Russian Style Turkey Cutlets Food

TENDER BREADED TURKEY CUTLETS

Steps:

• Mix the bread crumbs and cheese in a shallow dish. Spread both sides of turkey with sour cream and press into the bread crumb mixture to coat.
• Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Place turkey in the skillet and cook 5 to 7 minutes on each side, until lightly browned and cooked through.

RUSSIAN-STYLE TURKEY CUTLETS

Steps:

• Break the bread into pieces. In a large bowl, soak the bread in the half-and-half until the liquid is absorbed, about 2 minutes. Mix in the turkey, egg, salt, pepper, dill, and the 3 tablespoons room-temperature butter. Put in the freezer for about 10 minutes to firm up.
• Remove the turkey mixture from the freezer; it will still be very soft. Form the mixture into four oval cutlets and coat them with the bread crumbs.
• In a large, nonstick frying pan, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and the oil over moderate heat. Cook the cutlets until golden brown and just done, 4 to 5 minutes per side.
• Menu Suggestions.
• Sautéed mushrooms are the traditional Russian accompaniment to turkey cutlets. Beets, glazed carrots, and mashed potatoes are other excellent possibilities.

TURKEY PATTIES (KOTLETI AKA CUTLETS)

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients. Thinly slice the carrot using a grater and then chop or shred the onion with a food processor. In a large mixing bowl, combine a pound of ground turkey, grated carrot and thinly grated or shredded onion, 1 egg yolk, and salt and black pepper to season. Combine the meat mixture well. Heat oil in a large skillet on medium heat for frying the patties. While the oil is heating up, shape the meat into small meatballs, and then flatten them to form patties. Fry the patties until each side is a rich, dark golden brown color - about 3-4 minutes per side. Transfer them to paper towels. Store turkey kotleti in a dish with a lid if you have leftovers. Keep them in the refrigerator for up to three days.

INDIAN TURKEY CUTLETS

Steps:

• Preheat broiler.
• Grate 1 teaspoon peel from 1 lime and squeeze 1 tablespoon juice.
• Cut remaining lime into wedges.
• Reserve for squeezing juice over cooked cutlets.
• In a large bowl, mix lime peel and juice, yogurt, vegetable oil, ginger, cumin, coriander, garlic and salt.
• Just before cooking add turkey cutlets to the yogurt mixture and stir to cover cutlets.
• Do not let cutlets marinate more than 15 minutes or the texture will become mealy.
• Broil 2 1/2 minutes on each side, 5 minutes total.
• Serve with lime wedges and steamed rice.

KOTLETY POZHARSKIE (RUSSIAN GROUND CHICKEN CUTLETS)

Steps:

• Soak bread slices in the milk in a small bowl for 15 minutes, then squeeze the bread dry.
• Combine the bread with the meat (grind together if you have a meat grinder), and gradually beat in the softened butter, along with the salt& pepper, until the mixture is smooth.
• Make 6 oval patties from this mixture (about 1 1/2" thick), then dip each in egg and then in the bread crumbs, thoroughly coating both sides.
• Clarify the remaining 10 tbsp butter by, without letting the butter brown, melting it slowly in a heavy skillet over low heat and skimming off the foam as it rises.
• Remove the butter from heat and let it sit for 2-3 minutes so they whey can settle out, then spoon off the clear butter and discard the milky solids at the bottom of the pan, and return 6 tbsp of the butter to the skillet.
• Place over a medium-high heat and when the butter is very hot fry the patties for about 5-6 minutes on each side or until the outside is golden brown and the inside doesn't look pink when pierced with the tip of a knife.
• Pour remaining clarified butter over the patties and serve immediately.

SIMPLE TURKEY CUTLETS

Steps:

• Juice orange and add honey. Stir thoroughly.
• Melt butter in pan over medium heat.
• Add cutlets. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
• Cook five minutes each side. Season other side after flip.
• Add orange and honey mixture. Cook one to two minutes per side until cutlet begins to brown.