Frozen or freshly made dumplings can not only be boiled, but also fried to an appetizing golden color. There are several ways to fry dumplings in a frying pan. To do this, you can use a regular frying pan, preferably with a thick bottom, or a deep fryer. The number of dumplings should correspond to the size of the dish so that they fit in one layer on the bottom, and not too close to each other.
The frozen product must first be kept on the table until the dough softens, and then each dumpling is lightly pressed, then the minced meat inside will be fried evenly. If you don’t have time for this, you can put them straight from the freezer into a frying pan.
How to fry dumplings in a frying pan
The usual way to fry dumplings
Pour vegetable oil or put a piece of butter into a well-heated frying pan, distribute evenly over the bottom and place the dumplings in one layer. Be careful as this will cause the hot fat to splatter and get on your hands. After a few minutes, when a golden brown crust forms on one side, turn each dumpling over and fry on the other side until golden brown. Place on plates and garnish with herbs to your liking, sprinkle with spices or pour over the sauce you use for meat dishes.
Small dumplings or those made using a special ravioli mold are ideal: they do not have a thick “tail” of dough that is poorly fried. If the dumplings are large, first fry them on each side for 5 minutes, closing the lid, and then finish cooking by removing it.
Fried dumplings in sour cream
Place dumplings in hot oil and fry lightly, 2-3 minutes on each side. Add 3-4 tablespoons of sour cream, cover with a lid and let them simmer for about 5 minutes, then remove the lid, wait for the sour cream to evaporate, and bring to readiness, also frying until golden brown on both sides. The absorbed sour cream will give the dumplings an unusually soft taste. Season with fresh herbs and spices.
Dumplings fried with water
Carefully place the dumplings on the bottom of a frying pan with heated oil and fry until golden brown for 3 minutes on each side. Pour in boiling water to cover the dumplings halfway, cover the pan tightly with a lid and turn up the heat. For flavor, you can add bay leaf, tomato paste, and a few peppercorns. After all the water has evaporated, continue frying the dumplings until the dough turns golden brown.
Dumplings with fried onions in a frying pan
Cut two large onions into half rings and fry in butter until softened. You can do this with a lid on so that the onion does not overcook. Then place the dumplings on it, lightly add salt and stir. Over low heat, covered, fry for 5-7 minutes until golden brown, turn over, add oil if necessary and cook until done. Then immediately place on plates and sprinkle with fresh dill.
Fried boiled dumplings
If you want the dough in the dumplings to be soft after frying, first boil them in water with the addition of salt, bay leaf and peppercorns. After 5-7 minutes (it all depends on the size of the dumplings), place in a colander and let the water drain. Place the dumplings in hot oil at the bottom of a regular frying pan and fry them on both sides until the dough turns golden.
If you have cooked dumplings left over from dinner or lunch, heat them in a frying pan instead of the microwave and get an incredibly tasty dish that you can pour over with sauce or sprinkle with fresh chopped herbs.
Deep fried dumplings
For this recipe, it is better to make dumplings at home rather than using store-bought ones.
If you add a little vodka to the dough when making dumplings, it will not absorb much fat.
Pour oil into a deep frying pan up to half the sides, heat it well and lower the dumplings into it in small portions so that the oil covers them all. Fry over low heat until golden brown (5-7 minutes so that both the dough and the minced meat are cooked), take a slotted spoon and place them on a paper towel. Once the excess oil has been absorbed, transfer the dumplings to plates and serve with the sauce. It can be prepared like this: add chopped dill and pickled finely grated gherkins to thoroughly mixed mayonnaise and sour cream (two spoons each).
Fried dumplings are served with sour cream (you can add mustard to reduce calories), ketchup, mayonnaise or sauce for meat dishes. They are decorated with herbs, sprinkled with spices or grated cheese. You can also serve them with vegetable sauce prepared in dry red wine from onions and bell peppers.
The easiest way to fry dumplings is to place the already cooked product in a frying pan with oil.
But it's so boring!
