Minced meat cutlets are an indispensable food for the whole family. This juicy meat treat is harmoniously complemented by a variety of side dishes in the form of mashed potatoes, cereals and vegetables. Numerous cooking variations and countless recipes each time give this dish more and more flavor accents.

Pan fried cutlets

The recipe for minced chicken cutlets in a pan is passed down from generation to generation. In the classic version, a table egg is used, but you can not add it. A feature of such cutlets is their softness and speed of cooking.

A complete list of components per pound of chicken is as follows:

  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • white bread - 100 - 150 g;
  • dining room egg - 1 pc.;
  • garlic - 2 cloves;
  • cow's milk - 50 ml;
  • vegetable oil - 30 ml;
  • small salt - pinch;
  • black pepper - a pinch.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Cut the crust of the bread, break it into small pieces and fill it with milk.
  2. Free garlic and onion from the husk, rinse and chop finely.
  3. We wash the chicken fillet, divide into pieces and process it into homogeneous minced meat. We do this using standard kitchen appliances, such as a meat grinder, blender or food processor.
  4. In a deep container, we turn meat, bread, garlic and onions into a single composition.
  5. Drive the egg into the salty seasoned minced meat and mix thoroughly.
  6. We wet our palms and form small cutlets.
  7. In a heated pan, fry all servings. The fire should be small.

Oven recipe

Despite the similar composition of the components, minced chicken cutlets in the oven are obtained slightly different than in a pan. They should come out more baked on the inside, but less crispy on the outside.

For this recipe you will need:

  • minced chicken (ready or twisted fillet) - 1 kg;
  • pulp of white bread - 90 g;
  • onion - 160 g;
  • potatoes - 160 g;
  • table egg - 1 pc.;
  • kefir - a pair of spoons;
  • garlic - 1 clove;
  • purified water - 250 ml;
  • vegetable oil - 30 ml;
  • small salt and pepper - a pinch.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Pour the bread slices with half the prescription volume of water and leave to soak.
  2. In the meantime, we clean and garlic the onion and onion.
  3. The resulting mass is converted into one composition with vegetables and a loaf.
  4. Peel and rub the potatoes. Squeeze the juice from it and mix the chips with meat.
  5. Lastly, drop the pepper, pour the kefir and egg. Solim.
  6. We interfere and create round cutlets.
  7. We pre-cover the baking sheet with parchment. We place the formed products on it and move it to the oven, heated to a temperature of 195 ° C.
  8. After 20 minutes, pour the remaining water into the pan and cook the cutlets for another 20 minutes.

The patties in the oven come out excellent, pre-fried in a pan. In the oven, they retain a delicious crust, but they are perfectly baked inside.

Delicious zucchini dish

In the zucchini season, housewives bring this tasty vegetable to many dishes, and meatballs are no exception. It will not be so easy for guests to guess what kind of “zest” this time complements this seemingly ordinary dish.

 

In order not to miscalculate, you need to adhere to the following ratio of products:

  • minced chicken - 0.6 kg;
  • table egg - 1 pc.;
  • zucchini - 0.5 kg;
  • breadcrumbs - 25 g;
  • sunflower oil - 25 ml;
  • salt, pepper mix - pinch;
  • garlic - 1 to 2 cloves;
  • green onions - 3 feathers;
  • onions - 1 pc.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Zucchini clean and rinse. Prepare onions and garlic cloves.
  2. Grind all vegetables with a knife or three on a grater.
  3. Combine meat, garlic, zucchini, onion. Do not forget to pepper and salt.
  4. At the end, pour the egg.
  5. Knead the mass until the composition is homogeneous.
  6. Formed cutlets roll in breadcrumbs and place on a hot skillet.
  7. Fry over low heat. Serve garnished with onions.

Steam cutlets in a multicooker

Steamed chicken meatballs are allowed to be consumed even by those on a diet or undergoing a heavy operation. The most effective kitchen appliance for cooking is a multicooker. But the composition of the dish should be more modest than that of fried or baked cutlets.

Namely:

  • chicken fillet - 400 g;
  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • white bread - 4 slices;
  • table egg - 1 pc.;
  • fine salt - according to taste preferences.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Stuffing is best done with whole fillet to be sure of its quality. To do this, skip the meat through a meat grinder or grind it in a blender.
  2. Remove the husk from the onion, rinse and cut the root crop into cubes.
  3. Wet the bread and squeeze the liquid out of it a little.
  4. We combine all the prepared components in a separate bowl and form portions-balls.
  5. Pour water into the multicooker, set the container for steaming and transfer the patties to it.
  6. Cook in steamed for an hour.

With oatmeal

Original and unusually tasty oatmeal cutlets come out. This recipe is unfairly deprived of the attention of the hostesses ... Let's try to fix it!

We will prepare such products:

  • minced chicken - 550 g;
  • oat flakes - 100 - 150 g;
  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • paprika - 0.5 tsp;
  • garlic - 2 cloves;
  • cow's milk - 100 ml;
  • vegetable oil - 30 ml;
  • small salt and pepper - according to taste preferences.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Beat a chicken egg with milk.
  2. Pour oatmeal with this mixture for 25 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, peel the onion and garlic.
  4. Chop the onion with a knife, and let the garlic pass through the garlic or rub it on a fine grater.
  5. Mix vegetables with minced meat, spices, a mixture of eggs, milk and cereal.
  6. Knead everything until smooth and form cutlets.
  7. We heat the pan and put the prepared products on it. Fry until cooked.

