Surely, there is not a single person who would refuse a portion of juicy and tasty meatballs.
This dish is loved by both young children and adults.
And the hostesses like to cook cutlets, because this process is easy, it does not take much time, and you can serve them with any traditional side dish.
Delicious meatballs - general cooking principles
In order for meatballs to be really tasty, juicy and soft, you need to follow some simple rules:
• Stuffing should be strictly home-made, in no case purchased. It is not so important which meat you prefer, the main thing is that you will wash, cut and twist or cut it yourself. It is better if the mince is twisted immediately before cooking the cutlets. Cutlets will come out of frozen minced meat not so juicy and tasty.
• You need to buy quality meat for minced meat in proven places. The third term, meat with veins for cooking delicious meatballs does not work, set it aside for another dish. Meat cutlets should be prepared with good pork, beef, veal tenderloin or chicken fillet.
• Grind meat through a large wire rack or cut into small cubes with a sharp knife. Thanks to this method of grinding, the meat fibers retain all the juices, which will make the cutlets tasty. Heavily chopped minced meat leads to dry products.
• Do not forget to add bread soaked in water or milk to the minced meat. This is not necessary in order to increase the volume of minced meat, but so that during frying, meat juices do not flow out, but are stored in a patty, soaking in bread.
• Add juicy and aromatic onions and garlic to the minced meat. It can either be twisted together with meat in a meat grinder, or chopped with a blender. In addition, onions can be put in minced meat not only in raw form, but also previously fried.
• If you have only lean meat, do not regret a little fat.
• Spices in meatballs - this is a special issue. It all depends on your taste, but usually just plain black pepper is enough.
• Before forming the cutlets, do not be too lazy to knead the minced meat thoroughly and carefully. Beat it, think, throw it on the table. The longer and sharper you do it, the denser and juicier the cutlets will be. And they will not fall apart during frying, even if you do not put eggs in the meat, which, by the way, make cutlets not so soft and tender.
• Sculpt cutlets by wetting your hands in water. So they will not stick to your hands, they will turn out to be beautiful, the same shape.
• There are no specific recommendations regarding breading. Cutlets may not be breaded, but if you like crisp, take flour, crackers, semolina - which is more like it.
• The frying pan should be clean and dry, the butter in which you will put the delicious meat patties hot.
• Cutlets are fried on both sides, first to set over medium heat, then at minimum.
• Remember to remove separated and burnt particles from the pan after each batch.
1. Delicious beef meatballs
Ingredients:
• 800 grams of beef tenderloin;
• 200 grams of crumb of a white loaf;
• three small onions;
• a tablespoon of butter;
• a glass (200 ml) of water;
• 50 grams of sour cream;
• a teaspoon of potato starch;
• salt, ground pepper;
• breading: crackers or flour.
Cooking method:
1. Cut the washed and dried tenderloin into small cubes. If the meat is slightly frozen, cutting it will be easier. You can also twist beef through a meat grinder, choosing a large grill.
2. Peel the onion and cut into small cubes, put in a pan with preheated butter, fry until softened.
3. Pour water into a bowl, crumble bread in it, squeeze.
4. Mix the twisted minced meat with the fried onion, pressed bread.
5. Add salt, starch, pepper, salt and 100 ml of water.
6. Thoroughly mix the minced meat so that all the ingredients are evenly distributed and the mass is homogeneous.
7. Form the cutlets of the desired shape with wet hands.
8. Roll in breadcrumbs, flour, or breadcrumbs.
9. Put the patties in a frying pan in a hot oil, fry first on one side over high heat until golden brown. After turning the patty over, turn down the heat, bring to readiness.
2. Delicious meat cutlets "Homemade"
Ingredients:
• 300 grams of beef;
• 300 grams of pork;
• 120 grams of white bread;
• half a glass of milk;
• 30 ml of vegetable oil;
• salt pepper;
• breadcrumbs.
Cooking method:
1. Wash beef and pork thoroughly, cut into pieces convenient for chopping in a meat grinder, twist.
2. Stuff the minced meat with bread soaked in milk and finely chopped onions.
3. Pour salt and pepper to taste, add other spices if desired.
4. Form small rounded cutlets, roll them in breadcrumbs.
5. Fry in hot oil until cooked.
3. Delicious Moscow-style meat patties with vegetables
Ingredients:
• a pound of fatty pork;
• 300 grams of beef fillet;
• two eggs;
• bow;
• carrot;
• three slices of white bread;
• salt pepper;
• water or milk.
