Minced meat for chicken dumplings

Minced chicken meat turns out to be very tender and airy. This recipe is especially useful for people who watch their figure, do not eat fatty foods or small children. As a raw material for minced meat, you can take any chicken meat, giving preference to those parts of it that are more to your liking. So, minced chicken breast turns out to be whitish in color and more dietary. If you take meat from chicken thighs and shins, then the taste of the finished dumplings will be somewhat different.

First of all, chicken meat should be thoroughly rinsed under running water and wiped dry with paper towels. Then skin the skin, cut out all the bones and veins that occur, cut off the fat. Then cut the meat into small pieces so that it is convenient to work with them in the future.

Then prepare a meat grinder or food processor and pass the chopped chicken meat through the kitchen appliance, grinding it to the state of minced meat.

Then peel the onion and rinse it under water, wipe it with a towel. Chop the onion finely into cubes and also add to the ground meat. You can, of course, also pass the onion through a meat grinder, but in chopped form it will retain its juiciness more. In the future, the onion will give a more tender and mild taste to the meat.

Garlic is also peeled and rinsed. Then grind it, finely chop it with a sharp knife, or pass it through a special press. Put the crushed garlic in the minced chicken. It will give a spicy pungent taste and an appetizing aroma.

Next, salt the minced meat to your liking and add a little ground black pepper for sharpness. Also at this stage, you can add any seasonings as desired. Oregano, cumin, nutmeg, ground corinander are well combined with chicken meat. Or you can add a ready-made mixture of Italian herbs.

For a softer creamy taste, beat a chicken egg into the minced meat. After that, it is necessary to knead the minced meat well with your hands until smooth.

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