Stuffed chicken meatballs are ideal for those who protect the figure and adhere to the proper nutrition system. The article presents several recipes for this dish - with different ingredients. The choice is yours.
Steamed cutlets without a double boiler
So, you have minced chicken. From it you can make cutlets for the whole family. But what if there is no double boiler? Do not get upset ahead of time. After all, even Soviet cooks figured out how to cook cutlets for a couple without a double boiler. What is needed for this? Now we will tell you everything.
Essential Ingredients:
- 100 gram slice of white bread;
- medium fat milk - 100 ml;
- 0.5 kg of chicken (fillet required);
- one egg;
- salt and breadcrumbs to taste - to taste.
Cooking process
- To begin with, bread should be soaked in milk.
- Chicken fillet cut into medium pieces.
- We install a meat grinder on the table. Pass a piece of chicken and soaked bread through it.
- Break the egg into the minced meat. Solim. Mix with a fork.
- We proceed to the formation of cutlets. It is advisable to do this with wet hands. Roll each cutlet in a plate with breadcrumbs.
- Fill the pan 1/3 of the volume with water. Set a colander, the bottom of which is lightly coated with oil. Spread cutlets. Cover them with a lid. Cooking time (with medium heat) - 20 minutes.
- Minced chicken steaks are tender and juicy. We distribute them on plates. We recommend serving them with a vegetable side dish.
Precautions
A homemade double boiler is an interesting and necessary thing. However, if handled ineptly, it can be harmful. To avoid this, you must adhere to the following recommendations:
- At the slightest contact of the skin with steam, a burn occurs. Therefore, do not stick your fingers in under the cover. Use special shovels and tacks.
- No colander at hand? Gauze can replace it. It must be tied tightly. Its ends must be removed inside the “double boiler”. Otherwise, it may catch fire.
- When using gauze as a home-made double boiler, keep in mind - it quickly gets wet and becomes very hot. This, again, threatens skin burns.
- Plastic colander categorically does not fit the role of a double boiler. The only exceptions are products that are labeled “for high temperatures”. But they are on sale extremely rare.
Steamed chicken meatballs in a slow cooker
Grocery set:
- one egg;
- favorite spices;
- small potato tubers - 2 pcs.;
- 0.6 kg of minced chicken;
- medium carrot;
- one onion.
detailed instructions
Step No. 1. Stuffing can be purchased at the store, thawed before cooking. But it’s better to do it yourself. Chicken fillet is cut into 5-6 pieces, which are sent to a meat grinder.
Step number 2. Break the egg into a bowl with minced meat. While we clean aside.
Step number 3. Onions, carrots and potato tubers are washed in running water. What's next? Peel the onion, and peel the potatoes. Grind all these vegetables.
Step number 4. Return to the minced meat. Put grated vegetables in the same bowl. Solim. Sprinkle with your favorite spices. Manually knead the stuffing.
Step number 5. Turn on the slow cooker. We need a special container with holes (for steaming). Lightly oil it.
Step number 6. We make cutlets from minced meat. We spread them in a container, leaving free space between them. Fill a 1/3 volume multi-bowl with water. Install the container with the contents. We launch the “Steam” mode. How many steam minced chicken cutlets should be prepared? The recipe indicates that 20 minutes is enough. They can be served with any side dish (mashed potatoes, boiled pasta, rice and so on).
The recipe for diet cutlets from cabbage and minced meat
Product List (per serving):
- chopped dill - ½ tbsp. l .;
- 50 g of fresh cabbage and loaf;
- half of the onion;
- milk - enough 100 g;
- 250 gram piece of chicken (fillet).
Cooking
- Where do we start? Cut onion, meat and cabbage into 2-3 parts. All this is sent to the blender for chopping.
- We need to pre-soak the loaf in milk. Then remove the crusts. The soaked loaf is sent to a bowl where the chopped vegetables are located. Solim. Sprinkle with dill.
- We form small diet cutlets. Steam them for half an hour.
- As a garnish for cutlets fit: any cereal, small vermicelli, mashed potatoes, broccoli or zucchini. Here it is necessary to focus on personal taste preferences.
Cooking chicken cutlets in a double boiler
Ingredients:
- 30 gram slice of butter;
- chicken fillet - 1 kg;
- spices - optional;
- 300 ml cream of medium fat content;
- dried wheat bread - 250 g is enough
Practical part
- We spread everything on the table from which we will prepare steam cutlets from minced chicken.
- Cut the fillet into large pieces. Then grind using a blender.
- Soak bread without crust in cream. Leave for 15 minutes.
- We combine minced chicken with bread. Solim. Add spices as desired. Grind this mass again in a blender. Put a softened piece of butter. Mix.
- Bowls of a double boiler are lightly greased with refined oil.
- We make cutlets with wet hands. We put them in bowls at a certain distance from each other. Ensures that there are as many free holes as possible. After all, they provide the circulation of steam.
- Pour water into a special tank to the maximum mark. Now set the bowls (with cutlets) - one on top of the other. Close the double boiler with a lid and press “Start”. We notice 30 minutes.
Note to the hostesses
- When vegetables (carrots, onions, cabbage) are added to minced chicken, the meatballs prepared from it will become juicier and healthier.
- Want to spice up a dish? Then put the minced spices and dried roots.
- During steaming, cutlets are not covered with a golden brown. To improve their appearance, you can hold them for 10 minutes in the oven (at medium heat) before serving.
Finally
Now you know how to make diet cutlets from minced chicken. At the minimum cost of products and time, an excellent result is obtained - a healthy and incredibly tasty second course. These cutlets can treat all family members. They will certainly ask for supplements.