How to cook steamed turkey cutlets in a slow cooker? What kind of food is this? You will find answers to these and other questions in the article.
Turkey meat is often used in diet food. Pediatricians advise to include it in the kids menu. White meat of turkey is very tender and non-greasy. It is easily absorbed by the body. It is baked, stewed, boiled. For cooking, you can use such a household appliance, which is popular today among many housewives, as a slow cooker. Recipes of steam turkey cutlets for her we consider below.
Subtleties and recommendations
To make the steamed turkey cutlets cooked in a slow cooker tasty and juicy, experienced housewives recommend the following:
- Be sure to lubricate the steaming bowl with oil. Then the cutlets during cooking will not stick to it.
- Chopped greens or carrots chopped on a fine grater will give pale products that are steamed.
- To make the turkey cutlets tender, put some minced bread soaked in milk in the minced meat.
- If you cook a dish from the breast, it turns out to be rather dry. To make the minced turkey juicy, add a piece of butter to it.
- Spices with a strong smell to white meat are not suitable. Therefore, choose the seasonings for the turkey carefully. Use such additives that the natural flavor of the bird can not drown out. You can add pepper, parsley, marjoram, paprika to the minced meat. The last spice will give the meatballs a bright color and improve the taste of meat.
Diet cutlets with parsley
This juicy dish will appeal to all family members.
To cook diet steaks of turkey in a slow cooker, you will need these components:
- one onion;
- 500 gr turkey fillet;
- salt (to taste);
- parsley - 1 tbsp. l
First prepare a household appliance for use. Pour hot water into the bowl. Lubricate the wire rack.
The sequence of steps for cooking steam cutlets from turkey in a slow cooker looks like this:
- Wash the turkey fillet, pat dry with a paper towel. Cut the pulp into slices and, together with the onion, pass through the meat grinder.
- Add salt and chopped herbs.
- Stuff the minced meat well.
- Now start forming the patties. Moisten your hands with cold water so that the mass does not stick to them. Gather small portions of minced meat and sculpt the cutlets of oblong or round shape. Place the workpieces on the multicooker grill so that there is a small distance between them, otherwise they will stick together during cooking.
- Set the mode "Steaming". Dip the grill with cutlets in the bowl. Close the appliance with a lid. Cook the dish for 25 minutes.
Cutlets "Gentle"
The dish is really soft, melting in your mouth.
To cook the tender tender turkey cutlets in a slow cooker, take:
- one egg;
- 500 gr turkey fillet;
- salt (to taste);
- milk - 100 ml;
- a slice of a loaf without a crust - 1 pc;
- one onion.
The process is as follows:
- Wash the turkey fillet and pat dry. Cut into pieces and pass through a meat grinder.
- Chop the onions.
- Soak a slice of loaf in milk. When it absorbs all the liquid and becomes soft, mix it with onions and minced meat. Pass everything through the meat grinder again.
- Break the egg into minced meat, add salt. Stir well to create an airy, uniform mass.
- With your hands dipped in cool water, roll oblong or round small cutlets from the minced meat.
- Pour water into the multicooker bowl. Spread the steaming grate with lean oil. Place cutlets on it a short distance from each other.
- Place the grate in the appliance, turn on the “Steam cooking” program. Cook the dish for 35 minutes.
With buckwheat
You will need:
- three eggs;
- two onions;
- salt (to taste);
- 500 gr turkey fillet;
- 0.5 tbsp. buckwheat;
- spices and spices (to taste).
We prepare steam cutlets from turkey as follows:
- Twist the meat with the onion through a meat grinder.
- Break the eggs into a bowl with minced meat, add spices and salt to taste. Mix everything well.
- Sort buckwheat, soak for half an hour in a small amount of water. Then drain the liquid, and send the cereal to the stuffing. Shuffle everything again.
- Prepare the multicooker for work. Pour hot water into the bowl. Lubricate the grate with vegetable oil.
- Form round cutlets with wet hands and lay them on the wire rack. Place it in the bowl.
- Next, turn on the device. Cook the dish for 60 minutes in the “Steaming” mode.
Instead of buckwheat, you can use semolina. For such a volume of minced meat, take it 1-2 tbsp. l After you mix it with other components, leave the minced meat for 30 minutes so that the cereal swells. After making the cutlets, put them in a steaming container. Cook the dish for 35 minutes.
With vegetables
You will need:
- one potato;
- one onion;
- 500 gr minced meat from turkey;
- one carrot;
- one egg;
- 2 tbsp. breadcrumbs;
- salt (to taste).
Cooking method:
- Peel potatoes, onions and carrots, grind on a grater or in a blender. Put the vegetables in a bowl with meat.
- Add the spices, raw eggs and salt to the minced meat. Stir everything well.
- Blind cutlets with wet hands. Bread in breadcrumbs.
- Next, pour hot water into the multicooker bowl. Oil the steaming basket. Send the cutlets to it.
Turn on the Steaming program and cook the dish for 40 minutes.
Mistress note
- If the minced meat is thick, pour a little sour cream or milk into it.
- To make the cutlets soft and juicy, knead the minced meat for two to three minutes.
- If you add a little beef to the turkey meat, the taste of the dish will become much more expressive.
Serve such patties with stewed vegetables as a side dish.