07/12/2021
"Stozhki" with minced chicken
Ingredients:
For 6 cutlets:
500 g chicken breasts (2 medium breasts)
1 egg
2 slices of yesterday's white bread
0.5 cup water
Salt (1/2 tsp)
Freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp hot mustard
1 tsp vinegar 9%
1 tbsp vegetable oil
0.5 tbsp. flour for rolling
For the "fur coat":
2 medium raw potatoes
1 large onion
150 g hard cheese
100 g mayonnaise
2-3 tbsp vegetable oil for frying onions
Cooking minced meat for cutlets (you can cook it according to another favorite recipe):
Pour bread crumb with half a glass of water, soak for 5 minutes. The water should soak the bread well.
Prepare minced meat from chicken fillet using a meat grinder. Combine minced meat with a soaked bun (drain excess water), add mustard, vinegar and 1 tbsp. vegetable oil (this marinade will soften dry fillets).
Add salt (0.5 tsp), ground black pepper (a couple of pinches), beat in 1 egg. Mix all ingredients well. You should get a soft, but not liquid mince. Put it to marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
In the meantime, let's prepare the filling. Cut the onion into thin half rings.
Brown the onion in vegetable oil over medium heat (5-7 minutes).
Cool down. Grease a baking dish or baking sheet with refined oil (1-2 tablespoons). Grate raw potatoes on a coarse grater. Add a little salt to it (one pinch of salt is enough).
Please note that you cannot grate potatoes in advance - otherwise it will darken. Grate cheese on a coarse grater. With wet hands, form cutlets (about 7 cm in diameter) and roll in flour. Place cutlets on a baking sheet with a short distance. Put the fried onions on the cutlets, spreading evenly over the surface. Then lay out the potatoes. Sprinkle with cheese. Grease the top with mayonnaise. It is convenient to cut off a corner of a pack of mayonnaise and squeeze the mayonnaise out of the bag in a thin stream, apply in a spiral. Bake in an oven well preheated to 180 C for 50 minutes until golden brown.
Serve slightly cooled.
Bon Appetit!