'Croquetas'

Today's recipe is a very common one in Spain, but it will be interesting to know for our visitors from outside Spain. To make 'croquetas' we will need:

• 1/2 chicken breast boiled
• 1 small onion
• Butter (25g / 1oz aprox.)
• Milk (3/4 litre)
• Flour (4 spoons)
• 1 stock cube / bouillon cube
• 1 Egg
• Breadcrumbs

Ingredients

First chop the onion and the chicken. Then put the butter on a frying pan over low heat and when the butter melts add the chopped onion. When the onion is tender add the chicken, stir it and the 4 spoons of flour, and stir it all during 3 minutes.

Next, add the milk and the stock /bouillon cube crumbled, turn up the heat a little and stir. When it starts boiling turn the heat down and stir it until it's well cooked (around 10 minutes).

The dough almost ready

Once the dough is ready put it on a platter and let it cool down.

The dough ready

When it is cold shape it in small 'croquetas' (see last picture) and cover them in egg and breadcrumbs.

The dough shaped as 'croquetas'

To finish fry them in a frying pan with plenty of oil and they are ready to eat!

'Croquetas'