To start eating right, just one desire is enough. For example, steam cutlets can be cooked in an improvised steamer - an ordinary metal colander, a pan of a suitable size and a lid will suffice. This device, of course, cannot pretend to be a kitchen device, but it will fulfill its purpose perfectly.
The taste of the food will not differ at all from that prepared in an electric steamer, and the beneficial substances in the food will also be preserved. So if you decide to switch to a healthy diet, you have everything you need. Well, as for recipes, try making steamed meat cutlets with vegetables. For juiciness and taste, add sour cream and spices to the minced meat; for brightness, add herbs and carrots. If steamed cutlets are intended for a baby, then it is better to avoid spices and instead add more herbs and vegetables to the minced meat.
Ingredients
- veal or lean beef – 300 g;
- yolk of one egg;
- onion – 1 pc. (small);
- boiled carrots – 1 pc. (small)
- raw carrots – 1 pc. (large);
- potatoes – 6-7 pcs;
- ground pepper, basil, nutmeg - a pinch;
- salt - to taste;
- thick sour cream - 1 tbsp. l;
- green onions - a few feathers.
Preparation
Grind the meat in a meat grinder or grind it in a food processor. Ready-made minced meat is also acceptable, but you never know its quality. Meat is easier to “control.”
Add finely grated onion to the resulting minced meat (you can twist it together with the meat).
Finely chop the boiled carrots and a few green onions. Place vegetables in minced meat.
Separate the yolk from the egg white and add to the minced meat and vegetables.
To make the cutlets juicy, add a spoonful of thick sour cream to the minced meat.
Spices can be omitted or added to your liking. The recipe uses ground black pepper, ground paprika, basil and ground nutmeg (a pinch). You need to add spices after the minced meat is mixed.
Salt is added to the minced meat last. The minced meat is kneaded again and put in the refrigerator for half an hour.
Make small oblong or round cutlets from the chilled minced meat.
To prevent the minced meat from sticking to your hands, wet your palms with cold water.
A side dish for steamed cutlets can be prepared from any vegetables, but since potatoes and carrots are almost always available, this is the simplest and most convenient option.
Cut the peeled potatoes into slices.
Carrots can be cut into strips, cubes, circles - at your discretion.
Place vegetables in a colander and add a little salt. Pour enough water into the pan so that it does not reach the bottom of the colander. Place a colander over a pan of water. Cover with a lid and turn the heat to medium. Make sure that steam does not escape from under the lid.
After 5 minutes, place the cutlets on the vegetables. Cover tightly and cook for another 20 minutes. The water in the pan should constantly boil.
Place steamed cutlets on a plate along with vegetables. For steamed cutlets, you can offer sour cream, olive oil as a sauce, or add a piece of butter to the plate.
What can you make steamed cutlets from?
Of course, from a variety of meats. The most dietary cutlets are made from turkey or chicken fillet. Children especially love them - for example, they will really like this recipe. Very good fish cakes, cooked in a delicate culinary way using a steamer or colander.
Secondly, you can steam vegetable cutlets, either from vegetables alone or with the addition of cereals (rice, buckwheat, oatmeal). Cereals are also added to meat cutlets. There are no surprises or secrets: we take any cutlet recipe that we like, don’t bread it, and instead of using a frying pan or oven, use steam.
And here is one of the most dietary recipes for steamed cutlets that I know (perfect for exacerbation of gastritis and “exit” from the acute stage of pancreatitis):
Pour boiling water over a handful of oatmeal (“without cooking”) and leave. Add to them 100 g of minced turkey (preferably fillet), some freshly chopped herbs such as parsley (no onions), a couple of spoons of boiled milk and a spoon of olive oil. Form cutlets and steam them.
Who benefits from steamed cutlets?
This meat dish is healthy for everyone and is considered healthy due to the low amount of fat, reduced calorie content and delicate cooking. But such nutrition is especially important if there are gastroenterological problems. In fact, steamed cutlets are a medicinal menu item.
Steam cutlets will come to your table even if there is a small child in the house. This is understandable: the child’s digestive system is not yet fully formed, it is delicate and must be spared. Meanwhile, steamed meat rich in proteins and microelements can be given to a one-year-old baby.
Finally, steamed cutlets are a matter of individual taste. I remember how a friend, who almost completely switched to steamed food, shared her impression: “I can no longer imagine how anyone can love strong tastes - salty, peppery, fatty... Is it a matter of steam cooking, when nothing interferes with the taste of the product itself! »
When steamed, cutlets are not just tasty. They are also extremely useful due to the fact that due to the absence of fat in this method of heat treatment of the dish, it will contain significantly less harmful cholesterol and calories. On the contrary, it will be possible to preserve many times more vitamins and other nutrients than with a different method of preparation.
