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How to deliciously cook minced meat cutlets step by step. Classic minced meat cutlets - recipe. Buckwheat cutlets with egg

Today I suggest you prepare juicy and tasty cutlets. Which? Choose according to your taste! I can offer you a step-by-step recipe for cutlets made from minced turkey, pork, chicken and pollock, with the addition of cabbage and potatoes, and even cutlets without bread. You can make it in a frying pan, or you can cook it in the oven. I decided to collect the most popular recipes in one place in order to spread out and organize the information a little, it’s convenient when everything is at hand.

Simple secrets of tasty and juicy cutlets.

But first, let's determine what principles of preparing cutlets allow them to turn out juicy and tasty, regardless of the type of minced meat and accompanying spices. Perhaps these rules will seem banal and “as old as time” to experienced housewives, but not everyone is born “in a chef’s hat and apron” - young people and beginners sometimes need to say simple things.

And it’s not a fact that they seem so obvious to them!

    • Of course, you can make cutlets without bread... But the question is: will this dish be called cutlets? After all, bread, which we first soak in water or milk and then add to the minced meat for cutlets, is an essential ingredient in almost any recipe for delicious homemade cutlets. And the point here is not about saving on minced meat, as some people think! Bread allows you to make minced meat softer, juicier, and tastier. But we are not talking about ready-made minced meat bought in a store (you’ll never guess what’s already been added there!), but rather about pure minced meat that you have just turned with your own hands from a natural piece of meat;
    • Water (milk, cream, mineral water) must be present in the minced meat for cutlets. It is moisture that makes the cutlets juicy and soft. The more fatty component in this liquid, the tastier and more tender (but the more high-calorie our cutlets will be!). The water must be cooled to an icy state. The rule, again, is only suitable for freshly prepared natural minced meat, without additives from cunning manufacturers of “semi-finished products”.
    • Not everyone knows that in addition to adding cold milk, ice water or even mineral water to the minced meat, such minced meat must be beaten. This is done very simply - as with dough, scoop up handfuls of minced meat and throw it back into the bowl, do this 15-20 times. The liquid is absorbed into the minced meat and the cutlets turn out very juicy. It would be good to give the minced meat some time to stand - about half an hour, or maybe more;
    • It is for juiciness that cabbage, potatoes, and onions are added to the minced meat for cutlets. Moreover, you need to chop them very finely (do not turn them through a meat grinder or in a blender, it is important to chop them very finely”). Although there are, of course, recipes that suggest running these additives through a meat grinder or passing them through a blender, it seems to me that here we are talking more about saving cooking time than about improving the taste of the dish;

And of course, the quality of the meat from which the minced meat for the cutlets is made is very important for the quality of the final product. It is impossible to make tasty cutlets from old, dry, frozen or, God forbid, rancid meat with any additives or “magic” ingredients... Although the cooks of some school canteens would argue with me now...

For these wonderful, juicy and tasty cutlets, we will need ground turkey (turkey meat), as well as the following simple ingredients.

  • turkey fillet (or any minced meat) - 1 kg
  • loaf (bread) - 150g
  • milk - 150g
  • egg - 1 pc.
  • onions - 2 pcs
  • salt, pepper - to taste
  • sunflower oil for frying
  • garlic - optional
1 If you make the minced meat yourself, cut the turkey fillet into pieces and pass through a meat grinder. Some people immediately turn the peeled onion to speed up the process, but if you chop the onion finely and finely and add it to the finished minced meat, the cutlets will turn out juicier. 2 Soak the bread in warm milk or water. Many people advise cutting off the crusts, but if you turn the meat through a meat grinder, then you can add the bread there too - into the meat grinder, and the crusts will not bother us. If you add bread directly to the prepared minced meat, it is easier to knead it when there are no crusts. 3 When the turkey meat, onion and bread are already mixed in the minced meat, add one egg, salt and pepper. Mix everything and beat the minced meat in the same way as you beat the dough, about a minute is enough - this way our cutlets will not fall apart and crawl in the pan, but will be strong, elastic and appetizing. 4 Place the frying pan on the stove, add a little vegetable oil and heat well. With wet hands, form a ball of minced meat with your hands, slightly flatten it on both sides, give it the desired shape - round or pie shape, and place it in a hot frying pan. You can roll the cutlets in breadcrumbs, flour or egg white, but you can do without it - the cutlets will still have a good shape, beautiful golden frying and an appetizing crispy crust. 1 Fry the cutlets on one side until golden brown, turn them over and cover with a lid. Under the lid, the cutlets will steam and reach readiness. As soon as you cover with a lid, reduce the heat to low and watch for readiness. Usually, such cutlets are cooked on the fire for 10-15 minutes, depending on the size of the cutlets.