In fact, dumplings can be prepared in a much more interesting way, and they can become an incredibly tasty dish.
Don't believe me?
Here are the best ways to fry dumplings and what they do it with.
Shall we get started?
How to fry dumplings - general principles
For frying, you can use homemade or commercially produced dumplings. Naturally, homemade products are tastier and healthier. But a cooking method such as frying dumplings in a frying pan involuntarily ennobles any product. And even the most modest dumplings can become extraordinary.
What are dumplings fried with:
Just with butter;
With vegetables;
With cheese;
With mushrooms;
With different sauces.
You can fry already boiled dumplings in a frying pan, half-cooked or completely raw. In this case, water is added during the process, but in small quantities. After steaming, additional ingredients are added and the dish is brought to full readiness.
Like boiled dumplings, fried ones are served with sour cream, store-bought or homemade sauces, the addition of spices and herbs is welcome. You can also serve broth with them, but only in a separate bowl so that the aromatic crust does not become soggy.
How to fry dumplings in a frying pan with an egg
This is a very quick way to fry leftover dumplings from lunch. That is, there is no need to pre-boil anything. A recipe with eggs will especially help if there are few dumplings left.
Ingredients
10-12 dumplings;
20 grams of butter;
Salt and pepper;
40 ml milk;
Greens, ketchup.
Preparation
1. Heat a little in a frying pan, add dumplings, fry for two minutes, stir occasionally and turn over to the other side.
2. Beat eggs with a fork with milk, salt and pepper. Pour into the pan and mix with dumplings.
3. Fry until the omelette is ready.
4. Transfer to a plate, sprinkle with herbs, serve with ketchup or any other sauce.
How to fry dumplings with cheese
Fried dumplings with cheese are not only tasty, but also a very beautiful dish. The products are covered with a fragrant and crispy crust and are simply extraordinary. The recipe requires no pre-cooking; the dish takes about half an hour to prepare.
Ingredients
400 grams of dumplings;
3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
1 onion;
200 grams of water;
80 grams of hard cheese.
Preparation
1. Pour oil into a frying pan, add frozen dumplings and add a glass of water and a pinch of salt.
2. Cover the lid and cook for about 15 minutes.
3. Open the lid, evaporate the remaining water (there will be a little of it) and fry the dumplings until golden brown for two to three minutes. They will fry very quickly, you need to stir.
4. Add grated cheese and fry for about three more minutes.
5. Take it out, sprinkle it with herbs, and immediately place the fragrant and hot dish on the table.
How to fry dumplings in a frying pan with onions
A dish for lovers of fried onions, and there are many of them. You can simply fry the chopped head with boiled dumplings, it will be delicious. But you can prepare the dish without pre-cooking using this recipe.
Ingredients
200 grams of onions;
400 grams of dumplings;
50 grams of vegetable oil;
1 pinch of salt;
Preparation
1. Peel the onions, cut them in half and then into large half rings. No need to grind.
2. Place the onion in a frying pan with heated oil and fry for a minute.
3. Add raw dumplings. Lay out in one layer.
4. Pour in boiling water; it should reach the middle of the dumpling or be slightly higher. Let's add a little salt.
5. Cover and cook for about a quarter of an hour.
6. Remove the lid, fry the dumplings with onions until brownish, stir occasionally with a wooden spatula.
7. Sprinkle with herbs and you're done!
How to fry dumplings in a frying pan with mushrooms
Do you like dumplings with mushrooms? But they can be put not only in the filling! Fried dumplings with mushrooms in a frying pan are very tasty. We use regular champignons. If you take wild mushrooms, you need to pre-boil them for about twenty minutes.
Ingredients
0.3 kg dumplings;
2 onions;
50 g butter;
0.3 kg champignons;
Preparation
1. Boil the dumplings in salted water until half cooked. Take it out and let the water drain.
2. Cut the onion into large cubes and fry for a minute in a frying pan.
3. Chop the mushrooms and add them to the onion, fry for about ten minutes. During this time, a lot of liquid will be released that needs to be evaporated.
