Betty's Turkey Croquettes
Makes:
12 croquettes
Total Time:
1 hr 15 min
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Category:
Dinner Entrees
Sub Category: Chicken & Turkey Entrees
what you need
- Thick White Sauce
- 6 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 8 tablespoons flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups milk
- 1 medium onion
- 2 stalks celery
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 4 cups finely chopped cooked turkey
- Flavored bread crumbs
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk mixed
- Canola oil for frying
make it
Thick white sauce: Slowly melt butter in saucepan (Do Not burn). Remove from heat. Add flour, salt and pepper. Slowly add milk. Return to heat and stir constantly. Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer 1 minute.
Finely chop the onion and celery and saute in the butter until tender. Mix with the meat. Add the white sauce to the meat mixture and chill in refrigerator 2 hours.
Form mixture into balls. Combine eggs and milk. Dip balls in bread crumbs then in the egg/milk mixture and again into the bread crumbs.
Fry 3-5 minutes in the hot oil. Serve with gravy.
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