All! Delicious and juicy homemade turkey cutlets are ready! Bon appetit!

Very tender minced chicken cutlets - let's reveal the secret of amazing juiciness.

In principle, you can easily take the previous recipe, replace the ground turkey with chicken and cook delicious chicken cutlets. But we will go a different way! Let's add delicious products to our list of ingredients and improve the taste even more radically!

Look at what products we need, prepare, and let's go cook and learn the new secrets of juicy minced meat for cutlets.

Compound:

  • Minced chicken – 500 g
  • White bread - 3 slices
  • Onion - 1 piece
  • Garlic - 2 cloves
  • Egg - 1 pc.
  • Cream 35% - 4 tbsp.
  • Milk – 100 ml
  • Butter - 70 g
  • Salt, black pepper to taste
  • For breading - dry bread crumbs, breadcrumbs or flour
1 You can take ready-made minced meat (of good quality, without unnecessary additives), or you can prepare it yourself from any parts of the chicken, even from the breast - our cutlets won’t be dry anyway - we know the secret :) 2 Trim the crusts from the bread, cut it into cubes and soak in warm milk. Chop the onion and garlic as finely as possible and add to the minced chicken. 3 Add the egg, soaked bread squeezed out of the milk, salt and pepper. Let's mix everything. Add cold cream and thoroughly, preferably by hand, knead the minced chicken until smooth. 4 Now let’s take our main “secret” ingredient, which will provide our minced chicken with special juiciness and fluffiness - frozen butter. Grate it into minced meat on a coarse grater, mix quickly (before it melts!) and quickly start frying. By the way, you definitely need to fry these cutlets over low heat, then the oil inside will be distributed throughout the minced meat as needed, evenly, and will not leak out. 5 Place the frying pan with oil on heat, and while it is heating up, form the cutlets of the shape we need. To make them as beautiful as in the photo, roll them in breadcrumbs or dry bread crumbs. But it can also be simply in flour. 6 We fry our chicken cutlets on both sides and, what is important for this particular recipe, do not close the lid!

The most delicious and tender chicken cutlets are ready. Serve them with any salad, herbs, vegetables or any other type of side dish - it won’t make them any less tasty :-))

Minced pork cutlets with cabbage - “Lazy cabbage rolls”.

Pork tastes great with cabbage, so for the so-called “lazy cabbage rolls,” which are essentially minced meat cutlets with cabbage, we’ll choose it. Pork, as a rule, is quite fatty in composition, so let’s “dilute” it with lean cabbage and in total you’ll get the same thing :) In terms of proportions, take minced pork and cabbage in equal parts.

I suggest you make this recipe not only “lazy”, but also quick - we will grind all our additives with a blender until it becomes mushy.

To coat the cutlets, we will use cornmeal - then we will get a beautiful yellow tint to our cutlets, look how they look in the photo. If you don’t have such flour, but you have corn grits, grind it in a coffee grinder or blender and get the desired product.


Let's take the following products:

  • minced pork - 300g
  • cabbage - 300g
  • onion - 1 head
  • egg - 1 piece
  • seasonings and salt - to taste
  • corn flour - for breading vegetable oil - for frying

Cooking process:

1 We prepare everything according to the usual scheme. The only difference in this recipe is that we chop the onion and cabbage in a blender. After chopping, lightly squeeze out excess juice from the cabbage. Beat the egg into the onion before chopping. 2 Salt and pepper the minced meat and knead thoroughly. We form cutlets, roll in corn flour and place in a hot frying pan with oil. We lay it out carefully, because... The minced meat turns out to be tender not only in taste, but also in consistency - until the cutlets are fried, they do not hold their shape very confidently. 3 It is better not to close the lid. When both sides are browned, consider it ready. Pork cutlets with cabbage according to this recipe are very soft and tasty!

Minced meat cutlets with potatoes - video recipe.

Do you think that housewives add bread, cabbage, and potatoes to minced cutlets to save money? So you haven’t tried real minced meat cutlets with potatoes - they’re oh-so delicious!

Compound:

  • minced meat - 1 kg.
  • raw potatoes - 4 pcs. (average)
  • onion - 1-2 pcs.
  • egg - 1 piece
  • seasonings and salt - to taste
  • cold water - 2-3 tbsp.

