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

Every year when the New Year is approaching, croquettes are a must-have food in every household, both meat and vegetarian, and croquettes will make the family more New Year's taste, especially when you grow up, you can go home and eat your mother's fried meatballs. It's really a very happy thing. This is also the best memory of my childhood. When I was a child, I was waiting around the pot to eat croquettes. As soon as the meatballs came out of the pot, they were still hot. I took a bite and it was hot. mouth, but rejoicing in heart;

Although the croquettes are delicious, many people are not good at frying them. The fried balls are tender on the outside and tender on the inside, dry and fragrant, and they will not be hard when they are cooled. However, many friends fry the balls. It's hard and cold, and today I will share with you 3 tips for croquettes, so that you can fry the perfect croquettes. Friends who like it can try it!

[Ingredients] 1 piece of old tofu, 300g of meat filling, half a carrot, 1 egg, 25g of bread crumbs, 25g of flour;

【How to make fried tofu balls】

1. Put the prepared meat filling in a bowl. The meat filling can be 8 points thin and 2 points fat, or it can be completely thin. You can choose according to your own preferences. The prepared meat filling is seasoned first, and an appropriate amount of salt is added. , light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, white sugar to make it fresh, stir well, it can be a little salty here, because tofu needs to be added later;

2. After the meat filling has been adjusted to taste, add an egg and stir it evenly in one direction. Eggs are the first point of delicious fried balls. Adding eggs can make the fried balls more fluffy;

3. After the meat filling is prepared, add the prepared tofu and chopped carrots. The tofu should be made of old tofu and crushed directly. The water content of the old tofu is relatively low, so as to avoid the excess water in the meatballs, and too much flour added later, resulting in The fried balls are hard, and carrots are added for more balanced nutrition and better color;

4. After stirring all the fillings evenly, add bread crumbs. Adding bread crumbs can make the fried balls more crispy on the outside and not sticky inside. This is the second secret of delicious croquettes. You can also use steamed bread without bread crumbs. Instead, add flour in small amounts and several times. The flour can also be replaced with the same amount of cornstarch or sweet potato starch. Here, flour and starch play a role in bonding and making the surface crispy. Don’t add too much. Too many fried balls will be hard, and the taste will not be good. It can be added until the balls can be squeezed out. Generally, the amount of bread crumbs and flour is 1:1;

5. Add a little more cooking oil to the pot, the oil temperature is 50% hot, turn to low heat, and then squeeze the balls in, about 20g each, fry with low heat, keep the balls in the pot on a low fire, ten million Don't use high fire. High fire can easily cause the meatballs to be burnt on the outside and not cooked on the inside. Frying on low heat is the third secret to delicious croquettes. After frying the surface, use a spoon to gently flip it, so that the meatballs can be heated more evenly. , Don't put too much in one pot, frying too much at one time will make the balls heat unevenly, resulting in sticking or sticking;

6. Fry until the meatballs are all floating on the surface and the color turns golden yellow, and it can be taken out of the pan. If there are many fried meatballs, it will take several times to finish them. When they are fried for the first time, they will be cooked immediately. Don't fry the pot, so that the second re-frying will not affect the taste;

7. In this way, the tofu balls are fried. The fried balls are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Even if they are cooled, the inside is not hard;

【Summary of Croquettes】

Many friends fry the balls are relatively hard, because only starch is put, and there is a lot of starch. In fact, if you want the balls to be fluffy and not hard after cooling, you need to master the following 3 points;

The first point: when frying the balls, add eggs. Adding eggs can make the fried balls softer and more delicious. The amount of eggs is determined by the amount of ingredients, usually 1-2;

The second point: don’t add all the flour or starch to the croquettes. Divide half the amount of flour or starch and use bread crumbs or steamed buns instead. Adding bread crumbs can make the fried balls more crispy on the outside and a little hollow inside. state, not sticky;

The third point: the heat is very important when making croquettes. Don’t fry them on a high fire. Use a small fire, especially when placing the meatballs. The color of the balls is more beautiful, and the fire will also cause the outer skin of the balls to be very dry, and it will be very hard after cooling;

Summary of the practice of tofu balls:

1. Tofu should be made of old tofu. Soft tofu has too much water content, and it is not easy to make balls;

2. Some people like to put chopped green onion in fried tofu balls. After frying with chopped green onion, the color will turn black, which will affect the appearance. Choose according to your own preferences;