Chicken and Potato Patties (Croquettes)

• 1 onion, diced
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 cups boiled chicken (mom used chicken from a soup she made)
• 2 eggs
• salt and pepper
• 2 cups mashed potatoes
• 1 cup panko bread crumbs
• oil for frying

Chicken:

1. In a bowl, mash chicken with a fork until ground and set aside.
2. Brown onions in 2 tbsp oil.
3. Add onions, 1 egg, salt and pepper to chicken and mix thoroughly.
4. Form chicken mixture into patties taking note of the number of patties.

Potatoes:

1. Combine mashed potatoes with 1 egg, salt and pepper and mix thoroughly.
2. Form into flat patties larger than the chicken patties. Note: make twice as many potato patties as chicken patties.

Bringing it all together:

1. Put a potato patty in your hand and form a slight bowl and put the meat patty on top.
2. Put the second potato patty on top and roll/pat it.
3. Dip patty in panko breadcrumbs and brown on both sides.

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