But the essence of the preparation does not change! This recipe differs from the previous recipe only in that raw cabbage must be replaced with raw, finely grated potatoes. I won’t even describe the rest - do everything exactly the same, I’ll just indicate the possible proportions of the products.

But, if suddenly something still doesn’t work out, watch this short video, which shows step by step the process of preparing these particular cutlets - with potatoes and minced meat.

Mixed minced meat cutlets in the oven - a step-by-step recipe with detailed photos.

I can’t pass up such a recipe as minced meat cutlets baked in the oven. For those who don’t really like fatty foods (and we must admit that cutlets fried in a frying pan are a rather high-calorie dish with a lot of fat and “harmful” cholesterol) - cutlets in the oven will be an excellent replacement. They are still very tasty and juicy, look very appetizing, and also save the housewife not only oil, but also time. After all, you don’t need to stand at the stove - just load everything into the oven, set the temperature and note the time.

Compound:

  • minced meat – 1 kg. (chicken – 700 g and pork + beef – 300 g),
  • white bread (crumb) – 1 piece,
  • onion – 150 g.,
  • potatoes – 150 g.,
  • garlic – 1 tooth,
  • egg – 1 pc.,
  • salt, pepper - to taste,
  • kefir (sour cream, cream) – 1 tbsp.,
  • vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.
  • water – 0.5+0.5 cups.

The process of cooking cutlets in the oven:

1 piece of white bread (it is better to cut off the crusts) pour about half a glass of cold water. While the bread is soaking, take the garlic and onions, peeled, and briefly swirl in a blender. Add the soaked bread to the onion without squeezing it out of the water and mix everything again with a blender.
2 The minced meat in this recipe is taken in the following proportions: chicken - almost 2/3 of the volume, and pork and beef - equally, 1/3 of the total volume. But you can take more pork if you want more fat content; in general, choose the proportions to your taste. 3 Grate the potatoes on a fine grater and add to the minced meat. I squeeze the potatoes a little to remove excess starch, but you don't have to do this.
4 Add the onion mixture here and break the egg. Add salt and black pepper to taste. For juiciness, add a little kefir (you can add milk, sour cream). Mix the minced meat thoroughly and beat it so that our cutlets do not fall apart and are as juicy and fluffy as possible. This is a very important stage in preparing minced meat for any cutlets.

5 Cover the oven tray with parchment and grease it with a little sunflower oil. We form cutlets and place them on a sheet. You can additionally beat off the minced meat by tossing the cutlet from one palm to the other. You can roll the cutlets in breading or flour.
6 Place in a hot oven (190-200 degrees) for 20 minutes. For juiciness, add half a glass of hot water directly to the sheet and put it in the oven again until golden brown. Do not turn the cutlets over during baking.

We got such beautiful and moderately dietary cutlets. This is a very simple and quick way to prepare delicious and juicy cutlets - be sure to try this cooking option.

Pollock fish cutlets without bread - Not only tasty, but also healthy!

Continuing the theme of healthier eating, I want to offer you a wonderful recipe for fish cutlets - minced pollock cutlets. Pollock is an excellent choice for fish cutlets: it is not an expensive type of fish, has few bones, no need to peel scales, and as for the beneficial properties (content of vitamins A, B1, B2, B9, minerals and trace elements) - it is in no way inferior expensive varieties of fish.

The only complaint about pollock is that the minced meat can turn out a little dry.For those who do not have enough fat content, you can roll an additional piece of lard into the minced meat or add a couple of tablespoons of olive oil to the minced meat. For fish cutlets, it is generally typical to take low-fat varieties of white fish, but at the same time increase the fat content with separate additives.

By the way, another original and “tasty” way to add fat content to dry fish (and not only fish) mince. Directly in the frying pan, put a piece of frozen butter into the already prepared cutlets, press it in so that it is inside the minced meat. During cooking, the butter will melt and give the dish a great creamy taste!

But, if we talk about the benefits of such a product as fish cutlets (and this is a dietary dish by all standards!), then you don’t need to add anything, no additional fats are required. This recipe also calls for a small amount of oil in the pan and the absence of bread and flour in the cutlets.

If you don’t have special cookware with a non-stick coating on which you can fry almost without oil, you can cook these cutlets in the oven, or steam them, whichever you prefer.

I still like the cutlets to look more browned; a small, slightly toasted crust won’t hurt, the main thing is to cook over very moderate heat and with a small amount of oil.

