Simple Way to Make Award-winning Nana's Beef Croquettes

Nana's Beef Croquettes.

You can have Nana's Beef Croquettes using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Nana's Beef Croquettes

1. You need 2 lb of ground beef.
2. You need 1 of rib celery.
3. You need 1/2 of green bell pepper.
4. It's 1/2 of onion.
5. Prepare 1-2 tsp of fresh minced garlic.
6. You need 1 can of vegetable soup.
7. You need 1/4 cup of water.
8. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of plain breadcrumbs.
9. It's 1 of large egg.
10. Prepare to taste of salt & pepper.
11. It's 1 can of petite diced tomatoes.

Nana's Beef Croquettes instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
2. Roughly chop celery, onion and green pepper. Place in blender with vegetable soup, garlic and water. Blend until contents are a coarse puree..
3. In a large bowl combine meat, veggie puree, breadcrumbs, egg, salt and pepper until will combined. It works best to mix with clean hands..
4. Form meat mixture into 12 equal sized croquettes (egg shaped balls, like mini loaves lol). Place croquettes in 9x13in baking dish and pour can of tomatoes evenly over tops. Bake uncovered for 1 hr 15 min..
5. Note: These can also be made with 1lb ground beef 1 lb ground turkey and are just as delicious with less fat!.