Many dishes prepared from chicken fillet have already conquered the hearts of gourmets around the world, and the favorite among them is chicken balls. Funny kruglyashki of chicken fillet can be deep fried, baked separately, or with different fillings. This dish perfectly suits as a snack for a glass of beer, and as a substitute for regular cutlets.
Recipe - chicken balls with cheese
Ingredients:
- chicken breast - 500 g;
- egg - 1 piece;
- cream - 2-3 tablespoons. spoons;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- cheese hard - 200 g;
- bread crumbs - 50 g;
- salt, pepper, vegetable oil.
Preparation
Chicken fillet is passed through a meat grinder along with cloves of garlic, add egg, cream, salt and pepper. From the resulting stuffing we form balls, each of which is stuffed with a piece of cheese. Finished balls are dipped in the egg, and then in the crackers, for a dense crust, you can repeat this procedure again. Fry the formed chicken balls in the deep-fried. We serve with ketchup or garlic sauce.
Chicken balls with mushrooms
This dish is much less caloric than its counterpart from deep-fried, so you can serve it as a supplement to a diet meal.
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 500 g;
- champignons - 300 g;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc .;
- tomato - 1 pc .;
- tomato sauce - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- salt pepper.
Preparation
On vegetable oil fry onion and pepper until soft, after adding mushrooms and chopped tomato, wait until the liquid starts to boil and evaporate. At this stage, add the tomato sauce and ½ cup of water. Stew the vegetables until the liquid evaporates completely, sprinkling salt and pepper to taste. While the vegetables are stewed, we beat off the chicken fillet to a thickness of 1 cm, salt, pepper and put our vegetable "stuffing" in the center. We wrap the edges of the chicken, so that the ball turns out, or a bag and fix it with toothpicks. Chicken balls bake in foil for 15 minutes at 180 degrees, and then give another 5 minutes to brown, but already without foil.
Chicken balls in puff pastry
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 1 piece;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- egg - 1 piece;
- dough flaky - 1 pack;
- salt, pepper, herbs.
Preparation
Chicken fillet cut into cubes and let through the meat grinder along with the fried onions. From the resulting stuffing we form balls and wrap them with strips of thinly rolled puff pastry. Lubricate the chicken balls with yolk and send bake for 25 minutes at 220 degrees. We serve by decorating your favorite greenery.