Categories: FishMain Dishes

Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice

Tender fish cutlets can be prepared of many kinds of fish to your choice (I used tilapia fillets for example).

If fish you are planning on using has bones, they will need to removed before mincing, skin can be kept intact (presuming scales and fins removed as well).

Fish cutlets can be served warm or cooled down, boiled whole potatoes or mash potatoes are good side dish for these, a dash of mayo is a nice addition.

Ingredients:

  • 1.5lb of fish fillets
  • 1/3 cups of rice
  • 1 egg
  • 2 slices of itallian bread
  • About cup of water
  • Bunch of fresh green onions (3-4 stems)
  • Bunch of fresh dill
  • 3-4 tablespoons of all purpose flour or bread crumbs
  • Ground black pepper to taste
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil

How to prepare, step-by-step:

  1. Prepare ingredients: I used tilapia fish fillets, but other kid of fish will work as well to your choice:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice Recipe: Step 1
  2. Bring a cooking pot with water to boil, salt to taste, add rice and boil until cooked; pour cooked rice to colander and let it cool down:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice Recipe: Step 2
  3. Mince fish fillets in food processor or meat mincer, move mince to a big mixing bowl:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice Recipe: Step 3
  4. Crack an egg in:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice Recipe: Step 4
  5. Season with salt and ground black pepper to taste:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice Recipe: Step 5
  6. Soak itallian bread in a water, squeeze water out and add to the bowl:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice Recipe: Step 6
  7. Add chopped dill:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice Recipe: Step 7
  8. Chopped green onions:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice Recipe: Step 8
  9. And boiled rice you prepared earlier:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice Recipe: Step 9
  10. Mix everything thoroughly:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice Recipe: Step 10
  11. Warm up a skillet with 2-3 tablespoons of oil over moderate heat. Working once by one form cutlets using your hands (wet hands with cold water from time to time to prevent mince sticking to them):
    Scoop mince with a tablespoon and form ball
    Flatten the ball
    Until you get a cutlet



  12. Roll each prepared cutlet in a flour or bread crumbs:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice Recipe: Step 12
  13. And move to the warmed up skillet:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice Recipe: Step 13
  14. Fry cutlets on one side until colored (about 5-8 mins), then flip to another side and repeat:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice Recipe: Step 14
  15. Move cooked cutlets to a plate:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice Recipe: Step 15
  16. Serve fish cutlets warm or cooled down with you choice of a side dish, mayonnaise goes good with these as well:
    Minced Fish Cutlets with Rice
Enjoy!