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Kotlety (Fried Meat Burgers)
Serve the kotlety with a salad, any side dish or sauce.
For 6 kotlety:
1 lb mixed ground meat (pork and beef)
2 oz white bread
1 medium onion
Half a teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons breadcrumbs
Vegetable oil for frying
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Tear the bread into pieces and soak in cold water for 5-10 minutes.
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Peel the onion and cut into a few pieces.
Place the onion into a food processor.
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Squeeze the bread dry and add to the onion.
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Process the bread and onion till finely chopped.
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Place the ground meat into a bowl.
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Sprinkle with the salt.
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Add the bread and onion mixture.
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Mix well to combine all ingredients.
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Scoop up the meat mixture with your hands and throw forcefully against the bottom of the bowl a few times.
After such pounding, the ground meat texture will be much more uniform. The patties made this way keep their shape much better.
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Divide the meat mixture into six equal parts.
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Pour the breadcrumbs onto your working surface.
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Spread the breadcrumbs with a knife.
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Shape an oval meat patty with your hands and put it on the breadcrumbs.
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Turn the meat patty over with a wide knife to make sure that the breadcrumbs stay on the meat and on the working surface.
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Continue shaping the patty by patting it around the edges and on the top with a flat side of a knife.
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Repeat with the remaining patties.
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Heat up the oil in a skillet (no more than ¼ inch).
Place the meat patties onto the skillet and turn the heat down to medium.
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Cook for 5 minutes on one side.
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Then turn the patties over with a wide spatula and cook for 5 more minutes on the other side.
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