Delicate, juicy and fragrant cutlets are loved by everyone. This is one of the most popular meat dishes. Therefore, we present to your attention several classic recipes for minced meat cutlets and their variations.

Minced meatballs - a classic recipe

Ingredients:

  • Minced pork or a piece of meat from which you can make minced meat yourself - 1 kg;
  • Milk - 350 ml;
  • Bread - 0.3 kg;
  • Eggs - 2 pieces;
  • Oil - for frying;
  • Onions - 3-4 pieces (medium heads);
  • Spices and salt to taste.

Cooking step by step:

  1. If you purchased a ready-made stuffing or made it in advance - go directly to the second point. So, take the pork and rinse it under running water. Remove all films and bones from it (if any) and remove excess fluid from the meat. Cut the meat into small pieces and scroll through them using a meat grinder.
  2. Put the minced meat in a large bowl, because we will continue to add the remaining ingredients to it.
  3. Put slices of bread in a small bowl and pour them with milk (in extreme cases, you can pour the bread with boiled water). Let the bread soften, it only takes a few minutes.
  4. Peel the onions. Pass all the bulbs through the meat grinder and add them to the meat. If you do not have a meat grinder, then onions can be chopped manually or using a blender.
  5. Take the crumb out of the milk and put the bread in the meat.
  6. Beat eggs into all components. Stuff the minced meat well, it should be of uniform consistency.
  7. Add your favorite spices and salt. Mix the resulting mass.
  8. Place the pan over medium heat, pour in oil. Wait for the pan to heat up well.
  9. Dampen your hands in cold water and start sculpting our meatballs. Choose the size yourself, but keep in mind: small ones cook faster, and large ones are more juicy.
  10. Put the patties only on a well-heated pan.There should be a distance between the meat balls, otherwise they will stick together or lose their shape.
  11. Fry our cutlets from two sides until golden brown.
  12. Pour the patties with water, and set the fire to a minimum. Let them stew, about 20-30 minutes. You can do it another way: fry all the cutlets and put them in a saucepan and simmer all together. Or you can do without this item.
  13. Fragrant pork minced meatballs are ready. They are suitable for all side dishes, but most often they are used with mashed potatoes or with pasta.

Extra delicious cutlet recipes

There are many variations of the classic recipe. Consider the most interesting and delicious cutlet options.

Minced Chops

Ingredients:

  • Chicken fillet - 1 piece (approximately 0.5 kg);
  • Butter - 50 g;
  • Breadcrumbs or flour - 1 cup;
  • Stale bread - 2 slices;
  • Onion - 1 piece;
  • Egg - 1 piece;
  • Oil - for frying;
  • Spices and salt to taste.

Step-by-step cooking steps:

  1. Take a pack of oil and cut a quarter of it (about 50 grams), wrap the cut piece in a small bag or in plastic wrap. Put the oil in the refrigerator for half an hour. Oil can be replaced with margarine.
  2. For dry bread, cut the crusts and leave only the crumb. Pour the bread with water.
  3. Make minced meat with a blender or a meat grinder.
  4. Finely chop the onion or mince it.
  5. Make minced meat: in a large bowl we combine the meat, onion, egg and softened bread (before this, squeeze it thoroughly so that there is as little liquid as possible in the minced meat).
  6. Mix everything thoroughly and add spices to our mincemeat.
  7. Remove the oil and grate it quickly, add it to the meat and mix everything thoroughly. Put the minced meat in the refrigerator for 5-10 minutes.
  8. Moisten your hands and begin to sculpt cutlets. After that, dip each in breadcrumbs, put the finished patties on a wooden board.
  9. Heat the pan and pour refined oil into it.
  10. When the oil is hot - lay out the patties. Fry them without a lid.
  11. You need to fry on each side until a golden crust is formed (about 5-6 minutes on each side).
  12. Ready cutlets of minced meat must be served hot with fresh vegetables.

Ground beef

Beef cutlets are tough. Therefore, such meat must be diluted with third-party additives, for example - oatmeal. They have a slightly pronounced taste, which will not interrupt the meat and give emu juiciness and softness.

Ingredients:

  • Beef - 1 kg;
  • Oil - for frying;
  • Eggs - 2 pieces;
  • Oatmeal - 6-7 tbsp. spoons;
  • Onion - 2 heads;
  • Salt and spices, herbs - to taste.

Cooking:

  1. Take the cereal, pour it into a deep bowl and pour boiling water (1.5 cups).
  2. Make minced beef meat or buy one ready-made.
  3. Mix the minced meat with the eggs. They can be replaced with one raw potato (then you need to pass it through a meat grinder), it also has excellent adhesive abilities.
  4. Grind both onions. Add them to the minced meat.
  5. Add the prepared oatmeal and spices with salt to the meat. Chop greens (e.g. dill and parsley) and add it to the minced meat. The entire mass must be thoroughly mixed.
  6. Wet cutlets with wet hands. During sculpting, they need to be beaten off a little (leave the meat from one hand to the other), so that excess moisture is removed, and the meatballs do not lose their shape during cooking.
  7. Heat a frying pan with oil and send patties to it. They must be fried on both sides. First, fry the first side without a lid, then turn the meat balls over, turn down the heat and cover. If you use this technique, then the cutlets will become softer and more aromatic.
  8. Ground beef cutlets are ready. It is better to use them in a warm form with a side dish.

