{"id":311,"slug":"beef-croquettes","title":"Beef Croquettes","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["3–4 lb (about 1.5 kg) beef roast","2 cans beef stock","2 cups water","4 small beef bouillon cubes","4 bay leaves","Dried minced onion","Worcestershire sauce","Pepper to taste","Salt to taste","1 stick (8 tbsp) of butter","½ cup all purpose flour","additional flour, for dredging","2 eggs, beaten","Bread crumbs, for dredging","Vegetable oil or shortening, for deep frying"],"ingredients_norm":["beef roast","beef stock","water","beef bouillon cube","bay leaf","dried minced onion","worcestershire sauce","pepper","salt","butter","all purpose flour","additional flour for dredging","egg","bread crumbs for dredging","vegetable oil or shortening"],"steps":["Add the beef/broth ingredients to a slow cooker. Cook overnight on low, or until the meat starts to fall apart. This should yield about 1 quart (1 liter) of broth. Chill it in the fridge until the fat solidifies on the surface. Scoop off the fat.","Use 2 forks to tear apart the meat. You can use a food processor if you don't want big chunks of meat in the final product.","In a deep frying pan, prepare a light brown roux with the butter and flour.","While stirring the roux, slowly start adding the broth. It should accept all the broth to make a very thick sauce or gravy.","Season with salt a pepper to taste. Pour it into a bowl or container and chill it for a couple of hours, or better, overnight.","Start rolling the meat into small balls, about 1 ½ inch in diameter. Roll each ball into flour, then egg, then plain breadcrumbs.","Deep fry in 350°F (175°C) vegetable oil or shortening until golden brown.","Serve hot with the sauce/gravy, perhaps with a starch such as mashed potatoes, rice, or egg noodles."],"categories":["Meat recipes","Recipes using beef","Slow cooker recipes","Deep fried recipes","Main course recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes using bread crumb","Recipes using dehydrated broth","Recipes using egg","Recipes using all-purpose flour","Recipes using beef broth and stock","Recipes using vegetable oil"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Beef_Croquettes","source_ref":"4513590","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Beef_Croquettes&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"dccf5f649e0e14e37bdb40bd78a42837caab64cbba937acc501b4db9b7ecfecf","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:14Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:14Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/beef-croquettes"}