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Hard-boiled egg croquettes with béchamel sauce

Hard-boiled egg croquettes with béchamel sauce

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Golden, crispy croquettes: a thick béchamel sauce mixed with chopped hard-boiled eggs, coated in breadcrumbs, and fried just before serving.

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Recipe from Yivan000, Urbano (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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These crispy croquettes conceal a creamy interior of béchamel sauce and hard-boiled eggs. They are prepared in advance and fried just before serving.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 15 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfrying
  • Estimated cost$1.39 $0.23 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

6 people
  • $0.55
  • $0.04
  • $0.37
  • $0.04
  • $0.29
  • $0.10

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Melt the butter in a pan and add the flour. Cook for a few minutes, then pour in the milk.
  2. Continue cooking until the sauce thickens, stirring occasionally to prevent it from sticking or burning. Season to taste.
  3. Add the chopped hard-boiled eggs. ≈ 3 min
  4. Let it cool for about 15 minutes in the refrigerator.
  5. Form small, round patties using the cooled mixture.
  6. Coat them in breadcrumbs, then in beaten eggs, and then in breadcrumbs again. ≈ 10 min
  7. Let them rest for a few minutes in the refrigerator, then fry them in hot oil.

The bill

Hard-boiled egg croquettes with béchamel sauce

  • 60 g of butter$0.55
  • 30 g of flour$0.04
  • 375 ml of milk$0.37
  • 1 tablespoon of salt$0.04
  • 100 g of breadcrumbs$0.29
  • 60 ml of frying oil paint$0.10

Total$1.39

that's $0.23 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • 60 g of butter
  • 30 g of flour
  • 375 ml of milk
  • 1 tablespoon of salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon of white pepper
  • 6 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
  • 100 g of breadcrumbs
  • 1 egg, beaten, with 2 tablespoons of milk
  • 60 ml of frying oil paint

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