Cutlets are such a diverse dish that you can make them not only from minced meat. In ancient times, the exclusive ingredient of any cutlets was minced meat. However, now about cutlets can not be said unequivocally that they are prepared from pork, beef or chicken.
There are cutlets from zucchini, cabbage, oat groats, semolina and other components. In addition, fish cutlets are known to many people.
It is worth trying to cook cutlets from squid. This recipe will help to diversify dinner and lunch.
Ingredients for squid cutlets:
- Squid – 650 g;
- Egg – 1 pc;
- Onion – 250 g;
- Garlic – 2 cloves;
- semolina – 25 g;
- Salt – ½ tsp;
- Dried garlic – 1 tsp.
Preparation of squid cutlets:
Cut the onion into large pieces. Heat a little vegetable oil in a frying pan, fry the onion until golden color.
Clean and rinse squid fillet, cut into large slices. Put squid slices in a blender with fried onions, eggs and garlic cloves.
Pour into the blender bowl also semolina, salt and dried garlic
.
Grind the components to a homogeneous mass. Leave the squid mass for 10 minutes so that the semolina swells.
Form small cutlets from the mass with your hands.
In a frying pan with a small amount of vegetable oil fry the cutlets on both sides for 2-3 minutes.
Do not fry squid cutlets longer than 3 minutes, otherwise the dish will lose juiciness.
If desired, before frying, you can put a small piece of the mixture in the microwave to taste for spices and salt in future cutlets.
