Minced Beef Cutlets
January 23rd, 2010 in Beef, Main Dishes by Julia Volhina
Total cooking time: 1h 20min
There is more than one recipe for cutlets on this website, if you are looking for some other recipe, try here: all cutlet recipes.
This it a traditional russian recipe for minced meat cutlets which includes meat, white bread soaked in milk and a lot of onions. Some people prepare those cutlets from beef only, some add a bit of pork or pork fat in them. I prefer just beef.
You may grind or mince meat yourself or buy a ground one and simply add finely chopped or grated onions: whatever you prefer. Either way I am sure it will taste delicious!
I’ve served those cutlets with fried potatoes and greek salad, just in case you were curious.
Ingredients:
- 2 lb of beef
- 3-4 shallots
- 1 egg
- White bread
- 1 cup of milk
- Ground black pepper
- Salt to taste
How to make, step by step:
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Prepare ingredients: any cut of beef will do; original recipe uses onions, however I like shallots instead. It is hard to tell how much bread you need, I’ve used about ½ of that piece on the picture:
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Rinse beef in cold water and slice it in pieces; peel shallots. Mince meat and shallots together in meat grinder or food processer. Season with ground black pepper and salt to taste. Add and egg and mix:
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Scoop soft part of bread out of the crust (you will not need crust for this recipe), put to the bowl, pour milk over it and let it soak for a bit:
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Then squeeze milk from bread and add it to the minced meat:
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Mix everything:
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Warm the skillet with oil (I use sunflower one) over moderate heat. Scoop a table spoon of meat mix:
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Form a meat ball with your hands (if you wet your hands with cold water meat will not stick to them):
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Then press it from opposite sides to form a cutlet about 1/2 of inch thin:
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Prepare several cutlets like this and put them to the warmed up skillet; fry each cutlet on one side for about 2 mins then flip and fry on another side for 2 mins more (or intill ready):
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Serve with your choice of sides, I had minced beef cutlets with fried potatoes and greek salad:
Minced Beef Cutlets
