Cutlets with rice and minced meat. Juicy pork cutlets with rice
Rice is often added to cutlets with fatty pork. Rice removes excess fat, and the cutlets themselves turn out tender and juicy.
Preparation:
- Rinse the rice under running water 3-4 times. Pour water in a ratio of 2 to 1, bring to a boil and reduce heat to minimum. Cook for 15-20 minutes. Do not stir the grains during cooking.
- Cut the meat into pieces.
- Roughly chop the onion and garlic into pieces.
- Pass the pork, onion and garlic through a meat grinder.
- Pass the cooled rice through a meat grinder. If the porridge gets stuck and sticks to the walls, periodically add 1-2 tbsp into the neck of the meat grinder. l. water.
- Beat the eggs into the minced meat. Add salt and pepper.
- Mix everything until smooth. Add sifted flour in small portions. The amount of flour depends on the consistency of the mass. It should be moderately thick.
- Using hands soaked in cold water, form into medium-sized patties.
Fry in a frying pan on both sides until golden brown. Place in a cauldron and simmer over low heat for 1/3 hour.
Cutlets with rice and minced meat in Kurdish style
These cutlets are called lemon cutlets because of their unusual shape and color.
Ingredients for the rice casing:
- round rice – 300 g;
- unrefined oil – 400 ml;
- water – 400 ml;
- turmeric – 1 tsp;
- salt - to taste.
For minced meat we need:
- beef or lamb – 0.5 kg;
- onion – 1 pc.;
- raisins – 300 g;
- parsley – 1 bunch;
- salt - a pinch.
From the spices for minced meat, you need to take a pinch of curry, turmeric, dried garlic, ground red and black pepper.
Preparation:
- Clean the meat from tendons and small bones, rinse and mince.
- Finely chop and fry the onion.
- Chop the greens, rinse the raisins.
- Add minced meat to the fried onions and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Pour in a glass of water and simmer until the liquid has completely evaporated.
- Add raisins, herbs and spices to the minced meat. Cook for another 20 minutes.
- Boil the rice and add turmeric at the end for a beautiful yellow color. Crush to make a sticky mess.
- Wet your hands with water, pinch off a piece of rice mixture and form a ball. Press the ball down with your finger to form a shallow cup and place the minced meat in the cavity. Pinch the edges.
- Place the cutlets on a plate and place in the freezer for 3 hours.
- Fry the cutlets in a frying pan or cauldron until golden brown.
Place on a paper towel to remove excess oil.
Rice cutlets with meat can be served as an addition to a side dish or as an independent dish.
Sometimes I cook delicious food for my family cutlets with rice according to my mother's recipe.
The minced meat for cutlets with rice in this recipe can be anything: mixed meat, pork, chicken or even fish.
Cutlets with rice
For this recipe for delicious cutlets with rice you will need:
- – 700 g,
- - half a glass,
- Chicken egg – 1 pc.,
- Salt,
- Spices as you like.
How to cook minced meat cutlets with rice
When I fry cutlets in a frying pan, I boil the rice until cooked; if the cutlets are supposed to be steamed, then the rice in the cutlet mince can be put raw (when cooked, the cutlets with rice will look like “hedgehogs”).
And from this minced meat with the addition of rice, I cook stewed hedgehogs in sour cream sauce in a deep frying pan with a lid, but that’s another story... and here’s an idea for you to get creative 😉
So, boil the rice in any way convenient for you. I cook rice in a slow cooker. I take washed rice, 1 multi-cup, put it in a bowl with 2 multi-cups of water and cook it on the “buckwheat” program (the Panasonic multicooker does not have a separate “Rice” program).
When the rice is ready, mix it with minced meat, add a raw egg, salt and spices.
The minced meat in this photo is made from pork and beef with the addition of onions; if you like, add a few cloves of garlic. In general, everything is the same as what you put in meatballs.