Compound:

  • minced pollock - 1.3 kg.
  • onions – 3 pcs.medium size
  • potatoes – 3 pcs.
  • garlic – 3 cloves
  • egg – 3 pcs.
  • salt, pepper, spices - to taste

Step-by-step recipe for making pollock cutlets:

1 Grind the pollock fillet and peeled potatoes through a meat grinder. It is better not to twist the onion, as all its juice will go into the liquid, which we squeeze out during the cooking process. All the onion juice will go to waste! It’s better to finely chop the onion with a knife - this way it will remain juicy and tasteful in our fish cutlets. 2 Mix minced pollock, potatoes, chopped onions, eggs, garlic and seasonings. Please note that we prepare these cutlets without bread! Mix everything thoroughly. 3 The minced meat turns out very raw. To prevent the cutlets from falling apart too much, squeeze out the excess liquid into a separate bowl when forming the cutlets. Here the juiciness of the cutlets will be given to us by pieces of potato and onion pieces. But in order to reduce excessive moisture separation, you need, as in previous recipes, to stir the minced meat for a long time and thoroughly before frying, also beating it and throwing it into a bowl. This way we will improve the connection between the minced meat and the egg and create greater “stickiness”; the cutlets will not fall apart too much. 4 We do not bread the cutlets so as not to add flour to our dietary recipe. But you can roll the cutlets in breadcrumbs or flour if you wish.


5 Fry in a small amount of oil, without a lid, over low heat until golden brown, turning during cooking. Fish cutlets cook very quickly. But you can further steam them after frying under the lid, adding a little water.

Let me remind you that in this recipe, for the sake of health benefits and increasing the “dietary value” of our dish, we excluded bread completely. But according to tradition, in the classic recipe for fish cutlets, bread must be added, and in fish cutlets, the bread is usually soaked in milk, and not in water. Still, fish cutlets require more gentle handling :)

What type of cutlets do you cook? What type of minced meat and additives do you prefer? Share your successful finds and favorite recipes for minced meat cutlets in the comments!

  1. To make the cutlets juicy
    Do you know why Soviet cafeteria cutlets were disgustingly tasteless? Because they put too much bread and crackers in them, and they skimped on meat and took it from the tough parts of the carcass. If you want to get delicious cutlets, do not buy ready-made minced meat of dubious origin. You don’t have to buy expensive beef tenderloin, but the back, neck, shoulder, brisket and some parts of the hind leg are ideal.

    Before as put the fillet into a meat grinder, do not forget to clean it thoroughly - remove films, remove cartilage, bones and veins. In addition to beef, chefs recommend using fatty pork - it is this that will give the cutlets juiciness and tenderness.

    Standard proportion: for 1 kg of beef - 1/2 kg of pork or for 1 kg of beef - 250 g of lard. However, cutlets can also be made from lamb, veal, chicken, turkey, and game. Choose any degree of grinding, but experts advise not to overdo it and limit yourself to one-time cranking in a meat grinder with a medium-sized grid.

  2. Do I need to add an egg?
    Of course it is necessary. The main thing is not to overdo it with eggs and use no more than 2-3 eggs per 1 kg of meat, otherwise the cutlets will turn out tough. The same amount of onion will require approximately 200 g, preferably pre-sautéed and cooled, since raw onions may not have time to fry and will give the cutlets a harsh taste. If you like fresh onions, grind them at the same time as the minced meat in a meat grinder.

  3. Bread is the most important component
    Don’t think that bread was included in the recipe out of a desire to save money. Without the crumb, you will end up with a lula kebab, not a juicy meatball. Exactly soaked bread helps make the cutlets softer and more tender.

    Naturally, it is important to maintain the correct proportion. It looks like this: for 1 kg of meat - 250 g of white bread and 300-400 g of milk or water (if you are making chicken cutlets, you will need less bread and eggs).

    Use yesterday's or slightly dried out loaf. Remove all the crusts from it, cut into pieces and soak in cold milk or water. As soon as the crumb swells, knead it thoroughly with your hands and mix with the rest of the minced meat. Some of the bread can be replaced with grated potatoes, pumpkin or other vegetables.

    The resulting minced meat is also well decorated with spices (paprika, black pepper, coriander, chili) and chopped herbs (dill, parsley, cilantro, mint). Don’t forget to salt the future dish, but under no circumstances try it raw (tasting minced meat is the most common cause of poisoning among housewives).

  4. Correct breading
    It is advisable to cover the bowl with the prepared minced meat with film and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour so that the bread absorbs the meat juices. Then thoroughly mix the mass again, beating it with your hands and saturating it with air. At the very end, some chefs advise adding a handful of crushed ice to make the dish juicier. After that, wet your hands in cold water and start make cutlets.

