Zrazy potato with minced meat and cutlets from puree and tuna

Potatoes are considered the second bread in Russian cuisine. But in fact, even in the absence of meat, dishes from this vegetable can be nourished and varied. But in your menu only boiled and fried potatoes? Everyone is more accustomed to use this product only as a side dish to meat or fish. Fantasize - and dishes from mashed potatoes can be very diversified. From it you can cook and other original goodies, surprising with an unusual combination of products of their household. Do, for example, zrazy potato with minced meat or cutlets from puree and fish. The products can be used in the form of vegetable, meat or fish puree, so finely chopped pieces. In this article, we offer recipes, how to make original dishes from minced meat with a photo of the main stages of cooking. Diversify the menu with new "potato ideas"!

How to cook zrazy potato with minced meat

As the filling, you can use completely different ingredients: fried mushrooms, chicken pieces, stewed vegetables, boiled rice. The classic dish, as always, are zrazy with minced meat. This recipe will use pork. Take about half a kilogram of lean pulp and mix it through a meat grinder. In the mass, add vegetables: finely chopped onions, grated carrots and chopped Bulgarian pepper. The minced meat is salted, crushed with ground pepper and well kneaded. Meat mixture is put on the fire and, with rapid stirring, is fried until the entire liquid is evaporated. At this time, one kilogram of peeled potatoes is cooked until ready. It is very important not to let it dissolve when boiling. The tubers should remain intact when cooking, so it's best not to cook them a bit. From a pot of hot potatoes, carefully drain the whole broth, top it off, add it to a homogeneous mass and let it cool. In cold mashed potatoes add 1 raw egg, ground spices and half a glass of flour. In order to dazzle zrazy potato with minced meat, take two tablespoons of cooked puree and form a small cake from it. Put a little stuffing (1-1.5 tea leaves) in the center, blend the oblong "cutlet" in the form of a pie. Before frying in vegetable oil or fat, the products are crumbled in flour or breadcrumbs. Serve hot with sour cream, mayonnaise, cream sauce or ketchup.

Puree and tuna cutlets

As you can see, it is quite simple to prepare potato-zrazes with minced meat. Puree can be successfully combined with fish. Use both fresh ground fillets of any fish without bones, and canned food. To prepare chops according to this recipe, you need one jar of tuna in oil. Draining the marinade from the fish, put a good fork with it. Mashed potatoes are prepared according to the above description. It will be required in ready form about 600 grams. Mix fish, potatoes, finely chopped parsley, 1 raw egg. Having formed the cutlets, dab each first into a whipped raw egg, and then into breadcrumbs. Fry in vegetable oil, turning over, not letting it crack. Products as a result of cooking are ruddy, with a delicious crispy crust. Serve with vegetable salad.