Juicy and soft turkey cutlets in a pan - 6 step by step recipes

Juicy and soft turkey cutlets can be cooked in a regular pan using the ingredients familiar to this meat dish. Turkey meat is famous for its beneficial properties: it is low-fat, well digestible, and does not contain allergens. Therefore, cutlets made from this meat are suitable even for baby and diet food. The turkey fillet can be twisted into minced meat or used chopped.

Soft and juicy turkey cutlets in a pan

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Servings Per Container: 4.

In this recipe, minced meat is prepared with your own hands from turkey fillets. One of the secrets of the juiciness of the dish is adding raw potatoes to the minced meat, it is also important to bread the cutlets before frying, so as not to let the juice leak out.

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  Mix turkey meat twisted through a meat grinder or chopped in a blender with chopped onions. If you wish, you can get the most juicy and satisfying cutlets by twisting a piece of lard with the turkey fillet.
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  Squeeze the garlic into the minced meat, salt and mix.
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  Potatoes, grated on a fine grater, also put in the minced meat. You can add more of it, this will increase the volume of the cutlet preparation and make their consistency more tender.
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  Dill, fresh or frozen, chop and combine with minced meat. Do not spare the greens for this dish, it harmonizes very well with the turkey.
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  Beat the egg into the mass, season with pepper and other spices as desired. Knead the resulting minced meat well, and if possible, even beat it off by placing it in a bag and hitting the work surface for several minutes.
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  For convenient breading, pour the bread crumbs into a large container.
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  Sculpt minced meat patties and place in a container with breadcrumbs, trying to bread the workpiece thoroughly from all sides.
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  Place the cutlets in a skillet with hot oil and fry over medium heat for 3-4 minutes on each side.
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  Serve ruddy turkey cutlets with vegetables, herbs, your favorite side dish and sauce.

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Delicious chopped turkey cutlets

Cutlets according to this recipe are also called pancakes, because pieces of turkey meat are mixed here with flour, eggs and mayonnaise, and they are laid out in a pan with a spoon. When frying, the dough forms a crispy crust, and the meat in mayonnaise turns out to be very juicy and soft.

Ingredients:

• Turkey meat - 0.5 kg.
• Egg - 2 pcs.
• Onion - 1 head.
• Garlic - 3 cloves.
• Mayonnaise - 70-80 g.
• Flour - 3 tbsp. l.
• Greens, salt, pepper, vegetable oil.

Cooking process:

1. Turn the turkey fillet into a chopped mass with a knife. The pieces should be quite small for the patties to cook well.
2. Chop the onion as small as possible, you can even grate it. Add it to the minced meat.
3. In a separate bowl, mix eggs, mayonnaise and flour to form a lump-free mass. You can replace mayonnaise with sour cream, and mix flour with semolina.
4. Squeeze the garlic into a bowl with minced meat. Send chopped greens there.
5. Mix the contents of two containers - minced meat and eggs with mayonnaise and flour. Salt and pepper all this. You can let the mass stand a little so that the flour and semolina swell.
6. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet. It should be enough so that the patties are dipped about half the thickness.
7. Spoon the cutlet blank into the pan and fry on both sides until the mass acquires a stable cutlet shape.
8. After frying, put the cutlets together, pour a little water into the pan and simmer them under the lid for 7-10 minutes. You can put a piece of butter in the pan at this stage.

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Step-by-step recipe for minced turkey cutlets with zucchini

Zucchini gives turkey cutlets a special tenderness and splendor. You can use both young vegetables and well-ripened ones, the main thing is to adjust the viscosity of the mass, to prevent an excessive volume of liquid.

Ingredients:

• Turkey fillet - 0.5-0.6 kg.
• Zucchini - 200 g.
• Onion - 1 head.
• Crushed crackers - 3-4 tbsp. l.
• Butter - 1 tbsp. l.
• Parsley and dill to taste.
• Salt, pepper, vegetable oil.

Cooking process:

1. Peel the zucchini and grate it with large holes. Salt a little and leave for 15 minutes to separate the liquid. Then drain the juice and squeeze the courgette mass.
2. Twist the minced meat from the turkey using a meat grinder or blender.
3. Finely chop the onion or mince the onion together with the minced meat, combine with the meat.
4. Chop the parsley and dill with a knife and send to the minced meat.
5. Add crackers and butter to the rest of the ingredients. Better to take dry white bread and grind it in a blender. But you can replace it with bread crumbs or a mixture of rusks with semolina.
6. Add squeezed zucchini to the mass. Add salt and pepper to taste. You can diversify the taste by adding your favorite seasonings. Mix the minced meat well.
7. Form the cutlets into a neat shape. To do this, it is better to moisten your hands with water after sculpting each unit. Heat a skillet with oil and fry the patties until tender. It is not necessary to extinguish them.
8. You can serve turkey cutlets with zucchini with any side dish; creamy garlic sauce also goes well with them.

