The main ingredients for making the famous fire cutlets are white bread and chicken meat. From a small amount of products with a minimum of time, an original and tasty dish is obtained.
The history of fire cutlets
The famous cutlets were invented in the 19th century thanks to an innkeeper from the city of Torzhok, Tver region. Once Nicholas I found himself in a tavern in the city of Ostashkovo near Torzhok and was forced to stay because of a carriage breakdown. Nicholas I ordered veal cutlets for himself, but the innkeeper did not have meat.
Daria Pozharskaya came to the aid of her husband and replaced the veal meat with chicken. Nicholas I was delighted with the taste of the cutlets and thanked the innkeeper and his wife by including this dish in the menu of the palace kitchen. Since then, the enterprising innkeeper has had much more visitors.
Fire cutlets recipe
You can make famous cutlets from the following ingredients:
- minced chicken - 500 g;
- chicken egg - 1 pc.;
- milk - 150 ml;
- cream - 10 ml;
- butter - 50 g;
- white bread - 5 pieces;
- vegetable oil - 200 ml;
- pepper, salt - to taste.
Classic fire cutlets are made from minced chicken, cooked on your own, but you can save time and buy ready-made minced chicken.
Cut off the crusts from the white bread slices and place them in a deep container, then cover with milk. You need just enough milk to soak the bread well.
In the meantime, prepare the breading. To do this, take the crusts of bread and a few more slices and place them on a baking sheet, send them to the oven and bake until crisp.
Cool the finished croutons, then place in a plastic bag and grind with a hammer or hands until crumbs.
Squeeze out the bread crumb and combine with the minced chicken, mix thoroughly with your hands. Add salt and pepper to the minced meat to taste. Pour the cream and half of the pre-melted butter into the minced meat.
Break the chicken egg into a separate bowl.
Place a deep frying pan on the fire, pour vegetable oil into it. In the meantime, while the oil is warming up, start forming the fire cutlets. Take a small amount of minced meat, place a piece of butter in the middle, cover this half with minced meat and form a cutlet. You should have a cutlet that has one sharp end and the other blunt.
Dip the patty into the egg and then into the breadcrumbs. Now dip the fire cutlets in heated vegetable oil and fry them for about 15 minutes until golden brown.
Remove the cutlets from the boiling oil using a slotted spoon, put them on paper napkins in order to drain excess fat. Put ready-made fire cutlets on a plate and serve along with potatoes or vegetables, fried potatoes or pasta.
