Fish cutlets from hake juicy

A simple recipe for juicy fish cutlets with a crispy crust! Unusually juicy and fragrant hake cutlets, crispy breaded, fried in a frying pan. They are prepared quickly and simply. Perfect for a family lunch or dinner!
Natalia TsybulskayaAuthor avatar
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 39 % 12 g
Fats 42 % 13 g
Carbohydrates 19 % 6 g
189 kcal
GI: 29 / 0 / 71

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 40 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make fish cutlets from hake juicy? Prepare the products. Take chilled fish - it has a lot more nutrients. If you have only frozen hake available, then it is necessary to defrost it properly. After the freezer, place the fish in the refrigerator for 4-6 hours and only then completely defrost it in room conditions.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the fish and dry it well. Now the hake needs to be crushed. I put it through a meat grinder, but you can chop the fish with a blender. In extreme cases, you can finely chop it with a knife.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Peel and chop the onion as well. I also put him through a meat grinder.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Beat an egg into the resulting minced meat. Take a bigger egg, preferably homemade.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Salt the minced meat. I use ordinary sea salt, but you can add some aromatic salt to the dish, for example Adyghe. At this stage, you can add your favorite herbs-seasonings to the minced meat. What can be suitable for minced fish? Lemon pepper, thyme, Provencal herbs - take it to your taste!

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Pour 3 tbsp breadcrumbs into the dough. They will help to absorb excess and also act as a "gluing" material. Also, breadcrumbs can be completely replaced with semolina, flour in the same proportions or even starch - the proportions are 2 times less. Knead the minced meat well.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Take some minced meat, make a tortilla, put a small piece of butter in the center, - for juiciness.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Form a patty and roll in the remaining breadcrumbs.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Do the same with all the minced meat - make cutlets.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan. Lay out the cutlets and fry over low heat from the beginning on one side for about 7-10 minutes. Then carefully turn the cutlets over and bring them to readiness, covering the pan with a lid.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Delicious juicy hake cutlets are ready. Bon appetit!

Important! An incorrectly selected frying pan can ruin even the best recipe. All the details on how to choose the perfect frying pan for different dishes read here .

Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it. How to determine the roasting temperature and choose the best oil for frying, and which is better not to use at all, read here .

Note that the quality and taste of the finished dish largely depends on the proper defrosting of the ingredients. How to avoid mistakes and choose the best way, read the article about defrosting.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Chicken egg - 157   kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45   kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352   kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Fried hake - 105   kcal/100g
  • Boiled hake - 95   kcal/100g
  • Hake fresh - 86   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Breadcrumbs - 347   kcal/100g

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