Cooking meat zrazy. How to cook delicious zrazy from minced meat with egg? Zrazy with buckwheat and eggs

Potato zrazy is the best reason to try and show off your culinary talents. The choice of fillings is so huge that it makes your eyes wide open. With onions, mushrooms, saury... Already when describing the recipes, an incredible appetite flares up. We'll tell you how to cook tender cutlets with a juicy filling so that they don't fall apart.

Zrazy with minced potatoes is also called kortoplyaniki. Such potato cutlets with different fillings are incredibly popular in Western Ukraine and Lithuania, and are often prepared in Belarus and Russia. Even classics of literature mention cutlets. Babel in “Odessa Stories” has a phrase like “the old man drank vodka from the kettle, ate it right away, smelling like a happy childhood”... In general, we learn to cook cutlets worthy of a literary pen.

For preparation we will need:

• a kilogram of potatoes (the best variety is the red variety for baking - they won’t fall apart);
• large head of onion;
• half a kilo of any quality minced meat;
• a glass of milk;
• half a glass of cream of any fat content;
• chicken eggs – 2 pcs;
• flour (the amount will depend on the number of cutlets);
• vegetable or butter for frying - to taste;
• a pinch of salt, pepper.

Wash the potatoes under water and thoroughly clean them with a wire brush. Boil until tender in salted water. Three finished potatoes on a coarse grater into a separate container.

Peel the onion and cut into cubes. Fry the minced meat with onions and salt in a frying pan. Add salt, pepper to taste and add 2 chicken eggs. In this case, the minced meat should not be too hot so that the eggs do not “cook”.

If you put raw minced meat in the zrazy, it runs the risk of not being cooked through and the zrazy will remain raw.

We form potato cakes. Place a little minced meat in the center of each, pinch the edges to make beautiful, even cutlets. All that remains is to roll them in flour and fry on both sides in a mixture of vegetable and butter until a beautiful golden crust.

Serve zrazy warm with sauce made from flour, milk or cream. But, in principle, you don’t have to bother with the sauce. Serve cutlets with fresh sour cream and parsley leaves. Eat and lick the plate! Bon appetit.

Recipe for cooking with mushrooms in the oven

It often happens that there is some mashed potatoes left over from the evening. On the second day, few people want to eat it, because puree is only tasty to eat fresh. It's time to revive the potatoes and serve delicious aromatic potato zrazy with mushrooms, with a sauce of yogurt, sour cream and whipped cream for dinner.

To prepare, we will need a small saucepan of ready-made mashed potatoes, fresh champignons - 200 g, a large onion, a couple of chicken eggs, salt and pepper to taste, a little oil (not frying).

It is better to fry mushrooms in butter - this way they will turn out deliciously creamy. Evaporate the water completely, otherwise the filling will soften the zrazy and they will fall apart right on the frying pan.

The step-by-step instructions look like this:

1. Break eggs into mashed potatoes.
2. Add a little flour.
3. Mix the potato mixture thoroughly.
4. If necessary, add salt, otherwise the cutlets will come out bland.
5. In a frying pan, fry diced mushrooms and onions.
6. We make beautiful flat cakes, put the mushroom filling in the center and pinch the edges.
7. Roll the zrazy in flour and fry in a hot frying pan on both sides.

Serve rosy, delicious zrazy on a large flat dish, accompanied by sour cream sauce and small pickled or fresh cucumbers - at your discretion. We eat, savoring the subtle mushroom taste, emphasized by creamy mashed potatoes. Bon appetit!

With cheese

When cut, the zrazy with cheese reveals a viscous melted filling, amazingly in harmony with the airy mashed potatoes. Take any cheese - spicy, slightly bland Russian, sweetish Maasdam, classic Parmesan. The taste will be different. But don’t skimp on the cheese – there should be quite a lot of filling.

There is a quick option - with cubes of good processed cheese. If the cheese is with additives, such as pieces of ham or mushrooms, the dish will sparkle in a new way.

Among the required ingredients:

• cheese – 100 g;
• 2 chicken eggs;
• mashed potatoes – 500 g;
• salt, pepper to taste;
• breadcrumbs – 300 g;
• vegetable oil for frying – 100 ml.

Grate the cheese. Break the eggs into the puree and thoroughly knead the potato dough. Form into palm-sized tortillas and place a generous portion of cheese in the center of each. We “seal” the cutlets on both sides so that they are dense and the filling does not leak out. Roll the zrazy in breadcrumbs and quickly throw them into a heated frying pan. Fry on all sides until crusty.

It is convenient to make cakes by periodically wetting your hands with cold water - this way they will not stick.

Place the finished zrazy on a paper towel to absorb excess fat. Serve with herbs, cherry tomatoes, fresh cucumber.

With cabbage

When stewing cabbage, it is better to season it with dry dill. It will add a subtle mushroom flavor to the filling.

To prepare, we will need some cabbage stewed in vegetable oil in advance, mashed potatoes and a couple of eggs (you don’t need to take them if you are fasting).

We do this:

1. Warm the potatoes slightly (or just take them at room temperature).
2. We make neat flatbreads, and place stewed cabbage in the center of each so that the filling does not fall out.
3. Pinch the edges very tightly.
4. Fry the zrazy in a hot frying pan greased with plenty of vegetable oil.

Serve with herbs, cucumbers, and pieces of herring. You can pour tomato sauce - the taste will be extraordinary, with a slight sourness. These zrazy are easy to give to children at school and take with you to work as a light but satisfying snack.

Zrazy from mashed potatoes with meat

Potato zrazy with meat also turns out tastier from puree: this way they come out more tender, fluffier, and children really like them. It’s easy to prepare a dietary version right away, if you’re not too lazy: pre-cook the meat and grind it with the onion through a meat grinder.

If the mashed potatoes turn out to be liquid, it is better to add only yolks to it.

