Cutlets with cottage cheese and minced meat

Tender, juicy, with a pleasant cheese taste cutlets! Meat cutlets with cottage cheese, at first glance, sounds somehow strange and unusual. But, in fact, very tasty cutlets are obtained, not with a curd taste, but with a light cheese, and, thanks to the addition of cottage cheese, the cutlets become softer and more tender. In addition, it turns out a budget dish, compared with cutlets made exclusively from meat. Such cutlets will be appreciated by those people who follow their diet and figure, cutlets with cottage cheese will enrich the body with calcium and additional energy, and they will also reduce the calorie content of meat cutlets, replacing part of the meat in the composition.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 30 % 10 g
Fats 64 % 21 g
Carbohydrates 6 % 2 g
233 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 40 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make cutlets with cottage cheese and minced meat? Prepare the ingredients. You can use the minced meat ready-made or wind it yourself from fresh meat. You can use one pork or beef, or mixed minced meat.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Special attention should be paid to cottage cheese, which will be used in the preparation of cutlets. Of course, it is better to take a natural rustic, it is more delicious and obedient to work. But a store-bought one of any fat content is also suitable, it's a matter of taste.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    The main thing is to prepare it correctly. If it is too dry and consists of large grains, it needs to be turned into a paste-like mass, otherwise the taste and appearance of the cutlets will be spoiled by the pieces of cottage cheese that come across. Rub the cottage cheese with the chicken egg until smooth.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Peel and finely chop the onion with a knife.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Combine the ingredients in a deep bowl, add salt, ground black pepper to taste and knead the minced meat thoroughly so that it becomes homogeneous in consistency.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    With your hands moistened with cold water, form cutlets, roll them in wheat flour. Flour can be replaced with breadcrumbs, then the cutlets will get a crisper, ruddy crust when frying.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Pour vegetable oil into the pan. Turn on the fire. Preheat the oil. Cutlets can be cooked for the future, frozen.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Put the cutlets on it. Fry on both sides until browned over medium heat. Then pour a little hot water into the pan, cover the pan with a lid and simmer the cutlets for about 15 minutes so that the liquid completely evaporates. Allow the cutlets to dry a little and remove from the pan.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Serve the cutlets to the table with a side dish or as an independent dish with bread and vegetables. Bon appetit!

Important! In order for the curd dough or filling to be successful, it is important to carefully consider the choice of cottage cheese. A low-quality product can spoil baking, as it directly affects the consistency, taste and final result. How to choose the right cottage cheese for dough or filling read in this article .

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 .

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 .

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Cottage cheese of 40% fat content - 466   kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 20% fat content - 233   kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 18% fat content - 226   kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 10% fat content - 156   kcal/100g
  • Low-fat cottage cheese - 75   kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese with sour cream - 260   kcal/100g
  • Fruit cottage cheese - 147   kcal/100g
  • Soft dietary cottage cheese - 170   kcal/100g
  • Vitalinia cottage cheese - 64   kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese "morning" ( "danone") without sugar - 91   kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese - 156   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Mixed minced meat - 351   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 80   kcal/100g

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