Japan

Korokke

Name: Korokke
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 600 g Potatoes (floury); 1 Onion; 150 g Panko; for coating Flour & egg; for frying Vegetable oil; to serve Tonkatsu sauce

Japanese potato croquettes with panko

Korokke belongs to the Western-inspired yōshoku cuisine and grew out of the French croquette, which arrived in Japan during the Meiji era.

Creamy mashed potato with sweated onions is coated in panko and fried golden-crisp - a favourite of snack stalls and bento boxes.

Servings4

Time50 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Potatoes (floury)600 g
Onion1
Panko150 g
Flour & eggfor coating
Vegetable oilfor frying
Tonkatsu sauceto serve

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Boil and mash the potatoes.
Finely dice the onion, sweat and fold into the mash.
Form flat patties.
Coat in flour, egg and panko.
Fry golden, serve with tonkatsu sauce.

Make it original

Panko and tonkatsu sauce for korokke are in the Asia Boutique.

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