chicken croquettes with sauce

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Pearl Florick
clifton park, NY

This is a Weight Watchers recipe from their Now & Later. The recipe was very good although I had to tweek it a bit. I'll give you the original a la WW then I'll note my tweeks. It was good and my picky husband really liked it very much.

(1 rating)
yield 4 serving(s)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 25 Min

Ingredients For chicken croquettes with sauce

  • 2
    5 oz. chiken breasts
  • 1 3/4 c
    brown and wild rice
  • 2/3 c
    shredded mozzarella (part skim)
  • 1/2 c
    frozen peas, thawed
  • 2 Tbsp
    grated parmeasan
  • 3 Tbsp
    fat free mayo (i used light mayo and i used 5 tbsp)
  • 2
    large egg whites
  • 6 Tbsp
    italian seasoned bread crumbs
  • 1 c
    marinara sauce (i did not use marinara)

How To Make chicken croquettes with sauce

  • 1
    preheat oven to 400 and spray a baking sheet with Pam.
  • 2
    Chop the chicken into cubes and add to a food processor along with the rice and pulse until finely chopped and transfer to a large bowl. Stir in the mozzarella, parmesan, peas and mayo. With moistened hands form into 8 3 inch logs (I shaped them like mounded burgers)
  • 3
    Whisk the egg whites in a medium bowl. Spred the bread crumbs on wax paper. Dip the croquettes into the egg whites and then roll in the crumbs.
  • 4
    Place them on the prepared cookie sheet and bake for 25 minutes. Meanwhile heat the marinar sauce and top the croquettes with the sauce.
  • 5
    OKAY, I found I needed more mayo so I used about 5 TBSP. and I like mine a bit on the seasoned side, so I added some onion powder and a couple TBSP of fresh chopped parsley. I did not use the marinara on this. I took a can of condensed cream of celery (because I was out of cream of mushroom) and heated it in a small saucepan along with some dry white wine and skim milk (sorry didn't measure, just watched for the consistency I like) and added some pepper, onion powder and parsley to that. Served it with the croquettes and it was very good, if I do say so myself. The croquettes were good but you may want to add the seasoneing you like. Next time I will try to add a little water or and few drips of egg whites rather than the extra mayo (damned calories)

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