Beef Potato Croquettes

Beef potato croquettes are Indonesian fried potato patties. This recipe is made of mashed fried potatoes and then mixed or filled with ground beef.

In Indonesia, people call beef potato croquettes as “perkedel kentang“. Kentang means potato. Actually, the origin of perkedel comes from Dutch “frikadeller” during the Dutch colonial period in Indonesia. But Indonesian people find it difficult to pronounce frikadeller. So we change it to perkedel. Now, Indonesian adopted this European food and this perkedel is one of the Indonesian food but in different forms.

We have other variants of croquettes, which are potato croquettes, corn croquettes, and tofu croquettes. But this time I will share how to make beef potato croquettes.

I made a different appearance from the original. People here actually mix the ground beef with mash potatoes evenly. But I want to make the beef shine through the croquettes. Therefore I put the beef patty inside the mashed potatoes.

For this recipe, I suggest to serve it with rice for lunch or dinner. I know it’s kind of weird eating a potato with rice. But in Indonesia, we often use potatoes as side dishes along with rice. If you don’t want to, you can eat it as appetizers/snacks dip with chili ketchup.

How to make beef potato croquettes:

Potato

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Cut each potato into 8 parts. Fry the potato until nice and golden, but not too dry.

Place the fried potatoes into a bowl, then mash it with a whisk until smooth. Add dry seasoning and shredded cheddar cheese into mash potato. Mix it then set aside.

Beef Patty

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Mix ground beef with dry seasoning. Divide into 4 parts then make it into a beef patty. Fry beef patty until both sides slightly brownish. After beef patties are cooked, rest it on a cooling rack to remove excess oil.

Beef Potato Croquettes

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Divide mash potato into 4 parts. Flatten into ½ cm thick. Place beef patty and mozzarella cheese above it. Then wrap it into mash potato. Coat the croquettes respectively with the flour mix, egg wash and then bread crumbs.

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In a pan fry, heat the cooking oil over medium high heat, about 170°C/340°F. Fry the croquettes until nice and golden. After the beef potato croquettes are cooked, rest it on a cooling rack to remove excess oil.

Serve with ketchup and mayonnaise. Enjoy!