The method of cutting meat into small pieces is suitable not only when there is no meat grinder at hand. The fact is that chopping the meat by hand will help keep it juicy and add texture to the cutlet, which is difficult to achieve with a blender or meat grinder. On how to cook chopped cutlets, we'll talk more in the recipes further.
Recipe for chopped turkey cutlet with apple
If you want to get juicy chopped cutlets on the way out, then add a few grated apples to the turkey, without fear of using this classic festive combination in everyday dishes.
Ingredients:
- turkey - 500 g;
- apple - 120 g;
- parsley greens;
- sage and thyme;
- garlic cloves - 2 pcs .;
- hot peppers;
- olive oil - 60 ml;
- sweet onions - 40 g.
Preparation
First of all, we, of course, will have to chop the turkey. Chopped cutlets can be made from breast, and you can use red meat, but keep in mind that it will take considerably longer to roast the last one. Mix the meat with grated apples, sliced with herbs and spices, add crushed sweet onions, and then with a mixture of equal size balls. Palms flatten balls and spread cutlets from chopped turkey meat to a frying pan with preheated oil. Fry for 3-5 minutes on each side.
Recipe for chopped cutlets with cheese
Ingredients:
- turkey - 340 g;
- white onions - 60 g;
- hard cheese - 60 g;
- Dijon mustard - 5 g.
Preparation
Finely chopping the turkey fillet, mix it with chopped onions, grated hard cheese and a spoonful of mustard. Season the mince with sea salt to taste, once again mix and form into cutlets. Chopped cutlets from turkey fillet fry for 4-5 on each side.
Recipe for minced chicken from turkey and bacon
Ingredients:
- turkey pulp - 500 g;
- bacon - 40 g;
- bread crumb - 40 g;
- egg - 1 piece;
- crushed thyme ;
- erased parmesan - 30 g;
- lemon (peel and juice) - 1 pc.
Preparation
Clearing the turkey from the films and veins, cut the meat into small pieces by hand and mix it with similar in size slices of bacon. Season with minced chopped thyme, grated cheese and a small amount of salt, for a bunch of eggs and fresh bread crumbs, and for flavor and taste - juice and lemon zest. We give the stuffing to stand in the fridge for half an hour, so that the breadcrumbs are saturated with moisture, and then we make lean meat minced meatballs and fry them.