    If desired, you can cover them with breading - under the golden crust the minced meat will remain juicier. Most experts do not trust store-bought breadcrumbs and recommend making them yourself - to do this, you just need to grind white bread in a blender. Then roll the cutlets in the resulting crumbs and place them in the frying pan. You can also use sesame seeds, small bread sticks, flour and lezon as a breading.

    The last one is 3 eggs, lightly beaten with salt and 1-2 tbsp. spoons of milk or water. The cutlets are first rolled in flour, then in lezone and only then covered with bread crumbs.

  5. Frying Features
    IN frying cutlets there is nothing complicated, the main thing is to put them in a hot frying pan with hot oil (preferably melted butter) so that the minced meat “seizes”, a crust forms and the dish does not fall into pieces.

    In addition, keep a distance between the flatbreads: if you place a mountain of cutlets on one vessel, they will quickly release juice and begin to stew rather than fry.

    As soon as a golden crust appears, you can reduce the heat and cook under the lid. It’s better not to torment the cutlets by turning them over frequently (it’s advisable to do this a couple of times), but don’t go too far from the frying pan, otherwise you’ll end up with coals instead of a juicy meat dish. However, you can skip frying and stew the flatbreads or steam them.

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Cutlets are a difficult dish to prepare, but they do not leave anyone indifferent. They can be prepared from a variety of ingredients - meat, chicken or vegetable cutlets. Even vegetarians can find a recipe to their liking.

Juicy cutlets

You will need:

  • 150 g minced beef
  • 150 g minced pork
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbsp. l. breadcrumbs
  • 1 potato
  • 50 ml milk
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 4 tbsp. l. vegetable oil
  • salt, pepper to taste

Preparation:

  1. Peel the onion, finely chop and mix with ground beef and pork.
  2. Fill the crackers with milk and let them swell, then squeeze out the excess milk, and add the resulting mass to the minced meat and onions.
  3. Peel the potatoes and grate them on a fine grater. Peel and crush the garlic. Add to the minced meat.
  4. At the final stage, beat the egg into the minced meat, add salt, pepper and mix thoroughly. We make cutlets with our hands.
  5. Fry the cutlets in a frying pan heated with vegetable oil over high heat until golden brown on both sides (about a minute). Reduce heat, cover with a lid and fry for 5 minutes, turning.

Eggplant cutlets with cheese

You will need:

  • 3 eggplants
  • 1 onion
  • vegetable oil to taste
  • 1 cup breadcrumbs
  • ground black pepper to taste
  • salt to taste
  • 200 g Adyghe cheese
  • 1 egg

Preparation:

  1. Chop the onion and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown.
  2. Cut the eggplant into cubes, add to the pan with the onion and simmer for 10 minutes until soft.
  3. Let the vegetables cool slightly and mash with a spatula.
  4. Add the egg, crumbled cheese, crackers, salt and pepper.
  5. Mix the resulting mass thoroughly and form cutlets. Fry them on both sides in a small amount of oil.


Tender salmon cutlets

You will need:

  • salmon (or other fish)
  • 1 slice white bread
  • 50 ml cream
  • 1 egg
  • slice of lemon
  • spinach
  • sprig of parsley
  • sprig of dill
  • salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

  1. We chop the fish into minced meat with a knife.
  2. Cut the crusts off the bread, crumble it and fill it with cream, add the egg, salt and pepper. Mix and add to minced fish. Stir until smooth.
  3. Finely chop the parsley and dill and add to the minced meat. Then squeeze lemon juice into the mixture. Add salt and pepper. Mix and make cutlets.
  4. Boil water in a saucepan; When the water boils, place a colander on the pan so that it does not touch the water. Place 2 small cutlets in a colander.
  5. Cover with a lid and cook in a water bath over medium heat for 8 minutes. Transfer the finished cutlets to a separate container and cover with foil to keep warm (do the same operation with all the minced fish).
  6. Place the spinach in a colander (set aside a few leaves for decoration), cover with a lid and cook in a water bath over medium heat for 3 minutes.
  7. Place spinach and fish cutlets on a plate, drizzle with olive oil and serve.

