Give these Japanese Potato Cheese Croquettes, known as Korokke, a try! A delicious snack of mashed potatoes meat cakes mixed with a helping of cheese, coated with a crunchy layer of Panko crumbs.
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What Is Korokke?
Korokke is a deep fried mashed potato and meat cake, and is a popular street food in Japan. There are plenty of variations on this dish, but this Japanese potato cheese croquette is really simple, made from 3 base ingredients: potatoes, meat (in this case, turkey), and cheese (mozzarella for me).
Once you bite into it, the crunch, the soft potato filling with bits of turkey, the cheese, it all goes perfectly together. Not to mention the oh so satisfying cheese pull you’ll get too! You just have to try it. So easy to make and perfect for snack time!
Ingredients You’ll Need
(For full ingredient measurements, please proceed to the recipe card below.)
- Large potatoes (peeled and quartered)
- Turkey breast slices (diced)
- Green onion (diced)
- Salt
- Pepper
- Mozzarella (shredded/cubed)
- Eggs (for dredging)
- Flour (for dredging)
- Panko crumbs (for dredging)
how to make japanese potato cheese croquette (korokke)
- Boil potatoes until tender and mash it to your preferred texture.
- Add turkey, green onions and season with salt and pepper. Mix well.
- Take about 1-2 tbsp and roll into a ball. Flatten it and add shredded/small cubed mozzarella to the middle and cover it with the edges of the flattened potato. Next shape it to your desired shape.
- Crack 2 eggs in a bowl and beat it for the egg wash. Prepare flour and panko crumbs in two separate shallow containers.
- Dredge in flour, egg wash and panko crumbs.
- Fry in hot oil until golden brown in batches, flipping it halfway.
- Drain on paper towel and enjoy!
notes for japanese potato cheese croquette (korokke)
- You can use any meat you want and add anything else to it. Common ingredients are onions, veggies and seafood.
- Before you start frying, make sure the oil is not too hot otherwise you will burn your croquettes. Set the heat at medium or medium low, gradually letting it heat up the oil.
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Japanese Potato Cheese Croquettes (Korokke)
Ingredients
- 2 large potatoes (peeled and quartered)
- 6 slices turkey breast (diced)
- 1 green onion (diced)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1.5 cups mozzarella (shredded/cubed)
- 2 eggs (for dredging)
- flour (for dredging)
- panko crumbs (for dredging)
Instructions
- Boil potatoes until tender and mash it to your preferred texture.
- Add turkey, green onions and season with salt and pepper. Mix well.
- Take about 1-2 tbsp and roll into a ball. Flatten it and add shredded/small cubed mozzarella to the middle and cover it with the edges of the flattened potato. Next shape it to your desired shape.
- Crack 2 eggs in a bowl and beat it for the egg wash. Prepare flour and panko crumbs in two separate shallow containers.
- Dredge in flour, egg wash and panko crumbs.
- Fry in hot oil until golden brown in batches, flipping it halfway.
- Drain on paper towel and enjoy!
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