Well, how can you live without meat?
Perhaps only vegetarians know this!
But the favorite meat eaters can indulge themselves with delicious meatballs, juicy roasts and ruddy chops.
What else can you cook second courses of meat?
Meat entrees - general cooking principles
The most common types of meat: pork, beef, lamb. Less popular species: horse meat, elk, goat meat. Each product has its own taste, different cooking time and method of processing.
Any meat before cooking should be washed, cut the film and damage. Then it is cut into portions, finely chopped, fought off. It all depends on the recipe of the selected dish. Meat loves spices in all its forms, but it is especially good with salt and pepper.
Hot meat dishes can be subjected to any heat treatments: frying in oil, grilling, baking, stewing, boiling in water and steaming.
Skewers in the oven - a win-win meat main course
It turns out that for cooking kebabs it is not necessary to go to nature or make a fire. It can be cooked in the oven and please the household with an extraordinary hot meat dish, and an unusual onion will be used as a side dish.
Ingredients
• 1.5 kg of pork;
• 5 bulbs;
• 4 tablespoons of vinegar;
• 0.5 tsp. peppercorns;
• salt;
• 2 spoons of ketchup;
• 0.5 tablespoons of sugar.
Also need a sleeve for baking.
Cooking
1. Cut the washed pork with standard pieces for kebab, lightly pass through them with a hammer.
2. Put the meat in a bowl, add pepper, ketchup, salt, one onion, cut into half rings, and leave for time for pickling. It is advisable to let the pork stand for at least two hours.
3. Cut the remaining onions into rings and pour boiling water out of the kettle so that it covers the pieces. Immediately put the sugar and pour in the vinegar. Give marinated for half an hour.
4. Lay out a layer of pickled onions, pressed from excess liquid. On the resulting pillow lay out the pieces of meat. 5. We tie the sleeve, do not forget to make a puncture at the top of the needle. We send in the oven for 80 minutes, set the average mode of 180-190 degrees.
6. Serve kebab with fragrant onions, which served as a pillow.
Pork in French - a universally hot meat dish
The advantage of this second meat dish is that it is truly universal. It can be cooked on holidays, weekdays, for lunch or dinner. And it always turns out tasty, nourishing, fragrant.
Ingredients
• 400 grams of pork;
• 8 potatoes;
• 100 grams of cheese;
• pepper and salt;
• 100 grams of mayonnaise;
• 1 onion head.
Cooking
1. Clean the potatoes, wash and cut into thin plates. So they quickly bake.
2. A piece of meat must be washed, wiped and cut into layers of one centimeter. We beat off a little with a kitchen hammer, sprinkle with spices.
3. Onion head cleaned, cut into half rings.
4. Cheese with three large chips.
5. Putting the dish. To do this, put a layer of potatoes in a greased form, add salt and pepper and distribute slices of beaten pork on it.
6. Sprinkle with onion and stack the second slice of potato slices. Also sprinkle with spices.
7. We grease everything with mayonnaise, we fall asleep with cheese and can be sent to the oven! So meat in French will be cooked for about 50 minutes at 180 ° C.
Classic Beef Stroganoff - a second meat course for any side dish
Beef Stroganoff - a great meat dish that goes with absolutely any side dishes. You can immediately cook for 2 days and only change the supplement. For example, for lunch, serve a hot dish of meat with pasta, for dinner with cereal, and the next day, add a vegetable side dish.
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of meat;
• 300 grams of sour cream;
• 2 tablespoons of flour;
• 3 onions;
• 5 spoons of butter;
• 2 spoons of tomato paste;
• spices.
Cooking
1. Wash, dry the piece of meat. We cut layers, thickness on centimeter. Slightly beat off with a hammer. Then cut into strips, preferably thin.
2. Peel the bulbs, cut into cubes and fry until the slices are transparent in well heated oil.
3. Add the prepared meat and fry together for 10-15 minutes. 4. As soon as all the moisture is evaporated, gently add the flour and quickly stir. Lumps should not be.
5. Sour cream with salt and pepper, you can add other spices.
6. Pour the dressing into the meat, simmer for about 5 minutes.
7. Put the tomato paste, warm up for another 2 minutes and you're done!
Plov - Eastern Hot Meat Dish with Rice
Pilaf is a famous meat dish that is cooked in every home. Or not in everyone? If so, then you need to master the basics of cooking eastern pilaf. In fact, there are a lot of recipes and everyone is trying to win the title of a classic dish. But what's the difference? The main thing that was delicious!
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of meat;
• 0.5 kg of onions;
• 0.5 kg long rice;
• 130 grams of oil (it is better to take sesame);
• 0.5 kg juicy carrots;
• salt pepper;
• 0.5 tablespoons barberry;
• 1 head of garlic;
• 0.5 tablespoons of zira;
• hot peppers.
Cooking
1. Thoroughly wash the rice grains, preferably with very cold water. Then soak and let stand for half an hour. Drain the liquid.
2. Peeled carrots cut into cubes. It is not necessary to grind and use a grater. Shred straw onions.
3. Cut the meat into pieces, weighing about 50 grams. It is advisable to use the product with lard to pilaf turned out juicier and tastier.
4. In the cauldron pour oil, if not sesame, then we take any other. We warm up.
5. Clear the small onion and throw in the cauldron, fry until brown. Take out. Now you can cook!
6. Throw the meat, stir and give it to fry for 5 minutes. Do not touch, then mix and fry until brownish.
7. Add onions, fry for two minutes.
8. Spread the carrots, mix and fry on for about 15 minutes.
9. Now it is the turn of washed rice, the layer is leveled.
10. Lay all the spices, stick the head of garlic, pour boiling water so that it is 2 centimeters above the rice.
11. Cook on very low heat for 20 minutes, then turn off and let the pilva brew for another half hour. The lid cannot be opened.
