Do you want to make delicious and at the same time diet cabbage cutlets? In our article we will share the most simple recipes to prepare - this dish will appeal to both children and adults!
General cooking tips
To master the preparation of such an unusual, but hearty dish is quite simple even for those who have never stood at the stove. The most important thing here is the preparation of cabbage stuffing, for which you can choose one of the following options:
- Sliced cabbage forks into 4 parts are boiled in salted water for about 5 minutes, then the water is drained and the cooled product is ground in a meat grinder.
- Fresh vegetable is crushed using a blender, poured boiling water, cover with a lid, and after 15 minutes, the cooled leaves are carefully squeezed by hand.
- Shred the leaves with a knife, put it in a saucepan, pour in milk, add a piece of butter, spices and herbs. Cook over low heat until almost ready. Water is squeezed out, and cutlets are formed from the minced meat.
In the oven
Cabbage cutlets are tender when baked in the oven. In this case, you need to lay out the blanks on a paper-lined baking sheet, anoint with melted butter on top, put in the oven and cook for about 25 minutes at 200 degrees. After that, get the chops, grease them with yolk and send them to the oven for 10 minutes.
In the slow cooker
When cooking cabbage zraz, you can also use the slow cooker, since in this case the dish will be more useful - most of the vitamins and microelements will remain in it.
To prepare bits, you must set the mode "Quenching" or "Frying". To make the cutlets more tasty, use tomato or mushroom gravy.
Steamed
If you have a double boiler, you can cook cabbage cutlets in it, and they will be less calorie. And so that the products in the process are not stuck to the grid, it should be oiled. The average cooking time is about 20 minutes.
Cabbage cutlets with semolina
Cooking time: 50 minutes.
Caloric value per 100 g: 258 kcal.
In the classic version, zrazy are made from boiled white cabbage.
But you can always change the recipe a little, using color or Chinese. Together with the cutlets you can make porridge from oatmeal or rice.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of cabbage;
- 1 onion;
- 100 g of semolina;
- 100 g of bread crumbs:
- 100 g of flour;
- garlic clove.
The cooking process is as follows:
- It is necessary to boil the cabbage to half-cooked, cook the stuffing in one of the above methods.
- Peel and finely chop the onion, add the garlic.
- Transfer the whole mixture into a container with cabbage, salt and season.
- Pour the flour into the pan, mix everything thoroughly.
- Form the patties, roll in breading.
- Fry in a pan or bake in the oven.
Recipe for sauerkraut and minced meatballs
Cooking time: 60 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g: 240 kcal.
In our recipe, we will use sauerkraut, because it will give the dish a little sourness. To please their family, we need:
- 100 g sauerkraut;
- 0.5 kg of minced meat (you can take a turkey);
- 1 onion;
- 100 g fresh mushrooms;
- 2 tbsp. sour cream;
- 2 tbsp. breadcrumbs;
- 1 egg.
First you need to peel and chop the onion, fry it over low heat, add pieces of mushrooms in a few minutes. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring regularly.
After a specified time, you need to open the lid to evaporate all the water. Add the mushroom mass to the stuffing, mix, put the egg, sour cream, cabbage, crackers, spices and mix again.
From the mass to make chops, roll in flour and fry until golden brown.
Vegetable chops from potatoes and cabbage
Cooking time: 60 minutes.
Calories: 186 kcal.
This dish is very popular among vegetarians, because when cooking it you do not need to use eggs - only vegetables. The only thing that needs to be done is to boil in advance and cool the potatoes in the uniform. To make burgers, you need the following ingredients:
- 800 g minced meat;
- 5 ready-made potatoes in a uniform;
- 50 g breadcrumbs;
- 2 onions;
- 1 clove garlic.
The recipe is as follows:
- Cabbage, cut into pieces, cook for about 10 minutes, mince (like potatoes).
- Add to the vegetable mixture a fry of garlic and onions.
- Add to the dough spices, salt, mix thoroughly.
- We form cutlets with our hands and roll them in breading.
- Fry them in a pan on both sides for 3-4 minutes.
How to cook with cheese
Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g dishes: 130 kcal.