We form cutlets with rice from minced meat, I like to make them round and flattened, and fry them in a hot frying pan (I don’t use any breading; if you wish, you can use flour, ground breadcrumbs or semolina).
When the first side of the cutlets is fried, I turn them over
and on the other hand I cook under the lid.
Here are the juicy homemade cutlets with rice that I make:
Looking at the photo,
I hope you will also want to cook such delicious meat cutlets with rice.
Hostess Anyuta wishes you bon appetit!
Video recipe from YouTube channel:
Duo dish in the Redmond multicooker: steamed cutlets and rice as a side dish (simultaneous cooking).
From time immemorial, housewives have strived to make their cutlets juicy and tasty. Partly for this purpose, soaked bread is added to the minced meat. But over time, it turned out that not only this component allows you to preserve meat juices inside. Products such as lard, finely grated potatoes, butter, grated cheese and, of course, rice do an excellent job of these functions. Consider a simple recipe for minced meat cutlets with the addition of rice.
Ingredients:
How to cook cutlets from minced meat and rice
1 . Boil the rice. For cutlets, it is better to take unsteamed Krasnodar. It cooks well and the cutlets hold their shape well, even without flour or bread. To make sticky rice, you can use this sushi rice recipe:
Pour 1 cup of rice into 1.5 cups of cold water. Place on high heat with the lid closed and bring to a boil. Immediately transfer to medium heat and cook for 5 minutes, then put on low heat for 12 minutes. Remove the pan from the stove and do not open the lid for another 15 minutes.
2
. To obtain a beautiful golden color, aroma and taste, you can add curry or turmeric to rice. Salt and ground black pepper are a standard set for minced meat cutlets.
3
. Beat in 2 eggs.
4
. Next, add the minced meat. You can use any minced meat. If you use chicken, add a little flour for thickness.
5
. Mix thoroughly. You can also beat it (the minced meat is raised slightly above the cup, then thrown forcefully to the bottom).
6
. Place the cutlets on a baking sheet and place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 20-30 minutes.
Delicious and simple minced meat and rice cutlets are ready
Bon appetit!
It is believed that housewives started adding rice to cutlets purely out of economy. At first glance, this is exactly what it looks like. However, for some reason, no one thinks about the fact that most recipes for cutlets with rice do not contain such a familiar ingredient as soaked stale bread. It turns out that the cereal is not placed with it, but instead of it. Where are the savings here?
Why is there rice in cutlets?
In fact, rice began to be added to minced meat long before the financial crises. And this was not done for the purpose of simply increasing the number of finished cutlets. For what? Of course, for taste.
In fact, rice is great for making cutlets from any type of meat. The fact is that rice cereal contains a fairly large amount of starch, due to which it retains moisture well. Thanks to this property, meat juices remain inside and are not released outside during heat treatment. As a result, the cutlets turn out crispy on the outside and incredibly juicy.
In addition, rice has a neutral taste, which means it has virtually no effect on the taste of the finished dish, which absolutely cannot be said about potatoes or cheese. It is also important that rice is a low-calorie product. Of course, this does not make the cutlets dietary, but it does not add additional energy value to the finished dish.
Well, and finally, if we return to the financial side of the issue, then minced meat cutlets with rice can really be classified as budget dishes. Rice is still not cheese or butter...
Types of meat and its proportions
Before moving on to the recipe itself, it’s worth saying a few words about meat. It is believed that it should be prepared from several types of meat. In principle, you can buy ready-made minced meat for cutlets in the supermarket. In this case, there is no need to talk about proportions. What they mixed was what they sold.
You can buy semi-finished beef and pork separately in a 2:1 ratio, i.e. for 1 kg of beef 500 g of pork. If you want to prepare minced meat yourself, then the proportions should be approximately the same: 70% beef and 30% pork. As for the meat itself, the best option would be beef brisket or shoulder and a piece of fatty pork.
It is believed that a little minced poultry can be added to the meat. This is true. In this case, the cutlets will turn out more tender. However, the amount of minced poultry should not exceed 10% of the amount of meat ingredient.