Cooking method:
1. First passer until soft and appetizing golden hue peeled and chopped vegetables: carrots and onions.
2. Rinse the meat. Cut the beef into small pieces, and twist the fat pork in a meat grinder.
3. Mix both types of minced meat, add the crumb of bread soaked in water, salt, pepper, eggs, frying. Mix well.
4. Form even cutlets.
5. Put them on a greased baking sheet, put in an oven preheated to 180 degrees.
6. Bake for 30 minutes, not forgetting to glance and, if necessary, turn the patties from side to side.
4. Delicious meat pork cutlets with rice in tomato
Ingredients:
• a pound of pork;
• a slice of white bread;
• two onions;
• a tablespoon of tomato sauce;
• half a glass of rice;
• 25-30 grams of butter;
• breadcrumbs for breading;
• salt, spices;
• cooking oil.
Cooking method:
1. Pass the meat through a meat grinder twice. The first time, cut into large pieces, the second time - adding a slice of bread and peeled onions.
2. Rinse and boil the rice until half cooked in slightly salted water.
3. Put rice grits, tomato sauce, salt and spices to taste.
4. Thoroughly mix the mass, mold the cutlets.
5. Melt the butter in a frying pan, put the formed patties into it, trying to keep them apart from each other and not touching.
6. Fry first on one side until golden brown, then turn over and fry on the other.
7. Ready cutlets, before serving, lay out for a couple of minutes on a paper towel.
5. Delicious veal cutlets with mushrooms
Ingredients:
• 700 grams of veal tenderloin;
• 200 grams of fresh mushrooms;
• five eggs;
• 100 ml of water;
• 150 grams of sweet cream butter;
• salt, pepper, flour.
Cooking method:
1. Rinse the meat and cut into small cubes, mix the minced meat with salt and pepper. Form cutlets, roll them in flour.
2. Rinse the mushrooms, cut into small slices, fry 50 grams of oil until the liquid and light blush evaporate.
3. In a small bowl, beat the eggs with salt and water. Bake five omelet pancakes in a dry non-stick pan.
4. In another pan, heat the oil, lay out the patties, fry on one side and the other.
5. Put fried mushrooms on top of cutlets.
6. Wrap each cutlet in an egg pancake.
7. Serve by pouring the broth left after frying the cutlets.
6. Delicious village style meat patties
Ingredients:
• a pound of freshly prepared minced beef and pork;
• a pound of potatoes;
• large onion;
• egg;
• breadcrumbs;
• salt, spices.
Cooking method:
1. Peel and grate the potatoes on a shallow grater.
2. Mix freshly prepared minced meat from different types of meat with potatoes and chopped onions.
3. Add salt, egg, and spices to the mass. Knead the minced meat thoroughly.
4. Blind the thick, oblong cutlets, fry them in hot oil from two sides to a blush.
5. Transfer meat patties to a greased baking sheet, bring to readiness in an oven preheated to 160 degrees for 15 minutes
7. Delicious meatballs baked with mayonnaise
Ingredients:
• 450 grams of beef;
• three onions;
• one potato;
• 150 grams of mayonnaise;
• salt pepper;
• three tablespoons of oil.
Cooking method:
1. Rinse the meat well, if necessary - remove all the veins and the film, cut into large cubes.
2. Peel the potatoes and one onion and chop.
3. Take out the meat grinder, put a large grill, twist all the prepared ingredients.
4. Season the minced meat with salt, pepper and mix thoroughly.
5. Remove the two remaining bulbs from the husk, cut into thin rings. Fry them in hot oil until a light golden hue.
6. Form meat patties from the minced meat, put them on a baking sheet, previously greased with oil or grease.
7. Gently spread the fried onions on top, cover with mayonnaise.
8. Place the baking tray with cutlets in the oven for 15 minutes, setting the temperature at 180 degrees.
Delicious meatballs - tips and tricks
• Do not use a shallow wire rack to twist meat. The opinion that cutlets from finely ground minced meat are more tender is wrong.
• For even greater juiciness, add butter to the minced meat, twisted lard, sour cream, low-fat mayonnaise.
• Thanks to breading, delicious meat patties will find a crispy, appetizing crust. It is better to bread products two to three times: soak, let it rest, dip in breading again.
• If, despite the observance of the recipe, you get a dry cutlet, do not worry. Put the meatballs in a pan or stewpan, pour half a glass of a mixture of water and sour cream and simmer them over low heat for 10 minutes.
• It is best to fry cutlets on a mixture of oils: sweet cream and sunflower. So the cutlets will not splatter, and the crust will turn out beautiful and uniform.
• When brewing cutlets, keep in mind that you can add your favorite spices to flour or crackers, which will give the dish not only an additional flavor, but also a beautiful color. This may be paprika, coriander, dried herbs, granulated garlic and other spices.
• All of these recipes are universal, that is, on their basis you can prepare your dish from your favorite meat, whether it is chicken, rabbit, pheasant. To add juiciness, do not forget to add a little lard, but if you do not like this kind of meat, put butter.
• Cutlets are combined with any side dishes, so you can quickly cook pasta or cereals, or more complex side dishes: mashed potatoes, stewed vegetables and many others.
