On sale you can often find salmon cutlets. How tasty these products will be depends on the manufacturer and the recipe he used, the quality of the raw materials. It is not the best idea to figure out this experimentally, experimenting on yourself and households. Much better to make salmon mince patties on your own. Then you will be sure that the dish turned out tasty and healthy.
Cooking Features
Cooking salmon mince patties is just as easy as making minced meat patties. The basic principles will be the same, but there are several specific features that you should know about:
- Salmon minced meat is less common than fishcakes or salmon fillets. If you failed to purchase mince, take the fillet. For the preparation of minced meat fillets need to defrost and grind with a meat grinder or blender. Scrolling salmon through a meat grinder will have 2-3 times, this will minimize the risk of bones getting into the cutlets.
- Salmon minced meat is rather fat in itself, but to make the burgers out of it even more juiciness you can put vegetables (onions, potatoes, cabbage, carrots) or apples into it.
- To add more density to the minced meat, flour, semolina, and ground rusks are added to the mince. Ingredients like egg and starch add viscosity to minced meat.
- A small amount of spices and herbs will improve the taste and flavor of cutlets.
You can cook salmon mince patties in different ways. Most often, they are fried, but supporters of healthy eating prefer to bake in the oven or boil for a couple.
A classic recipe for salmon minced meatballs
Composition:
- salmon minced meat - 0.5 kg;
- onions - 100 g;
- long loaf - 50 g;
- milk - 100 g;
- chicken egg - 1 pc .;
- salt, spices - to taste;
- flour or bread crumbs - how much will go;
- vegetable oil - how much will leave.
Method of preparation:
- Peel the onions and cut them into small pieces.
- Mix the onions with the minced fish, add the egg to it. Stir.
- Soak the loaf soaked in warm milk, squeeze and add to the mince.
- Salt it, pepper it. If the stuffing is too thin, add some crackers or flour. Knead, repel on a bowl.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Having moistened your hands, form small burgers from mince.
- Pan them in flour or breadcrumbs, put them in the pan, leaving a small distance between the products.
- Roast under the lid over medium heat for 10-12 minutes.
If you have large burgers, then after roasting, it will not hurt to stew them a little in a small amount of water mixed with lemon juice. 80-100 ml of water and juice from a quarter of a lemon are needed for the amount of ingredients indicated in the recipe.
Salmon minced meatballs with steamed semolina
Composition:
- salmon minced meat - 0.5 kg;
- onions - 100 g;
- potatoes - 100 g;
- bread crumbs - 50 g;
- milk - 100 ml;
- semolina - 50 g;
- chicken egg - 1 pc .;
- greens, salt, spices - to taste;
- vegetable oil - 5 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Soak the long loaf in milk, squeeze, turn through the meat grinder.
- Rub the potatoes.
- Mix the salmon mince with loaf and potatoes.
- Add the egg, stir until smooth.
- Pour the semolina, mix, let it swell.
- Finely chop the onion and greens, mix with minced meat.
- After mixing the mince, put it in the fridge for 20-30 minutes.
- While wetting your hands with cool water, blind small-sized cutlets, put them on a greased multicooker grill, designed for steaming food.
- Pour two glasses of water or vegetable broth into the multicooker bowl.
- Turn on the unit by running the “Steaming” program. Cook in this mode for 20-30 minutes depending on the size of the patties.
Cutlets for this recipe are tender, hearty. This recipe is among the most economical. Like it and supporters of healthy eating.
Salmon minced meatballs with apples
Composition:
- minced salmon - 0, 7 kg;
- wheat or oat bran - 20-30 g;
- apple - 0, 25 kg;
- onions - 100 g;
- chicken egg - 1 pc .;
- lemon juice - 20 ml;
- water - 0, 25 l;
- vegetable oil - 2 ml;
- salt, seasonings - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Peel the onion, cut it into small pieces.
- Mix water with lemon juice, put the onion in it, put it in the fridge for an hour.
- Chop bran in a blender.
- Wash and dry the apple with a towel. Cut a seed box out of it. If you want the cutlets to be more tender, the fruit can be peeled. From the unpeeled apple you get a more useful version of the dish.
- Cut apple pulp into slices, put them in a blender bowl, chop to mashed potatoes.
- Remove the onion from the lemon marinade, chop it in the same way as the apples.
- Place the salmon mince in a bowl, add apple and onion puree to it, mix.
- Break an egg into a bowl with minced meat, mix the minced meat with it.
- Add the minced bran, spices, and salt.
- Stir until a thick, uniform mass is obtained.
- Grease the baking sheet with vegetable oil, put the mince on it with a spoon, give it the form of burgers.
- Heat the oven to 180 degrees, put a baking tray with meatballs in it. Bake them for 35-40 minutes.
These diet cutlets will appeal to those who want to lose weight. They will be tastier and more appetizing if you sprinkle them on a grated cheese 15 minutes before they are ready.
Even an inexperienced cook will be able to make salmon mince patties. If you choose a suitable recipe, the dish will turn out not only tasty, but also useful.