Chicken cutlets

You will need:

  • 800 g chicken breast
  • 4 tbsp. l. corn starch (can be potato)
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 white onion
  • 3–4 tbsp. l. sour cream
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • bunch of greens (dill, parsley)
  • salt, ground black pepper to taste
  • vegetable oil for frying

Preparation:

  1. Cut the chicken breast into small pieces. Also finely chop the onion, garlic, herbs and add to the minced meat.
  2. Then add eggs, starch, sour cream, salt, pepper. Mix everything well.
  3. Spoon the minced meat into the pan without pre-forming or breading.
  4. Fry the cutlets in hot oil at medium temperature on both sides.
  • Soak the white bread crumb in cream and add it, unsqueezed, to the minced meat and onions. Mix the resulting mass with your hands to the desired consistency. Place frozen butter into the plastic minced meat and stir quickly. The butter should not melt.
  • Place the cutlet mixture in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  • Pour the breading onto a flat dish and place a mold with hot water next to it, where we will dip our hands before making each cutlet. Take as much minced meat for the cutlets as your palm can fit, and form oval cutlets.
  • Roll the cutlet in breading. It is important to do everything quickly so that the cutlet mass does not heat up.
  • Fry the cutlets in the mixture of oil remaining from frying the onions (you can add olive oil), browning on each side for several minutes. Then bring the cutlets to full readiness in the oven, on a baking sheet lined with foil or baking paper, at 180 °C.
  • The word “cutlet” came into Russian from French; la côtelette is a piece of meat on a rib. So in ancient times it was much more convenient to eat it with your hands. With the advent of cutlery, the need for bones disappeared. Pieces of meat were removed from them. And the cutlet began to change. They began beating the meat to make it softer and breading it to maintain its juiciness. This process took place throughout Europe. Today, only the Kiev cutlet, which is often made with a bone, reminds us of the old days.

    Over time, the cutlets became chopped, as this made them much easier to chew. And with the advent of meat grinders, they turned into a fairly easy-to-prepare dish. These are the ones we will prepare.

    Meat selection

    For cutlets, you can use a piece of brisket or shoulder; chopped goulash is also suitable. But keep in mind that market traders may sell you bad meat. Therefore, when purchasing, you should ask to see the piece from all sides.

    Cutlets are best made from chilled meat, not frozen.

    The most delicious cutlets are made with the addition of fatty meat - pork or even lard.

    Meat for cutlets should not be lean, take it with fat - then the cutlets will be juicy.

    It’s good to make cutlets from two or even three types of meat. You can combine beef and pork, you can add poultry to them.

    Ground meat

    The meat needs to be turned twice, but if it seems that the minced meat has not yet become tender, then three times.

    Be sure to add onions to the minced meat. It is rolled together with the meat or chopped very finely. Onions cut into slices should be placed in a meat grinder between pieces of meat.

    It is advisable to prepare cutlets only from freshly prepared minced meat. If you do make minced meat in advance, do not put bread in it, do not add salt or spices.

    The minced meat must be kneaded by hand. You can even beat it with your palms - this way it will turn out tender and soft.

    You need to knead the minced meat for a long time, you can beat it with your palms, throw it from one hand to another, or hit it on the table. All so that the meat mass is saturated with oxygen and becomes more viscous and homogeneous.

    A couple of tablespoons of ice water added during kneading will add juiciness to the minced meat. You can also add a spoonful of vegetable oil.

    A cube of cold butter added at the end of kneading will make the cutlets juicy and more airy.

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    Bread

    To prevent the cutlets from falling apart, add bread to them.

    You need to soak dried bread; fresh bread does not release the amount of gluten needed to “glue” the minced meat together.

    Reduce calories

    Instead of bread, you can add finely grated zucchini to the minced meat. It will give the cutlets juiciness, but its taste will be almost noticeable.

    You can also add grated carrots, pumpkin, beets to the cutlets - all these vegetables will add juiciness to them.

    Instead of bread, you can mix stiffly beaten egg white into the minced meat. It will connect the minced meat and prevent the cutlets from falling apart. But perhaps it will make them a little tougher.

    Modeling

    It is best to cool the minced meat for half an hour before modeling.

    To make it easier to divide the minced meat into portions, you need to wet your hands with water.

    Try to make cutlets of the same size.

    When making a cutlet, pat it with your palms and try to make it uniform, without seams. This way she won't release her juice.

    Breading

    You can coat the cutlets:

    In regular flour

    In breadcrumbs (both white and rye)

    In crushed nuts

    In ground sesame

    Frying

    Place the cutlets on a hot, but not overheated frying pan. It is desirable that it has a thick bottom.

    The cutlet is fried over high heat for 1-2 minutes on one side, then the heat needs to be reduced and simmered on the same side for another 3-4 minutes. And then turn it over and repeat the process.