4. As soon as the mushrooms begin to fry, add the dumplings. Sprinkle with spices and salt.
5. Fry the dish until cooked, do not forget to stir. Serve with herbs and sour cream.
How to fry dumplings with tomatoes and cheese
Recipe for original fried dumplings with pieces of tomatoes, which can be cooked both in a frying pan and in the oven.
Ingredients
0.4 kg dumplings;
2 tomatoes;
100 grams of cheese;
1-2 cloves of garlic;
50 grams of mayonnaise;
A little oil.
Preparation
1. Place the pan on the stove, pour in water, add salt, and bring to a boil. Add dumplings and boil for about five minutes. There is no need to bring it to full readiness. The products should remain slightly hard.
2. Grate the cheese, cut the tomatoes into slices.
4. Fry the dumplings for three minutes in a frying pan, add mayonnaise, place tomato mugs on top, quickly sprinkle with cheese and cover.
5. Cook for about three more minutes.
6. Or put the boiled dumplings in a greased form, pour over mayonnaise, place mugs of tomatoes on top and finish with cheese again. Bake in the oven until nicely crusted.
How to fry dumplings in a frying pan with vegetables
Recipe for fried dumplings, which are cooked in a frying pan with the addition of vegetables. The dish is tasty, light and quick. In addition to the vegetables listed below, you can use others to suit your taste.
Ingredients
0.4 kg dumplings;
2 eggplants;
2 tomatoes;
1 carrot;
Bulb;
Preparation
1. Boil the dumplings in the usual way, but take them out a little earlier. They should not boil or become soft.
2. Heat the oil. Add chopped onion, fry for a minute.
3. Add shredded carrots and cook for another minute.
4. Add diced eggplants. If the blue ones are bitter, then you first need to soak them in salted water and squeeze them out.
5. As soon as the eggplants are fried, add the diced tomatoes, salt and pepper the vegetables.
6. After a minute, add the dumplings, stir, cover and simmer for a few more minutes under the lid.
7. Turn off, place on plates, sprinkle with herbs.
How to fry dumplings with garlic
Recipe for dumplings with amazing garlic sauce. This dish requires the simplest ingredients available.
Ingredients
30 dumplings;
A little salt;
Paprika;
3 tablespoons of mayonnaise;
2 cloves of garlic;
0.5 bunch of parsley (dill);
Preparation
1. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the raw dumplings on both sides. Fry until very crisp.
2. Add a glass of water, cover and cook until the liquid has completely evaporated.
3. Open and fry a little more.
5. Pour the resulting sauce into the frying pan, heat the dumplings for a few more seconds and serve immediately. You should not keep garlic sauce on the stove for a long time, otherwise it will lose its taste and aroma.
Everyone knows that dumplings turn out tastier if they are fried in butter. But if you need to fry raw or frozen products and then add liquid, it is better to use vegetable oil.
The sauce is everything! Eating dumplings with regular ketchup or mayonnaise is boring, even if they are fried. Maybe mix these two ingredients? And also add herbs, garlic, mustard to them or pour in a little soy sauce? By the way, all these aromatic additions can be combined with sour cream. Experiment!
If you need to fry already cooked dumplings, then you need to put them in a frying pan with very hot oil. Otherwise, they will begin to absorb everything and will be very greasy.
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It is only at first glance that dumpling cuisine seems primitive, but when all the chef’s imagination is used, even the simplest dishes turn into real masterpieces.
How long should you fry dumplings in a frying pan?
In order for the dumplings to turn out not only perfectly fried, with an appetizing crust (as in the ostentatious photos and video recipes), but also with a juicy filling, you need to understand not only the technique of frying them, but also know exactly how long they should be cooked .
There is no clear time regime for this semi-finished product, since the frying period largely depends on the size of the dumplings and their pre-processing.
- For example, already boiled dumplings can be fried in a frying pan in vegetable or melted butter for literally 5 minutes on both sides until golden brown.
