Cuban-style chicken croquets are very similar to the typical chicken croquets made in Spain but include a key ingredient: dry wine. The wine makes this aperitif acquire a very special flavor. Discover the tastiest Cuban recipes like these incredible homemade croquettes.
Ingredients to make Cuban-style Chicken Croquettes:
- 180 grams of Chicken
- 30 milliliters of dry wine
- 1 unit of Onion
- 2 tablespoons of Butter
- 3 tablespoons of flour
- 350 milliliters of milk
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 pinch of ground black pepper
- 1 pinch of Nutmeg
- For the batter
- 100 grams of flour
- 100 grams of breadcrumbs
- 2 units of Egg
- to fry
- 300 milliliters of sunflower oil
How to make Cuban Style Chicken Croquettes:
1 To prepare the Cuban-style chicken croquettes, we gather all the ingredients.
2 Sauté the onion with the melted butter in a pan until transparent.
3 Add the shredded cooked chicken and cook for 3 minutes. We have used a thigh from a chicken soup, but you can use any piece of chicken you have at home.
4 Add the dry wine and let the alcohol evaporate by cooking for a couple of minutes.
5 Next, add the flour and stir well so that it mixes with the sofrito. We cook for 1 minute. At this point, the process is very similar to that of typical Spanish croquets.
6 To finish the dough, add the milk little by little without stopping stirring. Add a pinch of pepper, salt, nutmeg and stir until the dough comes off the pan. If it is too runny we can add more flour.
7 Once the dough for the Cuban-style chicken croquettes is made, spread it out on a flat plate or tray and let it cool in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
8 After this time, when the dough is cold and compact, it is time to shape the croquettes with the help of two spoons.
9 Coat the chicken croquettes by passing them through flour, beaten egg and breadcrumbs.
10 We fry the Cuban-style chicken croquettes in plenty of sunflower oil at high temperature.
We can serve the Cuban-style chicken croquettes with a pomegranate and walnut salad
