Kotleti rustic Russian and Slavic comfort food - Beef meat patties, tender and juicy served alongside potatoes and gravy. These beef cutlets are like mini Russian burgers that your kids will love. (Котлеты)
Course Dinner, Main
Cuisine Russian, Slavic, Ukrainian
Keyword beef cutlets, kotleti
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Servings 6people
Ingredients
2pounds/1kg ground beef
2medium onionsgrated or finely chopped
2clovesgarlicminced
1medium potatopeeled, grated and squeezed
1cupof breadcrumbs
1egg
4tablespoonsparsleychopped
1teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonpepper
1cupflour for coating kotleti
½cupoilsunflower or vegetable oil
Instructions
Using your hands, mix together ground beef, grated onion, garlic, grated potato, bread crumbs, egg, parsley, salt and pepper. After you grate the potato, squeeze out the excess potato juice before mixing to the meat mixture.
Form the meat patties using your hands. Make them into a tight ball (like a snowball), and slightly flatten with your hands into a patty, keeping the edges rounded and width uniform throughout. Put on a plate or tray, ready for frying.
Lightly coat the kotleti in flour before frying. Don't allow thick clumps of flour on the patties, or it will burn and fall into the oil. Gently shake excess flour off the kotleti.
Heat oil into a frying pan until hot on medium-high. Fry kotleti golden brown and cooked on both sides. (approx 4 minutes per side).