How many interesting facts do you know about cutlets? This dish appeared in France – the country of the legislator of cooking. However, our and American cutlets are very different from French ones. Let’s say more, European cutlets are not similar to ours and those eaten in the United States. Why is this so? The
fact is that a cutlet is originally fried meat on a bone. In our culture, it fried ribs with a bone did not take root. Therefore, meat for cutlets began to chop and mold them into oval balls.
Let’s tell you how to prepare juicy homemade cutlets
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Ingredients for homemade cutlets:
- minced chicken – 800 g;
- onion – 2 pcs.;
- potatoes – 2 pcs;
- salt – tsp;
- ground black pepper – 13 tsp;
- paprika – tbsp;
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
Preparation of homemade cutlets:
Prepare the ingredients, pass through a meat grinder onions, peel potatoes and rub on small grater cutters.
Squeeze
the onion from the excess liquid, but do not pour out the juice.
Squeeze the juice from the potatoes, mix with the juice of the onion. In a bowl with minced meat put potato and onion masses, mix by hand.
Pour salt, ground black pepper, paprika, add vegetable oil and mix again. If the minced meat is dry, you can add the juice of potatoes and onions at your discretion.
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan, form cutlets with hands soaked in water.
Put the cutlets on the frying pan, fry on both sides until golden.
Transfer the cutlets to a cauldron or a deep pan, add 30 grams of butter.
As soon as the butter melts, pour in 100 ml of water. Cover the dish with a lid and cook over low heat for 10 minutes.
In this way, you can prepare cutlets from three ingredients. The classic way of serving cutlets is with mashed potatoes and salad.