The whites will make the consistency even more watery, you will have to add flour and the zrazy will turn out to be rough.

To prepare you will need:

• 300 g lean beef;
• large onion;
• butter or sunflower oil (for frying);
• mashed potatoes – 500 g;
• and 2 chicken eggs.

Cook the meat until soft, grind it in a meat grinder or blender, passing it along with the onion, fried in vegetable or butter. Break the eggs into the puree and mix the dough thoroughly. Add salt and pepper to taste.

We make beautiful oval cutlets from puree, placing the meat filling inside. Lightly fry the zrazy in a frying pan.

These potato pancakes can be served with leavened milk (yogurt), sour cream and even whipped cream. The dish is suitable for children from an early age. You can prepare a meat casserole, alternating layers of potatoes and meat, and bake it in the oven until golden brown.

Option without adding eggs

Zrazy is easy to prepare without eggs or flour. They will turn out melting, with a pleasant crispy crust. Choose any filling. And we offer the classic combination of potatoes and mushrooms. We will prepare the puree with a small amount of liquid to make the dough stiff enough.

Kortoplyanniks are prepared from: a kilogram of potatoes, 500 g of mushrooms (can be dry, pre-soaked in water), semolina - we will sprinkle our cutlets with it, large onions, salt, pepper to taste and sunflower oil.

We proceed step by step:

1. Boil the potatoes, mash them into a puree (drain off the water almost completely, leaving a minimum).
2. Finely chop the mushrooms and fry them in a frying pan with the onion.
3. Add salt and pepper.
4. Make pancakes from mashed potatoes 1.5 cm thick.
5. Spread a tablespoon of filling.
6. We pinch the edges.
7. We form oval pies.
8. We roll them in semolina - it will make the dough sticky even without eggs.
9. Heat the frying pan.
10. Pour out the oil.
11. Quickly fry the pies.

We suggest serving mushroom zrazy without eggs with fresh vegetables, herbs or pickled cucumbers.

Some housewives always add a little (dessert spoon) sugar to the potato dough. It makes the taste of the dish much brighter.

Potato zrazy without filling - as a side dish

Zrazy without filling is a great way to use up leftover mashed potatoes from dinner. Pork chop, potato cutlet, greens - dinner will be simple, inexpensive, but almost festive. If desired, you can add toppings: bacon, sausage, chicken. But we recommend trying an unusual recipe with dill oil: mix pieces of butter with finely chopped dill and let them harden in the freezer.

Required components:

• two glasses of mashed potatoes;
• one egg;
• a couple of tablespoons of flour;
• a pinch of salt, pepper, nutmeg;
• 30 g of any cheese (if available);
• breadcrumbs;
• vegetable oil for frying.

Add spices to the puree, grate the cheese, add a little flour and break the egg. Knead the dough. We make potato pies, stuffing each with a piece of dill oil. Pinch tightly, roll in breadcrumbs and quickly fry in a hot frying pan. Serve with any meat dish, topped with fresh sour cream. Decorate with parsley sprigs!

With peas

You can prepare zrazy by adding peas. It costs a penny, but is extremely tasty, especially in combination with pieces of meat, chicken liver, and just potatoes.

During the season, you can replace dried peas with green ones. It is important to cook it and lightly puree it in a blender with oregano or fresh dill.

We will need: 200 g of boiled peas, 700 g of mashed potatoes, a large onion, salt, pepper, vegetable oil, 2-3 tablespoons of flour, chicken egg yolk, breadcrumbs.

How to cook? Just:

1. We make a stiff puree from peas.
2. Add mashed potatoes, yolk, and a little flour to the warm puree to make the dough more sticky.
3. Let it cool a little so that it doesn't burn your hands.
4. Fry peas with onions. You can add a lot of onions - this will make the peas juicy.
5. We make pies with pea filling.
6. Roll them in breadcrumbs.
7. Fry in vegetable oil until crusty.

We eat the cutlets slightly warm or even cold - at your discretion. Nourishing but easy to digest, they are delicious with hot tea or a light vegetable salad seasoned with fragrant oil. They can be sprinkled with chopped sweet onions to add extra piquancy.

Juicy potato zrazy with egg and onion

Zrazy in the oven, in the manner of everyone’s favorite pies with green onions and eggs, is prepared without frying. This means that they are not only tasty, but also lower in calories. We recommend eating them to everyone who is watching their weight but prefers hearty food.

Prepare cold mashed potatoes, yolk, white, a bunch of green onions, 2 boiled eggs, salt, pepper, vegetable oil and 2-3 tablespoons of flour.

Remember the cooking rules:

1. Add any spices and yolk to the puree and mix thoroughly. You should get a smooth potato dough that does not stick to your hands.
2. Finely chop the eggs into crumbs.
3. Cut green onions into slices.
4. Mix eggs and onions. To ensure uniformity of the filling, we recommend adding a little vegetable oil or a piece of butter.
5. We make potato pancakes, wrapping the onion filling inside.
6. Place each one on a baking sheet so that they do not stick to each other.
7. Brush the pies with egg white.
8. Place in the oven preheated to 200 degrees.
9. Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.

Ready-made hot pies can be coated with butter, topped with milk or cream sauce, or eaten with low-fat sour cream. Be sure to try snacking on the pies with pickled honey mushrooms seasoned with fragrant oil. Take this dish with you to work, eat it cold with tea - all your colleagues will definitely ask for the recipe.

With minced chicken zrazy

Children like zrazy better with chicken, because the dish is airy but satisfying. The chicken also cooks much faster, which increases the cooking speed. For the filling, you can take chicken thigh fillets and even chicken breast, especially if you boil it and grind it in a blender to a thick meat paste.

We will need 400 g of chicken or breast, onion, butter or sunflower oil (for frying), mashed potatoes - 500 g and 2 chicken eggs.

Zrazy turns out even more interesting if you add a little grated hard cheese to the minced meat.

