Chicken mince is a frequent and simple product that is found in most stores and from which you can cook a large number of dishes that are completely different.
A wide range of dishes that can be made from minced chicken with other products, covers the first, second courses, as well as cakes and hot snacks. The calorie content of such dishes is somewhat lower than that prepared from pork mince. Consider the recipes.
Buckwheat with minced meat - simple, tasty and very fast
How to quickly make minced chicken? When in the arsenal there is this wonderful product and not a lot of time, you can cook one simple dish - buckwheat with roasted meat.
It will take:
- Buckwheat - 300 g;
- Minced chicken - 0.5 kg;
- Spices - to taste;
- Sunflower oil (can be creamy) - to taste;
- Onions - 1-2 pcs .;
- Garlic - 2 cloves;
- Water - 1 cup.
The entire recipe takes no more than 40 minutes, and the caloric content of the finished dish will be approximately 100 kcal.
Initially, the minced meat is mixed with finely chopped garlic and spices (which is good with curry) and brewed for about five minutes. The oil is heated in a pan, the onion is fried in a golden brown color, and minced meat is added to it.
Meat is important not to fry, and protomit under a lid with onions, garlic and spices, so that it comes to readiness without a crust. Next, the cereal and a glass of water are added to the pan. The whole mass is stirred and cooked on low heat for 20 minutes.
How to cook delicious chicken mincemeat patties
Chicken cutlets - a simple and tasty dish that does not take much time in its manufacture.
Ingredients:
- Minced chicken - 1 kg;
- Carrots - 1.5 pcs .;
- Chicken Egg - 2 pcs .;
- Onion - 2 pcs .;
- Vegetable oil - to taste;
- Spices - to taste.
It takes about one hour to cook, and the caloric value is about 120 kcal.
Stuffing must be mixed with spices and let stand until vegetables are cut. Chop carrots and onions finely or grate on a coarse grater. Mix vegetables, minced meat and eggs, then let stand again a minute or two.
It is necessary to heat the pan, add butter, and after half a minute you can spread the shaped patties and fry them until golden brown on each side. You can, if the size of the pan allows, put all the patties and fry them on both sides, then cover with a lid, add water and simmer for half an hour, after which you can serve.
When there is no such possibility or you want to follow the classic recipe, then after frying, all the burgers are put in a saucepan, where a little water and leftover juice are added after roasting. All this languishes over low heat for about ten to fifteen minutes. Done!
Hearty Manti with minced meat and pumpkin
What else to cook from minced chicken? In addition to meatballs, you can make another great dish from this ingredient, namely, manti.
Products:
- Minced chicken - 1 kg;
- Garlic - 3 slices;
- Salt and spices - to taste;
- Pumpkin - 1 kg;
- Water - 160 ml;
- Flour - 450 g;
- Onions - 1 kg;
- Kefir - 400 ml;
- Butter - 20 g;
- 1 chicken egg;
- Greens - to taste.
Such a dish will take no more than an hour, and caloric content will be 165 kcal.
Grate the pumpkin on a coarse grater, then the minced meat with onions and spices is mixed with it and the preparation of the filling is complete. Next, prepare the dough - on the water from the flour, salt and eggs is the dough.
Rolled into a ball, it is rolled further into a sausage and cut into small pieces, which are rolled into cakes. For each cake, put a tablespoon (maybe two) fillings. Corners of dough are connected as they are usually connected in manti.
Before cooking, the steamer is greased with butter from the inside, and raw manty are laid in it, which are cooked for 40 minutes. In the meantime, a sauce of kefir, garlic and greens is being prepared, which needs to be mixed, after which, when serving manta, they are watered with the resulting aromatic composition.
Pie with minced meat, tomatoes and onions
In addition to the main dishes of chicken mince it is quite possible to make a pie. For the filling you will need:
- Minced chicken - 0.3 kg;
- Bulb onion - 1-2 pcs .;
- Tomatoes - 2 pcs .;
- Dry ginger - 1 tsp;
- Peppers and spices - to taste;
- Salt - to taste.
Cooking time - 2 hours. Calorie - 180 kcal.
The dough is made from 300 g of flour, butter and water.
First mix the mince with ginger and spices and leave to infuse. Mix flour with melted butter until smooth, then add cold water and knead, then roll into a bowl and put into the refrigerator.
Finely chop the onions and tomatoes, fry for five minutes, then add the minced meat to the pan. It needs to be stirred so that there are no large pellets, and fry for ten minutes.
While the filling is cooling, the dough must be removed and divided, putting one third back. A large roll and put in a baking dish. The filling is evenly distributed and leveled at the top. Delay dough or roll out, or lay thin strips on top. In the oven at 200 degrees, the cake is baked for about 40 minutes.
