RUSSIAN-STYLE CHICKEN CUTLETS
So simple and so good-these cutlets are a case where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Ground chicken is often disappointingly dry, but here a bit of butter and cream keep the meat moist.
Categories russian-style chicken cutlets
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Break the bread into pieces. In a large bowl, soak the bread in the half-and-half until the liquid is absorbed, about 2 minutes. Mix in the chicken, egg, salt, pepper, dill and the 3 tablespoons room-temperature butter. Put in the freezer for about 10 minutes to firm up.
- Remove the chicken mixture from the freezer; it will still be very soft. Form the mixture into four oval cutlets and coat them with the bread crumbs.
- In a large, nonstick frying pan, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and the oil over moderate heat. Cook the cutlets until golden brown and just done, 4 to 5 minutes per side.
- Variation: Italian-Style Chicken Cutlets: Omit the dill. Use half bread crumbs, half grated Parmesan cheese to coat the cutlets.
- Menu Suggestions: Sautéed mushrooms are the traditional Russian accompaniment to chicken cutlets. Beets, glazed carrots and mashed potatoes are other excellent possibilities.
- Wine Recommendation: The butteriness of the juicy cutlets contrasts beautifully with the racy freshness of an uncomplicated red wine. A Beaujolais from France or a merlot from Trentino in Northern Italy or will be perfect.
RUSSIAN-STYLE CHICKEN CUTLETS
Make and share this Russian-Style Chicken Cutlets recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Dancer
Categories Chicken
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Break the bread into pieces.
- In a large bowl, soak the bread in the half-and-half until the liquid is absorbed, about 2 minutes.
- Mix in the chicken, egg, salt, pepper, dill and the 3 tablespoons room-temperature butter.
- Put in the freezer for about 10 minutes to firm up.
- Remover the chicken mixture from the freezer; it will still be very soft.
- Form the mixture into four oval cutlets and coat them with the bread crumbs.
- In a large nonstick frying pan, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and the oil over moderate heat.
- Cook the cutlets until golden brown and just done, 4 to 5 minutes per side.
- Variation for Italian-Style Chicken Cutlets: Omit the dill.
- Use half bread crumbs, half grated Parmesan cheese to coat the cutlets.
KOTLETY POZHARSKIE (RUSSIAN GROUND CHICKEN CUTLETS)
Low fat and low carb, inexpensive dinner. Goes nicely with mashed potatoes. Said to have been created for Alexander I in a popular tavern in the small Russian town of Torzhok. Turkey can also be substituted for the chicken
Provided by littleturtle
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 50m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Soak bread slices in the milk in a small bowl for 15 minutes, then squeeze the bread dry.
- Combine the bread with the meat (grind together if you have a meat grinder), and gradually beat in the softened butter, along with the salt& pepper, until the mixture is smooth.
- Make 6 oval patties from this mixture (about 1 1/2" thick), then dip each in egg and then in the bread crumbs, thoroughly coating both sides.
- Clarify the remaining 10 tbsp butter by, without letting the butter brown, melting it slowly in a heavy skillet over low heat and skimming off the foam as it rises.
- Remove the butter from heat and let it sit for 2-3 minutes so they whey can settle out, then spoon off the clear butter and discard the milky solids at the bottom of the pan, and return 6 tbsp of the butter to the skillet.
- Place over a medium-high heat and when the butter is very hot fry the patties for about 5-6 minutes on each side or until the outside is golden brown and the inside doesn't look pink when pierced with the tip of a knife.
- Pour remaining clarified butter over the patties and serve immediately.
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