With the addition of semolina

Many will remember what delicious chicken cutlets our mothers and grandmothers prepared. The secret ingredient, semolina, will help restore taste.

 

The general list of components for a pound of minced meat looks like this:

  • table egg - 1 pc.;
  • semolina - 4 tbsp. l .;
  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • spices - at the discretion of the cook;
  • small salt - according to taste preferences;
  • sunflower oil - 30 ml.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. We clean the onion and cut it into squares.
  2. Mix in a deep bowl onion, egg, minced meat, semolina, spices and salt.
  3. With wet hands, we form round or oval cutlets.
  4. We heat the pan and place the patties on it.
  5. Fry them over low heat until they acquire a persistent golden hue.

Tender chicken cutlets with cheese

The decoration of the festive table can be tender zrazy with cheese filling. They have not only an attractive aroma, but also a presentable appearance.

For such a treat you will need:

  • minced chicken - 0.6 kg;
  • hard cheese - 70 - 80 g;
  • chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
  • garlic - 1 clove;
  • wheat flour - 1 tbsp. l .;
  • mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • greens (parsley, dill, spring onions) - 1 bunch;
  • sunflower oil - 30 g;
  • small salt and spices - according to one’s own preferences.

For such a dish, you should choose a savory brackish cheese. Fresh varieties combined with a not too expressive taste of chicken will not be particularly interesting.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Rub the cheese on a coarse grater.
  2. We wash the table greens under running water and finely chop with a knife.
  3. Peel the garlic and onion, cut into small pieces.
  4. Minced meat is mixed with cheese, eggs, garlic, onions and herbs.
  5. Salt, season the mixture and form oval cutlets.
  6. Dip them in flour and fry in a hot, greased frying pan.
  7. Serve the dish with mayonnaise or sour cream.

Cooking with mushrooms

Cutlets are no less original and memorable if you add a little mushroom to them. Such a delicacy, as a rule, is served along with the author's sauce and parsley.

The list of products per pound of chicken meat:

  • champignon mushrooms (fresh or frozen) - 300 g;
  • table egg - 1 pc.;
  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • garlic - 2 cloves;
  • sour cream - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • wheat flour - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • a bunch of dill - 1 pc.;
  • spices - according to one’s own preferences;
  • sunflower oil - 20 - 30 ml.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Peel the onion and garlic.
  2. Finely chop the onion and add to the minced meat. We pass the garlic through the garlic, half put in minced meat, half in sour cream.
  3. We wash the dill under running water, chop finely and mix with sour cream. It will be a sauce to cutlets.
  4. If necessary, defrost the mushrooms, clean, wash and grind in a blender (or knife). We shift them to the stuffing.
  5. Salt, pepper the meat mixture and form balls with wet hands.
  6. We roll them in flour and put them in a preheated pan with butter.
  7. Cook over low heat and serve with prepared sour cream sauce.

Dietary option for PP

Diet cutlets can be made without the help of a slow cooker. To reduce the calorie content of the dish, it is worth trying to cook it not in a pan, but in the oven. In addition, this type of heat treatment saves a greater number of useful substances of the products used.

 

Prepare in advance:

  • minced chicken - 500 g;
  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • cilantro - 40 g;
  • oatmeal - 50 g;
  • purified ice water - 75 ml;
  • oregano, basil, salt, pepper mix - according to one’s own preferences;
  • olive oil - 20 ml.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Peel the onion, rinse, cut into pieces. Put it in the blender's container and fill it with 20 ml of cold water. Grind.
  2. My cilantro and chop into small pieces.
  3. Mix the minced meat, onion, spices, flour, herbs and salt.
  4. Pour the remaining water into the minced meat, mix well and leave for half an hour.
  5. Cover the baking sheet with foil or parchment, smear with oil.
  6. We lay out the formed portions in the form and put in the oven, heated to 200 ° C, for 25 minutes.

Juicy meatballs in Kiev

Famous meatballs in Kiev will bring culinary pleasure to even the most demanding gourmets. And learning to cook them is not so difficult.

For starters, a pound of minced meat should get these products:

  • butter - 50 - 60 g;
  • chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • fresh dill - a pair of twigs;
  • breadcrumbs - 60 g;
  • wheat flour - 60 g;
  • “Chicken” spices - according to taste preferences;
  • vegetable oil - 0.5 l.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Butter is pre-frozen. We cut it into small cubes only in a frozen state.
  2. My dill under running water and finely chopped with a knife.
  3. Stuffing mix with one egg, salt and pepper.
  4. Beat the second egg in a separate container.
  5. We form the patty by putting a piece of butter and a pinch of dill in the middle.
  6. Dip a serving on all sides alternately in flour, egg and breading.
  7. Put the cutlet in a deep pan with hot oil.
  8. Cook on low heat.

Cutlets are a dish for all occasions, therefore, every self-respecting hostess must be able to cook them deliciously. Do not forget, the path to the man’s heart lies through his stomach!

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