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Every mama needs a few quick pantry recipes up her sleeve. I’m talking about a meal that requires little preparation that you can whip up on the fly without thawing anything out before hand. You know, for those nights when you come in from work or ball practice and you realize you forgot to thaw out the hamburger meat/chicken, etc and fast food just won’t cut it. This is one of those recipes. Buy the ingredients (if you don’t already have them on your shelf) and tuck this recipe somewhere safe for such a night as this. (That is, if you can resist making it once a week…it’s that good!)
Chicken Croquettes
1 large can (the can that is a little larger than a can of tuna) of white meat chicken
(I really like the Member’s Mark brand they have at Sam’s)
about 6 crackers (any variety – soda, ritz, wheat, etc)
1 egg
vegetable oil or coconut oil
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can of milk (use the soup can)
These patties are delicious served over rice. The chicken patties take about 20 minutes to make – from can to plate. So, you’ll want to start your rice before you start the chicken patties. Then, open your soup and dump into a saucepan with 1 can of milk. Don’t turn the saucepan on yet. Begin making your chicken patties. Having the soup ready to go on the stove will make it easy to flip the soup on so it can get hot while you are flipping the chicken patties.
On to the directions:
Drain chicken and dump into a bowl. Break up the chicken so that there aren’t any large chunks. Crush and add crackers. Add the egg. Stir. Heat oil in a large skillet. Take a small amount (a palm full) of the chicken mixture and pat it out into a patty. It mixture is too wet, add a few more crackers. Lay patty in the hot oil and continue to make more small chicken patties and add them to the oil. When all the patties are in the oil it is time to flip them one at a time. They should be golden brown. Allow the other side to brown up in the oil (it will only take a few minutes).
Drain patties on paper towels. Serve over white or brown rice with the chicken soup “gravy” over the top. DELICIOUS! This is a family favorite. Kids love it and you can have dinner on the table in 20 minutes!!!
I’m going to have to try this recipe for sure. It sounds so good and easy. thanks!
this sounds really good. the only thing i don’t have is the cream of chicken soup so i will be picking some of that up tomorrow so i can try out this tasty dish for dinner.
I made some shredded chicken in the crockpot yesterday, so I am going to try it with that vs. the canned. Sounds yummy, thanks!
I can’t wait to see how Janelle’s turns out; I usually have leftover chicken from crockpot cooking. This sounds like a good recipe for my last minute recipe file. Thanks for sharing!
guess what we are having for dinner tonight??? spending the day cleaning up after having out of town company this weekend, so this will be great for me to just whip up (pantry has all these ingredients in it!!) thank you so much for this blessing this a.m.
It worked! They were so yummy! My kids devoured them. I had left over crockpot chicken, but I think next time I will make these first and then use the left over chicken for chicken quesadillas and chicken noodle soup (I just add extra chicken to canned soups)
Thanks wholesome mommy, so glad I found your site!
Awesome…I have those ingredients in my pantry already! Thanks for the recipe.
Have you come up with a less-processed alternative to cream soups? I know, the good ol’ canned stuff is super-easy (and preferable for a last-minute meal like this), but every time I use one, I feel like it’s in direct contrast to my healthier, more organic/whole food choices. I’d love to hear if you’ve come up with anything.
How many do these make and are they good for leftovers (in case I double the recipe)?? Thanks! Can’t wait to try them!
made these tonight-they were a huge hit and eaten all-gone! next time i think i will use 2 eggs as mine all feel apart but still tasted good. Also, I was left with a lot of the “gravy” leftover-i’m just gonna freeze it to use in my next batch of chicken soup, I guess…Thanks!
I’m glad you liked them! We had them last night too! I use one large egg and just a few crackers. We eat the gravy over the rice too, so ours gets gone!