1. Boil the chicken, pass it through a meat grinder or punch it in a blender.
2. Add onion fried in butter.
3. Salt the minced meat and pepper to taste.
4. We prepare an elastic dough from the puree, make flat cakes, and place a spoonful of chicken and onion filling inside each. We pinch the edges.
5. Next, do as you please - bake the pies in the oven or fry them.

Prepare mushroom bechamel for chicken cutlets: chop the caps of any mushrooms, lightly fry with onions. Add a glass of milk, 2 tbsp. l. flour. Simmer until the sauce thickens slightly. Creamy sauce, a meat cutlet with a juicy filling and tender puree are a wonderful treat that your household will definitely appreciate.

Filled with saury

Even those who categorically do not like fish eat zrazy made from mashed potatoes with saury. The fish gives it an interesting taste and for some reason not at all fishy (more like meaty). Saira is a rather fatty fish, the zrazy comes out filling, although eaters, without exception, always require supplements.

For fish dishes we will prepare: a jar of saury, two glasses of mashed potatoes, an onion, flour - 100 g, vegetable oil, ground black pepper and an egg.

The preparation process is extremely simple:

1. Mix the puree into a dough with flour and eggs.
2. Drain the liquid from the jar of saury.
3. Fry the onion in a frying pan, add the fish and simmer until the liquid evaporates.
4. We form pies, filling them with saury.
5. Roll in semolina or flour and fry.

Cover the finished cutlets with a thin mesh of mayonnaise and sprinkle with parsley. Cutlets are especially tasty when cold - as soon as they cool down, they fly off the plate at the speed of light. The recipe can also be made in the form of a casserole. It's nourishing, tasty and very simple.

Potato sorcerers in Belarusian style

Belarusians have elevated potatoes to a cult and made them a national treasure. But sorcerers are loved not only in this country. They are often prepared in the Baltic states. But who would dare to challenge the Belarusian people for the authorship of branded sorcerers! We prepare, following the advice of hospitable residents of the most potato country in the world.

Sorcerers are a special variety of potato pancakes. Unlike zraz, they are always prepared from grated potatoes.

Required ingredients:

• kilogram of white large potatoes;
• 500 g of any minced meat with onions, peppers (we recommend using chicken, which cooks much faster than pork or beef);
• flour - 3 tbsp. l;
• egg – 1 pc.;
• vegetable oil – 100 g;
• salt, pepper to taste.

Three peeled potatoes on a coarse grater and add salt. Let the juice stand out. Squeeze out the excess through cheesecloth or drain in a colander. Add flour, egg, salt and pepper. And now – attention – we will do everything very quickly! Heat a frying pan, pour vegetable oil into it and heat it up.

Immediately make a flat cake (you can sculpt it with your hands), put minced meat on top, pinch the edges and squeeze slightly to make the shape flatter. Immediately place in the pan. Fry until crispy. At the end, you can cover with a lid so that the minced meat is completely cooked.

Do not make the heat too high, otherwise the potatoes will burn on the bottom and remain raw on the inside. The minced meat will not be stewed even more so.

Sorcerers sprinkle with herbs with sour cream. Hearty, fried flatbreads with a juicy meat filling are the perfect start to the weekend.

With sausage

All children love sausage rolls. And if the dough is potato, the pie will turn out much more interesting and tastier. All you need is: a few sausages, yesterday's mashed potatoes, an egg, a little flour, vegetable oil, salt and pepper to taste.

Sausages must be of high quality, for example, milk, GOST.

How do we cook?

1. Mix the puree, flour and eggs into a thick dough.
2. We prepare the flatbread with our hands and wrap the sausage inside.
3. Fry the pie in hot oil.
4. Place on a paper towel to absorb excess oil.

Sausage pies are delicious served cold with hot herbal tea or aromatic coffee latte. For a children's party, it's easy to make mini versions from tiny sausages (they are sold in any store) or simply by cutting the standard one into 2 - 3 pieces.

How to cook a dish in a slow cooker?

Inventive housewives prepare zrazy in a slow cooker. But, we warn you right away, potato cutlets in a multi-bowl can spread. Try making pure meat cutlets. Pure meat zrazy comes from Poland; there they are prepared from different varieties, filling the cutlets with different fillings; in Polish, zrazy is translated as “individual pieces of meat” - previously, meat was only chopped, never put through a meat grinder.

We will need:

• minced meat – 700 g;
• egg – 6 pcs.;
• salt, pepper to taste.

Boil 5 hard-boiled eggs, cool and peel. Add the egg to the meat and beat it with your hands. Salt and pepper. We make flatbreads. Place an egg inside, carefully pinch it together - the cutlet should be smooth and dense.
Brave housewives can try making classic potato zrazy. The lid of the multicooker cannot be closed, and cooking should only be done in the “Frying” mode.

Fry the zrazy at the bottom of a multi-bowl heated with vegetable oil. Close the lid and simmer until done using the “Meat”, “Stewing” or “Baking” mode. In the process, the zrazy will give aromatic meat juice - they will definitely need a side dish. Cook mashed potatoes, pasta, rice. Serve cutlets with curry sauce, salted capers, fresh bread, and herbs.
When cut, a testicle will be found inside each “zip”. They look very appetizing, and the taste is incredibly pleasant.

With cottage cheese

Zrazy with cottage cheese will be loved by everyone who loves culinary experiments and is not afraid to discover new flavor combinations. It would seem, how do potatoes combine with cottage cheese? Our answer is wonderful. At the same time, we recommend making a complex filling - season the cottage cheese with herbs, sour cream and be sure to squeeze in a clove of garlic.

Let's prepare: mashed potatoes, a pack of cottage cheese of any fat content, a bunch of herbs, a little sour cream, salt, pepper, a clove of garlic, a little flour and an egg. Add a little oregano, basil or any aromatic herbs to the puree - this will make the dish very aromatic.

