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The following recipe for Rice Croquettes is from SurvivalBlog reader Mrs. Alaska. She writes: “These are fast, easy, and tasty way to use up leftover meat and vegetables. These croquettes can be deep-fried or pan-fried.”

Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 c cooked rice
  • 1/2 c flour
  • 1/3 cup shredded cheese
  • 1 TBS melted butter or oil
  • 2 eggs or 5 TBS powdered egg + 5 TBS water
Directions
  1. Combine ingredients. The texture will between a dough and a batter. If too dry, add water or oil. If too wet, add more flour.
  2. Add in some combination of the following, in the proportions that you like:
    – Diced cooked meat (like ham or sausages or bacon)
    – Diced onions and/or other vegetables
    – Whole corn or peas
    – Herbs and spices (Maybe Italian herbs with parmesan and mozzarella, or Mexican herbs and spices for a spicy version).
  3. Form into a preferred shape, like golf ball-sized balls or finger-shaped pieces.]
  4. Roll the croquettes in bread crumbs.
    If the mixture feels so loose that it might fall apart while cooking, then freeze it for 20 minutes.
Frying Notes

Because the meat is pre-cooked, these croquettes cook very quickly. You only have to fry to brown the outside and melt the cheese within. The flatter the pieces, the faster they cook (about 3 minutes), turning once or twice. If my finger-shaped pieces are ½ inch high, I melt about ¼ inch of Crisco in a large frying pan. Heat the cooking oil on medium to medium-high until a “first test” croquette cooks nicely. Then add the rest of the croquettes, with space between them so the sides can get crisp.

SERVING

Serve plain or with a sauce, such as a chipotle mayonnaise or a Ranch dressing.

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Mrs. Alaska and her husband live off-road and off-grid in the interior of Alaska.  She is the author o fLog Cabin Reflections. Her blog is: Alaska Bush Life, Off-Road, Off-Grid.

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