Minced Chicken Rolls
You do not always want to eat a whole second or first course, but sweets are also not suitable. Just in such a case there is this recipe and others like it. The holiday will also appreciate it, because it is tasty and goes well with the use of the same beer.
You will need a small list of products:
- Puff yeast dough - 400 g;
- Onion - 2 pcs .;
- Minced chicken - 300 g;
- Spices - to taste;
- Vegetable oil - to taste.
Cooking time - 40 minutes. Calorie - 180 kcal.
Finely chop the onion and add to the mince, add spices, then fry the resulting billet for the filling. Defrost and knead the dough, then roll out and cut into small equal pieces.
On each of them a little filling is laid out and can be wrapped roll. In a pan with a large amount of oil or deep-fried them to fry, then you can serve with any sauce as a snack.
"Lazy" cabbage rolls
Speaking of classic dishes that can be cooked from any stuffing, including chicken, should be mentioned about the so-called "lazy" cabbage rolls. This dish, like the others with a similar name, consists of the same ingredients as the original, but prepared as a single mass.
Ingredients:
- Stuffing - 0.3 kg;
- Cabbage - 0.3 kg;
- Tomato juice - 0.3 l;
- Rice - 0.25 kg;
- Onions - 1 pc .;
- Carrots - 1 pc .;
- Chopped dill - 2 tbsp. l .;
- Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l .;
- Salt and spices - to taste.
Cooking time - 1 hour and 15 minutes. Calories - 108 kcal.
Chop the onion and carrot, fry in a pan until golden brown. Next to the vegetables, add minced meat with spices, mix and fry for fifteen minutes. Cabbage must be shredded in small pieces, add to the mince and stew all together for another 10 minutes.
Next, add tomato juice, mix thoroughly and simmer again for ten minutes. At the end, washed rice and water are added in such an amount that the mass is slightly covered with it. At the minimum heat, the dish is covered under the lid for half an hour, then sprinkled with pepper and left to stand for 20 minutes in the open form. You can serve.
What can be cooked with minced chicken in a slow cooker: recipes
The slow cooker has firmly settled in many housewives in the kitchen and with its help you can cook a large number of dishes.
Meatball Soup
- Stuffing - 300 g;
- Potatoes - 2-3 medium tubers;
- Carrots - 1 pc .;
- Onions - 1 pc .;
- Vegetable oil - to taste;
- Tomato - 1 pc .;
- Greens - to taste.
Cooking time - 2 hours. Calorie - 30 kcal.
Finely chop the onion and rub the carrot. All this is put in a bowl and fry in a baking mode with a small amount of vegetable oil for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Tomato need to grate and discard the peel, and then pour the resulting gruel into a slow cooker and tomit in the same mode for 20 minutes.
Meatball balls roll out of minced meat. Water is poured into the pan and you can add meat balls to the boiling point. In the "Baking" mode, the soup is boiled for half an hour, then the potatoes are added and in the "Quenching" mode - 1 hour. Salt, pepper and sprinkle with herbs in a plate.
Pasta nests with minced meat
- Pasta nests - 7-8 pcs .;
- Stuffing - 250 g;
- Onions - 1 pc .;
- Garlic - 2 slices;
- Ketchup - 2 tbsp. l .;
- Sour cream - 2 tbsp. l .;
- Water - 320 ml.
Cooking time - 50 minutes. Calorie - 150 kcal.
Chop garlic and onions, and better in a blender. Mix gruel with minced chicken, salt and add spices and stir well.
Put so much stuffing on the nests so that it protrudes slightly on the sides, then send them to the multicooker bowl. Sauce, which consists of ketchup, sour cream, salt, pepper and water, pour nests. In the "Quenching" mode, cover for 35 minutes under a lid.
Useful tips
Chicken mince cooked quickly and does not require long-term processing, so it can be brought at a not very high temperature, but a little longer so that moisture is better preserved.
When it comes to cakes and pies, then it is important that the filling was not too juicy and did not soak the dough - for this, at the end of the preparation of the filling itself, it needs to be slightly dried by opening the lid and allowing excess moisture to evaporate.
Cutlets can be cooked a great variety of species. And from the classic recipes, you can move in the direction of meatballs, meatballs, lula and other variations on the topic - there would be a desire.
Soups with meat balls made from chicken are less calorie and will fit with dietary food. Adding pasta can increase the nutritional value of carbohydrates, however, it is worth considering the short storage time of such soups.
And another recipe for minced chicken cutlets is in the next video.
