Every day more and more people think about what they eat. They tend to eat right. However, what does this mean? A lot of tasteless and fresh food? Have to abandon your favorite dishes: dumplings, pancakes, pastries? Yes and no. To start, just review your menu. Understand how much protein, fat, and carbohydrate they’re used in, and how much calorie they have. Pancake with meat is one of the prohibited foods, following a strict diet. However, this does not mean that you have to permanently exclude it from your menu.
Classic recipe
To understand what is the calorie content of 1 pancake with meat, you need to remember the classic recipe for its preparation. Indeed, a lot depends on the products used. Of course, different housewives make pancakes in different ways. The dough can be on kefir or milk, with the addition of buckwheat or oatmeal. The fillings can be with the addition of fried onions with meat or boiled chicken breast. But more on that later.
What do you need?
For the pancakes themselves you will need:
- chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
- milk - 500 ml;
- wheat flour - 250 grams;
- sugar - 30 gr.;
- salt - 2 grams;
- vegetable oil - 100 ml.
For regular toppings:
- beef pulp - 700 grams;
- large onion;
- spice;
- salt.
Cooking order
Cooking pancakes should begin with the filling. It is more convenient and practical. Boil the beef pulp in salted water until tender. This usually takes about an hour. Cool and mince. When boiling, you can add peppercorns, bay leaf and other spices to make the meat spicy and fragrant. Separately, fry the onion cut in half rings in vegetable oil until it becomes transparent. Cool and add to the scroll meat. On this, the filling for the pancakes is ready.
Now you can start kneading the dough. Without it, it is difficult to imagine pancakes with meat. The calorie content of the finished dish largely depends on it, and the batch in particular. To make the dish really tasty, it is important to properly prepare the dough. First, mix the eggs with sugar and salt. The latter need to be put quite a bit for taste. Then mix in the flour and knead the dough. Then, carefully, literally spoon into milk. If you do not rush, you get a smooth pouring mass. In a batch, a blender or mixer can very well help out. At the end, pour in vegetable oil.
Preheat the pan over medium heat. Pour a little dough into the center and, tilting it from side to side, distribute with a thin layer. Fry only on one side until the pancake is lightly browned. Put on a flat plate. Put the filling on one edge and fold as conveniently. Continue making pancakes until the filling or dough is over. Then fry them on all sides. From this amount should be 5 servings. On this ready pancakes with meat. Calorie content per 100 grams - 193.60 kcal. Protein - 8.7 g, fat - 11.2 g, carbohydrates - 14.9 g.
What to change in the test?
More than half of the calories and carbohydrates, of course, are in the dough. That is why, changing its recipe, you can significantly reduce calories. A pancake with meat can even turn out to be quite suitable for the concept of "proper nutrition". So what can be replaced? This, of course, milk, eggs and flour.
Since the supporters of proper nutrition most of all scold wheat flour, you should first choose an alternative to it. The simplest thing is to take whole grain instead. It contains more healthy fiber and vitamins. In part, it can also be replaced with buckwheat and oatmeal, the benefits of which have already been much said. However, it should be noted that such changes will not only reduce calories. Pancake with meat will turn out to be useful and tasty. Although the latter, of course, is controversial for many.
Another component that can be safely replaced in the recipe is milk. If the goal is simply to reduce calories, then, of course, the best option is water. True, at the same time, taste qualities will suffer greatly. Therefore, it is optimal to either leave everything unchanged or replace it with low-fat kefir. The same can be said for eggs. Their absence will greatly affect the taste. However, they do not greatly affect calories. A pancake with meat without them will contain 163 kcal per 100 grams of product.
Filling changes
Of course, the composition of the filling cannot but affect the calorie content of pancakes. What should be done with her so that the dish remains delicious, but becomes more dietary? Firstly, it is advisable to use chicken, beef or lean pork. Also, to reduce calories, it is advisable to pre-boil them in salted water. Of course, it is better to refuse frying.
The same can be said of onions. It is advisable to fry it without oil or using a very small amount. You can replace the onion with green, and then the taste will not suffer and you do not need to fry. You can compensate for this diet by adding your favorite spices and a small amount of broth in which the meat was cooked.
What else?
The calorie content of pancakes with meat still depends on the cooking method. Therefore, it is desirable to completely eliminate frying in oil, even vegetable, and pancakes, and fillings. With the latter, everything is simple. This has already been discussed earlier. For the preparation of pancakes, it is advisable to purchase a pan with a non-stick or ceramic coating. If it still does not work, then use a spray bottle for the oil and add it directly to the dough.
Pancake with meat can still not be fried further after cooking. It is enough to heat in the microwave or a couple. Of course, you can’t call this dish completely dietary. But for a hearty breakfast, such a pancake with meat is suitable. Calorie 1 pc. an average of 80 to 100 kcal.