The process looks like this:

1. Knead the elastic, smooth potato dough with flour and egg.
2. Mix cottage cheese with sour cream, herbs, garlic and add salt.
3. We form cutlets, put a heaping tablespoon of curd filling inside each one.
4. Distribute the cutlets in a baking dish.
5. Lubricate with protein.
6. Bake in the oven until golden brown.

If desired, it is easy to fry the zrazy instead of baking it. The technology is also very affordable, and the results are amazing. The cutlets must be allowed to cool a little - the cottage cheese should “set”. Serve with tartar sauce or curdled milk with herbs.

There are thousands of recipes: every Belarusian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian family has its own signature recipe. In Ukraine, zrazy is loved with cracklings, in Belarus with sour cream, in Lithuania with cream and, imagine, lightly salted herring. There are even very original recipes for zraz with dried fruits. You can also try and invent your own combinations. Then the dish will never get boring. Bon appetit and new discoveries on the culinary front!

Minced zrazy is a tasty, nutritious dish, the composition of which can be changed almost indefinitely. Meat ingredients minced through a meat grinder are usually used as minced meat, for example pork or beef pulp, chicken fillet.

Often zrazy is made from potatoes, and the filling is filled with boiled eggs, liver, mushrooms or minced meat.. To do this, first prepare mashed potatoes, to which raw eggs, salt, and flour are added. Potato dough is used to form small flat cakes onto which various fillings are placed. Then the edges of the product are joined, the zrazy is breaded and fried until a pleasant golden crust. These potato cutlets are good served with sour cream, sliced ​​vegetables and herbs.

If zrazy is made from meat products, then the principle of their preparation resembles ordinary cutlets, when the minced meat is combined with an egg, fresh chopped onion, spices, and then the mass is mixed well. The filling for meat zrazas can also be completely different. The most popular options: cheese, mushrooms, boiled eggs and greens, liver. Potatoes, cereal porridge, pasta, and vegetables are served as a side dish for this dish.

Secrets of making perfect zrazy from minced meat

Minced meat zrazy is a good alternative to cutlets and meatballs. They may take a little longer to cook, but the results are worth it. Moreover, there are no restrictions on the choice of meat; you can easily make tasty and juicy zrazy from any minced meat: chicken, pork, beef, combined. About, how to deliciously cook zrazy from minced meat, experienced chefs will tell you:

Secret No. 1. Use the following filling options for meat dishes: sauerkraut and mushrooms; canned squid and fried onions; potatoes with fried onions and mustard.

Secret No. 2. Green peas, boiled or fried potatoes, buckwheat porridge, pasta, and fresh vegetable salad are excellent garnishes for zrazy.

Secret No. 3. To make the taste more piquant and spicy, add black pepper, garlic, and meat seasonings to the minced meat. The dish will become more aromatic and acquire a more attractive appearance if you add fresh dill, parsley or green onions.

Secret No. 4. If you plan to fry zrazy in a frying pan, then first roll the products in flour or breadcrumbs. This way the zrazy will acquire a pleasant golden brown crust, but the inside will remain juicy and tender.

Potato zrazy with meat baked in the oven is an excellent hearty dish that is suitable for dinner on a weekday and will look appropriate on a holiday table. The zrazy turns out incredibly tender and airy. They are especially tasty with sour cream. Choose the meat ingredient to your taste, there are no special restrictions: pork, beef, and chicken will do. The main condition is that the meat must be boiled.

Ingredients:

• potatoes - 10 pcs.;
• yolks - 2 pcs.;
• beef - 400 g;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• flour - 1.5 tbsp. l.;
• starch - 1.5 tbsp. l.;
• pepper, salt;
• vegetable oil.

Cooking method:

1. We wash the meat and boil until fully cooked.
2. Peel the potatoes, place them in a saucepan, add water, and boil until tender.
3. Grind the boiled ingredients separately in a meat grinder.
4. Peel the onion, cut into cubes, fry in oil until soft, add to the ground meat, salt and pepper to taste.
5. Add raw egg yolks, flour, starch and salt to the ground potatoes. Stir until smooth. You should get an elastic dough.
6. We form small flat cakes from the potato dough and place the meat filling in the center. We carefully connect the edges of the cake so that the meat is not visible. We do the same with the remaining potato dough.
7. Quickly fry the formed zrazy in oil until a nice golden crust appears.
8. Then we transfer the products to a baking sheet (pre-greased with oil).
9. Bake in the oven (180°C) for 20 minutes.
10. Serve the finished zrazy hot with sour cream.

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These cutlets with cheese and mushroom filling are suitable not only for a regular dinner. This dish will look great on the holiday table. Prepare the zrazy on the stove by frying the products in oil. If you prefer a more healthy heat treatment, then place the formed products in a fireproof form and bake in the oven - you will get an almost dietary dish.

Ingredients:

• combined minced meat - 1 kg (500 g each of pork and beef);
• cheese - 150 g;
• small loaf;
• milk - 250 ml;
• onions - 3 pcs.;
• champignons - 400 g;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• butter - 50 g;
• black pepper, oregano, salt;
• vegetable oil;
• breadcrumbs.

Cooking method:

1. Place the loaf crumb in a separate bowl, add milk, and leave for 30 minutes. Then squeeze out the excess liquid.
2. Peel onion (1 pc.), finely chop.
3. Add the egg, chopped onion, salt, black pepper, and soaked bread to the minced meat. Mix the mass well until smooth.
4. Let's prepare the filling for zraz. We also peel the remaining onion and cut it into small cubes.
5. Wash the champignons well and cut into small pieces. Cut the cheese into cubes.
6. Cut the butter into cubes and put it in the refrigerator.
7. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and fry the onion until golden brown.
8. Add the champignons to the onion and cook until the excess liquid has evaporated. Then add salt, oregano, pepper. Fry the ingredients until the mushrooms are completely cooked. Cool the filling.
9. Forms a small flat cake from minced meat. Place a spoonful of mushroom filling, a block of cheese, and a piece of butter on top. We connect the edges of the minced meat to make a cutlet. We do this with all the minced meat.
10. Roll the finished products in breadcrumbs and fry over low heat until fully cooked (approximately 10 minutes on each side).
11. The dish is served hot and served as a side dish with mashed potatoes or vegetable salad.

