Chop the chicken very fine, using the white meat alone, or the dark meat alone, or both together. Season with salt, pepper, onion-juice, and lemon-juice. Chopped mushrooms, sweetbreads, calf’s brains, tongue, ham or truffles are used with chicken, and a combination of two or more of them much improves the quality of the croquettes.
VEAL CROQUETTES
Veal is often mixed with chicken, or is used alone as a substitute for chicken. Season in same manner and make the same combinations.
SWEETBREAD CROQUETTES
Cut the boiled sweetbreads into small dice with a silver knife. Mix with mushrooms, using half the quantity of mushrooms that you have of sweetbreads. Use two eggs in the sauce.
OYSTER CROQUETTES
Scald the oysters; cut them into small pieces with a silver-plated knife.