Korokke

Name: Korokke
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 500g floury potatoes; 150g minced beef or pork; 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar; Flour, 1 beaten egg and panko breadcrumbs, to coat; Tonkatsu sauce and shredded cabbage, to serve; Oil, for deep-frying

コロッケ/koh-ROH-keh/

Also known as: Japanese Croquettes, Potato Korokke

About this dish

Crisp, golden panko-crumbed croquettes of mashed potato and minced meat, eaten with tonkatsu sauce.

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Ingredients

🥔500g floury potatoes

🥩150g minced beef or pork

🧅1 onion, finely chopped

🫙1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar

🌾Flour, 1 beaten egg and panko breadcrumbs, to coat

🫙Tonkatsu sauce and shredded cabbage, to serve

🫗Oil, for deep-frying

Method

Serves 3

Boil the potatoes until soft and mash roughly.

Fry the onion and mince until browned, season with soy sauce, sugar, salt and pepper, and mix into the potato. Cool.

Shape into oval patties.

Coat in flour, egg and panko.

Deep-fry at 180°C (350°F) until golden, and serve with tonkatsu sauce and cabbage.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Korokke came from the French croquette in the Meiji era and became a cheap, beloved snack sold hot from Japanese butcher shops.

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