Cevapchichi

Chevapchichi is a dish of minced meat, which is an analogue of kebab, and differs precisely in its shape in the form of a sausage without a casing. Simplicity of preparation and a minimum of ingredients have made cevapchichi popular both for home lunch and for meals outside the city. For minced meat, different types of meat are taken and only seasonings and salt are added. Formed sausages can be fried in any way. The cooking time is only 15 minutes, but both adults and children like the taste of the dish.

Classic beef cevapchichi

Classic beef cevapcici is a Serbian version of the lula kebab of Turkish cuisine and is made from pure minced beef with spices, and sometimes mixed with minced pork. The special classical shape of the cevapchichi is given by hand or with the help of special devices. In this recipe, we will immediately prepare the pickled onions for serving. You can fry beef cevapchichi on the grill, grill, oven or in a frying pan.

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   Classic beef cevapchichi is very simple to prepare. Grind the meat through a meat grinder or take high-quality ready-made minced meat. Transfer it to a separate bowl and add finely chopped, or preferably grated, onion.
2. 
   Add salt and seasonings indicated in the recipe to the minced meat and mix everything well.
3. 
   Then pour carbonated mineral water into the minced meat and knead it thoroughly with your hands for 10 minutes and beat it several times until fluffy and viscous. Mineral water will soften the beef well and reveal the aroma of seasonings.
4. 
   Roll the kneaded minced meat into a ball, pour in vegetable oil, cover with film and put in the refrigerator for an hour.
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   During this time, prepare the onions. Cut the peeled onions into thin rings and place in a separate bowl.
6. 
   Add salt and sugar to the onion, add finely chopped dill, add vinegar and boiled water, stir and leave to marinate for 15 minutes.
7. 
   After an hour, you can begin to form the cevapchichi. This is conveniently done using a meat grinder with a sausage attachment. If it is not there, then cut the plastic bottle and take the part with the neck.
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   Place the minced meat in a bottle and squeeze out neat sausages of the size you need.
9. 
   To keep the Cevapchichi in shape when frying, place it in the refrigerator for half an hour or in the freezer for 5 minutes.
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    In a frying pan, heat a mixture of vegetable oil and butter over high heat. Transfer all the cevapchichi into hot oil and immediately turn the heat to moderate.
11. 
    Fry the sausages until golden brown on all sides and this should take no more than five minutes.
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    Beef cevapchichi, serve in portions, add pickled onions and fresh vegetables, and the dish can be served for lunch. Bon appetit!

Homemade cevapchichi in a frying pan

Homemade cevapchichi in a frying pan is easy to prepare. It is important to knead the minced meat well so that it is dense and viscous, then the cevapchichi will keep their shape when frying. In this recipe, we prepare homemade cevapchichi according to the Greek version, that is, based on mixed minced beef and pork. To serve, immediately prepare the fried vegetables.

Cooking time: 35 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Pork – 300 gr.
• Beef – 300 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 2 cloves.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Ice sparkling water – 70 ml.
• Flour – 1 tbsp.
• Dill – 3 sprigs.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Seasonings for meat - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Peel the onions and carrots, rinse thinly, chop and fry in a small amount of vegetable oil over moderate heat until tender.

Step 2. Grind the pork and beef through a meat grinder with a fine grid.

Step 3. Break one chicken egg into the minced meat, add chopped garlic cloves, add salt, black pepper and seasoning to your taste. Then pour in ice-cold or very cold sparkling mineral water.

Step 4. For better viscosity, add a spoonful of flour to the minced meat and add finely chopped dill. Knead the minced meat thoroughly by hand for 10 minutes and beat it several times.

Step 5. Using wet hands, form cevapchichi from the prepared minced meat in the form of thin long sausages.

Step 6.Heat a sufficient amount of vegetable oil in a frying pan. Fry Cevapchichi in hot oil over moderate heat for 5 minutes until golden brown on all sides.

Step 7. To serve, cut a fresh loaf, put fried vegetables and homemade cevapchichi on it, pour sour cream on it and serve. Bon appetit!

Cevapchichi baked in the oven

Traditionally, cevapchichi is cooked on a grill, but they can also be baked in the oven at home. This method allows you to cook a larger number of servings at the same time, and you don’t need oil for frying. In this recipe we prepare minced meat from pork and beef. The required ingredients for minced meat will be cold (ice) water, baking powder and seasonings.

Cooking time: 3 hours.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 10.

