If you want to cook something tasty and at the same time dietary, non-greasy, be sure to try making
chicken cutlets with zucchini. This dish contains a minimum of calories, but at the same time a large amount of protein, it is juicy, hearty and looks beautiful. If the cutlets are served with boiled vegetables or green salad, you get a wonderful light lunch.
Recipe for chicken cutlets with zucchini
To prepare a large portion of a delicious dish, take:
- a pound of chicken without skin and bones;
- 200 g pulp of zucchini;
- 100 g of boiled rice;
- 1 piece of carrots and onions;
- 1 bunch of any greens (parsley, dill, cilantro) for minced meat;
- 1 chicken egg;
- salt, black pepper, flour or breadcrumbs for breading.
Rinse the chicken fillet thoroughly, peel the onion and carrots. Then roll the meat and vegetables through the meat grinder, if you want your chicken cutlets with zucchini to become more tender, you can turn the stuffing 2-3 times. Zucchini grate on a coarse grater, salt, let them stand for a little while, and then squeeze out the allocated juice. Combine them with minced meat, add boiled rice, finely chopped greens, egg, salt and pepper. From the resulting meat mass, fashion small cutlets, roll them in flour or breadcrumbs, and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown. Typically, each serving takes 10-15 minutes. After the chicken cutlets with zucchini are ready, you can serve them hot to the table, for example, with sour cream. And as a side dish, you can use boiled vegetables or a green salad. By the way, to make the dish less nutritious, these cutlets can also be cooked in a double boiler, in which case they do not need to be rolled in breading, just mold the mold and send it to cook for 20 minutes. Of course, they will turn out without a crisp, but this way you can avoid the use of sunflower oil fats and simple carbohydrates that give us crackers or flour. By the way, the calorie content of the dish is 87 kcal per 100 g of product, of which 3 g of fat, 7.5 g of protein, and this fits well with the
diet.Chopped chicken cutlets with zucchini: cheese recipe
To prepare a juicy dish of meat and vegetables you will need:
- 600 gr chicken fillet;
- 1 each squash and medium sized bell peppers;
- 100 g of any grated cheese;
- 1 chicken egg;
- flour or breadcrumbs for breading, vegetable oil and spices.
Finely chop the white meat and pepper, grate the zucchini and cheese on a coarse grater. The vegetable needs to be salted and left for a while, it will give juice, which must be squeezed. Combine the resulting ingredients, add the chicken egg, spices and a couple of tablespoons of flour if the mass is too thin. Mix well the resulting stuffing, from which you need to form small cutlets. Roll them in breading and fry in vegetable oil. After the dish is ready, serve hot to the table. Chicken cutlets with zucchini and cheese are especially loved by children for their delicate taste and crisp, and since this dish is prepared very quickly, even the busiest mother can make it.