These veggie croquettes are crispy golden morsels full of potato and mixed vegetables. Coated with breadcrumbs and fried, they make a delicious appetizer or snack, particularly when served with a dipping sauce like an aioli.
To make the veggie croquettes, you first mash potatoes before mixing them with egg, salt, pepper, parmesan, chopped cooked carrots, peas, green beans, and parsley. Then, the mixture gets shaped into patties before being breaded and fried. The resulting croquettes are deliciously savory with the beautiful color of different vegetables.
What are Veggie Croquettes?
These veggie croquettes are golden fried patties that are made of mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables like carrots, peas, and green beans. Croquettes originated in France and classically are coated in breadcrumbs to make them crispy. While they often include potato like this veggie croquette recipe, along with some kind of binder like flour or bread, they can also comprise seafood, mushrooms, rice, cheese, and meat. This version is particularly good as it uses some common ingredients that you may have in your kitchen already.
Pro Tips
- Pre-cook the potatoes and carrots, and allow them to cool before using them in this recipe.
- If you are using fresh peas and green beans, blanch them in boiling water and allow them to cool before using them in these croquettes.
- When breading the croquettes, use one hand to dip them in the egg and one hand to coat them in the breadcrumbs. This will ensure that you don’t get breadcrumbs caking onto your hands.
- If you don’t have parsley on hand, you could replace it with cilantro, chives, basil, or oregano.
- Consider serving the croquettes with mayonnaise or lemon aioli.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Type of Potatoes Should Be Used in Veggie Croquettes?
You can use any type of potato that mashes well such as Yukon gold potatoes or russet potatoes.
Can I Add Other Vegetables to Croquettes?
Yes, you can! If you don’t have carrots, green beans, or peas on hand, feel free to replace them with cooked chopped mushrooms, bell peppers, broccoli, or spinach. These croquettes would also be delicious with the addition of green onions or other fresh herbs. The wonderful thing about croquettes is that they can be a place for you to use up leftover ingredients in your fridge.
Can I Make Veggie Croquettes Gluten-Free?
Yes, you can! If you would like the croquettes to be gluten-free, you can replace the breadcrumbs with gluten-free breadcrumbs instead.
How to Store Veggie Croquettes
Leftover veggie croquettes can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 to 4 days. Then, you can reheat them in an air fryer or oven to help them crisp up again.
Alternatively, feel free to store them in the freezer for up to 3 months. They can then be reheated from frozen until they are golden and crisp.
Ingredients
How to Make Veggie Croquettes
Dice the carrots and mash the potatoes in a bowl.
Dice the carrots and mash the potatoes in a bowl.
Stir the potatoes with the eggs, salt, pepper, parmesan, carrots, green beans, peas, and parsley until combined.
Stir the potatoes with the eggs, salt, pepper, parmesan, carrots, green beans, peas, and parsley until combined.
Shape the mixture into balls and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Press them into patties using the base of a glass.
Shape the mixture into balls and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Press them into patties using the base of a glass.
For breading, dip the croquettes in the beaten eggs followed by the breadcrumbs to coat.
For breading, dip the croquettes in the beaten eggs followed by the breadcrumbs to coat.
Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the croquettes and cook them until they are golden brown on both sides.
Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the croquettes and cook them until they are golden brown on both sides.
Serve immediately!
Serve immediately!
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