Chicken Cutlets with Cheese Filling

Ingredients

• 100 г Bread crumbs (The author recommends using only the soft crumb; bread with the crust can also be used if it is subsequently passed through a meat grinder.)
• 100 г Milk
• 700 г Ground chicken
• 1 Egg
• 1 ч.л. Salt
• Black pepper (To taste.)
• 150 г Baked-milk-flavored cheese (The original recipe mentions “Imperiya Syra” cheese. Slice or divide into portions for the filling.)
• 100 г Breadcrumbs
• Sunflower oil (A small amount for frying.)

Steps

1. 1

   Place the bread crumb in a bowl, pour in the milk, and leave to soak for 5–10 minutes.

2. 2

   Add the ground chicken, egg, salt, and black pepper to the soaked bread crumb.

3. 3

   Mix the ground meat thoroughly so that all the ingredients are evenly combined and the mixture becomes uniform.

4. 4

   Take a portion of the ground meat, place the cheese filling in the center, and wrap it with the meat, completely enclosing the cheese.

5. 5

   Coat the formed cutlet in breadcrumbs.

6. 6

   Heat a small amount of sunflower oil in a frying pan. Fry the cutlets over medium heat on both sides until golden brown.

7. 7

   Transfer the fried cutlets to a baking sheet.

8. 8

   Bake the cutlets in the oven at 180 °C for 10 minutes.

9. 9

   Serve the finished cutlets; the original recipe recommends serving them with mashed potatoes.

Notes

The author also notes that the cutlets can be fried in a larger amount of oil without baking, but in the main version they are baked for 10 minutes at 180 °C after frying. The exact amount of oil is not specified.

Nutrition per serving

• main course
• chicken
• cutlets
• cheese filling
• fried
• baked
• home cooking