    When frying, cutlets need to be turned over minimally. Then their crust will not collapse and their juiciness will not disappear.

    You can bring the cutlets to readiness in the oven or under a tight lid over low heat. This will take 7-10 minutes.

    The sauce is poured after the cutlets are fried and covered with a lid. You can simply use sour cream, or you can prepare something more complex.

    Do not add water to the sour cream to make more sauce, this will spoil the cutlets and kill their own juice.

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    How to determine readiness

    The cutlet needs to be pierced; if the juice comes out clear, it is ready.

    If you fried the cutlet for about 20 minutes, of which 5-7 minutes under the lid, then this is enough for it to be ready.

    If you want to get confused

    Cutlets are best made from minced meat. Only then you will need to knead the minced meat better so that it does not fall apart.

    Basic cutlet recipe

    600 g beef goulash

    400 g pork goulash

    2 medium onions

    1/4 white loaf

    1 glass of water

    salt and pepper to taste

    2-3 tbsp. l. flour

    1 cup sour cream

    Step 1. Cut the loaf into large pieces and add water.

    Step 2. Rinse the meat, peel the onion and cut into 4 parts. Grind the meat and onions through a fine grinder.

    Step 3. Turn it a second time. Salt and pepper. Mix well and knead the minced meat a little, like dough.

    Step 4. Divide the minced meat into 3-4 parts and beat each with your palms for at least a minute.

    Step 5. Remove the crust from the loaf, squeeze out the bread and add to the minced meat.

    Tip: If the minced meat seems a little dry, you can add a little milk, or water and vegetable oil.

    Step 6. Form cutlets. Roll them in flour.

    Tip: During the sculpting process, you can beat the cutlets a little more with your palms, patting them.

    Step 7. Heat a frying pan with oil. Place the cutlets and fry over high heat for half a minute (until a crust forms).

    Step 8. Reduce heat and fry over low heat for another 2-3 minutes.

    Step 9. Turn the cutlets over and fry first over high heat and then over low heat as described in steps 7 and 8.

    Step 10. Leave the pan on low heat, close the lid and leave the cutlets to fry for about 7-15 minutes (depending on the size of the cutlets).

    Tip: At this stage, you can pour sour cream over the cutlets to create a sauce. Just do not add water under any circumstances, otherwise the cutlets will turn into a rag.

    Step 11. Remove from heat, pour in sour cream, sprinkle with herbs, serve hot.

    Minced meat cutlets in a frying pan are perhaps the most desired dish both on weekdays and on holidays. Every housewife, no doubt, knows how to cook minced meat cutlets in a frying pan so that they turn out juicy, fluffy, and most importantly, tasty. The owners of the secrets of making such cutlets simply have no price, because minced meat cutlets in a frying pan are an indispensable hit for all times and a lifesaver that decorates any table.

    To cook minced meat cutlets in a frying pan, you will need a minimum of ingredients. The main thing is that you have any minced meat on hand: pork, beef, chicken, fish or assorted meat, for example, pork + beef (whichever you like) - fresh, high-quality and preferably homemade. You can make cutlets from minced meat bought in a store, but you need to be very careful when choosing it.

    To add additional juiciness to the minced meat, some housewives add finely chopped or finely grated onions, soaked white bread, others finely grated potatoes, chopped cabbage and other helping ingredients that can give the cutlets that very zest that makes them unique original. There are many options for supplements. So, the cutlets will turn out very juicy if you put a piece of frozen butter inside each one and add chopped herbs to it. You can simply add greens to the minced meat.

    A few words about breading. Some housewives are of the opinion that minced meat cutlets in a frying pan must be breaded, while others do without this procedure. Moreover, both of them turn out wonderful cutlets.

    You also need to fry minced meat cutlets in a frying pan correctly: pour vegetable oil into the frying pan and distribute it over the entire surface, heat it up, reduce the heat to medium, and then add the cutlets. Fry for about 10 minutes on each side until golden brown, then add a little water to the pan and simmer covered for another 10 minutes until done.

