Fish cakes are a tasty and healthy dish. To make it really successful, you should consider some of the nuances of cooking.
To cook fish cutlets, you can use almost any filet. Moreover, they do not have to be fried in a pan, you can choose a dietary method of preparation. For example, bake them in the oven or steam.
If you use a meat grinder attachment with the largest holes when cooking minced meat, then the patties will better preserve the taste of the fish. Culinary specialists know that minced fish is more fluid in consistency than meat. To get rid of excess fluid, mince can be squeezed a little. For the same purpose, you can add a little breadcrumbs or semolina to the cutlet mass.
To make the fishcakes more tender, you can introduce a little pork fat into the minced meat. River fish cutlets , for example, from pike, benefit especially from this. As an additive, you can use pork or chicken mince, but put these products a little so as not to interrupt the taste of fish.
If you are cooking cutlets from fish with a low fat content, then for greater juiciness, put a piece of butter in the middle of each of them. When frying, it will melt and give the cutlets a delicate taste. Additiveness to them is added to the onion forcemeat. Stuffing before forming cutlets must be beaten off. To do this, take a lump of minced meat in their hands, and then forcefully throw it several times into a bowl. It is better to brew fish cutlets not in flour, but in breadcrumbs or semolina.
To prepare the minced meat, you need to take about 100 grams of white bread, a couple of onions, 50 grams of bacon and one egg per pound of fillet. If the cutlets are steamed, then when cooking the meat, it is better to replace the bread with a pair of raw potatoes, grated on a fine grater. You can add greens
For a change, it is worth cooking fish cutlets with a variety of fillings, as zraz. Options for fillings can be very different. For example, boiled egg with onions, mushrooms, rice with various additives, stewed vegetables, etc.
And if there is no desire or time to mess with fresh fish, then you can cook cutlets from canned fish. This recipe is very simple, even the most inexperienced chef will cope with the creation of such a delicious and satisfying dish.
For the preparation of these cutlets, canned food prepared in its own juice is best suited. In extreme cases, canned food with added oil can be used. But those that are not suitable in tomato.
A standard jar of fish will require 1 cup of ready-made rice, an egg, a small onion, crackers or semolina for breading and seasoning to taste.
Grate the onion on a fine grater, if a lot of juice is released, then it should be drained. Canned fish should be removed from the can, draining the liquid and thoroughly knead with a fork. Grated onions, cooked rice are added to this mass, the egg is broken and seasonings are laid. Salt such minced meat should be careful, because the fish already contains enough salt.
Stuffed meat should be mixed well, made into small patties, breaded in semolina or breadcrumbs and sautéed over high heat in oil. These cutlets are fried very quickly.
You can cook cutlets from canned food without adding rice, replacing it with boiled grated potatoes. Another option is canned pancakes, in this case, increase the number of eggs (2-3 pieces per jar), and for a bunch add a little flour, preferably pancake. The mass should turn out to be liquidish, so it is fried like pancakes, spreading in a pan with a spoon.
And with what you can serve fish cakes? Classic side dish - mashed potatoes. But you can use other options. For example, a fresh vegetable salad, crumbly rice, or green peas. Enjoy your meal.