Hedgehogs with rice: recipe with photo

Very often, housewives puzzle over the question: "What delicious and satisfying to cook for dinner or lunch?" We suggest you try a simple and budget dish - hedgehogs with rice (the recipe will be presented later). We think that even small children who find it difficult to persuade to try something new will like it. Experienced housewives will gladly share the secrets of cooking hedgehogs with rice. Recipes, as well as some recommendations, can be found in this article.

Some interesting facts

In everyday life, many of us try to feed our domestic ones that do not require large cash costs, as well as time. Hedgehogs with rice (there are a lot of recipes) - this is an excellent option, which all family members will be happy with. Before we move on to preparing this hearty dish, we suggest you get acquainted with some interesting facts:

• Hedgehogs contain a large amount of protein, so they need to be eaten as often as possible.
• Meatballs, kufta, meat balls, hedgehogs are all the names of the same dish.
• Even if your child refuses meat, he will eat this dish with great pleasure.
  

  The classic recipe for hedgehogs from minced meat and rice

What is interesting to cook from meat? - Many of us sometimes think. After all, you need to do something that will appeal to both large and small. The way out is found! Have you decided to please your family and cook hedgehogs with rice in the oven? The recipe is very simple, and you don’t have to bother with the dish for a long time. But before moving on to cooking, let's prepare the foods we need.

Essential Ingredients:

• Minced meat (pork or beef, you can also take chicken) - about half a kilogram, if you cook for a family of several people.
• Onions - 2-3 pieces.
• Seasonings - if you like spicy dishes.
• Rice - half a glass will be enough.
• Sour cream or tomato paste - for making sauce.
• Salt to taste.

Cooking Technology:

1. Take the required amount of rice (it is best to take long-grain). Wash it thoroughly and pour it into the pan. Add a glass of water and half a tablespoon of salt.
2. Put the pot on a strong fire. When the water boils, turn down the power. Cook the rice until half cooked, stirring occasionally.
3. Let's take onions. It must be washed, peeled, finely chopped, fried in vegetable oil.
4. Rinse and leave to cool.
5. In the minced meat, you need to break the eggs, add salt, pepper and mix everything well.
6. Fried onions and rice are also spread in the meat mass.
7. All mix well. We take a small amount of the mixture and form small balls from it.
8. We grease the form with butter and put the hedgehogs with rice into it.
9. Pour the sauce on top (information on how to cook it can be found in this article).
10. We put in a preheated oven for 35 - 40 minutes.
11. The finished dish can be decorated with fresh herbs: green onions, dill, parsley.
12. Enjoy your meal!
    

    Hedgehogs with rice in a pan: recipe

Balls of meat can be prepared not only in the oven. We suggest you try to make them in a pan. Let's take the meat instead of the minced meat.

• We will need a pound of pork and beef, as well as onions.
• Scroll through the meat grinder.
• Boil a glass of rice (do not forget to rinse it well before cooking).
• Grated carrots overcook with onions in a pan.
• Now break the egg into the minced meat and add the vegetables, as well as boiled rice.
• Mix the resulting mass, salt it to taste.
• Now it remains only to form the hedgehogs and fry them in a pan from all sides.
• Choose any sauce (if you want, you can come up with something of your own) and pour the hedgehogs.
• Cook over medium heat for thirty to thirty-five minutes.
• As you can see, everything is very simple. And the finished dish turns out to be unusually tasty.
  

  Making sauces

Now you know that in the preparation of delicious hedgehogs with rice there is nothing complicated. It’s time to start preparing the sauce. After all, the taste of the finished dish depends on what ingredients are included in its composition. We suggest you try several excellent options that are popular with a large number of people. You can write them in your notebook with recipes and cook as often as possible. So, which sauce is best served with meat balls?

• Tomato. If you like the sweet and sour taste of hedgehogs with rice, you can choose this sauce. How to cook it? The list of products is quite simple: tomatoes, tomato paste, garlic, pepper, spices, onions, salt and sugar. First you need to wash and chop the vegetables. Then we take the pan, pour the sunflower oil and fry the vegetable mixture in it. Add spices, as well as a small amount of salt and sugar. We put tomato paste and pour a small amount of water into the pan. You can add beef or chicken bouillon cube. The sauce is cooked in ten minutes.
• Sour cream or creamy. Mix half a glass of sour cream and cream together. You can add a small amount of cheese. Add a little salt, spices to taste, as well as a glass of ready-made broth or water. All mix well and fill the hedgehogs.
  

  The subtleties of cooking

If you want to cook a dish that will surely please not only your home but also your guests, listen to the advice from experienced hostesses.

• Hedgehogs with meat can be made not only with rice, but also with buckwheat, millet, pearl barley.
• Forcemeat for the preparation of meat balls is best to take more fat.
• The secret of unusually tasty hedgehogs with rice (the recipe is so simple that even the most inexperienced housewife will get the dish) is not only in the filling, but also in the sauce. If you add cream to it, it will turn out to be more tender and rich.
• What can you offer your family members or guests as a side dish? The choice can be quite diverse. Judge for yourself: mashed potatoes, stewed cabbage, pasta, buckwheat, stewed vegetables and much more.
• Many housewives are preoccupied with the question of which stuffing is best used for making hedgehogs. We recommend taking home in stores. You can also buy beef and pork, and then roll them through a meat grinder.

Finally

Hedgehogs with rice (a recipe with a photo is presented in this article) - can become the main dish of the festive table. Your relatives and guests will be extremely grateful to you!