Lean fish cutlets

Lean fish cutlets

During huge Orthodox fasts, there are days on which you can eat certain products of animal origin, for example, fish. Naturally, you shouldn’t overuse it, but if you have the opportunity, you can pamper your family with dishes made from these most delicious and very necessary gifts of the earth. Right now we will tell you how to prepare delicious lean fish cutlets with a pleasant smell and taste!

Ingredients for making lean fish cutlets

1. Fish (unstained, thawed fillet of hake, cod, sea bass or other boneless fish) 500 g
2. Loaf (snow-white) 100 gr
3. Dill or parsley 1 bunch (small) or to taste and desire
4. Garlic 1 clove or to taste and desire
5. Breadcrumbs 120 gr
6. Salt to taste
7. Ground dark pepper to taste
8. Vegetable oil (for frying) as needed
9. Purified water as needed

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Kitchen scales, a tablespoon, a kitchen knife - 2 pieces, a cutting board - 3 pieces, paper kitchen towels, a meat grinder, a bowl, a deep bowl, a deep plate, a stove, a frying pan with a lid, a kitchen spatula, a portion plate.

Making lean fish cutlets:

Step 1: prepare the loaf.

Step 2: prepare the fish.

Step 3: prepare garlic, herbs and other ingredients.

Step 4: prepare minced meat for lean fish cutlets.

Step 5: form lean fish cutlets.

Step 6: fry lean fish cutlets.

Step 7: serve lean fish cutlets.

Tips for the recipe:

– the cutlets can be brought to full readiness in a different way, first fry everything until golden brown and then put it in the oven for 5-7 minutes, preheated to 180 degrees Celsius;

– the recipe contains ordinary spices that do not pretend to be exclusive, but if you really want, their set can be supplemented with any other dried herbs, as well as spices that are suitable for fish dishes;

– quite often, finely chopped onions, carrots or mushrooms are added to the ground fish mass and fried in vegetable oil;

– some housewives add a couple of tablespoons of semolina or sifted wheat flour to the minced fish for viscosity.

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• For pregnant and lactating women
• vegetarian
• economical

Ingredients

general information

Total production time

40 minutes

Active production time

30 minutes

Complexity

Easy

Step-by-step recipe with photos

Prepare bread breading.
Place snow-white bread (300-400 g) in a blender bowl and grind into crumbs.

Wash the fish fillet, dry thoroughly and pass through a meat grinder.

Advice. If desired, you can use a number of types of fish for fish cutlets, combining fatty and lean.

Soak a piece of snow-white bread (100 g) in a small amount of water and let it swell.
Then squeeze out the bread and add to the minced fish.
Also add finely chopped herbs, salt and pepper to the minced meat.

Mix everything well.
With wet hands, take a small amount of minced meat and form cutlets.

Roll the cutlets in bread crumbs (instead of crumbs, you can roll in store-bought breadcrumbs or flour).

Place in a frying pan well heated with vegetable oil.
Fry on one side

2-3 minutes until golden brown (frying time will depend on the heating intensity).

Carefully turn the cutlets over to the other side and fry some more.

2-3 minutes.
You can bring the cutlets to readiness under the lid, reducing the heat and adding a little water.
Can be brought to readiness in a heated

180°C oven, placing a frying pan with cutlets there (you can put the cutlets in a baking dish or on a baking sheet) on

5 minutes.
As a side dish you can serve mashed potatoes, pasta or a salad of fresh vegetables.
When serving, sprinkle with parsley, dill or cilantro.

Bon appetit!

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Lenten fish cutlets recipe with photos step by step

Lean fish cutlets

1. fresh frozen fish – 0.5 kg
2. flour – 1 tbsp
3. semolina – 2 tbsp
4. onion – 1 piece (medium)
5. breadcrumbs - 3 tablespoons
6. Sunflower oil – 4 tbsp
7. sesame – 1 teaspoon
8. salt
9. ground dark pepper

Lenten dishes are distinguished by the absence of all goods of animal origin. Lenten cuisine arose in connection with large Orthodox fasts. But during huge fasts there are days on which it is allowed to eat fish, but it is also not allowed to eat animal products.

Fish cutlets are a tasty thing. But the traditional recipe includes eggs. They hold the minced meat together and prevent the cutlets from falling apart during frying. How to make fish cutlets lean?

Now I will share with you a secret that will allow you to cook strong cutlets without eggs. And so they will become lean.

I made lean fish cutlets from pollock. You can take hake or a friend's sea fish. Thaw the fish, cut off the fins and cut off the tail. Then we remove the skin, cutting along the peritoneum and back.

Then we separate the fillet from the backbone and sort through it to remove the bones. All this is done easily. This is not a river fish with a bunch of bones.

Cut into small pieces and place in a blender. Add there: salt, pepper, onion, flour and semolina. We grind and chop everything. You can naturally grind the carcass through a meat grinder, then adding all the other ingredients to the minced meat.

Place the minced meat in a bowl and leave for 30-40 minutes. This is the secret . In 30-40 minutes, the flour and semolina in the minced meat will swell and perfectly glue the minced meat due to the release of gluten. And you won’t need to add eggs to the minced meat.

We form cutlets from the minced meat and roll them in breadcrumbs.

2nd option for deboning lean fish cutlets - sesame. You only need to try fish cutlets fried in sesame once for it to become your signature dish.

These are such beautiful and delicious fish cutlets made from pollock.

Fish cutlets can be used both during fasting and on a diet

It is difficult to find a person who would not adore juicy cutlets, which can be prepared not only from a wide variety of meats, but also from fish. In extreme cases, there are a large number of different recipes that differ not only in the complexity of production, but also in taste.