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    Mixed minced meat cutlets in a frying pan

    Ingredients:
    500 g minced pork,
    500 g minced beef,
    1 onion,
    1 egg,
    150-200 g loaf or white bread,
    2 -3 cloves of garlic,
    2 tbsp. l. mayonnaise,
    breadcrumbs,
    vegetable oil,

    Preparation:
    For cooking, use a loaf or bread that is not the freshest, but slightly stale, so that the cutlets do not turn out fluffy and not too sticky. Pour milk over the bread pulp and leave for 15 minutes, then squeeze out. Add finely chopped or grated onion and garlic passed through a press, bread mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste to the minced meat and mix thoroughly. In order for the minced meat to become dense and at the same time juicy, many chefs advise beating it well. You can simply lift the mass of minced meat and slam it on a table or plate with noticeable force, or you can put the minced meat in a bag, tie it, leaving enough space and removing the air, and slam it with this structure. In any case, your cutlets will only benefit from such a massage. Next, form the minced meat into cutlets, roll each one in breadcrumbs and fry in a frying pan with heated vegetable oil on both sides until golden brown. Then pour just a little water into the pan, cover it with a lid and let the cutlets simmer for another 10 minutes.

    Another tip that may come in handy when you cook minced meat cutlets in a frying pan. Add some dried herbs, after grinding them into powder into breadcrumbs. The finished cutlets fried in this mixture will turn out very aromatic.

    Homemade minced pork cutlets

    Ingredients:
    600-700 g minced pork,
    2 onions,
    3-4 cloves of garlic,
    1 egg,
    1-1.5 cups. milk,
    2 slices of loaf (150-200 g),
    breadcrumbs,
    vegetable oil,
    salt, ground black pepper - to taste.

    Preparation:
    Soak the pulp of a loaf or white bread in warm milk and leave for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, chop the onion and add it to the minced meat, knead the mass well with your hands and, adding the squeezed out loaf pulp, mix the minced meat well again. Add garlic, egg, passed through a press to the meat mass, salt and pepper to taste. Stir the minced meat until smooth and begin forming cutlets. This is much easier to do with wet hands. Roll the resulting cutlets in breadcrumbs and fry them over medium heat in a frying pan with heated vegetable oil on both sides until golden brown. When the cutlets are browned on one side, turn them over and cover the pan with a lid. After removing the lid, check the readiness of the cutlets as follows. Pierce the cutlet with a fork - if the juice appears clear, turn up the heat and cook the cutlets for another 2-3 minutes on each side. The cutlets are browned, which means the dish is ready.

    Delicious ground beef cutlets

    Ingredients:
    600-700 g minced beef,
    2 potatoes,
    1 egg,
    1 onion,
    dill, salt, ground black pepper - to taste,
    flour for breading.

    Preparation:
    Typically, ground beef is minced twice. To make the cutlets more tender. If you are using store-bought minced meat, don’t be lazy, pass it through the meat grinder one more time along with peeled raw potatoes. Or then add finely grated potatoes to the minced meat. In a word, act at your own discretion. Season the finished minced meat with salt and pepper, add chopped dill, finely chopped onion and mix well. Form cutlets, roll them in flour and fry in a preheated frying pan with vegetable oil on both sides until a beautiful, appetizing crust. Add a little water to the pan, cover with a lid and simmer the cutlets for about 10 minutes. For flavor, you can add black peppercorns or bay leaves to the water.

    Minced chicken cutlets in a frying pan

    Ingredients:
    900 minced chicken,
    3 processed cheese “Druzhba”,
    1 egg,
    1 bunch of green onions,
    1 bunch of parsley or dill,
    2 cloves of garlic,
    3 tbsp. l. mayonnaise,
    breadcrumbs,
    vegetable oil,
    salt, spices - to taste.

    Preparation:
    Grate the processed cheese, chop the onion, garlic, herbs and add all these ingredients to the minced chicken. Stir, beat in the egg, add mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste. Mix everything thoroughly one more time and form small cutlets from the resulting mass. Roll them in breadcrumbs and fry in a frying pan with heated vegetable oil on both sides until golden brown.

    According to statistics, there are much fewer lovers of fish cutlets than those who prefer meat cutlets. However, the following recipe can make even the most desperate non-fans of fish cutlets reconsider their views.

    Minced fish cutlets in a frying pan

    Ingredients:
    500 g minced fish,
    200 g pumpkin pulp,
    1 egg,
    3 tbsp. l. flour,
    1-2 cloves of garlic (optional)
    salt, pepper - to taste,
    vegetable oil.

    Preparation:
    Combine the finely grated pumpkin with the minced fish, add the egg beaten with a fork, the garlic passed through a press and mix. Then add flour to the minced meat, knead it, salt and pepper to taste. With wet hands, form cutlets and fry them in a frying pan with heated vegetable oil for 3-4 minutes on each side.

    Minced meat cutlets in a frying pan - this is a minimum of time and maximum pleasure!

    Bon appetit and new culinary discoveries!

    Larisa Shuftaykina