1950's Tomato Croquettes

This recipe comes from a 1950 magazine advertisement for Hunt’s tomato sauce.

Oven Croquettes

Croquettes Ingredients

2 cups cooked, diced turkey or chicken

1 medium onion

1 small green pepper

¾ cup fine dry bread crumbs

2 teaspoons salt

1 egg, well beaten

1 can tomato sauce



Sauce Ingredients



1 can tomato sauce

½ cup water

½ cup gravy

1 teaspoon horseradish

Croquettes Directions

Cut up onion and green pepper and grind together with cooked poultry.

Add in rest of ingredients and mix well, then form 8 cakes.



Sauce Directions

Mix together all ingredients. Pour this sauce into shallow greased baking dish.

Brush the croquettes with melted fat and set them in the sauce

Bake in 400 degree oven for about 20 to 25 minutes, basting with sauce after 15 minutes.