How To Make Spanish Croquetas

Chef Katie Button from Cúrate and Button and Co. Bagels in Asheville, North Carolina stops by the Munchies Test Kitchen to demonstrate the art of making Spanish tapas with creamy, crispy chicken croquetas. Katie talks about her transition from biomedical engineering to the culinary arts, why she fell in love with tapas culture, and how to utilize a rotisserie chicken for this simple but delicious recipe.

Additional Editor: Alice Obar

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[Hmm...Whats-Their-Name]

Yo, she explains so many useful tips while she goes. What a great teaching and informational vid!

[craighoelzer]

This lady worked at El Bulli. One of the better, more accomplished cooks Munchies has had on.

[sarahchristina]

My Spanish family makes these a bit different. Their technique is way more labour intensive but I feel it really makes a difference for an amazing interior. We start by making almost like a dough, slowly adding more milk and flour, then we continue to mix and fold until it becomes super thick and creamy, then we add the meat at the end before putting it in the fridge.

[coladordevictoria]

Finally, an american cooking CROQUETAS. Awesome, good looking, traditional croquetas.
Thank You from Spain.

[GaryArkham]

Thank you for preaching the Way of the Croqueta for all the world to see!

[spencerwinson]

This seems easy, delightful and omg I'm not over how adorable Katie Button is!!!

[akinigiri]

Amazing! I love my moms chicken croquetas, she usually makes it for Christmas. I’m more keen on them than the turkey jaja. Also, using the croquetas as a measure of restaurant quality is a legit method. So cool that Jose Andres came over to help you! He seems like such a nice person

[neutroniumranger]

Mmm I love Ham Croquetas. My grandmother used to make them for us.

[HWISE]

Love Curate! One of our favorites when visiting western NC.

[faze_buendia]

So excited to make these today! I've been looking for days for a yummy looking recipe using shredded chicken and I think I finally found The One!
Thanks Munchies!!

[jesgep]

Curate is one of the best restaurants I've been to! We love Asheville.

[saxboss]

Made a similar recipe a few weeks ago. If you make these for the first time I cannot stress enough: do not go short on the refrigeration time, otherwise it’ll be a bad time.

[atenakitabi]

Love how she narrates her story while cooking

[aviatorix]

Lovely stories and a delicious recipe. Also, having the cred as a student to have Jose Andres fly out to help you open your restaurant is, in a word, amazing.

[Snekcneh]

During the 80 year war (war between Netherlands and Spain fought on Dutch grounds) the Spanish got introduced to the croquette. After the war they took the croquette with them and made it a Spanish dish.

[KO-yelm]

Great video! I was adding the milk too soon. Thank you!!

[alvarojimenez]

People think italians are incredibly demanding when it comes to their own cuisine (which is true), but also spaniards. My grandma would have signed this croquetas recipe step by step. Congrats to the Chef :D

[massaya]

I enjoyed watching you and learned a lot, loved your story too

[Carolinas_SweetTea]

Hi I love coming across new people and new food videos to save to my list! You are amazing ❣️ and these looked amazing and inexpensive and easy! Good video great job!

[RollingKimura]

I thought she said she owned a "Spanish Topless Bar" 😂