It is very simple to prepare zrazy according to this recipe, and if you are a novice housewife, then be sure to make such cutlets for your loved ones. You will be pleased with the result. To prepare zraz, you can use ready-made minced meat, which is sold in the store, but it is tastier to prepare it yourself, for example from chicken breast.

Ingredients:

• chicken breast - 500 g;
• egg - 3 pcs.;
• salt pepper;
• breadcrumbs;
• white bread - 100 g;
• vegetable oil;
• garlic - 4 cloves.

Cooking method:

1. Separate the chicken breast from the bones and pass it through a meat grinder along with the bread and garlic.
2. Add one egg, salt, pepper to the resulting minced meat, mix well.
3. Boil the remaining eggs, cool, and cut into cubes.
4. Add chopped herbs to the boiled eggs and mix.
5. We make a small flat cake from minced chicken, put a little egg and herb filling in its center. We fasten the edges of the minced meat well.
6. Roll the resulting zrazy in breadcrumbs and fry in oil over medium heat. When frying, close the lid so that the zrazy is well steamed inside.
7. Serve hot with your favorite side dish.

Zrazy according to this recipe is absolutely not picky about the type of meat. You can use either ground beef, pork or chicken. As a filling we use cheese, cut into cubes. If desired, the zrazy can be fried in a frying pan, but we will bake the dish in the oven - this will make it more tender and less caloric.

Ingredients:

• minced meat - 500 g;
• white bread - 4 slices;
• onions - 2 pcs.;
• cheese - 100 g;
• milk - 250 ml;
• greens - a bunch (dill, parsley);
• egg - 1 pc.;
• garlic - 4 cloves;
• salt pepper.

Cooking method:

1. Place the white bread in a separate small bowl and fill it with milk. Leave for 15 minutes, then squeeze out excess liquid.
2. Peel the onion and garlic and chop. Finely chop the greens. Cut the cheese into cubes.
3. Combine the minced meat with an egg, chopped onion, garlic, herbs and soaked bread. Add salt, pepper, and spices to taste if desired. Mix the mixture thoroughly.
4. From the resulting minced meat we form flat cakes, place a block of cheese in the middle, and connect the edges well.
5. Place the finished products on a wire rack and place a baking tray underneath to drain the fat.
6. Bake in the oven (220°C) until a nice golden crust appears.
7. Serve the finished zrazy with your favorite side dish and vegetable salad.

Now you know how to prepare zrazy from minced meat according to a recipe with a photo. Bon appetit!

Minced meat zrazy belongs to Lithuanian and Polish cuisine, where the dish is considered national. Zrazy is prepared from minced meat or mashed potatoes with various fillings. Initially, zrazy was a chopped piece of meat in which the filling was wrapped - mushrooms, cereals, vegetables, cheese, eggs, herbs. Later, minced meat or mashed potatoes began to be used instead of meat. As a result, zrazy in the modern interpretation is considered a pie, the basis of which is not dough, but minced meat or mashed potatoes with filling.

Cooking right away is a troublesome task. The minced meat and filling are prepared separately, then the zrazy are formed and only after that they are fried in oil. However, housewives often prepare this dish both on weekdays and for the holiday table. There are several reasons for this. Zrazy are economical. A small piece of meat can deliciously feed a large family. The dish does not require a side dish, but when served with gravies and sauces, it does not exclude it. The fillings are so varied that the zrazy can have a new taste every time, which means it doesn’t get boring.

We bring to your attention proven recipes from which you will learn how to prepare minced zrazy with the most successful fillings, as well as tips that will help facilitate the process of preparing this delicious dish.

Photo of minced meat zraz with egg in the oven

Zrazy with an egg inside is an original, satisfying and easy-to-prepare dish. Zrazy look much more interesting than regular cutlets, and are easier to prepare because they are baked in the oven. This greatly simplifies the cooking process and also allows you to make the dish as dietary as possible. You can also steam zrazy. So, let's look at the method of preparing zraz from minced meat with an egg.

Recipe ingredients:

• minced meat (beef, pork or chicken) 400 g.
• eggs 5 pcs.
• onion 1 pc.
• spices for minced meat½ teaspoon
• vegetable oil 1-2 tbsp. spoons
• salt, pepper to taste

How to cook zrazy from minced meat with egg:

1. To prepare dietary, low-fat zraza, use ground beef or chicken from white meat. Juicy, fatty zrazy can be made from minced pork or a mixture of minced pork with chicken or beef.
2. Boil the eggs, peel, cut into 2 halves.
3. Peel the onion, grind through a meat grinder, chop in a blender or finely chop. Break one raw egg into the minced meat, add onion, spices, salt and black pepper. Mix well.
4. Divide the resulting minced meat into 8 equal parts. Grease the pan in which you will bake the zrazy with vegetable oil. Grease your hands with vegetable oil so that the minced meat does not stick to your palms. Form some of the minced meat into a round cake. Place half an egg in the center of the flatbread and bring the edges together to form a cutlet. Place the finished zrazy into the mold.
5. Bake in an oven preheated to 200°C until golden brown. To get a beautiful crust, the top of the zraz can be greased with mayonnaise or sprinkled with hard grated cheese at the very end.

Feeding method: Serve zrazy with mashed potatoes, vegetable salads or herbs. The dish can be eaten hot or cold as a snack.

