Kotlety Mielone: Polish Frikadeller Meat Patties
Kotlety Mielone are a popular Polish meat dish of flattened meat balls that are breaded and fried. Easy to make, they're almost a staple part of the Polish diet!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 onion (any color)
- 3 small mushrooms
- 1 hard Kaiser roll or any roll (stale)
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 3 tbsp grated tomatoes (canned, bottle)
- 3 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tbs of salt
- 1 tsp dill
- 1/2 tsp oregano (optional)
- oil to fry
Instructions
- 1
Finely chop the onion, garlic and mushrooms, and brown on a frying pan.
- 2
Put the ground meat into a bowl and mix with salt, dill and oregano.
- 3
Meanwhile, soak the stale kaiser roll in milk for a few minutes, making sure the whole roll becomes soft. When it's soft, squeeze it by hand from the liquid excess and put in the bowl with meat.
- 4
Add the fried onion and mushrooms to the bowl with the meat, along with one egg. Knead it all together using your hands.
- 5
If the mass feels too loose and not sticking together, add a spoon of breadcrumbs.
- 6
Form each cutlet in the hand into a perfect ball, then slightly flatten it. Then roll gently into breadcrumbs.
- 7
Fry your kotlety mielone in oil on medium heat for about few minutes on both sides, until brown.
- 8
Serve with mashed potatoes and mizeria (or other salad), or kopytka.