Chicken and Potato Patties (Croquettes)

1 onion, diced
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 cups boiled chicken (mom used chicken from a soup she made)
2 eggs
salt and pepper
2 cups mashed potatoes
1 cup panko bread crumbs
oil for frying
Chicken:

In a bowl, mash chicken with a fork until ground and set aside.
Brown onions in 2 tbsp oil.
Add onions, 1 egg, salt and pepper to chicken and mix thoroughly.
Form chicken mixture into patties taking note of the number of patties.
Potatoes:

Combine mashed potatoes with 1 egg, salt and pepper and mix thoroughly.
Form into flat patties larger than the chicken patties. Note: make twice as many potato patties as chicken patties.
Bringing it all together:

Put a potato patty in your hand and form a slight bowl and put the meat patty on top.
Put the second potato patty on top and roll/pat it.
Dip patty in panko breadcrumbs and brown on both sides.


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