- But the question of how to fry frozen dumplings requires a more detailed analysis and lengthy preparation. Do not forget that such semi-finished products are still raw, so it would be correct to start by simmering them under the lid until ready for about 15 minutes, and only then add oil and fry until crispy, which will take another 10 minutes.
- Fresh dumplings, made with your own hands at home, fry a little faster. On a fire slightly less than medium, with the addition of oil, fry these dumplings under the lid for 5-7 minutes on each side.
Fried dumplings with onions and sour cream
Ingredients
- Frozen dumplings— 25-30 pcs. + -
- - 2-3 glasses + -
- - 5 tbsp. + -
- - 2 pcs. + -
- - 3 slices + -
- — 50 ml + -
- — 20 g + -
- — 250 ml + -
- - ½ bunch + -
- - ½ tsp. + -
- - taste + -
How to cook fried dumplings in a frying pan
On various culinary portals you can find a lot of videos and photos of quick recipes. However, you can only find a tasty, quick and at the same time simple treat for lunch (or dinner) with us. Many people's favorite dumplings, cooked in a frying pan with aromatic sauce, will be the best purchase for your cookbook.
- Pour boiling water into a frying pan or thick-bottomed saucepan, add a little salt and throw dumplings from the freezer into the container.
- Cover the container with a lid and bring the water to a boil over medium heat.
- As soon as active boiling begins, drain the liquid, add vegetable oil to the frying pan, add onion chopped into thin half rings and fry the dumplings until noticeably brown.
- While the dumplings are fried, we will prepare the sauce. Whisk sour cream, milk and flour until smooth, sprinkle with pepper, dill and salt to taste.
- Pour the fried dumplings with sour cream dressing and cook the dish over moderate heat (with the lid closed) for 5 minutes, then add chopped garlic and simmer the dumplings for another 5 minutes.
Unusual fried dumplings with cheese and sauce
In search of an original dish, it is not necessary to delve into exotic recipes, because everyone already knows that everything ingenious is simple. For example, how do you like the idea of frying dumplings in a frying pan under a cheese crust? Sounds delicious, doesn't it?!
And if you prepare classic Arabic garlic sauce for a traditional Russian dish, you will get a simply fabulous combination that will take your breath away both literally and figuratively.
Ingredients
- Frozen dumplings – 500 g;
- Drinking water – 150 ml
- Extra salt – ½ tsp.
- Green onion – 1 bunch
- Hard cheese – 70-100 g
- Sunflower oil (odorless) – 50 ml
- Kefir 2.5% – 80-100 ml
- Sour cream 15% – 80-100 g
- Mayonnaise – 80-100 g
- Garlic – 5-8 cloves
- Seasoning “mixed peppers” - 1/3 tsp.
- A mixture of dried herbs (basil, dill, parsley) – ½-1 tsp.
How to fry dumplings in a frying pan with sauce
- It is best to start preparing the dish with the sauce, since after mixing all the ingredients, the gravy will still need to brew. So, grind the peeled garlic cloves into a paste and combine with sour cream, mayonnaise and kefir. Add dried herbs, a mixture of peppers, and then mix everything and leave to infuse at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- During this time we will prepare the main dish. Place the frozen dumplings in a frying pan and add 2 tbsp. vegetable oil and ½ glass of water. Simmer the semi-finished products under the lid for 5 minutes and another 5 minutes without the lid. After the specified time, the water should boil away.
- Next, salt the dumplings to taste and fry until medium brown. If necessary, you can add a little oil to the pan to prevent the dumplings from dry-frying.
- As soon as the dumpling sides acquire an appetizing crust, sprinkle them with cheese (grated on a coarse grater), cover the container with a lid and cook the dish for 5 minutes.
When the cheese has melted, place the dumplings on portioned plates, sprinkle with finely chopped onions, pour over aromatic garlic sauce and proudly serve to your hungry household.
Dumplings fried in a frying pan: calorie content of the product
Dumplings themselves are quite a filling and energy-intensive product. Here you have both meat and dough.
Total 200-400 kcal per 100 g, depending on the filling. And if you consider that frying dumplings in a frying pan makes this most delicious product even heavier, then you are guaranteed 300-500 kcal per 100 g eaten.
