Chops are great for lunch or dinner. To make this dish tender, it is important to choose the right meat, and also cut it as thin as possible. You can make chops by baking them in the oven or frying them in a hot skillet.
Chops baked with cheese and mushrooms
You will need:
- beef tenderloin - 500 g;
- mushrooms - 200 g;
- sour cream - 100 g;
- hard cheese - 100-150 g;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- dark balsamic vinegar;
- salt, pepper, spices - to taste.
Cut the beef fillet into portions. Beat off the cut pieces on both sides. It is better to beat off the meat by first wrapping it with cling film.
Rub the chops with pepper and seasoning. You can add salt immediately or just before frying. Add vinegar and let the meat sit for one hour.
While the meat is marinating, boil the mushrooms. Drain the water. Finely chop the mushrooms and fry them in a pan with onions. Pour sour cream into the mushrooms, salt and pepper and leave to simmer for 20 minutes.
Prepare a baking dish. Put the chops in it, pour with a little water so that the meat does not burn. Bake the chops for fifteen minutes in the oven.
Remove the meat from the oven, remove excess liquid. Put the mushrooms and sour cream on top of the chops, grate the cheese. Place the chops back in the oven. Bake the meat over medium heat for another 5-10 minutes.
Chops fried in cheese breading
This method of cooking chops allows you to make them juicy, tasty and crispy thanks to the breading.
For cooking you will need:
- meat - 400 g;
- bread crumbs - 100-150 g;
- hard cheese - 200 g;
- flour;
- chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
- black salt-pepper - to taste;
- vegetable oil.
Cut the meat into small, thin portions. Beat off each piece on both sides. Season the meat with salt and pepper. Grate the cheese. In a bowl, combine cheese with bread crumbs. Unsweetened cornflakes can be used in place of rusks.
Dip each piece of meat before frying in flour, then in an egg, then in a prepared breading. Fry the chops on both sides in a hot skillet in vegetable oil until golden crisp.
Chops with cheese and tomatoes
You will need:
- beef tenderloin - 600 g;
- tomatoes - 2 pcs.;
- hard cheese - 100-200 g;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- flour - 50 g;
- greens;
- vegetable oil;
- salt, ground pepper.
Cut the meat into pieces no more than 2 centimeters thick. Wrap the pieces in plastic wrap and beat on both sides. Dip the meat in flour, dip in beaten eggs. Lightly fry the chops on both sides in a skillet.
Transfer the sautéed chops to a baking sheet. You can pre-coat a baking sheet with thinly chopped onions. Top the chops with finely chopped greens and tomato slices, salt and pepper the dish. Grate the cheese. Sprinkle them on the chops.
Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven and bake the chops for 10 minutes.
