Description
This crunchy, creamy Sweet Potato Croquettes Recipe is loaded with healthy ingredients, but tastes like an indulgent, sweet, full-flavor dessert bomb!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups panko breadcrumbs
- 1 large egg
- coconut milk or condensed milk for drizzling just before serving
Filling
- 1 pound sweet potatoes
- 1 large ripe banana
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts
- 3 tablespoons whole wheat flour
- pinch salt
- vegetable oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Put sweet potatoes on a cooking tray and bake for 45 minutes, or until tender. Set aside and let cool to room temperature.
- Peel sweet potatoes and add to a large mixing bowl. Add banana and mash until smooth. Add egg, walnuts, flour and salt. Mix well.
- Portion about a tablespoon of sweet potato mixture and shape into a ball. Transfer to a plate and repeat until all the mixture has been used.
- Put egg in a separate bowl and whisk lightly.
- In a separate bowl , add panko breadcrumbs.
- One by one, dip sweet potato balls in egg – then coat in breadcrumbs.
- Heat oil to 350°F and add a few croquettes at a time. Fry for about 4-5 minutes, until golden brown.
- Remove from oil and drain on a paper towel.
- Serve drizzled with a little coconut milk or condensed milk.
Notes
This Sweet Potato Croquettes Recipe is:
Low in sodium
High in manganese
High in potassium
High in vitamin C
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 croquette
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 7.3 g
- Sodium: 164.3 mg
- Fat: 3.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 37.8 g
- Fiber: 4.9 g
- Protein: 4.9 g
- Cholesterol: 24.8 mg