This food has one more advantage: it is suitable for the diet of people of virtually any age. It can also be enjoyed by children who are just beginning to get used to eating dishes from the common table, as well as those who are sick and must be on a special diet. As a rule, doctors do not prohibit steaming cutlets in such situations and often even recommend them - to saturate a weakened body with proteins.
However, some link the creation of the above dish to the presence of a special device in the house - a double boiler. There are those who believe that in the absence of such a device it will be very difficult to find an adequate replacement for it. This approach is incorrect because in reality there are several ways to make steamed cutlets without a steamer.
One of the simplest methods known to a considerable number of housewives is the use of a flat-bottomed colander or sieve along with a sufficiently capacious saucepan with a lid. The latter should be slightly larger in diameter than the first, but such that they do not fall into it, but are held at the top.
The pan must be filled with enough liquid. However, its level, even when boiling, should be left just below the bottom of the sieve or colander. The dish is steamed, not boiled! However, you should not allow the liquid to completely boil away.
You can make cutlets according to any suitable recipe. For example, from half a kilogram of meat, a quarter of a white loaf pre-soaked in a glass of milk, one onion, an egg and spices. Traditionally, all components are passed through a meat grinder, and not very large balls are formed from the resulting mass.
The cutlets should be placed in a sieve or colander so that a small distance is maintained between them. Next, the vessel must be placed on top of a pan with boiling liquid and covered with a lid. Reducing the heat slightly (to medium), you need to cook the food for about 30-40 minutes. To determine readiness, break one cutlet. The meat inside it should be uniform in color, and the flowing juice should be transparent.
For other methods of creating steam cutlets, a metal sieve is also useful. In addition to this, you will need pans of various sizes, a piece of gauze at least 50x50 cm, twine and a grill grate from the microwave.
Pour water into one of the saucepans, whose diameter is about 20-25 cm, and cover everything with gauze, tying it tightly with twine. The fabric then needs to be pushed down a little to form a kind of hemisphere. After boiling water, place the cutlets on cheesecloth and, covering the pan with a lid, cook the dish for 35-40 minutes.
Instead of gauze, you can try placing a special rounded grill stand inside a pan of suitable diameter. Heat treatment of cutlets on it usually lasts about 40 minutes.
In each case, you need to ensure that the lid on top tightly closes the pan. Otherwise, the cooking time for steam cutlets will be increased - up to 60 minutes, or even more.
This dish will differ from its fried version in the absence of a golden brown crust. At the same time, however, it will be much juicier and more tender in taste.
Step 1: Prepare the ingredients.
The basis of the minced meat for our cutlets is meat. You can buy ready-made minced meat, or you can make it yourself by choosing a suitable piece of meat for this, clearing it of films and fat. When preparing minced meat, you will definitely need a meat grinder or blender. Cutlets can be prepared from pork, chicken, lamb and beef, or a mixture of them.
To highlight the taste of meat and give it aroma, we will take a medium or large onion, peel it and finely chop it. You can use a blender, just do not puree the onion. We do the same with garlic. 
To fix the minced meat so that it holds the shape of the cutlets, we need raw potatoes, which we wash, peel and grate on a fine grater or chop very finely in a blender. Now everything is ready for cooking. Step 2: Prepare minced meat for steam cutlets.
In a deep bowl, mix the minced meat, chopped potatoes, onion and garlic, then break the eggs, salt and pepper to taste. To make the cutlets juicier, add a tablespoon of milk to the minced meat. The resulting mass must be thoroughly mixed to evenly distribute the ingredients. You can mix the minced meat with a spoon, or you can use a blender - this will take less effort and time. Step 3: Shape and steam the cutlets.
Place the steamer closer and start cooking the cutlets. You must wet your hands with cold water so that the minced meat does not stick to them and forms well. Scoop the minced meat with a tablespoon, roll it between your palms, giving it the shape of a cutlet and place it in a steamer. Try not to place the cutlets too tightly so that they do not stick together. Close the steamer and set the “steaming” mode. Cooking time for steam cutlets is half an hour. After the time has passed, turn off the steamer and let the cutlets brew for some time. These 10 minutes are just enough to set the table. Step 4: Serve the finished steamed cutlets.
