Quail Egg Croquettes ??????

The other day i was planning to make some croquette (a breadcrumbed fried potato ball) for the bento lunch to send for my son in the school. While i getting some potatoes at the supermarket, and spot some quail eggs on the shelve, then i got this idea to add my kid's favorite quail eggs with the croquette.

Quail Egg Croquettes ??????

300g of peeled potatoes, sliced

50g ham, diced

30g onion, chopped

1/2tsp fine salt

White pepper powder

1/2 egg yolk

Cooking oil

15 quail eggs, cooked and removed shell

Coating batter-1 egg (lightly beaten), flour , bread crumbs

Method

1.  Steam the sliced potatoes till fork tendered (about 15mins), mashed the potatoes once they are cooled.

2. Heat oil in a frying pan, fry onions till aroma then add in ham, cook till browned. Add cooked ham and onions into mashed potatoes, then add in salt, white pepper and egg yolks, combine well to form a soft dough.

3.  Wrap a quail egg with mashed potato and roll into a small ball, repeat the same for the rest.

4. Coat the potato ball with flour, then dip with egg, and coated with bread crumbs.

5. Heat cooking oil, deep fry potato balls till golden brown(1-2mins). Drain on paper towels. Serve while hot. You can enjoy by dipping it with mayonnaise, okonomi sauce and etc.

Recipe by Sonia a.k.a Nasi Lemak Lover