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Delicate turkey cutlets for children. Baby cutlets

Extraordinarily tasty, tender and very satisfying. All this is about turkey cutlets, the recipes of which we invite you to consider.

Poultry meat is enriched with a set of vitamins and protein substances, is characterized by a low calorie content, ideal for a children's diet, and is a component of the dietary menu. Everyone is very fond of meat cutlets, and if you add to them delicious filling, it will be satisfying and tender dish, which will be to the taste of all family members. In this article, we will talk about turkey cutlets, we hope that the proposed recipes will suit your taste.

How to make minced turkey cutlets?

Minced meat is best done at home

For children, you need to twist the meat twice, through a large and small nozzle
Egg, spices, white bread soaked in milk are added to the minced meat
Vegetables are used for flavor in minced poultry recipes.
To give the meat more flavor, you can add finely chopped dill, parsley, mint

Minced turkey and pork cutlets in the oven

For them you need:

Pork and turkey meat - 0.5 kg each
Corn flour - 50 g
Egg - 2 pcs.
Parsley - 1 bunch
Seasonings of your choice
Mayonnaise - 100 g
1 onion head

Getting started:

We prepare the minced meat. To do this, we pass the meat through a meat grinder.
Grind the onion in the same way.
Mix 2 types of minced meat, add twisted onion, corn flour, egg, mayonnaise, herbs and spices
Note to the hostess, corn flour can be replaced with a piece of bread, which should first be soaked in milk or water, and then grind in a blender, well, or in the old fashioned way - knead it with your hands
We sculpt our cutlets and lightly fry in a pan. Enough 10 minutes.

Oven chopped turkey cutlets recipe

This recipe is perfect for those who like the taste of meat pieces in a dish. Since in this dish, the meat is not finely ground, but chopped by hand with a knife.

Grocery list:

Turkey pulp - 450 g
Bulb
Garlic - 2 cloves
Starch - 1 tsp
Sour cream - 100 g
Seasonings of your choice

Chopped cutlets

As a new dish, cutlets can be prepared not only from turkey mince, but from minced meat. Cooking secret:

Put the meat in the freezer so that it freezes a little, so it will be much easier to work with it. Then chop it into pieces
Cut the onion, fill it with boiling water, let it stand. So you can remove the bitterness
Crush the garlic with a press
Add to minced meat starch, onions, garlic, sour cream. You can add greens. All ingredients are thoroughly mixed
In a preheated oven to 160 ° C, put our cutlets
We bake for about 30-40 minutes.

Turkey cutlets with gravy in the oven

The turkey patties can be seasoned with gravy. To do this, first, minced meat is prepared according to any of the above recipes, and meat patties are formed, and then poured with aromatic gravy.

So, we are preparing a delicious gravy:

Pour a few tablespoons of flour into a preheated dry frying pan
Fry the flour until light brown
Add butter and with dexterous movements of your hand, you need to collect flour for butter. The fire should not be large so that the mass does not burn
Pour in sour cream diluted with water, mix everything quickly until smooth so that no lumps form
Then pour 1 glass of water in a thin stream, stir the gravy all the time, add salt, pepper, bay leaf, bring the mass to the consistency of thick sour cream

You can add 1 tbsp. l. ketchup, to add color and flavor to the dish
Bring to a boil over low heat
Put the pre-cooked cutlets into the oven dish and pour over them with the prepared gravy
Stewing time in the oven is 30-40 minutes.

Turkey and chicken thigh cutlets: recipe in a pan

Poultry meat is not considered fatty, so if you cook cutlets in a pan, they can turn out to be dry. However, this nuance can be corrected. The secret of delicious cutlets lies in the preparation of minced meat.

Ingredient List:

Poultry thighs - 1 kg (chicken, turkey)
Potato - 1 piece
Onion - 1 medium
Piece of loaf
Milk - 200 ml
Carrots - 1 pc
Egg - 2 pieces
Spices of your choice

Cooking method:

Since we will cook the dish not from the pulp, but from the thigh, it must be processed, namely, to remove the bone. To do this, make an incision along the entire length of the bone with a sharp knife. Next, we simply cut off the meat from it and cut out the bone.
The skin on the thigh should also be removed. We process both chicken and turkey thighs in this way
Wash vegetables, peel
Soak the loaf in milk
We pass meat, vegetables and squeezed loaf through a meat grinder. If you are a fan of finely chopped vegetables, use a grater. Knead the minced meat
Add eggs and spices, knead again
Now we sculpt cutlets and send them to the pan. Fry on each side for 5 minutes, over low heat

Turkey breast cutlets with zucchini: recipe

Cutlets according to this recipe are very often prepared for children and women who adhere to a diet. This dish Russian cuisine is served as a second with the addition of any side dish.

