BETTY'S TURKEY CROQUETTES

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Provided by My Food and Family

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Time 1h15m

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

Thick White Sauce
6 tablespoons butter or margarine
8 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 cups milk
1 medium onion
2 stalk s celery
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
4 cups finely chopped cooked turkey
Flavored bread crumbs
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk mixed
Canola oil for frying

Steps:

Thick white sauce: Slowly melt butter in saucepan (Do Not burn). Remove from heat. Add flour, salt and pepper. Slowly add milk. Return to heat and stir constantly. Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer 1 minute.
Finely chop the onion and celery and saute in the butter until tender. Mix with the meat. Add the white sauce to the meat mixture and chill in refrigerator 2 hours.
Form mixture into balls. Combine eggs and milk. Dip balls in bread crumbs then in the egg/milk mixture and again into the bread crumbs.
Fry 3-5 minutes in the hot oil. Serve with gravy.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 0 g, Fat 0 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 g, Sodium 0 g, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 0 g