Ingredients:

• Pork – 1 kg.
• Beef – 1 kg.
• Salt – 10 gr.
• Baking powder – 10 gr.
• Sweet paprika – 10 gr.
• Hot red pepper – 4 gr.
• Ground black pepper – 4 gr.
• Dried onion – 8 gr.
• Dried garlic – 4 gr.
• Water – 100 ml.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Rinse the meat selected for cevapchichi well under running water, wipe dry with a napkin and cut into medium pieces.

Step 2. Grind the prepared meat through a meat grinder with a fine grid or twice with a large one.

Step 3. Transfer the minced meat into a separate bowl and add all the spices to it in the amount specified in the recipe. Knead the minced meat and spices well with your hands for 5 minutes.

Step 4. Then pour very cold water into it and continue kneading for another 5 minutes. Cover the kneaded minced meat with film for 2 hours, or better yet, put it in the refrigerator for 12 hours to infuse.

Step 5. After this time, you can form the cevapchichi.Usually a meat grinder with a special attachment or a plastic bottle is used for this, but forming through a milk carton also works well. Cut it and fill it with minced meat in portions.

Step 6. Cover a baking sheet with foil or paper. Push the minced meat with the bottom of the box through the neck in the form of thin long sausages and immediately place them on a baking sheet.

Step 7. Preheat the oven at 200 degrees. Bake cevapchichi in the oven for 25 minutes, which is often enough, because the products are thin and cook quickly. Cevapchichi, baked in the oven, transfer to a dish and serve hot to the table, adding greens or any sauce. Bon appetit!

Chevapchichi on the grill

For a barbecue or picnic in the fresh air, chevapchichi on the grill can be an excellent option, because they are prepared simply and quickly. These sausages can be taken ready-made, but it will be tastier if you make the minced meat with your own hands and from good meat. For minced meat, we take pork and beef in equal quantities, and complement the taste with onions, pepper and paprika. The minced meat needs at least 4 hours to infuse, so it must be kneaded in advance.

Cooking time: 50 minutes.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Pork – 250 gr.
• Beef – 250 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Sweet paprika – 1 tsp.
• Hot red pepper – ¼ tsp.
• Ground black pepper – ½ tsp.
• Soy sauce – 2 tbsp.
• Mineral water – 50 ml.
• Baking powder – ½ sachet.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Vegetable oil

Cooking process:

Step 1. Grind the pork and beef through a meat grinder with a coarse grid or in a blender on the “Pulse” mode so that the meat is not too chopped.Pour the amount of salt with seasonings and baking powder indicated in the recipe onto the prepared minced meat, pour in cold mineral water. Then knead the minced meat thoroughly for 10 minutes, which will make its texture dense and viscous. Place the minced meat, covered with film, in the refrigerator overnight.

Step 2. Peel the onion and chop it very finely. Transfer it to the infused minced meat, knead again and place in the refrigerator again for several hours so that the meat is saturated with onion juice.

Step 3. Form neat cevapchichi of any length from the prepared minced meat through a plastic bottle.

Step 4. To prepare the dish at home, bake the formed cevapchichi on a baking sheet in the oven at 200 degrees for 15 minutes.

Step 5. For outdoor treats, prepare the grill in advance. Place the cevapchichi on the grill and fry, turning occasionally, for no more than 15 minutes until golden brown on all sides.

Step 6. Cevapchichi, transfer hot to serving plates, add onion rings and chopped vegetables. Serve to the table. Bon appetit!

Homemade cevapchichi in bacon

An original and tasty option for preparing these Balkan sausages at home would be cevapcici in bacon. Cevapchichi are wrapped in thin slices of any bacon and baked in a frying pan or in the oven, which makes them very juicy and aromatic. The kneading and composition of minced meat differs little from traditional cevapchichi.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Assorted minced meat – 600 gr.
• Pork bacon – 200 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Ground coriander – 1 tsp.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Seasoning for meat – 1 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Garlic – 3 teeth.

Cooking process:

Step 1. For the minced meat, peel and finely chop the onion and fry until light golden brown in hot vegetable oil. During this time, transfer the minced meat into a separate bowl, break a chicken egg into it, add garlic passed through a garlic press, add the salt and seasonings indicated in the recipe.

Step 2. Add fried onions to the minced meat.

Step 3. Knead the minced meat with these ingredients with your hands for 10 minutes until it is homogeneous and viscous.

Step 4. Using your hands or using a plastic bottle, form thin sausages up to 10 cm long from the kneaded minced meat. Place them on the board.

Step 5. Cut the bacon into thin long strips with a sharp knife.

Step 6. Place the formed cevapchichi on two strips of bacon.

