Hello everyone, I am Masa.
This time I am going to show you
a delicious Japanese potato cuisine
Classic Japanese beef croquette
It is a popular family cuisine in Japan
Japanese moms would often cook this dish
to use mashed potatoes
and ground beef, and some vegetables
and also egg
combining many great ingredients to make the delicious
crepes? croquette?
Yes, to make tasty croquette.
It is not difficult to make, so let's get started.
cut two peeled potatoes into slices
Prepare a steamer
and place in cut potatoes
Based on the size of your potatoes, , steam about ten minutes
Dice half of an onion
Turn up heat to medium
Add some oil
Cook diced onion til it turns golden
Add ground beef or pork.
Then add salt and back pepper to taste.
Cook until the meat turns golden color too
Taken them out to cool
Poke through potatoes with chopsticks to check its fully cooked
Okay, now potatoes are fully cooked
It is important to prepare
when potatoes is still hot
we need to mash them with this potatoes masher
If you don't have this tool, you can use
such as empty bottle to press
It works too. By using this special tool,
Don't need to break them down too fine
It will taste better with some small chunks, it will have greater texture
add one boiled egg
Egg and potatoes go really great together
Add in cooled ground meat and onion
taste again to check for seasoning
so after making this
put them on heat resistant containers, add some cheese on top
and bake them, is also very tasty
Now we can start shaping them
and I just remembered, even though
I want to make original flavor croquette,
you can also make them more interesting, so I've prepared cheese
it's a combination of cheddar and mozzarella cheese
press them into oval shapes
Divide the ingredients into six equal portions
Okay, now, I'm going to start by making the classic original flavor
So let's shape it into
any shape we like. Generally speaking
croquettes are shaped like
a flat oval shape, just like meat patty
make sure the edges are smooth
no pointy ingredients
Shouldn't be like the one of the right
Should be like the one of the left
Pointy sides can broke off easily
To put cheese, press down the center
Put in the shaped cheese ball
and fold them together well
use some parsley to mark the cheese ones
one cup of bread flour (high-gluten flour)
one egg and one cup of bread crumbs
cover croquette in flour
tap on it to get rid of excess flour
place in egg to make sure all sides are covered
Lastly, place in bread crumbs
final check and adjustment of the shape
Use parsley to mark the cheese ones
Okay, now we are going to fry them
If you want to make several at once
you can put them in the freezer for up to four weeks
the frozen ones don't need to thaw
just fry immediately
but remember to not fry in high temperature
about 160 celsius, and fry slowly
this way, you can not only thaw but also heat them up
to have crispy skin (will take 5 to 6 minutes)
Now, I have room temperature ones
not frozen, so I will
fry them in between 175 to 180 celsius
drop in some bread crumbs to test the oil temperature
If you see bubbles immediately and crumbs turning golden, the oil is ready
to avoid burning your hand, put it in a slotted spoon
do not touch, until the surface is slightly golden and steady
carefully move it inside the pot, to make sure it heats thoroughly
it's ready to flip once the skin is golden
It can be taken out once crispy and golden since the ingredients are already cooked
I've prepared some parchment paper
has some design on it, its common in Japan
and looks quite pretty
this is not news paper so it's okay to use for food
I have some parchment paper pockets already made
of course you can also use regular parchment paper or baking foil
can pair with tonkatsu sauce, ketchup, or mustard sauce
then we have the delicious croquettes done
now let's try the classic original flavor
I'm gonna start tasting
oh
it very soft, flaky,
and very crunchy on the outside
because we added egg
so you can taste an additional texture and flavor
It taste very creamy having potatoes, onion, and beef together.
honestly, just tasting it by itself, is already amazing
you can have it as a treat or side dish. Not necessarily to pair it with other sauce
but if you want to have it with rice
you can have it with some tonkatsu sauce, along with rice.
For sure will be amazing too
I used to eat it like this when I was little
and I can finish several bowls of rice
Now, let's try another one
the cheese one
this is just perfect, so satisfying.
Crispy on the outside,
soft potatoes on the inside
then you have another great texture, the cheese that is soft and tasty
adding cheese can really make it different and interesting
okay, so the method is quite simple
You only need prepare mashed potatoes
ground beef, pork, it is all up to you. Even no meat works too.
but you definitely need onion, it adds a nature sweetness to croquettes.
then if you can, add egg.
by adding egg, you get another chewiness from the egg white to the dish.
okay, I hope you guys give it a try.
Thank you