1. small fried cakes or patties made from minced meat, fish, or vegetables, often coated in breadcrumbs
Usage: chiefly British

Examples

• She served beef rissoles with mashed potatoes for dinner.
• The fish rissoles were crispy on the outside and tender inside.
• My grandmother’s chicken rissoles were always a family favorite.
• The restaurant offered vegetarian rissoles made with lentils and herbs.
• He learned to make salmon rissoles from his cooking class.
• The rissoles were golden brown after frying in hot oil.