Cutlets are molded meat or fish products fried or baked to a golden crust. The word “cutlet” comes from the French term “cotelette”, which means “piece of meat” or “ham”. This dish has a long history, and its roots go back to ancient times, when similar products were prepared from ground meat and vegetables.
The main ingredient of cutlets is meat, which can be beef, pork, chicken, turkey or even fish.
Classic cutlets are prepared from minced meat, which is often supplemented with onion, garlic and spices. Adding bread or breadcrumbs helps to achieve the desired texture and juiciness.
Let’s tell you how to cook delicious cutlets
Ingredients:
- minced meat – 500 g;
- baking soda – ⅓ tsp;
- salt – tsp;
- black pepper – ½ tsp;
- cornstarch – tsp;
- garlic – 3 cloves;
- milk – 4 tbsp.
Preparation of cutlets #1:
Mix minced meat with baking soda, salt, black pepper and starch, rub garlic finely to it. Pour milk to the mince and mix thoroughly, put it in a bag and beat it.
Leave the mince in the refrigerator for 30 minutes, and then form it into small cutlets or sausages with wet hands. In a frying pan in vegetable oil, fry the cutlets on all sides until crusty
. Cover the pan with a lid and fry the cutlets until ready. You can serve these cutlets with pickled onions.
Ingredients:
- onion – 1 pc;
- bell pepper – 1 pc;
- parsley – a bunch;
- garlic – 3 cloves;
- minced meat – 300 g;
- tomato – 1 pc;
- red onion – 1 pc;
- cilantro – a bundle.
Preparation of cutlets #2:
Grate the onion on a fine grater and squeeze the water out of it. Grate the bell pepper on a fine grater, having removed its insides beforehand, and squeeze the juice out of it too.
Add onions and peppers to the minced meat, chop parsley and grate garlic cloves
.
Salt and pepper the minced meat, add spices to taste.
Form small cutlets with your hands and put them on skewers
.
Remove the cutlets from the skewers and leave in the refrigerator for an hour.
At this time for the salad, cut tomato and red onion into quarter rings, chop cilantro, salt and pepper the mixture. Grease a frying pan with vegetable oil and fry the cutlets until browned on all sides.
These cutlets turn out juicy and delicious, especially together with vegetables and pickled onions. A great way to diversify your dinner.