We tell the recipe:

Turkey breast - 450 g
Flour - 2 tbsp. l.
Egg - 2 pieces
Carrot - 1 medium
Zucchini - 1 piece
Seasonings to taste
Garlic - 2 cloves
Onion - 1 piece

Cooking method:

We process the meat and prepare it for the preparation of minced meat
We prepare the zucchini, remove the peel and seeds, three pulp on a grater or pass it through a meat grinder
Grind the carrots and onions in the same way. Grate the garlic. Try to chop the vegetables equally
Twist the meat through a meat grinder, add the necessary spices and salt
Mix the minced meat and prepared vegetables, knead
Pour 2 eggs into the vegetable-meat mass, add flour, mix
We make cutlets, put them on a baking sheet, previously covered with foil or special paper. Do not put cutlets tightly to each other
Place the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 160 ° C and simmer for about 25-35 minutes.

Turkey cutlets with mushrooms and cheese: a recipe

Zest next recipe is the filling inside the cutlet - melted hard cheese. The dish will be even more aromatic and tastier if you mix grated cheese with bread crumbs. Diet product with maximum benefits for digestion.

Recipe composition:

Turkey brisket
Hard cheese (preferably Russian)
Salt, pepper (as a recipe for children, can be added at will)
Ground crackers
Refined oil
Parsley

Cooking method:

Prepare the brisket, twist it in a meat grinder
Grate cheese on a coarse grater and add crackers
Squeeze garlic, chop onion, pepper (optional)
Beat eggs separately with a whisk
Fill the pan with oils, the level of which should be 1 cm
Put the minced meat in the hands moistened with water, roll it into a cake
Put grated cheese, parsley in the middle, join the edges of the flat cake well, otherwise the cheese may leak out when frying
Dip the finished cutlets in bread crumbs
So that the cheese does not burn inside the cutlet, it is better to fry over low heat
Oil must be constantly added

Turkey cutlets with oatmeal

For home dinner or for lunch, minced turkey cutlets with oatmeal are ideal, which will help to retain moisture in the finished product, and the dish will be just as tasty and nutritious.

We stock up on the right ingredients:

Turkey pulp - 450 g
Onion - 1 piece
Garlic - 2 cloves
Oat flakes - 50 g
Milk - 1 glass
Egg - 1 piece

We start to cook healthy cutlets:

The first thing to do is to soak the flakes. Pour the oatmeal into the container and fill it with warmed milk
Grind the onion and garlic with a grater
Grind the meat in a meat grinder
We mix all the ingredients, oat flakes must first be wrung out
Add milk and season with the right spices
We sculpt the cutlets and fry for about 7 minutes. Then add a little water to the pan and simmer until tender.

Turkey cutlets with cabbage and carrots: a recipe

The cutlets according to this recipe are not only juicy and tasty, but also healthy. And the cooking process will not take an entire hour of your time.

We will cook from the following products:

Turkey pulp - 650 g
Cabbage - 100 g
Carrots - 100 g
Onion - 1 piece
Egg - 1 piece
Spices of your choice
For the density of the cutlets, you can add a little flour

Let's start the cooking process:

We wash the cabbage and boil a little, until soft
Peel and chop carrots and onions in any convenient way
We twist the meat into a meat grinder, we do the same with boiled cabbage
We combine all the ingredients, mix well. Add the egg and seasonings. Spices, as mentioned earlier, can be used completely different. The addition of basil and marjoram would be appropriate
If you see that the minced meat is watery, add a little flour
Lightly fry the blinded cutlets in a pan
This dish goes well with mashed potatoes and rice.

Turkey cutlets with pumpkin: recipe

Not every child will eat right away pumpkin porridge, then you can cheat and "hide" healthy vegetable inside a cutlet with a turkey. The dish, all the same, will remain tender and juicy.

Ingredients:

Half onion
Egg yolk
Pumpkin - 200 g
Ground turkey meat - 650 g
A piece of dry bread
Salt, marjoram, paprika
Garlic - 2 cloves
Milk - for soaking bread
Flour - a couple of tablespoons.