Such impressive calories can easily discourage those who strictly watch their figure from enjoying this dish. But still, 1-2 times a month it is not forbidden to arrange a belly celebration for yourself. You need to pamper yourself at least sometimes.
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To maintain peace and idyll in the family, the husband needs to be fed regularly, satisfyingly, and most importantly, tasty food. After all, all experienced housewives know for sure that a hungry husband is an evil husband. And you, dear ladies, to be honest, are also unlikely to refuse to taste your masterpiece.
In a word, bon appetit to your whole family!
The best way to return warmth to your body, and at the same time have a tasty and enjoyable lunch, is to eat something hot and homemade. Today’s post is about how to boil everyone’s favorite dumplings with clear meat broth, and this will satisfy everyone who is hungry.
Homemade or semi-finished dumplings: what to choose
In order for the dish to be a success and to be enjoyed by absolutely everyone, it is worth abandoning the store-bought semi-finished product. It’s better to spend a little time on your day off and stock up on a batch of delicious homemade products.
Having sent it to the freezer for storage, if necessary, in the future you can always get homemade dumplings and simply boil them with aromatic broth.
Each recipe offered in today’s selection—how to make a delicious broth for dumplings—is good and original in its own way. Any technology can be taken as a basis, and then slightly modified, adapted to your own taste preferences.
Dumplings with broth: traditional recipe
Ingredients
- Raw dumplings – 500 g + -
- — 1.5 l + -
- - 1 PC. + -
- - 1 tbsp. + -
- - 1 PC. + -
- - 2-3 peas + -
- Fresh greens (any)- 1 bunch + -
- - 1 PC. + -
- - 2/3 tsp. + -
How to cook dumplings with delicious broth
To obtain a truly rich taste of food, it is best to prepare the “ears” with homemade minced meat yourself: from start to finish. However, store-bought dumplings can be prepared at home with broth according to this simple recipe, so tasty that there will be no end to eaters.
- Fill the pan with water, salt it, and put it on the fire.
- When the liquid begins to boil, reduce the heat and throw dumplings (freshly made or frozen), seasonings and a peeled onion, cut crosswise not all the way, into the pan.
- To prevent the “ears” from sticking to the walls of the container, they need to be carefully stirred, and then oil is added to the water. After 2 minutes of cooking, remove the bay leaf and peppers from the pan.
- After the dumplings float to the surface, keep them in the water for another 7-10 minutes (for chicken dumplings, five minutes is enough), after which we remove them with a slotted spoon.
- We catch the onion and roots of the parsley and throw it away.
- Having laid out the dumplings on deep plates, fill them with the prepared broth.
Sprinkle the hot dish with chopped herbs and serve the steaming, delicious appetizer for the hungry household to devour.
- In addition to the above-mentioned set of spices, you can add, if desired, some other spices to the dumplings, for example, basil, chili, suneli hops, etc.
- For those who want to enjoy delicious homemade dumplings with vinegar and broth, we offer the following brief instructions: boil the “ears”, catch with a slotted spoon, arrange into portions and acidify. Pour the meat broth into glasses (in this case it is better to serve it separately), flavored with chopped dill or parsley.
- Salt consumption is determined by personal preference, but the classic calculation is: 0.5 tsp. for 1 liter of water.
- You can add 1 crushed clove of garlic to the broth - the aroma will be unsurpassed.
Now you know how to cook dumplings with broth in a saucepan and what to serve them with to make it even tastier. There is nothing complicated about this, because everything ingenious is simple!
Dumplings with homemade lamb broth
We offer a rather original way to prepare a strong, spicy broth for pouring “ears” made from unleavened dough with meat filling. You will have to be patient, but the result will not disappoint.
If buying lamb bones is problematic for you, limit yourself to beef meat. True, the broth will not be so rich.
Ingredients
- Lamb bones with meat – 300 g
- Beef pulp – 200 g
- Water – 1.5 l.
