Meat Deli-style Beef & Potato Croquettes

• 250 grams Mixed beef and pork mince
• 1 Onion
• 1 tbsp Vegetable oil
• 5 Potatoes, medium-sized (800 grams)
• 1 egg Egg yolk
• 3 tbsp Water
• 1 as required Flour
• 1 as required Fresh panko
• 1 as required Oil for deep frying
• 3 tbsp Soy sauce
• 2 tbsp Sugar
• 2 tbsp Sake
• 1 tbsp Mirin
• 1/2 tsp Nutmeg
• 1 Salt and pepper
• 1 Salt and pepper

1. Peel the potatoes and run under tap water.
2. Drain well.
3. Mix with soy sauce and sugar.
4. The potatoes will absorb the flavour well.
5. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan.
6. Fry the chopped onion over medium heat.
7. After the onion is translucent, add the mince, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
8. Add the potatoes along with the seasonings.
9. Add the sake and mirin.
10. Cover and cook for 10 minutes.
11. Uncover the lid and mash the potatoes with a wooden spatula and let the excess moisture evaporate.
12. When the potato mixture have thickened, turn off the heat and let cool.
13. Prepare the coating: flour, egg yolk mixed with water and fresh panko.
14. After shaping the potato mixture to your liking coat with flour, egg yolk water and fresh panko (in this order) all over.
15. Heat oil for deep-frying and check the temperature of the oil by dropping some panko into the oil.
16. If they sink, then quickly rise to the surface, it is ready.
17. Deep-fry the croquettes until golden brown.

beef, onion, vegetable oil, potatoes, egg yolk, water, flour, soy sauce, sugar, sake, mirin, nutmeg, salt, salt

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/153737-meat-deli-style-beef-potato-croquettes (may not work)