Step 7. Roll everything tightly into a roll.

Step 8. Immediately place the rolls, seam side down, on a Teflon mat or paper-lined baking sheet.

Step 9. Form all the cevapchichi in this way and place them on the mat.

Step 10. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Place the mat/baking tray with the bacon-wrapped sausages in it.

Step 11. Bake the cevapchichi for 40 minutes until beautifully golden brown.

Step 12. Carefully transfer the Cevapchichi from the mat to a plate.

Step 13. Then place them on portioned plates and add any side dish.

Step 14. Serve the homemade cevapchichi with bacon hot. Bon appetit!

Cevapchichi from minced chicken

Cevapchichi from minced chicken in this recipe is prepared according to the simplest and fastest option. Sausages made from minced chicken are more tender compared to pork and beef, and cook faster. Let's prepare minced chicken breast and add only onions.An important point is to knead the minced meat so that the cevapchichi keep their shape well. Children will like this dish more than chicken cutlets.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Chicken breast – 1 pc.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Rinse the chicken breast with cold water. Separate the meat from the bone. Peel the onion. Then grind the chicken meat along with the onion through a meat grinder with a medium grid. Sprinkle the resulting minced meat with salt to your taste and knead thoroughly with your hands, and then beat it several times, which will give it viscosity and density.

Step 2. With wet hands, form small thin sausages from the kneaded minced meat. This can also be done using a plastic bottle.

Step 3. Heat a sufficient amount of vegetable oil in a frying pan. Transfer the cevapchichi to hot oil and fry until golden brown on all sides.

Step 4. Transfer Cevapchichi to a dish and serve. Excess oil can be removed with a paper towel. Bon appetit!

Cevapchichi on a grill pan

Cevapchichi in a grill pan will be your home-made option for preparing this delicious meat dish and will turn out no worse than baked on a grill. In this recipe we take mixed minced pork and beef and add onions, pepper with paprika and carbonated mineral water, which is called the Montenegrin version of sausages. Minced meat needs several hours (preferably overnight) to infuse, and cevapchichi is prepared quickly and easily.

Cooking time: 45 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Minced meat – 500 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Sparkling mineral water – 50 ml.
• Paprika - to taste.
• Freshly ground black pepper - to taste.
• Olive oil – 1 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Grind pork and beef in equal parts twice through a meat grinder with a large wire rack, but you can also use ready-made minced meat. Add finely chopped onion to the prepared minced meat, add salt, paprika and freshly ground pepper and pour cold mineral water. Then knead the minced meat well with your hands for at least 10 minutes. Drizzle it with olive oil, cover with film and refrigerate overnight or for a couple of hours.

Step 2. After the infusion time has passed, use wet hands to form neat small sausages from the minced meat. They can be made more even and uniform using a plastic bottle and “planted” on a cutting board.

Step 3. Grease the grill pan with a small amount of olive oil and heat it well. Carefully place the formed cevapchichi on it at a short distance from each other.

Step 4. Fry the cevapchichi for 8-10 minutes on each side until golden brown. You can grill in a frying pan either on the stove or on the grill. Transfer the cevapchichi from the grill pan to a plate, add bread and fresh vegetables and serve hot. Bon appetit!

Homemade cevapchichi with potatoes

Homemade cevapchichi with potatoes will be an interesting option for a complete, hearty lunch for the whole family. In this recipe we take ready-made cevapchichi, but, if the housewife wishes, they can be prepared according to any recipe. Form the dish in layers in a baking dish and bake in the oven under creamy sauce.

Cooking time: 1 hour 15 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Ready-made Chevapchichi – 10 pcs.
• Potatoes – 10 pcs.
• Salt - to taste.
• Nutmeg - to taste.
• Cream 20% – 250 ml.
• Water/broth – 100 ml.
• Ground pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for greasing the mold.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Peel the potatoes, rinse and cut into circles less than 1 cm thick. Grease a baking dish with vegetable oil and place half of the potatoes in one layer. Sprinkle the potatoes with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Then spread the cevapchichi in a second layer and place the remaining circles of potatoes between them.

Step 2. In a separate bowl, mix cream with boiled water. Pour this sauce over the potatoes and cevapchichi in the form. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Bake the dish for 1 hour. Towards the end of baking, you can turn on the “Grill” mode to get a golden brown crust on top.

Step 3. Place the Cevapchichi beautifully on portioned plates, along with potato slices.

Step 4. Decorate the dish to your liking, add canned vegetables and mushrooms and serve for lunch. Bon appetit!