Photo of minced chicken zraz with cheese

A tasty, unusually aromatic and healthy dish - minced chicken zrazy with herbs and cheese. The cutlets turn out juicy and tender. They saturate the body with proteins, calcium, vitamins and are easily absorbed. They are eaten with pleasure by adults and children, even those who cannot be forced to eat cottage cheese, parsley or celery in their pure form. So, let's look at the method of preparing zraz from minced chicken.

Recipe ingredients:

• minced chicken 500 g.
• egg 1 pc.
• cottage cheese 150 g.
• hard cheese 100 g.
• greens (dill, parsley, celery, green onions) small bunch
• salt, pepper to taste
• vegetable oil 30 ml.
• breadcrumbs 2 tbsp. spoons

Method for preparing zraz from minced chicken:

1. Add salt and pepper to the minced chicken. Mix well.
2. Wash the greens, dry them, chop finely. Add cottage cheese, finely grated hard cheese, salt and pepper to taste. You can use your favorite spices, but this must be done in moderation so as not to drown out the aroma of natural herbs.
3. Break a raw egg into a bowl and whisk until smooth. Place breadcrumbs in a separate bowl. Wet your hands with cold water, separate a little minced meat, and spread a round cake on your palm. Place a tablespoon of filling in the center, bring the edges together, and form a patty.
4. Dip the cutlet in the egg, then roll in breadcrumbs, again in egg and breadcrumbs. Fry until golden brown in hot vegetable oil.

Feeding method: Serve hot with a green salad or no side dish at all.

Photo of zraz with fried mushrooms

Zrazy with mushrooms will be a worthy dish on the holiday table. Since the mushrooms are pre-fried, the filling is fatty and juicy. To balance the fat content of the dish, we recommend using minced lean meats - chicken breasts or lean beef. The dish turns out interesting, light and inexpensive.

Recipe ingredients:

• minced meat (chicken or beef) 600 g.
• champignons 500 g.
• onion 2 pcs.
• eggs 2 pcs.
• breadcrumbs 2 tbsp. spoons
• salt, ground pepper taste
• dried dill ½ teaspoon
• vegetable oil 150 ml.

How to cook zrazy with mushrooms:

1. Wipe the mushrooms with a damp cloth. Peel the onion. Finely chop the onion and mushrooms. Pour 2-3 tbsp into the pan. spoons of vegetable oil. Fry the onions and mushrooms, stirring, until the liquid has evaporated. Salt and pepper the filling to taste. Add dried dill. You can replace it with 1-2 tablespoons of fresh chopped dill, but dry dill has a special aroma. Cool the filling.
2. Add raw egg, salt and pepper to the minced meat. Mix thoroughly. Break the second egg into the bowl and scramble it. Place breadcrumbs on a flat plate.
3. Separate some of the minced meat and form into a flat cake. Place a tablespoon of mushroom filling in the center. Bring the edges together to form a patty. Roll the cutlet in the egg and breadcrumbs. If you want a thick crust, repeat the process again.
4. Fry the finished zrazy in vegetable oil under the lid until golden brown, 5-7 minutes on each side.

Feeding method: Serve hot without any side dish.

Potato zrazy with minced meat

Photo of potato zraz stuffed with minced meat

In potato zrazy, the role of the shell is played by mashed potatoes. The filling is made from meat, eggs, mushrooms, vegetables or cereals. Zrazy allows a rational housewife to use any leftover food, turning them into original and tasty dishes. This feature, combined with the availability of the products from which potato zrazy is prepared, makes the dish very popular. So, let's look at the method of preparing potato zrazas with minced meat.

Recipe ingredients:

• meat (chicken, beef) 300 g.
• potatoes 600 g.
• garlic 2-3 cloves
• carrots 3 pcs.
• onion 2 pcs.
• parsley and dill small bunch
• allspice, bay leaf taste
• flour 2 tbsp. spoons
• vegetable oil 100 ml (for frying)

Cooking method:

1. Peel the onions, carrots and potatoes. Place meat, vegetables, allspice and bay leaves, garlic, and herbs in a saucepan with cold water. Place on the fire and cook for 30 minutes until the meat is done. The vegetables will also be cooked during this time. 10 minutes before cooking, salt the broth to taste.
2. Pass the meat, boiled onions and carrots through a meat grinder. Mix the finished minced meat thoroughly. The filling for potato zrazas is ready.
3. Using a potato masher, mash the boiled potatoes until pureed. Add some salt.
4. Separate part of the potato mixture (1-2 tablespoons). Make a thick cake out of it. Place a tablespoon of minced meat in the center. Cover the minced meat with mashed potatoes on all sides.
5. Roll the resulting pie in flour and fry in hot vegetable oil until golden brown.

Feeding method: Serve ready-made potato zrazy with sour cream.

Tips for cooking zraz

Making zrazy from minced meat or potatoes is not difficult. And yet the dish has its own secrets, without knowing which the zrazy will not work. Take the advice of experienced housewives. Knowing how to prepare zrazy from minced meat, you will easily master a new dish and it will become a frequent guest on your table:

• Use lean meat for cooking immediately, especially if you are preparing a dish with mushrooms, vegetables fried in vegetable oil and other toppings that are fried in oil. Zrazy will be less caloric.
• If possible, do not add egg whites to the minced meat, use only yolks. The “dough” will not come apart, but will be soft.
• To prepare potato zrazas, use potatoes with a high starch content.
• Be sure to mash the potatoes while hot. When cooled, it loses its stickiness.
• Most often, minced zrazy is prepared with fried mushrooms, eggs, and mashed potatoes. Don't be afraid to experiment with toppings. Try making zrazy with sauerkraut, crushed nuts, prunes or dried apricots, and boiled vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli, green peas, herbs).
• A healthy and economical filling is porridge (buckwheat, rice, wheat), especially in combination with mushrooms, cottage cheese or cheese.

To put it very simply, zrazy are cutlets with a filling inside; if poetically speaking, then these are cutlets with a surprise, or a riddle, or, if you get creative, with, for example, a “monologue”: “I’m not a boring cutlet at all! I am a cheerful cutlet with a rich inner content!

