Quail Egg Croquettes 鹌鹑蛋可乐饼

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.

With the addition of quail eggs in croquette, it was more fun for the kids to enjoy them ^_^

Quail Egg Croquettes 鹌鹑蛋可乐饼

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

鹌鹑蛋可乐饼

300克去皮的马铃薯，切片

50克火腿，切粒

30克洋葱，切粒

盐1/2茶匙

白胡椒粉, 少许

蛋黄， 半个

食油

15颗鹌鹑蛋，煮熟去壳

炸皮--1 颗鸡蛋，面粉 ，面包糠

做法：

1.      把切片的马铃薯蒸熟，稍凉後压成泥。

2.      下油热锅，炒香火腿和洋葱粒至软。加入马铃薯泥里，和盐，白胡椒粉，蛋黄一起搅匀。

3.      用手将马铃薯泥包入鹌鹑蛋搓成小球。将马铃薯小球先沾上一层面粉，再沾上一层蛋液，最后才沾上面包糠。

4.      烧热油，放入裹好面包糠的小球，炸至金黄酥脆状即可。

5.      将炸好的可乐饼捞出，放到厨房纸巾上滤油。