How to cook chicken cutlets? Recipes and recommendations

2025 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:50

Watch your figure? Soon guests will come and you need to set the table, but you don’t have time for chic dishes? Are you fasting or have stomach problems? Chicken cutlets - your solution! This article will talk about the intricacies of cooking, as well as a recipe for the perfect chicken cutlets.

Choosing stuffing

To make minced chicken cutlets tasty, juicy and tender, you need to choose the right meat. You can take ready-made minced meat, but in this case, fat, chicken skin will also be present in the composition, and it is not a fact that the meat will be the first freshness. There are some secrets to choosing minced chicken.

1. Get some chicken breasts from the store and ask them to grind them there. Usually this is not denied if everything is in order with the production meat grinder and it is turned on. If you were refused to grind minced meat, go to another store. This answer means that the minced meat is ordered elsewhere and you cannot know whether it was transported correctly, whether all storage rules were followed, and there is a risk that the stickers with the production date couldreplace with newer ones.



2. Pay attention to the appearance of the chicken breast. If it is covered with a slimy film, you should bypass it - this means that the breast is stale and has been re-frozen (or even frozen and thawed more than once).

Correctly selected spices are half the battle

How to choose minced meat, figured out, now we need to decide what spices we will add to our cutlets. Chicken cutlet recipes usually include only s alt and pepper, but believe me, if you add a few spices, the cutlets will acquire a new taste that will not leave anyone indifferent.

1. Mixture of peppers. Panacea for all chicken meat. If you like spicy, just add a mixture of several types of pepper, believe me, you will never regret your decision.
2. Turmeric. Another spice that should be present in chicken dishes by default. Not only will the cutlets turn out golden, they will acquire a unique aroma and a delicate, refined taste.
3. Rosemary or thyme. These herbs will add an unusual spice to cutlets, you can replace them with Provence herbs, and then the taste of cutlets will be slightly sweet and spicy. Do not be afraid to experiment, the main thing is not to overdo it with these seasonings, otherwise you will get the opposite effect.
4. S alt. If you choose the right spices, you will be surprised, but s alt is a completely optional component! The above seasonings and herbs harmonize perfectly with each other and do not require the addition of s alt at all.

Chicken cutlets

First of all, here is a recipe for classic cutlets. These are pork and chicken cutlets, which are very satisfying, tender, juicy and quite high-calorie. If you follow the figure, then read the next paragraph, there is a diet recipe.

Ingredients:

• minced chicken breast - 440 grams;
• minced pork (thighs or brisket) - 340 grams;
• fat (if you cook minced meat yourself) - 85 grams;
• medium egg - 3 pcs;
• spices - turmeric, cumin, Provence herbs, s alt - to taste;
• breadcrumbs - 150 grams;
• vegetable oil - a few tablespoons.

Cooking.

1. If you take meat and want to make minced meat yourself, you should cook it like this: the first piece is pork, the second is chicken, the third is lard. Dip them in turn into a meat grinder so that the minced meat is uniform and easier to mix. If you want to add onion and garlic, also mince or chop them finely.
2. Add turmeric, cumin and herbs of Provence to the prepared minced meat, s alt, pepper, break the eggs and knead well. Take the minced meat in your hands and lightly toss it into a plate to get rid of air bubbles.
3. Wet your hands with cold water. Pour oil into a frying pan and heat well. Blind small cutlets of medium thickness, roll in breadcrumbs and fry for 5-7 minutes on each side.

A little life hack: to make cutlets morejuicy, put a small piece of lard inside each. It will melt during frying and will give the cutlets juiciness and an indescribable flavor.

Diet chicken cutlets

This recipe uses minced chicken. Such chicken cutlets are suitable for those who follow their figure and their he alth. The principle of preparation is similar to the above, but change the ingredients:

• minced chicken breast - 740 grams;
• spices - to taste (necessarily a mixture of peppers);
• egg- 3 medium;
• vegetable oil for frying.

Don't use breadcrumbs, they add quite a lot of calories.