Minced hedgehogs in a saucepan

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make minced hedgehogs in a saucepan? Cut the beef flesh into medium pieces, peel the onion and cut in half. I have a small onion, I used two in minced meat and two in broth, if you have a larger onion, then two is enough - one in minced meat. one in the broth.

2. Step 2:

   

   Grind the meat in a blender with half of the prepared onion. It took me 10 seconds to complete this process.

3. Step 3:

   

   Transfer the minced meat to a suitable bowl, beat in the egg, pour in the raw and well-washed rice, add salt to taste. I used raw rice, not boiled until half-cooked, to simplify the cooking process and to make the hedgehogs stick together better.

4. Step 4:

   

   Mix the minced meat with your hands and taste the salt with the tip of your tongue, you can also add spices to taste: a mixture of peppers, ground black pepper, etc .

6. Step 5:

   

   Take a small amount of minced meat, toss it from hand to hand and form round meatballs. Put it in a saucepan. They can be made larger or smaller in size, the amount will depend on the size.

7. Step 6:

   

   Pour boiling water over the hedgehogs so that they are completely covered, add salt, onion and bay leaf. If you pour cold water, then all the taste will go into the broth, so pour boiling water. I cut the onion into 2 parts, since I did not plan to eat it after cooking, if you plan, then cut it into half rings.

8. Step 7:

   

   Put the pan on the stove and turn on the heat, wait for boiling and remove the foam. Cook the hedgehogs over moderate heat under a slightly ajar lid for 30 minutes. This time is enough for the meat and rice to be cooked.

9. Step 8:

   

   Put the finished hedgehogs on a platter.