Without milk and eggs from hake fillet

The first question that arises when preparing meatless fish cutlets is which specific river or sea creature to use as a base. During fasting, hake is perfect - it is quite tasty and low in calories. You can cook fish cutlets without eggs; this does not affect the juiciness and taste.

• Hake 1 piece
• Potatoes 2 pcs
• Carrot 1 piece
• Onion 1 piece
• Wheat flour 2 tbsp
• Vegetable oil 1 tbsp
• Salt and spices to taste

Monastic cod

Lenten monastery fish cutlets go well with any side dish. There is no shame in serving them both at a family lunch or dinner, and during a celebration. If you cook the dish in the oven, it is perfect for eating during Lent.

• Cod – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Starch – 1 tbsp.
• Oatmeal – 1 tbsp.
• Soy sauce – 1 tbsp.
• Salt, spices - to taste.

Step 1. Cut the onion into cubes, finely chop the carrots or grate them using a grater. Place the vegetables in a frying pan and fry, after 2-3 minutes add soy sauce, then stir the mixture and wait until the sauce has completely evaporated.

Step 2. Remove scales from the cod, gut it, remove all the bones and cut into small pieces. After this, grind the fish through a meat grinder or grind it using a blender.

Step 3. Add pre-fried vegetables to the minced meat, beat the mixture again. Add cereal, starch and spices. Stir the mixture and place in the refrigerator for half an hour.

Step 4. Take out the minced meat and form cutlets into any comfortable shape. You can roll them in flour or breadcrumbs.

Step 5. Heat a frying pan and fry the cutlets on both sides until golden brown. Pour water and simmer until it boils completely for 3-5 minutes.

Step 6. Serve the finished dish to the table.

With pollock semolina

There are many recipes for lean fish cutlets. If you add semolina to the minced meat, the dish will get a very exciting taste.

• Pollock – 1 pc.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Garlic - 2 teeth.
• Semolina - 3 tbsp. l.
• Flour - 1 tbsp. l.
• Salt, spices - to taste.

Step 1. Place pollock fillet into a blender (if a whole fish was used, it must be cleaned and cut into pieces in advance), wheat flour, spices, semolina, onion (cut into cubes) and garlic. To make the cutlets more juicy, you can add a little sugar to the mixture.

Step 2. Place the resulting minced meat on a plate and let it brew for 30 minutes. During this period of time, semolina and flour will glue the minced meat together, and the cutlets will not fall apart during frying.

Step 3. Form oval cutlets from the minced meat, roll in breadcrumbs, fry on both sides in a hot frying pan until golden brown.

Step 4. Serve the resulting juicy cutlets to the table

With vegetables and pike

A significant drawback of pike is that cutting can take a huge amount of time. You will also need to spend time cleaning the kitchen. But the dish will turn out tasty and juicy, despite the absence of eggs and milk in the composition.

• Pike – 1 pc.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Snow-white bread – 2-3 pieces.
• Breadcrumbs - third part of Art.
• Salt, spices - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp.

Step-by-step manufacturing process:

Step 1. Take out the bread crumb, put it in a plate and add a small amount of water, leave for 10-15 minutes.

Step 2. Cut the onion into cubes and fry in a hot frying pan until soft.

Step 3. Cut the pike, cut the fillet into small pieces and grind with a blender. If you don’t have this household appliance in your kitchen, a meat grinder is a great replacement.

Step 4. Add bread, onions and all spices to the minced meat. Mix the resulting mixture. Form cutlets from the resulting minced meat, roll them in flour or breadcrumbs and fry in a preheated frying pan on each side for 3-5 minutes.

Step 5. Serve the dish to the table.

Mushroom balls

Almost everyone is familiar with the taste of chicken or beef meatballs, which contain mushroom inside. If you exchange meat for fish, the juiciness and taste will not be lost.

• Fish (pike, pollock, pink salmon) – 1 pc.
• Onion – 3 pcs.
• Rice – 0.5 tbsp.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp.
• Salt, spices - to taste.
• Champignons – 200 g.
• Carrots – 2 pcs.
• Tomato paste – 3 tbsp.

Step 1. Clean, cut and grind the fish using a blender or meat grinder. Add garlic.

Step 2. Boil the rice in salted water, chop the onion and fry until soft.

Step 3. Mix minced meat, rice and onion. Add salt and carefully mix the mixture, put it in the refrigerator for a few minutes.

Step 4. Wash the mushrooms, remove the skin, cut, fry and salt. Use three quarters of the mass as entrails, set one quarter aside.

Step 5. Remove the minced meat from the refrigerator and form cutlets into flat cakes. Place fried mushrooms on top, cover with some of the minced meat. Roll the resulting cutlet in breadcrumbs or flour.

Step 6. Fry the cutlets in a frying pan until a crust appears. Then take it out and transfer it to a baking dish. Pour tomato-carrot sauce on top. For the sauce, mix fried onions, leftover fried mushrooms and tomato paste diluted with water.

Step 7. Place the cutlets in the sauce in the oven for 15-20 minutes.

Step 8. Serve the finished dish to the table.

With cauliflower

Lean fish cutlets are a savory dish that can be made even better by adding cauliflower. As a result, the dish will turn out tender, juicy and very tasty.

• Pink salmon fish fillet – 200 g.
• Cauliflower – 200 g.
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Flour – 1 tbsp.
• Yogurt – 1 tbsp.

Step 1. Finely chop the fillet. At the same time, boil the cauliflower, then take it out and cut it. Also chop the onion and garlic.

Step 2. Mix all crushed ingredients in a plate. Add yogurt, egg, flour and spices to the consistency. Mix the purchased minced meat. Form cutlets.

Step 3. Heat a frying pan and fry the cutlets in it until golden brown.