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Chicken croquetas with piquillo pepper mayo
Photo: Lily Banse

Chicken croquetas with piquillo pepper mayo

20 ingredients 10 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Here’s a lovely party recipe of breadcrumbed chicken served with a piquant mayonnaise. Irresistible.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

981
Calories
60g
Protein
31g
Fat
112g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Watercress 1 cup (34g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Rapeseed Oil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 75g/3oz butter
  • 200g/7oz plain flour
  • 500ml/18fl oz milk
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • 75g/3oz fresh breadcrumbs
  • 150g/5oz cooked chicken
  • 1 small bunch fresh tarragon
  • 75g/3oz plain flour
  • 2 free-range eggs
  • 75g/3oz panko Japanese breadcrumbs
  • 50g/1¾oz ground almonds
  • , for deep frying rapeseed oil
  • 1 large bunch watercress
  • 3 free-range egg yolks
  • 1-2 tsp English mustard
  • 100ml/3½fl oz rapeseed oil
  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 75g/3oz piquillo peppers
  • 1 tbsp flatleaf parsley
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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