
• 1 cup Flour
• 2 cups Dry Breadcrumbs
• Oil for deep-fry

SWEET CHILI CHEESE DIP:

• ¼ cup Creamed Cottage Cheese plain
• ⅓ cup Sweet Chili Sauce (your favorite brand)
• 2 TB Greek Yogurt

Instructions

 

• Add Chicken and Egg Yolks to Mashed Potatoes – mix well – roll into oval shapes – chill 1 – 2 hours to firm up a little
• Beat the Egg Whites in a medium bowl
• Place the Flour in a second bowl and the Breadcrumbs in a third bowl
• Heat the Oil to medium – dip each Croquette in Flour then into the Egg White and roll into the Breadcrumbs – deep fry 5 – 6 Croquettes at a time until golden
• Drain on paper towels 

SWEET CHILI CHEESE DIP:

• Combine all 3 ingredients in a small bowl – transfer to a serving bowl and chill until needed

Notes

Serve the Croquettes hot or cold with the Sweet Chili Cheese Dip

Nutrition value, where given, is not always accurate. Please also check your ingredient labels.

LINDA

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