Of course, a business lady who is always in a hurry and always serious will not cook right away! Why these artistic “bells and whistles”? But a housewife with aesthetic taste and a love of culinary experiments has long mastered beautiful, tasty, bright and, by the way, dietary meat dishes with eggs.
But for some it’s still exotic...

The filling of zraz can be very different. Today I prepared a classic version - with eggs and onions.

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Number of servings: 6 pcs.

Ingredients

• minced meat (I use pork) 500 g
• chicken eggs 4 pcs.
• onion 150 g
• loaf 100 g
• milk 200 ml
• vegetable oil 3 tbsp.
• chopped greens 1 tbsp.
• salt 2 pinches

Preparation

First of all, boil 3 eggs and soak the loaf pieces in milk; you can grind the loaf into crumbs in a blender in advance or chop it after soaking.



Cut the onion into large cubes (about 1 cm).



Boiled eggs need to be cooled and cut into cubes the same size as the onion.



In a frying pan with vegetable oil, fry the onion until translucent and add a tablespoon of chopped herbs, I used frozen parsley.



Stir in the onions and herbs and continue frying for another 1-2 minutes.



Combine chopped eggs, fried onions and herbs in a bowl, add salt to taste and stir.



To prevent the zrazy from opening when frying or baking, in addition to the loaf crushed in milk, add 1 egg or just the white to the minced meat. Salt to taste and season with your favorite spices.



Knead the minced meat with your hands until smooth.



And after all these preparations, start sculpting meat samples. The minced meat will come together better if you roll it well in your hands or throw it forcefully back into the bowl a couple of times, or lightly “juggle” it, throwing it from hand to hand (but only without fanaticism, since sharp throws are fraught with fatty meat splashes). Form the minced meat into a round cake.



Leave the minced cake in your left hand (it’s more convenient) and place a tablespoon of filling in the center of the cake.



Lightly press on the filling so that it “deepens” and the walls of the minced cake easily close together.
Roll into an even cutlet, placing it seam side down if possible.



Grease a baking dish or baking sheet with a small amount of vegetable oil and distribute the meat zrazy with the egg. Lightly grease them with vegetable oil on top too.



Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and place the zrazy in it for 45-50 minutes. Serve with fresh vegetables or other suitable side dish.

Instead of baking in the oven, you can fry the zrazy in a frying pan with vegetable oil until golden brown. They are also very tasty, but in the oven they turn out to be more dietary.

How to cook zrazy from minced meat with egg? You will learn the answer to this question from our article. This tasty and satisfying dish can be prepared both on weekdays and on holidays.

How to cook zrazy from minced meat with egg. Step by step recipe

Are you tired of cutlets and want to cook something new for dinner? In this case, pay attention to our recipe. With its help, a familiar dish will sparkle with new colors and bring joy to your household.

Ingredients:

• Minced meat (beef and pork) - 500 grams.
• Eggs - five pieces.
• Milk - one glass.
• White bread - four slices.
• Two onions - one for the minced meat, and the second for the filling.
• Breadcrumbs - 300 grams.
• Vegetable oil, ground pepper and salt - to taste.

How to cook zrazy from minced meat with egg (photo and recipe):

• Take bread, cut off the crust, and then soak it in milk. After ten minutes, squeeze out the crumb and knead it with your hands.
• Peel the onion, chop it and combine with the bread in a deep bowl. Add minced meat, raw egg, salt and pepper to the products.
• Next, prepare the filling. Fry chopped onion in vegetable oil. Boil the eggs until tender and chop finely. Combine the products in a separate bowl and mix. Don't forget to add spices and salt to taste.
• Place breadcrumbs in a separate bowl.
• Separate part of the minced meat, mold it into a flat cake, place a spoonful of filling in the center of the workpiece and connect the edges. Prepare the rest in the same way.

Fry the zrazy in vegetable oil until cooked, then serve with any side dish.

How to cook zrazy from minced meat with egg and cheese

How to make your daily menu interesting and varied? We suggest experimenting to surprise your loved ones with an original, delicious dinner.

Required products:

• Minced meat - 600 grams.
• Bulb.
• The egg is raw.
• Boiled egg.
• Cheese - 60 grams.
• Milk - 60 ml.
• Ground crackers - two tablespoons.
• Vegetable oil.
• Pepper mixture.
• Salt.

How to cook zrazy from minced meat with egg in a frying pan? The recipe for this delicious dish is very simple:

• Combine ground beef and pork, grated onion, chicken egg (raw), spices and salt in a large bowl.
• Pour milk over ground crackers and stir. After ten minutes, transfer the mixture to the rest of the products and mix too.
• Peel the boiled egg and cut into cubes. After this, combine it with grated cheese.
• Using damp hands, form the ground meat into round patties. Place a spoonful of filling on each and seal the edges.

Fry the zrazy over low heat until cooked, remembering to turn over in time. When the dish is ready, serve it hot, garnished with herbs and fresh vegetables.

Potato zrazy with meat and egg

This hearty dish is reminiscent of the delicious homemade pies we loved so much as children. It is very simple to prepare, so you can easily repeat the recipe in your kitchen. This time you will need:

• 500 grams of minced meat.
• One onion.
• Six or eight medium-sized potatoes.
• One egg.
• A glass of flour.
• Vegetable oil.
• Spices.

How to prepare zrazy from minced meat with egg and potatoes:

• Peel the potatoes, boil until tender, and then mash them.
• Add a raw egg and flour, add your favorite spices if desired.
• Knead the dough.
• Fry the minced meat in a frying pan along with finely chopped onions. Season it with ground pepper and salt. If the filling seems dry, add a little butter.
• Make an oval cake from the potato dough and put some minced meat on it. Connect the edges and roll the workpiece in flour or breadcrumbs.

