Juicy and soft turkey cutlets can be cooked in a regular frying pan using ingredients familiar to this meat dish. Turkey meat is famous for its beneficial properties: it is low-fat, easily digestible, and does not contain allergens. Therefore, cutlets made from this meat are suitable even for children's and diet food. Turkey fillet can be rolled into minced meat or used in minced form.
Soft and juicy turkey cutlets in a frying pan
In this recipe, the minced meat is prepared from turkey fillet yourself. One of the secrets to the juiciness of the dish is adding raw potatoes to the minced meat; it is also important to bread the cutlets before frying to prevent the juice from leaking out.
- Turkey fillet 400 (grams)
- Potato 1 (things)
- Chicken egg 1 (things)
- Bulb onions 1 head
- Breadcrumbs 150 (grams)
- Vegetable oil for frying
- Salt, pepper, garlic, dill taste
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How to cook juicy turkey cutlets in a frying pan? Mix turkey meat twisted through a meat grinder or chopped in a blender with chopped onion.If desired, you can get the most juicy and satisfying cutlets by rolling a piece of lard together with turkey fillet. -
Squeeze the garlic into the minced meat, add salt and mix. -
Place potatoes, grated on a fine grater, into the minced meat. You can add more of it, this will increase the volume of the cutlet preparation and make their consistency more tender. -
Dill, fresh or frozen, chop and combine with minced meat. Do not skimp on the greens for this dish; they harmonize very well with the turkey. -
Beat the egg into the mixture, season with pepper and other spices as desired. Knead the resulting minced meat well, and if possible, even beat it by placing it in a bag and hitting it on the work surface for several minutes. -
For convenient breading, pour breadcrumbs into a large container. -
Make cutlets from minced meat and place them in a container with breadcrumbs, trying to thoroughly bread the workpiece on all sides. -
Place the formed cutlets in a frying pan with hot oil and fry over medium heat for 3-4 minutes on each side. -
Juicy and soft turkey cutlets in a frying pan are ready! Serve the cutlets with vegetables, herbs, your favorite side dish and sauce.
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Delicious chopped turkey cutlets
Cutlets according to this recipe are also called pancakes, because pieces of turkey meat are mixed with flour, eggs and mayonnaise, and placed on a frying pan with a spoon. When fried, the dough forms a crispy crust, and the meat in mayonnaise turns out very juicy and soft.
Ingredients:
- Turkey meat – 0.5 kg.
- Egg – 2 pcs.
- Onion – 1 head.
- Garlic – 3 cloves.
- Mayonnaise – 70-80 g.
- Flour – 3 tbsp. l.
- Greens, salt, pepper, vegetable oil.
Cooking process:
1. Use a knife to mince the turkey fillet.The pieces should be quite small so that the cutlets are well fried.
2. Chop the onion as finely as possible, you can even grate it. Add it to the minced meat.
3. In a separate bowl, mix eggs, mayonnaise and flour to form a mass without lumps. You can replace mayonnaise with sour cream, and mix flour with semolina.
4. Squeeze the garlic into a bowl with minced meat. Send chopped greens there.
5. Mix the contents of two containers - minced meat and eggs with mayonnaise and flour. Season all this with salt and pepper. You can let the mixture sit for a bit so that the flour and semolina swell.
6. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. It should be enough to submerge the cutlets to about half their thickness.
7. Spoon the cutlet mixture into the frying pan and fry on both sides until the mixture takes a stable cutlet shape.
8. After frying, place the cutlets together, pour a little water into the pan and simmer them under the lid for 7-10 minutes. You can put a piece of butter in the pan at this stage.
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Step-by-step recipe for minced turkey cutlets with zucchini
Zucchini gives turkey cutlets a special tenderness and fluffiness. You can use both young and well-ripened vegetables, the main thing is to adjust the viscosity of the mass and prevent excess liquid volume.
Ingredients:
- Turkey fillet – 0.5-0.6 kg.
- Zucchini – 200 g.
- Onion – 1 head.
- Crushed crackers - 3-4 tbsp. l.
- Butter – 1 tbsp. l.
- Parsley and dill to taste.
- Salt, pepper, vegetable oil.
Cooking process:
1. Peel the zucchini and grate it on a grater with large holes. Add a little salt and leave for 15 minutes to release the liquid. Then drain the juice and squeeze out the zucchini mass.
2. Roll turkey meat into minced meat using a meat grinder or blender.
3. Finely chop the onion or pass it through a meat grinder together with the minced meat and combine with the meat.
4. Chop the parsley and dill with a knife and add to the minced meat.
5. Add crackers and butter to the remaining ingredients. It is better to take dry white bread and grind it in a blender. But you can replace it with breadcrumbs or a mixture of crackers and semolina.
6. Add squeezed zucchini to the mixture. Add salt and pepper to taste. You can diversify the taste by adding your favorite seasonings. Mix the minced meat well.
