It may seem that it is not difficult to make good cutlets. The main thing is to have a desire to make them and buy all the necessary components. In fact, this is not so.
This dish appeared in France. The first cutlets were pieces of fried meat. The very word used to refer to this dish, translated from French means "rib". The recipe for their preparation leads the famous writer Dumas in one of his poems. Veal should be oiled, sprinkled with seasonings, then roll in breadcrumbs, fry over low heat and serve with lemon juice. A little later there was another kind of cutlets - chops. For cooking them most often used the most tender kinds of meat. In Russia cutlets made from minced meat appeared in the reign of Tsar Peter the Great. Interestingly, many people have similar dishes. As an example, you can bring Polish zrazy with stuffing, German schnitzel or Turkish mullet, cooked from lamb.
So, we come to the main question: "How to make cutlets"? In order for these culinary products to work out, adhere to several rules. Making cutlets is best from fresh minced meat. Scroll the meat not in the processor, but in the meat grinder. Beef forcemeat as a basis. You can also add pork, veal or lamb. Use protein, but not yolk. Separating it, whip it. You can add white bread soaked in water or in milk. The main thing that he was without a peel. If you intend to add grated potatoes to ground meat, then you need to put bread a little less. The secret of delicious cutlets is to roll them in breadcrumbs or dip them in dough before starting to fry. Also, it is better to first oil the pan in a frying pan. All this is necessary in order that the juice does not flow out of your products during cooking. Fry them on two sides, and then close the lid and bring to a full readiness. Do not leave them in a frying pan for a long time, so that they are not soaked in oil, becoming fat.
Let's talk about how to make cutlets from minced meat. To do this, it is better to take fresh meat, in the extreme case - frozen. Do not put a lot of eggs in the ground, enough and one-two. Do not forget about the greens. If you put a little fresh parsley and spinach in the ground, the cutlets will turn out to be more appetizing. Also do not forget about seasoning - salt and pepper. You can grease the already prepared dish with butter and decorate with parsley.
Now about how to make cutlets for a couple. This requires 350 grams of beef and pork. Passing it all through the meat grinder, add two cloves of garlic, a bulb and a bit of white bread without a peel soaked in milk. Stir the resulting mass, salt. Now we cook cutlets for a couple. A ready-made dish can be served with vegetables or sprinkled with some kind of sauce. Enjoy your meal!
We continue the conversation about how to make cutlets. There is one more kind - chops. First of all, the quality of these cutlets is influenced by the meat from which they are made. It should not be old or repeatedly frozen. Fresh pork is usually tender pink, and beef is light red, but not maroon. For veal chops, a veal is a good choice. It is more gentle than beef. Meat should not contain any films and veins. You need to cut it across the fibers. The thickness of the product should not exceed 1 cm. Beating meat is most convenient through a plastic bag. Before frying, it should be dry. You can salt meat only when a crust is already formed. It is desirable to soak in breadcrumbs or flour, so that the juice does not leak when frying. Putting a chop is only for a well-heated frying pan. You need to fry for two or three minutes on each side. If after that a golden crust is formed, but inside the chop is not yet ready, then until ready, you can bring it in the microwave or in the oven.