- Onion (small) – 2 heads
- Carrots – 1 pc.
- Dried parsnips or parsley root - 1 tbsp.
- Ground black pepper – 1/3 tsp.
- Fresh parsley – 1 bunch
- Sour cream – 1-2 tbsp.
- Salt - to taste
How to cook dumplings with lamb broth
- After washing the meat pieces, fill them with water and send the pan with the meat to warm up over high heat.
When foam begins to form on the water surface, it will need to be carefully collected until it stops appearing.
- Next, cook the meat additive for the broth over medium heat, adding parsley stems to the pan for flavoring. For the same purpose, add an onion cut into 4 parts, as well as peeled and coarsely chopped carrots.
- Add dry seasonings, salt and leave the pan with the contents on low heat for an hour and a half of cooking.
- When the cooking time is up, catch all the large particles from the broth, and cool the aromatic liquid slightly.
- Remove the “melted” meat from the bones, chop it with a sharp knife and place it back into the pan with the broth.
- Let it boil again, season with another onion, peeling and finely chopping it (without sautéing!).
- Place the “ears” in a saucepan with aromatic boiling water. After surfacing, cook them for another 7-10 minutes.
Calorie content of homemade dumpling broth
Homemade “ears” are delicious in any form, but the dumplings are especially rich with broth. True, you shouldn’t get too carried away with such a treat, because it turns out to be quite filling, and therefore high in calories.
It’s difficult to say for sure how many calories are in dumpling broth prepared at home. The fattier the meat filler, the higher the energy value of the dish, especially if lard is added to the minced meat, and the broth itself is seasoned with onions sautéed in oil.
On average, the calorie content of the delicious broth in which “ears” with minced beef and pork were cooked is 56 kcal per 100 ml, and if you count calories taking into account the energy value of the dumplings, the calorie content will be more than 100 kcal.
To reduce the satiety of the dish, it is better to fill the “ears” not with the broth in which they were boiling, but with something lighter, for example, broth from lean chicken breast. It contains much fewer calories, and the taste is no less rich.
The secret of original cooking of dumplings
To prepare special dumplings, you don’t have to be sophisticated in choosing the meat filling. There is a rather original way of cooking dumplings that will turn a simple dish into a delicious one.
The original cooking technology is simple: after the cooked dumplings float, they need to be kept in water for 2 minutes, then caught and placed in a colander to cool.
After this, once again throw the dumplings into the boiling broth, wait for them to float and boil the “ears” for 5-7 minutes.
The transparency of the test is evidence of their readiness.
Traditionally, you can add sour cream or freshly chopped herbs to this treat.
It is impossible to find a person who has never tried boiled dumplings with meat. Almost all housewives know for sure how deliciously dumplings with broth can be cooked and beautifully served at the table, so that just one look at them will take all “cloudy” thoughts out of your head.
“Ears” with meat made from unleavened dough are always popular, and are unlikely to disappear from the everyday diet, because this dish simply has no equal in its combination of simplicity and taste.
Bon appetit!
This dish is unlikely to be found on a restaurant menu. Doctors and nutritionists will decisively eliminate it from the diet of any person.
And yet, how delicious it is - fried dumplings in a frying pan! Small “chebureks” with a juicy meat filling and a ruddy, pleasantly crunchy unleavened dough shell are liked even by those who are in principle indifferent to dumplings and dumplings.
The frying technique allows you to quickly prepare a hearty second course for lunch, easily diversify and supplement your usual food with new ingredients. Plus, the dumplings will never fall apart, and the dough will not turn into a watery mess.
An original dish from the diet of students living on scholarships who don’t bother with cooking, and bachelors who prefer hearty, homemade, instant food. The recipe is suitable for both already cooked and frozen dumplings.
Dish ingredients:
- dumplings – 400 g;
- lean oil - for frying;
- sauce (to taste) for serving.
Cooking time – 20 minutes. Calorie content 100 g – 239 kcal. 
How to cook fried dumplings in a frying pan:
The dish goes well with any sauce for meat. But it’s better not to fill them with dressing, like boiled ones, but to eat them by dipping them separately into a gravy boat.
