You can't surprise anyone with chicken cutletsno one. But we will try! But don't buy frozen semi-finished products, where the meat is only on the price tag. From this "it is not clear what" you will get something incomprehensible, but not tasty cutlets. We will make real cutlets from minced chicken. Don't be lazy - twist it from fresh chicken (it will take very little time). But if you still feel sorry for the time, take ready-made minced meat in any supermarket, only not frozen, but chilled. And get ready for the cutlets to be simply "yummy". Here are recipes for delicious cutlets from ordinary minced chicken.
Home-made cutlets
Well, what else can you call a recipe for chicken cutlets?cooked at home for your beloved household? Chicken cutlets from minced meat, which are cooked very quickly, and eaten even faster than they are cooked - these are only the most delicious homemade cutlets. In order to make such a "speedy" dish, you will need affordable and always available products at home. Ingredients:
- Chicken mince (1 kg)
- Bulb
- White bread (3 slices)
- 1 raw potato
- 1 egg
- Milk (3 tbsp.)
- Salt and pepper
Preparation:Place the minced meat in a bowl and add finely chopped onion. Soak the bread (crustless) in milk. Grate the potatoes and add to the minced meat. Add the soaked bread and egg. Pepper, salt and mix the minced meat. Start making cutlets. Scoop some minced meat into your palm and, throwing it from palm to palm, mold the cutlets. Fry in hot oil, browning each side in turn. Leave the browned cutlets in the frying pan, covered with a lid, to steam for another ten minutes. By the way, if you prefer a recipe for cooking exclusively with steam, then you will get a dietary version of chicken cutlets from minced meat.
Chicken cutlets with filling (zrazy)
This is a recipe for so-called zrazy.If we cook cutlets with minced chicken and any filling, they will be called zrazy. For the filling, you can use fried mushrooms, grated cheese, hard-boiled eggs, fried onions and (or) carrots. Let's try to make, for example, their fastest version - cutlets from minced chicken with cheese. Ingredients:
- Chicken mince (1 kg)
- Bulb (1 or 2)
- 1 egg
- Cheese (200-300 g)
- Salt and pepper
- Manka or bread crumbs
Preparation:This recipe differs from regular chicken cutlets not only by the presence of the filling. The "shell" of these cutlets should be dense. Therefore, we will not put potatoes and bread in the minced meat. We cook it only with the addition of chopped onions (take one or a couple of pieces), a raw egg, salt and pepper. For the filling, take grated cheese and start forming the cutlets. Take a little minced meat in the palm of your hand, make a flat cake out of it, and put a spoonful of grated cheese in the middle. Holding the minced meat in one palm, carefully wrap the edges of the cake up with the other hand. Roll each cutlet in breading and fry. You can serve the cutlets with butter or mayonnaise. Note: The breading can be made by mixing flour with semolina, or you can use regular breadcrumbs for this purpose. If you are steaming the cutlets, then you do not need to bread them.
Chicken cutlets in Minsk
Belarusian version of chicken mince cutlets withmushrooms. This is a kind of modified recipe for the popular Kyiv cutlets. They turn out tender and no less tasty than Kyiv ones. To prepare minced chicken cutlets "Minsk style", take the following ingredients:
- Minced meat (kilogram)
- Mushrooms (400 g)
- 4 eggs
- Milk (half a glass)
- Breadcrumbs
- Butter (100 g)
- Butter (100 g)
- Salt
Preparation:To make the filling, wash the mushrooms, chop finely and fry in butter. The minced meat recipe for these cutlets excludes onions, so we cook it only with the addition of milk and one egg, salt and mix well. Next, form the cutlets in the same way as in the previous recipe: put the mushrooms on the flatbread and wrap. Make the cutlet itself oblong (like a spindle). Then roll it in breadcrumbs, dip it in beaten egg and bread it again. Fry the cutlets in melted butter. Note: No less delicious Minsk-style cutlets are obtained with a filling of dried mushrooms. To do this, soak them for half an hour, boil them, and then fry them and add them as a filling for cutlets with minced chicken.
Cutlets with oatmeal
You can approach the preparation of chicken mince cutlets more rationally and prepare an economy version of hearty and juicy cutlets. Ingredients:
- Minced chicken (500 g)
- Bulb
- Oatmeal flakes (glass)
- Milk (half a glass)
- 1 egg
- Vegetable oil
- Salt and pepper
Preparation:Add chopped onion, flakes, milk and egg, salt and spices to the minced meat. Knead and form cutlets. Fry in vegetable oil. Serve with mayonnaise or sour cream. If you approach the preparation of chicken cutlets from minced meat creatively, you can not only save time and money, but even invent a new dish. Delicious and tender cutlets can be made with any filling, fried in breadcrumbs or cooked in a steamer, served with mushroom or cream sauce, with a hearty side dish or a light salad. And on top of everything, they are very quick and easy to make. Try it! We recommend reading: