Some people put flour on croquettes, some people put starch, it's not right, master 3 points, the croquettes are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside

Today I will share with you 3 croquette tips, so that you can fry the perfect croquettes, and friends who like them can try it!

[Ingredients] 1 piece of old tofu, 300g of minced meat, half a carrot, 1 egg, 25g breadcrumbs, 25g of flour;

【Preparation of fried tofu balls】

1. Put the prepared meat filling in a bowl, the meat filling can be 8 points lean and 2 points fat, or you can use the whole lean one, you can choose according to your preferences, the prepared meat filling is seasoned first, add an appropriate amount of salt, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and sugar to enhance the freshness, stir well, here you can be a little salty, because you also need to add tofu later;

2. After the meat filling is adjusted to taste, then beat an egg, stir well in one direction, the egg is the first point of the delicious croquettes, adding eggs can make the fried croquettes more fluffy;

3. After the meat filling is ready, add the prepared tofu and carrot pieces, the tofu should use the old tofu, crush it directly, the moisture content of the old tofu is relatively small, to avoid too much moisture in the balls, and too much flour is added later, resulting in the fried meatballs are harder, and the carrots are added for more balanced nutrition and better color;

4. Add breadcrumbs after stirring the fillings evenly, adding breadcrumbs can make the fried meatballs more crispy and sticky inside, which is the second secret of the delicious croquettes. The flour and starch in this are to play a role in bonding and making the surface crispy, don't add too much, add too much fried meatballs will be hard, the taste is not good, you can add to grab and squeeze out the meatballs, the general amount of breadcrumbs and flour is 1:1;

5. Add a little more cooking oil to the pot, the oil temperature is 5 into heat, turn to low heat, and then squeeze the balls in, the balls are about 20g each, fry them over low heat, the balls have been kept on low heat in the pot, do not use high heat, the fire can easily cause the balls to appear outside the outside is not cooked, low heat frying is the third secret of the delicious croquettes, fry to the surface and then gently turn it with a spoon, so that the balls can be heated more evenly, Don't put too much in one pot, too much frying at one time will make the meatballs unevenly heated, resulting in sticky pans or sticking;

6. Fry until the meatballs are all floating on the surface, and the color becomes golden brown to get out of the pot, if there are more fried meatballs, you need to divide it several times to eat, the first time you fry it, you can get out of the pot immediately when it is fried, don't fry it old, so that the second re-frying will not affect the taste;

7. In this way, the tofu balls will be fried, and the fried meatballs will be crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, even if they are cool, they will not be hard inside;

【Croquette Summary】

Many friends fried out the meatballs are harder, because only starch is put in, and the starch is more, in fact, if you want the meatballs to be fried fluffy, cool and not hard, you need to master the following 3 points;

The first point: eggs should be added when the croquettes are fried, adding eggs can make the fried meatballs more soft and delicious, the number of eggs is determined according to the number of ingredients, generally 1-2;

The second point: when the croquettes can not be fully flour or starch, divide the amount of flour or starch in half and replace it with breadcrumbs or steamed bread residues, adding breadcrumbs can make the fried meatballs more crispy, and there is a hollow state inside, not sticky;

The third point: the heat of the croquettes is very important, do not fry them over high heat, use low heat, especially when the croquettes are burned, not only can prevent the croquettes from being scorched on the outside and not cooked on the inside, but also make the color of the fried croquettes more beautiful, and the fire will also cause the outer skin of the croquettes to be very dry, and it will be very hard when it is cooled;

Summary of the practice of tofu balls:

1. Old tofu should be used, as the moisture content of tender tofu is too much, and it is not easy to form meatballs;

2. Some people like to put chopped green onions, and the color will turn black after adding chopped green onions, which will affect the appearance, so choose according to your preferences;