Fried dumplings with onions in a frying pan
A slightly more complicated version of the previous recipe. Sauteed onions add a new range of flavors to a simple dish. It cooks quickly, turns out satisfying and beautiful.
Products:
- frozen dumplings – 500 g;
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.;
- onion head;
- salt and ground black pepper - to taste.
Cooking time – 25 minutes. Calorie content 100 g – 238 kcal.
How to cook:
- Peel the onion and cut it into half rings or cubes.
- Heat the oil over high heat. Reduce the flame under the frying pan to medium. Pour in and brown the onion (5 minutes), stirring.
- Add dumplings to the onion and distribute evenly over the bottom.
- Cover the pan with a lid. Fry the food over low heat for 12 minutes, turning the dumplings once to the other side.
- When the juice released from the minced meat has evaporated, remove the lid, pour a little vegetable oil into the pan and continue frying for another 5 minutes.
The finished dish is good served with chopped herbs, tomato sauces, and sour cream. An excellent solution is to complement your meal with vegetable salads.
Recipe for fried dumplings with cheese
Although this dish is simple to prepare, thanks to the cheese it looks much more attractive than ordinary boiled or fried dumplings. Prepare it both for modest family dinners and for receiving unexpected guests.
Products:
- package of frozen dumplings – 400 g;
- water – 250 ml;
- cheese (any hard) – 100 g;
- spices and salt - optional;
- vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. l.
Cooking time – 30 minutes. Calorie content 100 g – 28 kcal.
How to fry dumplings with cheese:
- Let the dumplings sit a little warm, literally about 20 minutes.
- Pour water and oil into a frying pan. We are waiting for it to boil.
- Reduce the heat to medium, add the defrosted semi-finished product. Salt, add pepper and spices if desired.
- Reduce heat to medium and cover the pan with a lid. Simmer for 15 minutes.
- As soon as the liquid has evaporated, open the frying pan, stir the dumplings and add just a little oil.
- Coarsely grate the cheese. Turn over the “chebureks” that have browned on one side. Sprinkle with cheese shavings.
- Cover the pan with a lid again. Continue frying for another 3 minutes.
Carefully transfer the finished dish onto a plate with a wide spatula. Sprinkle with finely chopped parsley and dill. Let's bring it to the table.
Chinese pan-fried dumplings
It is more common for us to prepare dumplings using the boiling method. For the Chinese, fried dumplings - jiaozi - are a traditional dish. The only difference is that, in addition to minced meat, cabbage is added to the filling and served with spicy sauces of Asian cuisine. The dough for jiaozi is prepared as tight as for regular dumplings, but without adding salt.
Products:
- water – 125 ml;
- flour – 250 g;
- ready minced pork – 150 g;
- white and Chinese cabbage (in equal parts) – 150 g;
- green onion feathers - 1 pc.;
- cilantro - 3 stems;
- clove of garlic;
- salt - a pinch;
- soy sauce – 1 tsp;
- ginger root – 7 g;
- hot pepper - optional.
Cooking time – 4 hours. Calorie content 100 g – 218 kcal.
How to cook:
- Knead water and flour into a tight dough. Wrap in cling film and set aside while the filling is prepared.
- Shred the cabbage very thinly. Add salt, mix, put in a bowl. Set aside for 10 minutes.
- Drain off the juice released from the cabbage. Squeeze out the cabbage.
- Finely chop the green onion, ginger and cilantro stems. Pass the garlic through a press.
- Combine all filling components, including minced meat, soy sauce and ground pepper in one container. Mix thoroughly.
- Let's start sculpting the jiaozi. Roll out the dough thinly and cut out circles. Place a little filling in the center of each and connect the edges of the dough, making 5-6 wide pinches. There is no need to press or twist the dough too much. On the contrary, it is advisable to leave small holes between the tucks so that the minced pork cooks better. This technique will not affect the quality of the dish - the filling will be very juicy, and the dumplings themselves will not fall apart during frying.