Cooking our miracle cutlets:

We take the pumpkin and peel it from the peel and seeds. When choosing a pumpkin, give preference to a young one, as the old one can taste bitter. Cut the vegetable into slices and cook a little, until medium soft. Then pass through a meat grinder
We also pass the onion and garlic through a meat grinder
Soak the bread in milk or water. We knead it with our hands
Combine all the ingredients together, add spices and egg yolk. Knead, add flour, knead
We sculpt the cutlets, sprinkle them with corn flour (you don't have to) and fry in a pan for 10 minutes.

Turkey cutlets with cottage cheese: a recipe

Poultry cutlets can be made by adding regular cottage cheese. A dish with such an ingredient will be unusually juicy and tender.

We buy products:

Turkey pulp - 550 g
Bold, preferably homemade cottage cheese- 250 g
Egg - 2 pcs.
Spices of your choice
Piece of loaf
Corn flour - for frying
Onion - 1 pc.

Cooking tender cutlets:

Twist fresh meat, onion and cottage cheese in a meat grinder
Add eggs and spices. Knead
Add the previously soaked and squeezed piece of loaf to the mixture of meat and cottage cheese. Season with spices and salt
Roll each cutlet into corn flour and fry in a pan
The whole cooking process will take no more than 40 minutes.

Turkey cutlets without bread: recipe

Many housewives try to add bread to future cutlets so that they are more satisfying, but there is a recipe according to which the product is prepared without it. Also, for juiciness, it is recommended to add zucchini, and to add aroma - spicy herbs and mint.

Recipe composition:

Any part of the turkey where there is meat
Mint, green onions
Garlic
Salt, coriander, pepper mix
Oil

How to cook:

Prepare minced meat
Grate zucchini, remove excess liquid when added to meat
Chop green onions and mint finely
Mix and season all ingredients
Add egg
Form cutlets, fry, put in a special form and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

Tip: in order for the cutlets to be juicy in this recipe, you should put a vessel with water down the oven.

Turkey cutlets without eggs: recipe

A simple recipe that consists of minced poultry, bread and salt. IN this recipe eggs are not needed, as some children are not recommended to eat them for complementary foods in order to avoid food allergies.

Cooking process:

We make minced meat or buy ready-made
Soak the bread and add to the minced meat
We send the grated onion to the rest of the ingredients
We make cutlets
Steam in a slow cooker or lightly fry, and then pour a little water and simmer until tender

Cutlets can be given to a child with mashed potatoes, buckwheat or rice.

Turkey cutlets for children: a recipe

Non-fatty turkey meat, which also does not include harmful carbohydrates, is suitable for a baby's diet. Poultry meat for cutlets for a child needs to be taken from the brisket, it is less high in calories, it also does not need to be used breadcrumbs... If you want the cutlets not to turn out dry and tasteless, add vegetables, cabbage, zucchini or peppers to the meat.

Recipe composition:

Semolina
Bell peppers, onions, cabbage
Seasonings optional

To please the kids:

Finely chop the onion and meat, send to the meat grinder
Cabbage is shredded, with the help of a mixer turns into porridge
Add semolina and spices to the minced meat
Ingredients mix and beat well
Shape the cutlet
Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes at 200 ° C

How to cook diet cutlets with steamed semolina from turkey: a recipe in a slow cooker

The process of cooking in a multicooker takes much less time and effort. Cooking with such a device has several advantages, such as the ability to steam food.

Required products:

Turkey breast - 450 g
Vegetables: carrots, onions - only 1 piece is enough
Spices of your choice
Semolina - 1.5 tbsp. l.

So let's cook:

Grind the meat in any shape
We twist the vegetables in a meat grinder or in a blender, send them to the mince
Add semolina to this. Salt and pepper, knead. We leave the minced meat so that the semolina has time to swell
At this time, pour 0.5 water into the bowl of the device, turn on the "steam" mode and put a special stand on which we spread the cutlets
We close the lid of the multicooker and wait 15-25 minutes.

How to make turkey cutlets tender and juicy: tips

Of course, I want the cutlets to be tender and juicy, for this there are several tips:

For the preparation of cutlets, it is better to use a chilled product, since when freezing and defrosting, the meat becomes tough and dry
Temperature extremes should be avoided to keep the meat juicy.
You can add lard to the finished turkey mince, it will add juiciness, the cutlets will be fatter
To add juiciness, the meat should be twisted when using a large meat grinder attachment
It is worth adding vegetables to the finished minced meat: carrots, cabbage, potatoes, it will not let your cutlets dry out

How much time to fry turkey cutlets?