For the preparation we will need:
- about 7 cabbage leaves;
- 1 egg;
- 2 tbsp. flour;
- 2 tbsp. breadcrumbs;
- 7 cheese slices.
First boil the leaves for five minutes, then transfer them to a colander to drain the water, cool. Repel a thick part of the leaves to make it easier. In the center of the leaf, put a piece of cheese, roll into a roll. Then whisk the egg, adding salt and spices. Put breading and flour in different plates and first roll the rolls in the flour, then dip them in the egg and put them in the flakes. Fry the appetizer on both sides for three minutes and serve. You can also bake in the oven.
Broccoli meatless cabbage patties
Cooking time: 55 minutes.
Calories per 100 g: 126 kcal.
If you do not want to consume meat, fish products, there are many dishes that can easily replace them. And one of the options - cooking lenten meatballs from cabbage, the recipe of which we will share with you.
For the preparation will be needed:
- 400 g broccoli florets;
- 50 g breading mix;
- 5 potatoes;
- 2 tbsp. flour.
To cook a lean dinner, first peel the potatoes, boil in water with spices and bay leaf. Broccoli divided into inflorescences, cut off the stem, boil for about 2-4 minutes.
Grind together with potatoes, add flour, spices to taste and mix. We form bits, we roll in breaded. It remains to cook in a slow cooker or a double boiler.
Diet recipe
Cooking time: 45 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g: 110 kcal.
This recipe is ideal for those who are forced for some reason to follow a diet, for example with excess weight or after the operation.
Delicious sauce can be prepared from mushrooms or tomatoes.
Ingredients:
- 1 head of cabbage;
- 2 tbsp. flour;
- 1 carrot;
- 2 onions;
- 5 boiled potatoes;
- 1 tomato.
Cooking method:
Grate the carrot, chop the onion, blanch the cabbage leaves for about three minutes, and mash it. Peel potatoes and mash them. Fry the onion and carrot for 2 minutes. Then mix everything, add spices and herbs. Cook the cutlets, roll them in flour and finish the dish for a couple.
Delicious Meat Snack
Cooking time: 60 minutes.
Calories: 156 kcal (per 100 g).
In such cutlets you can add any meat, but the most useful is to prepare zrazy with beef. Moreover, they can be prepared in advance and simply frozen: if necessary, they need to simply fry in butter.
Ingredients:
- 700g of beef;
- 1 head of cabbage;
- 2 onions;
- 1 egg;
- 2 tbsp. semolina
First you need to make the stuffing, skipping the meat through a meat grinder, it is also necessary to chop cabbage leaves, mix everything together. Add to the mass of the egg, semolina, once again mix and form bits. They need to be fried on each side for 3-4 minutes.
Egg-free recipe
Cooking time: 60 minutes.
Caloric value per 100 g: 166.4 kcal.
Eggs in the preparation of minced meat play the role of "glue", which connects all the ingredients. But if there are no eggs in the house, you can do without them, simply by replacing them with bread, which should be soaked in milk or water for 10 minutes (you should squeeze the bread before adding to the stuffing). Looking for the following ingredients:
- 500 g cabbage;
- 1 onion;
- 200 g loaf;
- 100 g of flour;
- 100 ml of warm water;
- salt and spices.
Cooking method:
- Cook the bread as described above.
- Boil cabbage sheets, grind in a blender.
- Combine the ingredients, add the onion, salt and spices.
- Form a mass of patties and fry on both sides until golden brown.
A few tips for hostesses
To make this dish even more tasty, unusual, just read the recommendations collected by us from the chefs:
- To cook vegetarian cutlets, you can add a little prune or even an apple to taste. And so that the workpiece does not stick to your hands, just wet your palms.
- You can also make cutlets with a surprise: put tofu, walnuts in the middle.
- If you cook steamed burgers, but you want them to have a golden crust, just fry them in a pan without oil for 2 minutes.
- When cooking meat dishes, use several types of meat.
- Do not risk buying old cabbage - because of this, it can be very tough.
- From spices for this dish is best suited marjoram, coriander, cloves.
- It will be delicious enough if you take sesame instead of the usual crackers or chopped nuts as breading.
They serve ready-made burgers both as a separate dish and with a side dish: rice, vegetables, cereals.