- Place the finished jiaozi in one row, ridges up, in a frying pan with well-heated vegetable oil. Fry over medium heat until the dough on one side turns golden.
- Pour water into the pan so that it slightly but completely covers the bottom.
- Cover the pan with a lid and simmer the dish for 5 minutes.
- We bring the dish to condition without a lid, frying until the broth has evaporated.
When serving, Chinese-style dumplings are turned upside down. Separately, 1–3 types of hot sauces are served in several bowls.
Recipe in Tajik
The difference between the national food of Tajiks and the familiar dish is the unusual shape and method of serving dumplings. Otherwise everything is the same. The dish is simple to prepare; the meal turns out to be nourishing, aromatic, and appetizing in appearance.
Products:
- regular dumpling dough – 400 g;
- standard minced pork and beef – 500 g;
- onion head – 1 piece;
- ready-made beef broth – 175 ml;
- wine vinegar – 1 tsp;
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.;
- salt and seasonings for meat - to taste.
Cooking time – 40 minutes. Calorie content 100 g – 227 kcal.
How to cook fried dumplings in a frying pan in Tajik style:
- We clean the onion, wash it and finely chop it.
- Salt the minced meat and season with spices. Add onion, mix well.
- Roll out the dough on a floured table into a layer 1 mm wide. Cut into 5x5 cm squares.
- Place the filling in the center of each square. We pinch, forming a neat flat triangle.
- Pour the oil into a frying pan and heat it well.
- Lay out the dumplings. Fry both barrels over medium heat for 7 minutes.
- Pour hot meat broth over the browned dumplings. Cover with a lid and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
Place the finished fried dumplings in Tajik style on a plate in a heap. Sprinkle lightly with wine vinegar. For beauty, sprinkle with chopped herbs.
Sauces for the dish
There are no difficulties with the rules for serving such a simple high-calorie dish. Any tomato sauce, ketchup, sour cream, mayonnaise will make a wonderful “company” for fried dumplings. Fans of spicy seasonings will love the combination of vinegar with ground black pepper and garlic, soy sauce with wasabi, sour cream with mustard.
You can diversify the dish with more complex multi-ingredient sauces. For example, a mixture of mayonnaise (2 tbsp), garlic (1 clove) and parsley (to taste).
You can make a very delicate, piquant cheese sauce. They do it like this:
- Low-fat (15%) sour cream and mayonnaise are mixed in equal quantities.
- Add finely chopped pickled cucumber.
- Coarsely chop the greens (whatever you like) and add them to the sauce.
- Grate any hard cheese on a fine grater and add to the rest of the ingredients.
- The sauce is mixed well and poured into a bowl.
Mayonnaise sauce with horseradish and apples would be an excellent addition to fried dumplings. To prepare it, you need to mix mayonnaise (250 g), fresh apple puree (50 g), a piece of finely grated horseradish root (1 tbsp) and lemon juice (1 tbsp). The dressing for the dish is delicious!
Recipes for pan-fried dumplings are no different in complexity. But to make the process even easier, it's useful to know some tricks.
So that the dumplings fry faster and brown evenly, it is advisable to buy small frozen semi-finished products.
Before cooking, let it thaw a little and press lightly on the sides with your fingers. The dumplings will become flat, fry faster, and become equally golden on all sides.
Place dumplings in a frying pan only when the oil is well heated. This way the dough will not stick to the bottom, and the cooking process will go faster.
For a variety of flavors, before finishing frying, you can pour tomato sauce over the dumplings, add a little bay leaf, basil, hot pepper, and cloves. Or sprinkle with sesame seeds.
To reduce the calorie content of the dish, the finished fried dumplings should be placed on a paper towel, thus removing excess fat.
This is how a completely simple dish can be diversified and made original. The given recipes and recommendations for choosing a sauce confirm this. Well, if you don’t restrain your flight of culinary imagination, you can probably create more than one delicious dish from ordinary dumplings.
You can learn more about the intricacies of frying dumplings from the following video.
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