Fry the zrazy as usual, and then serve it to your guests with sour cream or tomato sauce.

Zrazy with quail eggs

Every housewife is guaranteed to enjoy this beautiful dish. Even if you have just recently become interested in cooking, use our recipe. You can surprise your guests and delight them with an unusual taste.

Required products:

• Minced beef (can be mixed) - 500 grams.
• Half a large onion.
• Salt and pepper.
• Quail eggs - 15 pieces.
• Chicken egg - one piece.
• Mineral sparkling water - half a glass.

How to cook zrazy from minced meat with egg? Read the recipe for this delicious dish here:

• Boil the quail eggs until tender, then immerse them in cold water and peel them. After this, be sure to rinse them under running water to remove all the shells.
• Pour the minced meat with mineral water and stir. After that, wrap it with your hands.
• Add salt, spices, egg and finely chopped onion to the meat. Mix the minced meat again.
• Make zrazy patterns by placing one quail egg in the center of each piece of meat. After that, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment.

Bake the zrazy in a well-heated oven until done. Don't forget to turn the cutlets over when they are browned on one side. Before serving, decorate the dish with fresh herbs and vegetables.

Zrazy with mushrooms and egg

A delicious lunch can be prepared in season from aromatic wild mushrooms, and in winter and spring from champignons.

Ingredients:

• Minced pork - 600 grams.
• Eggs - four pieces.
• One potato.
• Butter - 200 grams.
• Onions - two pieces.
• Vegetable oil.
• Salt.
• Pepper.

Recipe for a delicious second course:

• Remove the boiled eggs from their shells and chop finely.
• Chop the mushrooms and then fry in vegetable oil along with onions.
• Combine the prepared products, season them with pepper and salt.
• Grate the second onion and mix with the meat. Add a raw chicken egg, salt and spices to taste.

All you have to do is form the zrazy and fry them in a frying pan until cooked.

Zrazy with rice and egg

As you may have guessed, zrazy can be prepared from a variety of products. And every time you can enjoy new tastes and aromas. And this time we recommend that you prepare the following set of products:

• Minced beef - 500 grams.
• Two medium onions.
• Two slices of wheat bread.
• Chicken egg.
• Milk - 100 ml.
• Rice - 50 grams.
• Flour - 20 grams.
• Salt.
• Vegetable oil.
• Spices.

Read the recipe for hearty zrazas below:

• To make the minced meat tender, pass the meat and onions through a meat grinder twice.
• Soak the bread in milk and squeeze. Mix the softened slices with the minced meat.
• Add spices (you can take suneli hops, basil, marjoram or a ready-made meat kit) and salt.
• Chop the onion and fry until golden brown. Boil the rice and eggs, and then chop the last ingredient. Mix the ingredients and let them cool.

Prepare the zrazy as we described above, roll them in flour and fry on both sides.

Fish zrazy with egg and cheese

This tasty dish goes well with boiled rice or potatoes. But you, of course, can choose a side dish of your choice.

Required products:

• White fish fillet - 500 grams.
• Eggs - two pieces.
• Onion - one piece.
• Milk - three tablespoons.
• Breadcrumbs - two tablespoons.
• Sour cream - two full spoons.
• Sausage cheese - 200 grams.
• Spices - to taste.

How to cook zrazy from minced meat with egg? You will find out the answer to this question if you read our instructions:

• Boil one egg and break the second into a blender bowl. Send the fish fillet there too.
• Grind the food.
• Add crackers, milk, chopped onion, spices and salt to the minced meat. Mix the ingredients again and place them in the refrigerator.
• Grate the egg and cheese or mix everything in the same blender. Add flavor to the filling with ground pepper and salt.
• After half an hour you can sculpt zrazy.

Place the preparations on a baking sheet previously covered with baking paper. To make the dish more juicy and tasty, place a small piece of butter on each side. Bake the treat in a well-heated oven for half an hour.

Zrazy in French

This beautiful and very unusual dish deserves to be served at the holiday table. If you want to surprise your guests, use our recipe.

Ingredients:

• Minced meat (any meat) - 1400 grams.
• Eggs - four pieces.
• Tomato.
• Onions - two pieces.
• Mayonnaise - three spoons.
• Hard cheese - 100 grams.
• Kefir - 100 ml.

• Boil and cool three eggs.
• Prepare minced meat from any type of meat (you can add a little chicken to it) and mix it with one egg.
• Peel the onion and chop it very finely. After this, fry it in vegetable oil.
• Preparing the filling is very simple. You just need to mix crushed eggs with onion, salt and spices.
• Prepare the zrazy in the usual way, giving it an oval shape. After this, place them on a baking sheet, which must be covered with baking paper in advance.
• Bake the dish for 20 minutes, and then turn each piece over. Next, place two slices of tomato and a handful of grated cheese on each at a time.

Prepare the festive treat for another quarter of an hour. Serve it hot with a light side dish.

Zrazy with whole chicken egg

This hearty and tasty dish is very easy to prepare. Here is a list of ingredients:

• Mixture of minced meat and beef - 800 grams.
• Eggs - ten pieces (one for steaming, eight for filling and one for minced meat).
• Bulb.
• Flour.
• Five spoons of chopped crackers.
• Spices, vegetable oil and salt.

• Prepare the base for zraz from minced meat, eggs, salt, chopped onion and spices.
• Roll boiled eggs in flour.
• With wet hands, form the meat into fairly large patties and place each filling on top. Bring the edges together to create round cutlets.
• Dip each piece first in flour, then in beaten egg and finally roll them in breading.

Fry the zrazy in a large amount of vegetable oil (about one glass per frying pan) until golden brown.

Conclusion

The taste of juicy and satisfying meals depends only on you and your imagination. So don’t be afraid to experiment with toppings and cooking methods. Little by little, you will find the best recipe, and this treat will become your signature dish that the whole family will love.