Dumplings - a popular meat dish with dough
Homemade dumplings will be welcome at lunch and dinner. Excellent main dish, which can be served with broth. Prepare? Meat is better to take with fat, so that the dumplings are juicy. Ingredients
• 600 grams of meat;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• 150 grams of onions;
• pepper with salt;
• 200 grams of water;
• 1 egg;
• 2 spoons of butter;
• flour.
Cooking
1. For the test, shake the egg with salt, add water and oil, add the sifted. Flour. Make a tight, elastic dough. We remove the package for half an hour, so that it lay down and become more elastic. Leave on the table, in the cold do not need to clean.
2. We twist meat and onions with garlic through the meat grinder or we chop in the combine. We fill mince with spices, mix well.
3. We take out the dough and make dumplings. You can do this manually or using a special dumpling.
4. Boil in boiling water until cooked. Be sure to put the salt. And spice will add a zest and matchless aroma to a hot dish. When cooking, you can add bay leaf, peppercorns, greens and a piece of butter.
Homemade Roast - Liquid Hot Meat Dish
Home-made roast is an aromatic main dish with meat that does not require much time. And if you add more liquid to it, you can get the first dish. The most delicious roast is obtained in a cauldron.
Ingredients
• 10 potatoes;
• 400 grams of meat;
• 1 carrot;
• spices;
• A little bit of oil;
• 1-2 onions;
• greenery.
Cooking
1. Cut the meat into pieces up to 1.5 centimeters. Can be in small cubes, like on goulash.
2. Shred the onion and carrot straws. Peeled potatoes can be cut into cubes or slices.
3. Heat some cauldron in a cauldron. Throw the meat and fry until golden brown. If beef is used, you can cover and stew a little, the meat will become softer.
4. Add the onion, fry for three minutes, then throw the carrot and cook together until lightly browning vegetables.
5. Add the prepared potatoes, throw in salt, pepper.
6. Now we fill the contents of the cauldron to the level of vegetables with boiling water. Give boil, remove the fire and leave to cook until ready.
7. At the end we throw a bay leaf, bring the roast to the desired taste with salt, refuel with chopped greens.
Pork chops - an appetizing second meat dish
Juicy and ruddy chop is a great addition to cereal and vegetable side dishes. Remarkably hot dish of meat, which also does not require much time and quickly fried.
Ingredients
• 500 grams of pork;
• 4 tablespoons flour;
• 3 eggs;
• salt, black. pepper;
• butter.
Cooking
1. Cut the meat into plates by centimeter. Be sure to do it across the fibers, otherwise chops will be roasted for a long time and get tough.
2. We pass on the plates with a hammer. You can cover the meat with cling film so that it does not splash and does not lose juices.
3. Sprinkle with pepper, rub the pieces with salt. We do this on both sides and stack on top of each other.
4. Break eggs into a bowl, shake with a fork.
5. Roll off the chop in flour, then dip in the egg and fry on both sides in hot oil. After turning over to the other side, cover the pan with a lid and fry well.
Minced patties - an economical hot meat dish
Recipe interesting and very economical cutlets, for the preparation of which does not need a meat grinder! They are sometimes called royal meat, beggars chops or meat pancakes.
Ingredients
• 300 grams of meat;
• 250 grams of onions;
• 2 spoons of mayonnaise;
• 3 eggs;
• spices;
• butter;
• flour or starch.
Cooking
1. Take a piece of meat, preferably without fat, and cut into small cubes. You can hold it a bit in the freezer, so that the process is faster.
2. Add also finely chopped onion heads.
3. Put the mayonnaise, which can be replaced with sour cream.
4. Salt and pepper.
5. Add the beaten eggs and pour a couple of tablespoons of flour or starch. It should make liquid mince, like dough for fritters. We regulate density with starch.
6. Now we need to give the mass to marinate for a couple of hours, but the longer, we weave more delicious.
7. Spread the patties with a spoon on the pan and fry like pancakes in hot oil.
Stuffed Peppers - Hot Meat Dish with Vegetables and Rice
Pepper stuffed with meat is a very tasty meat dish that is easy and simple to prepare. Use any minced meat, preferably with fat, so that the dish is juicier. Ingredients
• 10 peppers;
• 400 grams of minced meat;
• 100 grams of onions;
• 100 grams of rice;
• spices;
• some oil;
• 1 carrot;
• 3 spoons of tomato paste;
• 3 tablespoons sour cream.
Cooking
1. Boil until cooked washed rice, cool.
2. Grind onion and mix with minced meat, add rice. Stir.
3. Coarsely rub the carrots and fry in a pan with butter, add tomato paste, sour cream and simmer a little.
4. Shifts roasting into the pan.
5. Peppers take out the insides, rinsed and stuffed with minced meat.
6. We put it upright in a saucepan with vegetables, pour boiling water, salt and set to boil for 40 minutes. The liquid should slightly cover the peppers, a lot of pouring is not necessary.
Hot Meat Dishes - Tips and Tricks
• Meat is always cut across the grain. This allows him to cook faster, makes it softer and tastier.
• It is advisable to pickle lumpy meat before cooking. You can use any ready-made sauces, vegetables, spices.
• Lay the pieces of meat when roasting need in hot fat. The protein will immediately collapse (the piece will turn white) and the juices will be sealed inside.
• To make meat more tender, all films must be carefully removed from the surface. They interfere with the penetration of the marinade, fasten the fibers and prevent them from softening.
• Breading is another way to preserve juices in meat. You can roll the prepared pieces in flour, breadcrumbs, dip in eggs, batter.
