We all love the classic delicious minced meat cutlets according to our grandmother's recipe. Like many other dishes they were invented in France, cooking has changed dramatically since its origin. In Russia, they were first tasted back in the time of Peter 1. During this time, many analogs appeared, meatballs, steaks, meatballs, and much more.

If you want to pamper yourself and your loved ones with this wonderful dish, then it will not be difficult for you. Just follow all the recommendations described below and then you will succeed.

Ingredients:

• Assorted minced meat - 700 gr.
• Onion - 1 pc.
• Garlic - 1 clove
• Bread - 1 - 2 pieces
• Salt to taste
• Spices to taste
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Flour - for frying

Cooking method:

1. Take the finished defrosted minced meat, transfer it to a deep bowl. Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic, using a food processor or grater, and combine with the main ingredient.

2. Then drive in 1 chicken egg.

3. Pour slices of bread with water, it will soften, then add it to the rest of the ingredients. Use your hands to knead it.

Tip: To make the cutlets more juicy, you need to put bread in the minced meat.

4. Add salt, spices of your choice and black pepper can be added to taste. We carefully alter everything with a spoon.

5. Then we form the cutlets. We take a small amount of meat with a spoon, put it on flour, sprinkle it on top and completely envelop it, then create a shape for it.

6. Turn on the stove in advance, heat up the frying pan, pour oil into it and lay out the blanks, start frying first on one side, turn it over to the other and bring it to readiness.

Serve hot with a side dish. Bon Appetit.

How to cook minced meat cutlets according to the classic recipe in the oven

Ingredients:

• Chicken mince - 1 kg.
• Potatoes - 1 pc. (average)
• Bulb onion - 1 pc.
• Bread (loaf) - 3 pieces
• Milk - 100 ml.
• Salt to taste
• Seasonings to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste

Cooking method:

1. Peel 1 potato, finely grate it and add to the defrosted minced meat.

2. Peel the onion and cut it into small cubes, strips (this is at your discretion). Add it to the meat.

Tip: if you don't like the feeling of chopped onion in minced meat, just grate it with a grater.

3. Take a few slices of bread or a loaf, put it in a cup and fill it with milk, leave it to swell for a while.

4. Meanwhile, add salt to taste, those seasonings that you like, black pepper and you can add dried herbs, dill and onions. Mix everything well.

5. Knead the bread with your hands, pour the mixture into the rest of the ingredients, and knead the minced meat thoroughly.

6. Preheat the oven. Meanwhile, grease the baking sheet with oil and put the cutlets we have formed on it.

7. Then pour boiled (but slightly under cooled water) from the teapot onto a baking sheet so that our dish does not burn.

8. We put in the oven at 180 degrees for 30 minutes, when they begin to brown, you can take out. Serve to the table, delight loved ones, bon appetit.

Lush and juicy cutlets. Step-by-step cooking recipe

Ingredients:

• Pork - 500 gr.
• Onions - 2 pcs.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Garlic - 4 cloves
• Bread - 1 slice
• Milk - 150 ml.
• Salt to taste
• Ground black pepper - 1/2 tsp

Cooking method:

1. Rinse the pork under running water, cut into small pieces and pass through a meat grinder with a coarse strainer.

Advice: if the meat is very lean, add 100 grams of lard.

2. Peel the garlic and onion, cut into four pieces and grind in the same way with the meat.

3. Put a slice of bread in a bowl, fill it with milk, leave for a couple of minutes, then squeeze the pulp of the bread and put it on the minced meat.

4. Add salt, black pepper, break 1 chicken egg and mix everything thoroughly. And then beat it off, this is an important stage, otherwise the dish will burst, break and fall apart during frying.

5. We select the required amount of minced meat and form cutlets. Pour vegetable oil into a preheated pan, heat it up, and then put the meat preparations.

Tip: Heat the oil in a frying pan well, otherwise the cutlets will burn.

6. Fry on both sides until a beautiful ruddy color.

We spread it on a plate (you can first put it on a paper napkin, so that the oil glass) and serve. Bon Appetit.

A simple recipe for meatballs without eggs

Ingredients:

• Minced meat - 300 gr.
• White bread - 80 gr.
• Bulb onion - 1 pc.
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Pepper - 1/4 tsp
• Cold water - 120 ml.
• Vegetable oil - for frying
• Breadcrumbs - for frying

Cooking method:

1. Pour white bread with water, it gives the cutlets airiness and tenderness. We squeeze it out of the water and put it in a blender.

2. Peel the onion, cut it into several pieces and place it in a blender too, twist it.

3. Salt and pepper the minced meat to taste, then add the twisted bread and onion to it, mix thoroughly.

Tip: Choose the minced meat according to your taste. If you like fatty cutlets, then choose pork, and if leaner, then chicken.

4. Wet hands in cold water, use a spoon to form cutlets. Then roll them on all sides in bread crumbs, you can use flour.

5. Turn on the stove, put the pan and heat up the oil, then lay out the meat pieces.

6. Fry on one side, turn over, reduce over medium heat and brown.

Place the cutlets on paper towels to absorb the oil. Bon Appetit.

Video recipe for classic cutlets without a roll (bread)

A very simple recipe for this dish. Usually they include soaked white bread, but the ingredients are quite possible to do without it, they turn out to be juicy and fluffy, not to mention their excellent taste!

Enjoy your meal!