The combination of meat and pasta has long been known in cooking. A lot of dishes are invented with these ingredients - navy pasta, casseroles, lasagna, meatball pasta and many others.
Pasta nests
The noodles of the nest with minced meat look very appetizing. In a pan, such a dish is quite simple to prepare. This masterpiece of culinary art is suitable for both an ordinary family dinner and a festive dinner. The basis of this dish is pasta twisted in the shape of bird's nests. They can be purchased at almost any supermarket.
Stuffed nests will appeal to both adults and children. This dish is very hearty and delicious. How to cook noodles with minced meat in a pan? You need to take long pasta in which you want to place the filling. It can have several variations.
Types of Stuffing
Many people, when they say “minced meat,” imagine twisted meat — pork or beef. But this is not so. Now there are many varieties of minced meat. Changing the filling, you can make several options for this dish. Nest noodles with minced meat in a pan can be prepared with the following types of minced meat:
- Mushroom. Make it simple enough. For its preparation, onions and mushrooms are finely chopped and sent to a pan greased with oil. Food is fried for about 15 minutes. Occasionally they need to be mixed so that they do not burn.
- Butchery. For its preparation, any meat that is available from the hostess is suitable. This is the most popular filling for nests. The meat must be finely chopped or twisted in a meat grinder. It is advisable to add onions to the minced meat.
- Chicken It is prepared in the same way as minced meat. Chicken meat is considered dietary. It is easier to digest and cooks faster.
Noodle noodles in a pan
Photos of this dish are presented in our article. The most popular type of minced meat in the nests is meat. On this recipe and dwell in more detail.
You will need such products:
- Onion - 2 pcs.
- Noodle nests - 10 pcs.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- frying oil;
- Minced meat - 500 grams.
- Garlic - 2 cloves.
- Salt, ground pepper - to taste.
- Hard cheese - 100 grams.
- Water or finished broth.
The amount of ingredients can be taken more if you need to cook many servings. How to cook noodles nests with minced meat in a pan? The recipe for this dish is quite simple and memorable.
To begin with, finely chop one onion, and grate the carrots. Pour oil on a hot skillet and put prepared vegetables there. Fry until cooked.
Add finely chopped onion and garlic, salt and pepper to the minced meat. Mix everything thoroughly. Divide the resulting mass into ten equal parts.
Put dry pasta nests in a deep pan. Place minced balls in them. Put the fried vegetables on top. Pour in all the broth or simply salted water. The fluid should cover the nests by 2/3. Cover the pan and place on the stove. When the liquid boils, reduce the heat and cook for 30-40 minutes. During this time, almost all of the broth should be absorbed into pasta. Grate the cheese and sprinkle nests on it. Cover the pan again. Let the cheese melt a little. Remove the pan from the stove.
Serve the nests hot. You can sprinkle them with chopped herbs. This dish can be served for dinner with vegetables.
In the oven
Nest noodles can be cooked not only in a skillet, but also in a slow cooker or in the oven. This dish is sure to appeal to both guests and household. The technology for preparing nests in the oven differs little from the method described above. It is necessary to prepare the stuffing, place it in the noodle nests, put everything in a baking dish and pour in the broth. Tighten the form on top with foil, in which you need to make two or three punctures.
Put in the oven for 30-40 minutes. When this time is up, the foil must be removed, the nests filled with hard cheese and put in the oven for another 5-10 minutes to melt the cheese.