Do you want to cook unusual cutlets? Then make zucchini cutlets with meat. Zucchini will make them juicier, softer and saturate the cutlets with useful vitamins and microelements. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Helpful tips and video recipe.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking of zucchini cutlets with meat
- Video recipe
Zucchini is a hit of the summer season. Each housewife prepares all sorts of dishes from them, and there are so many recipes for their preparation that you simply cannot count. Today we will prepare a new and tasty dish - zucchini cutlets with meat. They turn out to be lush, tender and juicy. You will learn the main components, subtleties, secrets and cooking technology in this article.
- Raw zucchini is rubbed on a coarse or fine grater, twisted in a meat grinder or chopped with a blender. You can chop them with a knife into small cubes to get chopped cutlets with a pronounced structure.
- Liquid is removed from the prepared mass by putting it in a colander and leaving it for a while.
- Minced meat for cutlets can be of any variety: pork, beef, chicken … It is also twisted in a meat grinder or diced.
- To hold the minced meat together and shape the cutlets, add eggs or semolina. Semolina will add density and splendor to the products, but they do not add much of it, otherwise the cutlets will turn out according to the consistency of dough products. Cutlets with eggs will turn out flat like pancakes and will be well fried.
- Cutlets are fried in a skillet in oil, baked in the oven on a baking sheet, cooked in a steam bath, in a microwave or multicooker.
- Minced meat can be flavored with your favorite seasonings and spices: ground black pepper, coriander, fresh or dried dill, parsley, basil …
- Such cutlets are prepared for future use: fried, they are well stored in the freezer, and when heated, they do not lose quality and taste.
- They are served for breakfast, lunch or dinner as a side dish or as an independent dish. They are good both warm and cold.
- The best sauce for them is sour cream, it is possible to supplement it with herbs, garlic, pepper …
- Caloric content per 100 g - 125 kcal.
- Servings - 15
- Cooking time - 40 minutes
Ingredients:
- Zucchini - 1 pc.
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Meat (any sort) - 300-400 g
- Salt - 1 tsp or to taste
- Vegetable oil - for frying
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
Step by step cooking of zucchini cutlets with meat, recipe with photo:
1. Wash the zucchini, dry with a paper towel and grate on a coarse grater. Season them with salt, press down a little with your hands and leave for 5-7 minutes to remove excess liquid. If the zucchini is ripe, then peel them first of the tough peel and clean out the large seeds.
2. Wash the meat and twist it through a meat grinder.
3. Peel the onions, rinse and twist as well. Add eggs to the minced meat, salt and pepper. You can add any spices and herbs.
4. Stir the minced meat to distribute the food evenly.
5. Place the frying pan on the stove, add vegetable oil and heat. Take a serving of minced meat with a tablespoon and put it in the pan. Form into oval cutlets and sauté them over medium heat until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
6. Flip the zucchini cutlets with meat on the other side and cook until tender. If desired, after frying, you can put them in a saucepan, pour 50 ml of water and simmer.
See also a video recipe on how to cook zucchini cutlets with minced meat.