7. Form neatly shaped cutlets. To do this, it is better to wet your hands with water after sculpting each unit. Heat a frying pan with oil and fry the cutlets until cooked. There is no need to stew them.
8. Turkey cutlets with zucchini can be served with any side dish; creamy garlic sauce also goes well with them.
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Diet turkey cutlets in a frying pan
In this recipe, although the cutlets are cooked in a frying pan, they come out without a harmful crust. This version of the meat dish is suitable even for a strict diet and for baby food.
Ingredients:
- Turkey fillet – 0.5 kg.
- Carrots – 1 pc.
- Onion – 2 heads.
- Semolina – 2 tbsp. l.
- Spices and salt to taste.
Cooking process:
1. Cut the turkey meat into pieces and grind in a food processor. It's good if it's chilled and not frozen. In the second option, the meat must be completely defrosted.
2. Grate the carrots and onions on a fine grater or grind them together with the meat in a machine. Combine meat and vegetable components.
3. Soak the semolina with a tablespoon of hot water, hold for 5-10 minutes, and then add to the minced meat.
4. Add salt and spices in small quantities.If you are preparing a dish according to a diet program recommended by a doctor, or the cutlets are intended for a small child, you do not need to use spices.
5. Knead the minced meat well and form into neat, not very bulky cutlets. Then put a frying pan on the fire, pour in about half a glass of water, heat it up and add the cutlets. Reduce heat to medium and cook covered for about 20 minutes. During this time, the cutlets need to be turned over once to the other side. You can also use a roasting pan rack or a steamer and steam the cutlets.
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Juicy turkey cutlets with gravy in a frying pan
The gravy in this recipe is prepared on the basis of tomato paste and broth, and spices give it a unique aroma. It is recommended to prepare a large amount of gravy so that there is enough for both the cutlets and the side dish.
Ingredients:
- Minced turkey – 600 g.
- White bread - 2 slices.
- Garlic – 3 cloves.
- Red hot pepper – 0.25 tsp.
- Tomato paste – 2 tbsp. l.
- Flour – 2 tbsp. l.
- Meat broth – 0.5 l.
- Bay leaf – 2 pcs.
- Breadcrumbs.
- Salt and seasonings (basil, coriander, etc.).
- Parsley and dill.
Cooking process:
1. Prepare minced turkey yourself by chopping the fillet, or use ready-made minced meat. It wouldn’t hurt to pass the meat through a meat grinder twice, so the cutlets will turn out more tender and fluffy. For juiciness, you can add lard or butter to the meat.
2. Soak white bread in a small amount of water or milk and add to the minced meat.
3. Add salt, seasonings to your taste and chopped herbs. You can replace fresh dill and parsley with dried ones. Mix everything well. Excessively dry minced meat can be diluted with broth.
4. Make cutlets and roll them in breadcrumbs.Fry in a frying pan with vegetable oil. Place them on a plate.
5. In a frying pan, fry the flour in a spoon of vegetable oil, and then dilute it with broth. You can use dissolved bouillon cubes or natural meat broth. Add tomato paste to the pan and cook the sauce from the contents. Let it thicken. Then season the gravy with spices - coriander, basil and other seasonings to your taste, and add salt.
6. Place the fried cutlets in the gravy and simmer under the lid for about 10 minutes. The finished dish can be decorated with herbs.
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How to fry turkey cutlets on a grill pan
This dish can be served on its own or used as a meat component for hamburgers. The cutlets need to be sculpted flat so that they fry quickly, and to preserve the lattice pattern, press them slightly into the pan.
Ingredients:
- Minced turkey (or mixture with chicken) – 600 g.
- Onion – 1 head.
- Sour cream or mayonnaise – 70 g.
- Seasonings for chicken - grill - 1 tsp.
- Dried herbs or greens.
- Salt, vegetable oil.
Cooking process:
1. Prepare minced turkey fillet or mixed minced turkey and chicken. It is better to take for this purpose not the breast, but the drumsticks or thighs. Pass the meat through a blender or meat grinder.
2. Finely chop the onion with a knife and mix with the minced meat. You can add a couple of cloves of garlic along with the onion.
3. Stir sour cream or mayonnaise into the minced meat. If the minced meat seems runny, you can add a little flour, semolina or breadcrumbs. But don’t rush to do this right away, let the minced meat sit for a while until the sour cream or mayonnaise is absorbed into the meat.
4. Add seasonings and salt to the minced meat and form it into flat round cutlets. Choose their size yourself.This can be compared to the diameter of a hamburger bun.
5. Heat the grill pan and treat it with oil. Place the cutlets on it and fry on each side for 2 minutes. Be sure to press the cutlets to the bottom of the pan to create a lattice mark.
6. Serve the dish with a green salad. If desired, use the patties to make hamburgers.
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