Chicken Kiev

Consider the cooking algorithm for this dish using only one cutlet as an example.

Ingredients:

  • Chicken fillet - 1 piece;
  • Rusks - for breading;
  • Flour - for breading;
  • Oil - 25 g;
  • Cream cheese - 25 g;
  • Egg - 1 piece;
  • Dill - 2-3 g;
  • Salt and white pepper - 2 g;
  • Sunflower oil - for deep fat.

Cooking:

  1. Take chicken breast and rinse thoroughly. Trim all films, veins and fat from the meat. Next, you need to cut it in the middle and unfold (like a book) so that the meat is a single layer. Importantly, do not forget to leave a bone on the fillet.
  2. Wrap the meat with cling film and begin to beat it until the chop becomes about 0.5 cm thick.
  3. Salt the chop, add pepper, but note that the color of these additions will affect the appearance of the juice. And he, ideally, should be transparent. Therefore, it is worth using white pepper.
  4. Cooking the filling. Rub the cheese on a fine grater, cut the greens very finely, mix everything together with the butter. Wrap this mixture in cling film, giving it the shape of a sausage. Send the filling to the freezer. The last moment is mandatory, since without preliminary hardening the filling will simply not keep its shape and will quickly spread throughout the cutlet. In the classic recipe, it is customary to put only butter in the middle, but this option has been improved over time. But you can put in the middle just a piece of oil.
  5. Put the filling in the middle of the fillet and wrap the meat so that the filling is securely hidden in the chop and the oil does not leak during cooking.
  6. Eat a little meat to make it look like a patty.
  7. Put the cutlet in the freezer (at least half an hour) so that it holds firmly to its shape and does not fall apart during further warm processing.
  8. Take our product from the freezer and grind it with flour.
  9. In a small bowl, beat the egg without adding spices.
  10. Dip the meat in the egg. Do it slowly so that the excess has time to drain.
  11. Bread the product in breadcrumbs. Put the cutlet in the freezer for a few minutes to keep the batter better.
  12. Remove the meat and dip it in the egg again.
  13. Dip the cutlet in the breadcrumbs.
  14. Deep-fry the patty until golden brown.
  15. Send the cutlet to the oven preheated to 190-200 degrees, for 15 minutes. For the allotted time, the cutlet should be fully prepared.
  16. The dish is ready. Delicious!

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Minced meat

 

If you mix several types of meat, you get a completely new taste. In addition, such cutlets will be very fragrant and juicy.

Ingredients:

  • Pork - 0.2 kg;
  • Chicken meat - 0.2 kg;
  • Beef - 0.2 kg;
  • Egg - 1 piece;
  • Rusks or flour - for breading;
  • Onion - 2 pieces;
  • Potato - 1 piece;
  • Baton - 1 slice;
  • Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons;
  • Spices and salt to taste.

Cooking:

  1. All meat needs to be washed and trimmed films and bones. Dry all types of meat with paper towels.
  2. Cut all 3 types into pieces and scroll them in a meat grinder.
  3. Peel onions and potatoes and chop them with a meat grinder as well.
  4. Soak the bread in water. Add the pulp to the minced meat.
  5. Beat the minced egg. Put mayonnaise, but if the meat is fat, then it will not be needed.
  6. If you wish, you can add garlic and herbs to the meat at this stage.
  7. Add your favorite spices and salt to the minced meat. Mix everything thoroughly.
  8. We beat off the cutlets. This is a mandatory step in this recipe, as the meat should have a uniform structure. So, take the meat in your hand and force it back into the bowl, repeat this action several times. You will immediately see that the stuffing will change. If you do everything right, then the cutlets will keep their shape perfectly, and their taste will be simply amazing.
  9. With moistened hands, begin to sculpt cutlets. Then, roll them in breadcrumbs (you can replace them with flour).
  10. Pour oil into a well-heated pan, wait until it is well heated.
  11. Only place meatballs in a very hot pan. Fry until golden brown on both sides. After that they can be put out.
  12. When the dish is ready, you can set the table. Eat cutlets with your favorite side dish.

Cooking nuances

Each of the above options for cooking cutlets can be done using different kitchen appliances (pan, oven or slow cooker). But depending on the methods of cooking cutlets, there are some nuances:

In the pan

 

This is a classic option that many housewives prefer. So cutlets are cooked quickly, and you can constantly control the degree of frying.

In the oven

This is a less common option, but, nevertheless, many women use it, since at the same time you can cook a lot more cutlets and do not need to stand at the stove.

For this option it is necessary to grease a baking sheet with oil or grease and lay out the patties. But you can do even without oil - just cover the bottom of the form with foil.

Also, cutlets that are cooked in the oven can be modified. For example, on each cutlet you can put a circle of tomato, mushroom or cheese. It all depends on your imagination.

In a slow cooker

Supporters of a healthy diet are inclined to this option, as with the help of a multicooker it is possible to cook meatballs completely without oil - for a couple.

But if you do not have this device, and you want to eat healthy food, then there is a solution. Take a large pot and boil water in it. Place a colander on top so that it does not touch the water, and put cutlets on it. Thus, while the water is boiling, your patties will be cooked.

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Now you know how to cook cutlets! Try to cook different recipes and do not be afraid to change them based on your taste preferences.

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