Onion cutlets are not loved only by one who has never eaten.
In fact, the dish is incredibly tasty and has many advantages: inexpensive, affordable, simple and fast.
And it can include a variety of ingredients and surprise every time.
Indulge onion cutlets?
Onion cutlets - general principles of cooking
The most interesting thing is that you can use any onions for cutlets: young, old, juicy, sluggish, sharp or sweet. Of course, the taste of the dish will depend on this, but it will not go bad. The heads are cleaned and cut. Usually in cubes or thin straws.
What else is added:
• eggs;
• semolina;
• bread;
• spices;
• garlic;
• greenery.
But this is only a standard set. The dish can be made much more fun if you add mushrooms, various vegetables, a little minced meat or at least tomato paste to it. But what about onion cutlets with corn? It is worth a try!
Usually, onion cutlets are spread in a pan with a spoon and fried in the form of fritters. But you can cook and cool stuffing for modeling. Finished products can be stewed with sauce or served dry. And they are combined with any side dishes.
Recipe 1: Onion cutlets with semolina
The recipe for the simplest onion cutlets with semolina, which, if desired, can be replaced with flour. You can also change the appearance and quantity of spices at your discretion.
Ingredients
• 5 onion heads;
• 1 spoon of tomato paste;
• 4 tablespoons of semolina;
• 2 eggs;
• 1 pinch of paprika;
• salt and black pepper;
• butter;
• 2 branches of dill.
Cooking
1. Cut the onions into small cubes and put them in a bowl.
2. Add salt and other spices, then rub it gently with your hands.
3. Put eggs and semolina, add tomato paste for taste. But you can cook without it. Some housewives put a little mayonnaise, grated tomato or a spoonful of sour cream.
4. All is thoroughly stirred and left for at least half an hour. During this time, the onion is marinated, and the cereal swells.
5. Pour about half a centimeter into the oil pan and heat well.
6. Spread the cutlet with a spoon from the cooked mass. We do not make them fat.
7. Fry on both sides and take out on paper towels. If the products are stewed in sauce, then you can not cover. If the cutlets are served dry, then you can cover the pan to fry the onions inside.
Recipe 2: Onion cutlets "Housekeeper" with oatmeal
A variant of amazing onion cutlets, which also require oatmeal. The dish is very cheap and can be a real find during a crisis. It is advisable to take oatmeal flakes or without cooking at all.
Ingredients
• 1 cup of oatmeal;
• 4 onion heads;
• 2 eggs;
• 1 cup boiling water;
• salt and pepper;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• butter;
• 0.5 bunch of greenery.
Cooking
1. Pour oatmeal with boiling water, stir and cover with something. Leave it to cool to room temperature.
2. While the flakes are cooling, chop the onions very finely, add chopped herbs to them, squeeze a clove of garlic.
3. Combine the oatmeal with onions, put the egg and spices. In addition to salt and pepper, rosemary, paprika, and savory can be added to these cutlets. Both oatmeal and onions are perfectly combined with them, and the taste of the products will be unrecognizable.
4. Beat the mass with a spoon until smooth.
5. Heat the vegetable oil. We take a spoon, moisten with water and gain the cutlet mass. Spread round cutlets. Wet the spoon every time so that the stuffing lags well and does not stick.
6. Fry the patties on both sides. After turning over, you can cover the dishes and allow the dish to sweat.
Recipe 3: Onion Cutlets with Mushrooms
For mushroom onion cutlets, you need only a few champignons. But thanks to this supplement, the taste will be simply unrecognizable. By the way, such cutlets can be cooked not only with fresh mushrooms, but also canned champignons.
Ingredients
• 5 onions;
• 0.15 kg of champignons;
• 2 eggs;
• 1 spoon of sour cream;
• 4 tablespoons of flour;
• spices and oil;
• greens optional.
Cooking
1. Cut all the onions in small cubes, add eggs and flour, put sour cream and chopped herbs, stir. Let the mass so far insist.
2. Cut the mushrooms into small cubes. Large is not necessary, otherwise the mushrooms will be cooked for a long time.
3. Put them in a pan with butter and fry until almost done. We turn off and set the dish to a slope so that the excess oil remains in the pan, and raise the mushrooms on a hill.
4. Cool the mushrooms and transfer to the cutlet mass. Stir thoroughly.
5. We pick up the prepared onion forcemeat with a spoon and fry cutlets of any shape and size.
Recipe 4: Onion Cutlets with Cabbage
A variant of white cabbage cutlets and onions with bread. We use a white roll, you can take a loaf. It is advisable that the bread is a little stale.
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of cabbage;
• 0.5 kg of onions;
• 0.1 kg of mayonnaise;
• 5 slices of bread;
• 2 tablespoons chopped greens;
• spices and oil;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 100 ml of milk;
• 2 tablespoons of flour;
• 1 tablespoon of tomato paste.
Cooking
1. Shred the cabbage, add a little salt and mash hands. We put it in the pan and put out a little to make it soft. Cooling down.
2. Cut the onions and chop the garlic, shift to cabbage.
3. Soak slices of bread in milk and squeeze, send to the rest of the ingredients.
4. We lay spices, tomato paste, add mayonnaise and herbs. All is well mixed until smooth. Add a couple of spoons of flour.
5. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the usual cutlets. They can be consumed dry or stewed in tomato sauce.
Recipe 5: Onion Cutlets with Corn
A variant of very satisfying onion cutlets, for which you need a can of canned corn. The option is lean, minced meat is cooked without eggs. Served cutlets with sauce, the recipe of which is also given below.
Ingredients
• 5 onion heads;
• 1 can of corn;
• salt;
• 1-2 tablespoons of flour.
For the sauce:
• 2 tablespoons of pasta;
• 300 ml of broth;
• 1 spoon of flour;
• spices.
Cooking
1. Cut the onion into thin slices, combine with corn and flour. Stir the mass and season with spices. Leave to stand for fifteen minutes.
2. In the meantime, make the sauce. To do this, put flour on a dry frying pan and fry a little. We combine the broth or just some water with tomato paste and carefully pour into the flour. Stir the sauce so that it does not catch lumps, add seasonings to it and turn off after thickening.
3. We put a frying pan with oil on a fire and heat it well. We spread the onion mass with corn and fry for three minutes on each side.
4. Transfer the patties into a pan with tomato sauce. As soon as everyone is ready, put on the stove and simmer mine seven under the lid. We do not give boil actively. Served such patties with any side dishes.
Recipe 6: Onion Cutlets with Cheese
For such onion cutlets, you can take ordinary processed cheese or hard cheese. Tasty in any version of the dish.
Ingredients
• 3 onions;
• 0.1 kg of cheese;
• 2 tablespoons sour cream;
• 3 tablespoons of flour;
• 1 egg;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 3 branches of dill;
• salt with oil.
Cooking
1. Cut the onion very finely and add the grated cheese to it. When using processed cheese, it is advisable for the product to lie down a little in the freezer, it will be easier to rub.
2. Add sour cream, which, if necessary, can easily be changed to cream or mayonnaise.
3. Add the egg and chopped garlic, then pour the spices and put the flour. Thoroughly stir the mass and remove for an hour in the refrigerator.
4. We get out, add dill and stir. If the minced meat is weak and flowing, then you can add a little more flour.
5. Now we heat the oil and fry the onion cutlets with cheese flavor. Spread with a spoon, brown on both sides.
Recipe 7: Onion meatballs
It turns out that meat cutlets can also be made from onions. They will be very fragrant if you add a little mincemeat. Only 200 grams. Minced meat can be taken any and even chicken. This recipe differs from the previous ones in that the products are molded by hands in a classical way, and not fried in the form of fritters.
Ingredients
• 5 onion heads;
• 1 carrot;
• 0.2 kg of minced meat;
• spices;
• 1 egg;
• breadcrumbs;
• butter;
• 3 tablespoons of semolina.
Cooking
1. Dice all the peeled onions into cubes, add minced meat.
2. Next, rub finely large carrots and also add to the cutlet mass.
3. Put the egg, season with spices and pour semolina.
4. The mass is stirred and left on the table for thirty minutes. Then stir well again and you can proceed to the formation of cutlets.
5. Wet your hands with water, take a piece of minced meat 60-70 grams and roll up the ball in your hands. Then we press it down, shaping the cue ball.
6. Bread cutlets in breadcrumbs. We crush the baby with our hands so that it does not crumble.
7. Fry in a skillet. Optionally put out in sauce.
Recipe 8: Onion Cutlets with Potatoes
Another option for lean onion cutlets. There is potato in this recipe. Products without eggs and can fall apart when frying. Therefore, it is better to make them small.
Ingredients
• 7 onions;
• 2 potatoes;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 pinch of black pepper;
• 0.5 bunch of dill;
• salt;
• butter;
• 4-5 tablespoons of flour.
Cooking
1. Cut the onion into thin strips and pour boiling water over it. We stand for seven minutes, pour into a colander.
2. Rub the carrots on a fine grater and also peeled potatoes. We send everything together to the bow.
3. Add pepper and salt, put chopped herbs and gradually introduce flour, adjusting the density. The mass should not turn out to be liquid, but steep stuffing will not work either. He will give all his best with a spoon.
4. Fry on both sides and immediately transfer to another pan.
5. Add half a glass of broth to the fried cutlets. You can take tomato juice.
6. We put on the stove and languish for fifteen minutes. You can do more, we focus on the readiness of our products.
Onion cutlets - useful tips and tricks
• A common problem with cutlets is the onion crunch. Vegetables do not always have time to cook during frying. This problem is easily solved. You just need to pour boiled water on the chopped onion and let it stand for about ten minutes. Then lay in a colander and cook the meatballs according to the recipe. The same technique will relieve bitterness if the vegetable is vigorous.
• It is not necessary to cry to peel and slice a mountain of onions! Put ice water in your mouth and there will be no tears. Also, do not forget to rinse the knife with the cutting board with cold water regularly.
• From onion cutlets you can cook an amazing dish! Put the products on a baking sheet, on top of them a circle of tomato and sprinkle with grated cheese. It remains to bake until golden brown.
• Onion cutlets can be cooked with absolutely any additives, and they will only taste better. Remained a piece of fat? Or just one sausage? Maybe in the freezer a meatball was littered? Any of these products will harmoniously fit into the dish.
