Minced fish cutlets

Delicious, healthy dish for a variety of menus! Cutlets are a delicious and hearty dish that is often prepared for lunch or dinner. Meat cutlets are more popular, but fish cutlets are very useful, they contain substances that are not in meat, so sometimes you need to cook such cutlets.

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Composition / ingredients

servings:

Pollock

400

Chicken eggs

White bread

Milk

Onion

Salt

to taste

Ground black pepper

to taste

Wheat flour

Vegetable oil

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 42 % 11 g

Fats 23 % 6 g

Carbohydrates 35 % 9 g

128 kcal

GI: 25 / 50 / 25

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 50 min

Step 1:
How to make minced fish cutlets? Prepare the ingredients according to the list. Cutlets can be made from ready-made minced fish, but it is better to wind the minced meat yourself from fresh fish. Fish for cutlets can be used any to taste and availability, I have pollock. This fish has a less pronounced specific fishy smell, fewer small bones, is convenient in the preparation of such dishes and a fairly cheap product. Wash, clean and gut the fish carcass.
Step 2:
Separate the pulp from the bones and put it in the bowl of a blender, chop it to the state of minced meat.
Step 3:
There is no need to be afraid that small bones will remain in the minced meat, the blender will thoroughly grind the whole mass. Including bones. If there is no blender at hand, the fish fillet can be twisted in a conventional meat grinder.
Step 4:
To make the cutlets softer, lush and tender, a crumb of white bread or a loaf soaked in milk should be added to the minced fish. To easily mask the specific taste of fish, if desired, finely chopped fresh dill greens can be added to the minced meat, it will make the cutlets more fragrant.
Step 5:
Peel the onion from the husk and cut into pieces.
Step 6:
Add the onion to the blender bowl.
Step 7:
Send a raw chicken egg there. Add salt and ground black pepper to taste, mix the ingredients thoroughly with a blender until smooth.
Step 8:
With your hands soaked in cold water, form minced fish cutlets, roll them in wheat flour. Instead of flour, you can use breadcrumbs to make the cutlets with a dense crispy crust.
Step 9:
Pour vegetable oil into the pan. Warm it up. Put the cutlets on the oil, reduce the heat to medium, fry the cutlets on both sides until golden brown.
Step 10:
Then cover the pan with a lid, reduce the heat to a minimum and keep the cutlets in the pan for another 10-15 minutes. Turn off the heat, serve the cutlets to the table with any side dish to taste or as an independent dish with some sauce and bread. Enjoy your meal!

How to properly cut a whole fish into fillets? Remove the tail, head and fins. Cut the carcass along the spine to the spine. Turn it on its side. With a sharp knife, cut the meat from the backbone bone. Turn the carcass over and cut the fillet from the other side. Clean the inside by removing the black film, as it is bitter and will spoil the taste. Rinse and be sure to dry well.

Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it. How to determine the roasting temperature and choose the best oil for frying, and which is better not to use at all, read here .

Important! An incorrectly selected frying pan can ruin even the best recipe. All the details on how to choose the perfect frying pan for different dishes read here .