Classic recipe for minced meat cutlets with rice
Now you can return directly to the cutlets. In general, there are a lot of recipes for this dish. And few housewives who often cook cutlets make them according to the instructions. By and large, it’s enough to cook this dish yourself a couple of times, and then everything goes “as usual.” But, of course, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the classic recipe.
So, first you need to stock up on the entire set of products:
- minced beef – 600 g;
- minced pork – 250 g;
- rice – 100 g;
- egg – 1 pc.
- onion – 1 head (small);
- salt, pepper, spices - to taste;
- vegetable oil, breadcrumbs or flour - for frying.
The first step is to cook the rice. It must be cooked until fully cooked in salted water. Then drain in a colander and rinse thoroughly with cold water.
Peel the onion, pass through a meat grinder or grate on the finest grater and add to the bowl with the twisted meat. The mass needs to be mixed thoroughly. By the way, you can also add crushed garlic to the minced meat along with onions. But this is not for everyone.
Beat the egg into the resulting mixture. After this, you can salt and pepper the minced meat, add all the spices and mix thoroughly again. Now it's the turn of rice. It is added to the bowl and everything is thoroughly mixed.
It is advisable to beat the finished minced meat with your hands on the bottom of the bowl. This procedure is not necessary, but thanks to it, the semi-finished meat product will be saturated with oxygen, the fibers will soften and the finished products will be more fluffy and uniform.
Now you can start making cutlets. It should be noted that minced meat prepared using the above method sticks to your hands very well. To avoid pain, you can wet your hands with water and lubricate them with vegetable oil. This will greatly simplify the process of forming cutlets.
Roll the prepared cutlets in breadcrumbs or flour and fry in already heated vegetable oil. It is better to do this over moderate heat. The cutlets cook quite quickly. The average frying time is 4-5 minutes on each side. If desired, you can simmer the cutlets a little by pouring water into the bottom of the frying pan and covering it with a lid.
How else to diversify minced meat and rice cutlets
Above is a classic recipe for minced meat cutlets with rice. But this is by no means a dogma. Rice can be added to any cooked meat, including poultry or fish.
In addition, the dish can be varied by adding additional ingredients: mushrooms, carrots, bell peppers, cheese, pumpkin, zucchini. For example, delicious meat cutlets with rice are obtained if you add not just chopped onions, but first fry them together with finely grated carrots.
Various sauces highlight the taste of meat cutlets with rice well. Of course, you can serve them simply with sour cream, but this is too primitive. But tomato or mushroom sauce will come in handy.
As for side dishes, there are no restrictions. The cutlets go great with fried or boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes, any pasta, buckwheat and even rice. In fact, the rice inside the patties provides virtually no additional flavor. So they go perfectly with a side dish made from the same grain.
Video recipe
Cutlets with rice are affectionately called hedgehogs. Indeed, if you overdo it with adding rice and cook them without breading, they become like funny hedgehogs. Cutlets with rice prepared according to this recipe are tender and tasty. This is a hearty dish that goes well with mashed potatoes and other side dishes. A couple of these cutlets can be given to your husband at work and to your child as a snack. Some housewives replace rice with semolina, but this, as Kanevsky said, is a completely different story.
Preparing minced meat cutlets with rice is very simple and quick. Moreover, if you use chicken instead of minced pork, the cooking time will be reduced. The aroma when preparing them is simply wonderful, it awakens the appetite and calls the whole family to the table. You can cook these cutlets in tomato sauce - it will turn out very tasty. To do this, the cutlets are first fried without breading, and then stewed in a saucepan with chopped onions, grated carrots and tomatoes. Tomato sauce needs a little salt and pepper. The fish cutlets are especially tender; they harmonize perfectly with the rice side dish.
Cutlets with rice
Delicious, juicy cutlets can be prepared from minced meat with rice. All household members will be happy and well-fed. Preparing fried cutlets is simple, the main thing is to prepare all the ingredients in advance.