Steamed cutlets go well with any side dish, such as mashed potatoes or boiled rice. Salads made from fresh vegetables or just pickles also go well with them. Try preparing a sauce for steamed cutlets that will highlight the extraordinary taste of this healthy dish. Bon appetit! If you don’t have a double boiler, it doesn’t matter - take a large saucepan, fill it about a third with water, place a colander on top with the cutlets laid out in it, and cover the saucepan with a lid. The homemade steamer is ready. But you need to cook the cutlets in it a little longer, about 40 minutes.
Add some chopped herbs to the minced meat, this will add even more flavor to the cutlets.
Instead of grated raw potatoes to fix the shape of the cutlets, you can add a little white bread pulp, pre-soaked in milk or heavy cream, to the minced meat.
The cutlets should not be flat, so give them the shape of a ball, not a flatbread. This way they will bake better and be juicier.
How to cook delicious cutlets
An article about different methods of steaming cutlets with and without a steamer. A simple recipe and ways to prepare cutlets using it in different ways.
20 pcs.
1 hour
220 kcal
5/5 (4)
Many people know that fried foods are harmful to your figure and health. For people with diseases of the digestive and cardiovascular systems, fatty fried foods are generally prohibited. But you shouldn’t give up your favorite cutlets because of this? I'll tell you how to cook delicious steamed minced meat cutlets that will be good for your health and your figure.
I started cooking steamed cutlets myself after I decided to take care of my figure, and I have never regretted it. If you think that you need to have a double boiler for this, then you are mistaken. Cutlets can be steamed in both a pressure cooker and a slow cooker, but... I tried many different methods, and I most like to steam cutlets without a steamer using a regular saucepan and a colander. Next, I will tell you how to do this and how long to steam the cutlets.
Kitchen appliances
Depending on which cooking method you choose, you will need different utensils. In any case, you will need a plate and spoon.
- To cook the cutlets in a steamer, you only need a steamer.
- To cook the cutlets in a water bath, you will need a saucepan and a colander.
- To prepare steamed cutlets in a frying pan, you only need a frying pan with a lid.
Required Ingredients
We will take the simplest dietary recipe for steamed cutlets.
You can use other classic cutlet recipes that are familiar to you with the addition of eggs and bread, but in our case, such cutlets will be very tasty.
Cooking sequence
In a steamer
This is the easiest way I know to cook steamed cutlets. Just mix all the ingredients and mix well. Roll into cutlets and place in a steamer for 35 minutes. She will do everything for you. The cutlets will turn out juicy and spicy.
In a saucepan
And this is the easiest way to cook steam cutlets without a steamer. To do this, take a pan and fill it about a third with water. Place a colander on top and place the cutlets in it. Cover with a lid and cook for 40 minutes on low heat.
In a frying pan
In this case, you need to pour a little vegetable oil into the frying pan, and when it gets hot, put the cutlets and fry a little on both sides. If you are making fried cutlets, then you need to fry it in another frying pan and add it to the cutlets. Then everything is filled with water to the brim. The cutlets should simmer on low heat for about 40 minutes. If necessary, you can add a little water during cooking.
Bon appetit!
Video recipe for cooking cutlets in a double boiler
Now let’s see how a professional makes such cutlets in a good double boiler, and compare how his method differs from ours. I think nothing!
Cutlets are a dish that can be eaten with any side dish. Steamed cutlets are best served with a side dish of vegetables: for example, you can prepare vegetable stew or rice with vegetables. It will be delicious if you serve the cutlets with any porridge or boiled potatoes. It’s better not to combine them with fried potatoes, because then the whole point of cooking them is lost. You can simply eat a couple of cutlets with a vegetable salad and bread, because it’s quite filling.
If steamed cutlets seem too lean and tasteless to you, you can prepare a light sauce for them or
Steamed cutlets are a very simple dish, but there are still a couple of secrets on how to make them even better:
- If your cutlets are falling apart and you don’t want to add bread, you can replace it with oatmeal.
- If you add onions, it is better to grate them or even grind them through a meat grinder.
- To make the cutlets juicier, at the end of cooking the minced meat, add frozen herbs or ice, broken into small pieces.
- If you use several types of meat for minced meat, the cutlets will turn out tastier and richer.
Other options
Steamed cutlets can be made from anything: or you can simply add filling to the cutlet. Their main idea is to remove excess fat and help protein be better absorbed, and therefore be healthy, but remain tasty. Therefore, you can find many recipes for cutlets that can be steamed. But remember - steamed cutlets have different cooking times, depending on what they are made of. So how long should you cook steamed cutlets? Fish ones cook the fastest - 10-15 minutes. Chicken and turkey - on average 20-25. Pork, beef and veal cutlets can be cooked in 30 minutes.
