: a small often rounded mass consisting usually of minced meat, fish, or vegetable coated with egg and bread crumbs and deep-fried
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a fish croquette that tasted more of filler than of fish
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As more guests arrived—including Kaitlyn Dever, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Dominic Sessa—the party continued in full swing, with guests mingling over wagyu taquitos, prawn croquettes, and endless flutes of Champagne.
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Paul Chi, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2025
Here are the restaurants participating in Dine Downtown and their menus:
Frog & Slim
1420 16th St.
This New American restaurant’s Dine Downtown menu offers a choice of starters: goat cheese croquettes or white anchovy caesar salad.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
At the Stock Show over the weekend, a server passed beef oxtail croquettes around to the mingling crowd before Lambert kicked off the evening’s festivities.
—Miguel Otárola, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
The Lincoln Park fishmongers here also share their passion for seafood with a robust range of cooking classes covering various seafood dishes, from fish croquettes and salmon picadillo to tuna potstickers and shrimp tom kha soup.
—Amy Bizzarri, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
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Paul Chi, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2025
Here are the restaurants participating in Dine Downtown and their menus:
Frog & Slim
1420 16th St.
This New American restaurant’s Dine Downtown menu offers a choice of starters: goat cheese croquettes or white anchovy caesar salad.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
At the Stock Show over the weekend, a server passed beef oxtail croquettes around to the mingling crowd before Lambert kicked off the evening’s festivities.
—Miguel Otárola, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
The Lincoln Park fishmongers here also share their passion for seafood with a robust range of cooking classes covering various seafood dishes, from fish croquettes and salmon picadillo to tuna potstickers and shrimp tom kha soup.
—Amy Bizzarri, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Croquette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/croquette. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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croquette
noun
cro·quette
krō-ˈket 
: a roll or ball of hashed meat, fish, or vegetables fried in deep fat
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