Ingredients:
- 400 g minced meat (pork, chicken, fish),
- 150 g rice cereal,
- raw egg,
- salt - to taste,
- 50 g flour,
- 50 g breadcrumbs.
Cooking process:
1. It is necessary to boil the rice until completely cooked. It should be soft and crumbly. It is best to use round or parboiled rice.
2. Prepare minced meat.
3. Combine minced meat with rice. Mix well.
4. Break the chicken egg into the meat mixture.
5. Add salt.
6. Add flour. Stir well. You should get a homogeneous, thick mixture.
7. Pour breadcrumbs into a separate plate. Form the minced meat into balls and roll them in breadcrumbs.
8. Fry the pieces on both sides in sunflower oil. The cooking process should take place over medium heat so that the center is well cooked.
9. Hot cutlets with rice can be served. Bon appetit!
If you additionally stew the cutlets, then feel free to add raw rice; we can confidently say that it will cook at the same time as the pork or chicken meat. Chicken cutlets turn out to be more tender and cook faster, but if you make them from minced pork, they will be more juicy and tasty, so the choice of meat is yours. You can add your favorite spices to the minced meat before cooking.
In our country, practical housewives love the combination of rice and minced meat. It is thanks to rice that a minced meat dish becomes tender, light and appetizing. In addition to the fact that it is very tasty, healthy and satisfying, it is also profitable. Having prepared rice cutlets with minced meat, you no longer have to worry about the side dish; they can easily replace a full dinner. People call these cutlets “hedgehogs,” and if you simmer them in gravy, you get meatballs. For many kids with their fragile teeth, these tender cutlets become their favorite meat dish.
What types of rice cutlets with minced meat are there?
Many housewives use regular white steamed rice to prepare rice cutlets, but with the appearance of its dark counterpart in supermarkets, some have switched to it. Brown rice has a thicker consistency and the patties won't fall apart.
Rice cutlets can be cooked with any type of minced meat:
- Pork.
- Beef.
- Mixed.
- Chicken.
- Fish.
- Rabbit.
The cutlets can simply be fried in vegetable oil, baked with sauce in the oven, steamed or in a slow cooker.
Little secrets of delicious rice cutlets with minced meat
To make your “hedgehogs” or meatballs very tender and juicy, you need to use a few simple tips.
Firstly, never add a raw chicken egg to the minced meat, otherwise the cutlets will be tough when finished. It is best to use potato or rice starch as a binding component, and the cutlets will not be viscous, but more tender and airy.
Secondly, the finished minced meat needs to be thoroughly “beaten” on the work surface. Throw it several times on the table or on the bottom of the bowl, this will help enrich it with air, this will give the dish additional fluffiness.
How to make rice cutlets with minced meat
Rice cutlets cook very quickly. The whole process takes less than an hour - twenty minutes to prepare the ingredients and half an hour to prepare.
To prepare rice cutlets with minced meat for six servings, we will need:
- Half a kilogram of pork.
- Four hundred grams of beef.
- A glass of rice.
- A tablespoon of starch.
- Two small carrots.
- Two medium onions.
- Three cloves of garlic.
- Salt, pepper.
- Breadcrumbs.
- Vegetable oil.
Cooking steps:
- Boil rice with peeled carrots until cooked.
- We make mixed minced pork and beef. To do this, you can use a meat grinder with a medium grid or a food processor.
- We pass onion, garlic and boiled carrots into the minced meat through a meat grinder.
- Add starch to the minced meat. Salt and pepper. Mix everything thoroughly and leave for a few minutes so that the starch acquires viscosity.
- Wet our hands with water or vegetable oil and form small round balls of the same size. Roll them in breadcrumbs and fry on both sides in well-heated vegetable oil.
- You will get a crispy crust and a juicy center, but if you are cooking for a child, it is better to steam it.