Meat cutlets are a very satisfying everyday dish, without which it is difficult to imagine a delicious home-cooked lunch. However, fried minced meat products are far from healthy. A good alternative is steamed meat cutlets. Nutritionists have proven that steamed cutlets are not only low-calorie and easily digestible, but also contain the maximum amount of vitamins. The preparation of the dish is quite simple.
How to cook steamed cutlets - minced meat
It is better to make the minced meat for preparing any steam cutlets fatty, so that during cooking it does not dry out in the hot air, and the dish remains tender and juicy. The most delicious steamed cutlets are made from mixed minced meat.
We prepare minced meat for steam cutlets like regular minced meat for regular cutlets. We will need:
- minced meat – 500 gr.;
- egg – 1 pc;
- loaf – 3 pieces (the loaf should be yesterday’s);
- milk – 150 gr.;
- onion – 1 piece;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Prepare the minced meat:
- We take out and place on the table the ingredients we need.
- Next, take a suitable dish: it can be a salad bowl or a regular saucepan and rinse it under running water.
- We take out the purchased minced meat and put it in the prepared container, knead it well with a spoon, salt and pepper to taste.
- Set aside the container with the minced meat and move on to the loaf slices. Remove the crust from the loaf and place the crumb in a separate bowl. Pour milk over the soft part of the loaf and give the bread time to soak thoroughly. There should be as much milk as the bread will take. Therefore, it is not scary if there is more or less milk.
- Meanwhile, grate the onion using a medium-sized grater. If desired, you can also finely chop a clove of garlic for flavor. Mix well and mix with minced meat.
- Beat the egg into the bread crumb and mix until smooth.
- Add the bread-egg mixture to the minced meat, mix thoroughly, taste and, if necessary, add spices.
- From the resulting mass we form small cutlets and put them in a double boiler for 30-40 minutes. It is better to serve the dish with vegetables, potatoes or sauce.
Variations for steaming cutlets
- These cutlets can be cooked quite often. Healthy, tasty and never boring, since the recipe can be modified and adjusted to your taste. You can mix different types of minced meat in completely different proportions. You can add herbs, cheese, carrots. Instead of milk, you can add water, instead of bread - potatoes or oatmeal. Instead of minced meat, you can use minced vegetables.
- If you don’t have a steamer on your household, you can cook delicious dietary cutlets in a multicooker. The main thing is to set the correct program and do not forget to grease the special mold with butter, olive or sunflower oil. The cutlets are cooked in a slow cooker for about twenty minutes.
- Then don’t be upset if you don’t have a multicooker or a double boiler at home. Steamed cutlets can also be prepared using grandma’s old method in a frying pan. How? It's simple. To do this, you just need to heat the frying pan well, add a little sunflower oil and lay out the formed cutlets. Then add a glass of water, cover and simmer for 15-25 minutes. When cooking cutlets in this way, the main thing is to remember to add water and turn the cutlets over.
A few simple, proven recipes for steamed cutlets
Steamed vegetable cutlets
To prepare them you will need:
- medium-sized beets - 2 pcs.;
- medium-sized carrots – 2 pcs.;
- potatoes – 3 pcs.;
- onion – 1 pc.;
- prunes or dried apricots – 50 g;
- white sesame – 50 gr.;
- semolina – 2 tbsp. l.;
- water – 2 tbsp. l.;
- spices - to taste.
Place all the prepared vegetables in a saucepan, boil until tender and allow the vegetables to cool. Peel and grate the beets and carrots on a fine grater. Stir and drain the liquid, if any. Add chopped onions, chopped prunes and semolina to the resulting mixture. Mix well, add salt and place in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes. After this, we form small cutlets from the resulting minced meat, sprinkle them with sesame seeds and place them in a double boiler. We set the program for ten minutes. That's it, our healthy and tasty dish is ready!
Steamed chicken cutlets
To prepare minced meat you will need:
- minced chicken – 500 g;
- white loaf – 2 pieces;
- egg – 1 pc;
- onion – 2 pcs;
- milk – 1/3 cup.
Prepare the minced meat as usual (see above). The only caveat is that the bread mass should not be squeezed out, but should be added to the minced meat along with milk and allowed to stand for a while. That is, chicken meat should completely absorb all the liquid. After this, mix the minced meat well, add spices and herbs to taste, and form neat cutlets. Grease the trays with butter, carefully place the cutlets and set the timer for 30 minutes. That's all! Bon appetit.
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