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Diet turkey cutlets in a pan

In this recipe, the cutlets are cooked in a pan, but they are obtained without a harmful crust. This type of meat dish is suitable even for a strict diet and for baby food.

Ingredients:

• Turkey fillet - 0.5 kg.
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Onions - 2 heads.
• Semolina - 2 tbsp. l.
• Spices and salt to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the turkey meat into pieces and chop in a food processor. It's good if it is chilled, not frozen. In the second option, the meat must be completely defrosted.
2. Grate carrots and onions on a fine grater or chop together with meat in a machine. Combine meat and vegetable components.
3. Soak the semolina with a tablespoon of hot water, hold for 5-10 minutes, and then add to the minced meat.
4. Put a small amount of salt and spices. If you are preparing a dish according to a diet program recommended by a doctor, or the cutlets are intended for a small child, you do not need to use spices.
5. Knead the minced meat well and mold neat, not very bulky cutlets. Then put a frying pan on the fire, pour in about half a glass of water, heat it up and put the cutlets. Reduce heat to medium and cook, covered, for about 20 minutes. During this time, the cutlets must be turned over to the other side once. You can also use a saucepan rack or steamer and steam the patties.

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Juicy turkey cutlets with gravy in a pan

The gravy in this recipe is based on tomato paste and broth, and spices give it a unique aroma. It is recommended that you prepare a large amount of gravy so that it is sufficient for both cutlets and garnishes.

Ingredients:

• Minced turkey - 600 g.
• White bread - 2 slices
• Garlic - 3 cloves.
• Hot red pepper - 0.25 tsp
• Tomato paste - 2 tbsp l.
• Flour - 2 tbsp. l.
• Meat broth - 0.5 l.
• Bay leaf - 2 pcs.
• Breadcrumbs.
• Salt and spices (basil, coriander, etc.).
• Parsley and dill.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare minced turkey yourself, chopping fillets, or take ready-made minced meat. It will not be superfluous to skip the meat through a meat grinder twice, so the cutlets will turn out to be more tender and fluffy. For juiciness, you can add lard or butter to the meat.
2. Soak white bread in a little water or milk and add to the minced meat.
3. Add salt, seasonings to your taste and chopped herbs. You can replace fresh dill and parsley with dried ones. Mix everything well. Excessively dry minced meat can be diluted with broth.
4. Blind cutlets and roll them in breadcrumbs. Fry in a pan with vegetable oil. Put them on a plate.
5. In a frying pan, fry the flour in a spoonful of vegetable oil, and then dilute it with broth. Diluted bouillon cubes or natural broth can be used. Add tomato paste to the pan and cook the sauce from the contents. Let it thicken. Then season the gravy with spices - coriander, basil and other spices to your taste, salt.
6. Put the fried cutlets into the gravy and darken under the lid for about 10 minutes. You can decorate the finished dish with herbs.

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How to fry turkey cutlets in a grill pan

This dish can be served on its own or used as a meat component for hamburgers. Cutlets need to be sculpted flat so that they are quickly fried, and to preserve the trellis pattern, press them a little against the pan.

Ingredients:

• Ground turkey (or a mixture with chicken) - 600 g.
• Onion - 1 head.
• Sour cream or mayonnaise - 70 g.
• Chicken seasoning - grill - 1 tsp.
• Dried herbs or herbs.
• Salt, vegetable oil.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare minced turkey fillet or mixed turkey and chicken. It is better to take for this not the breast, but the legs or thighs. Pass the meat through a blender or meat grinder.
2. Finely chop the onion with a knife and mix with the minced meat. You can add a couple of cloves of garlic along with the onion.
3. Stir in sour cream or mayonnaise in the minced meat. If it seems that the minced meat is thin, you can add a little flour, semolina or crackers. But do not rush to do this right away, let the minced meat stand a little while sour cream or mayonnaise is absorbed into the meat.
4. Add seasonings, salt to the minced meat and mold into flat round cutlets. Choose their size yourself. Can be equal to the diameter of a hamburger bun.
5. Heat the grill pan and oil. Put cutlets on it and fry on each side for 2 minutes. Remember to press the cutlets to the bottom of the pan to create a grate imprint.
6. Serve the dish with green salad. Optionally use cutlets for making hamburgers.

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