Before frying, you always need to preheat the pan, add vegetable oil so that it reaches the middle of the level of the finished cutlet;
Finished products must be breaded so that they do not fall apart when frying in a pan. Ideal for these purposes: semolina, flour, bread crumbs;
Frying occurs on both sides, the first with the lid open, the second - the cutlets are covered with a lid and stewed for a few more minutes with the addition of water or sauce;
For different recipes different frying times are set, up to 20 minutes in a pan, baking in the oven - 30 minutes, after pre-frying, steamed and in a slow cooker - 30-40 minutes;
For cooking dietary meal, frying can occur on one side for several minutes, then the cutlets are sent to bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes.

Turkey meat is delicious and the most useful product, which is necessary for any organism. By choosing correct recipe, and with a little try, you can please yourself and your family delicious dishes from this meat.

Video: Recipe for juicy turkey cutlets

I want to bring to your attention a recipe for turkey cutlets. Due to the fact that the cutlets are steamed, they turn out to be less fatty, softer, juicy and healthy. This dish is great for baby food... I did not add any extra products to the minced meat, only salt as spices, but if you are cooking for adults, you can add a little black pepper. Serve the cutlets warm with boiled potatoes or rice, they also go well with fresh vegetables and greens.

To make turkey patties for children, prepare the required set of ingredients.

Wash the turkey fillet well under running water and dry. Cut into small pieces. Peel and wash the onions.

Scroll the turkey meat in a meat grinder along with the onions.

Drive an egg into the minced meat, add salt and semolina.

Mix the minced meat well and leave for 10 minutes to semolina swollen.

Form small cutlets of the same size with wet palms. Put in a steamer bowl, which must first be greased with a thin layer of vegetable oil. From this amount of minced meat, eight small cutlets were obtained.

Steam the turkey patties for 30 minutes.

Turkey cutlets for children are ready. Gently, so as not to burn yourself with the steam, put them on a dish, and you can serve them on the table.

Many will like these cutlets. They are very tasty and healthy, perfect for children and diet food... Bon Appetit!

Products for cutlets:

Turkey breast - 1 piece weighing 500 grams.
Onion - 1 pc.
White bread - 2 pieces
Egg - 1pc. large. Or 2 small ones.
Milk - 1/2 cup
Salt to taste

If you, like me, are fond of turkey meat, I suggest cooking delicious cutlets steamed in a multicooker or in a double boiler, which are suitable for children (from 1.5-2 years old) and adults. For younger children, it will be more convenient to eat turkey meat in the form of mashed potatoes or soufflés.

For children, turkey meat is valuable because it does not cause allergies and is ideal in the ratio of proteins, fats and carbohydrates.

Steam turkey cutlets are not much different in cooking from or from, but I still invite you to my kitchen to find out how to cook them correctly, so that they are suitable for baby and diet food.

How to cook turkey cutlets in a multicooker for steam for children - photo recipe:

1. Prepare all the ingredients for the turkey cutlets: turkey fillet, a couple of slices of bread, onion, egg, milk and salt.

If the bulb is large, half will suffice.

2. Soak the bread in milk. Do not pour out the milk all at once, it is better to add it to the minced meat later if it is too thick.

3. Scroll the turkey fillet through a meat grinder. The grill in the meat grinder should be with small holes.

4. Also pass the onion and bread soaked in milk through a meat grinder.

5. Add one egg and salt to a plate with minced meat.

6. Knead the minced meat. In consistency, it should not be too liquid. So that you can sculpt cutlets from it.

7. We make turkey cutlets small, because it will be more convenient for the child to eat them. But at will, of course, the size can be any.

8. Pour 1 liter of water into a multicooker saucepan and put a grate for steam. Put all the cutlets on the wire rack. I got them - 9 pcs. But the minced meat still remained. You can mold cutlets from it and send it to the freezer until the next time. Or make a second batch of steamed turkey patties.

9. In the multicooker, set the "steam" mode. For small turkey cutlets, 40 minutes is enough. I have a multicooker Polaris 0517 ad, but there is a steam mode in almost all models (Redmond, Panasonic, Philips, etc.)

10. After 40 minutes, steamed turkey cutlets in a slow cooker will be ready.

11. You can serve turkey cutlets to your child with boiled and fresh vegetables. By the way, vegetables can be thrown into the empty spaces on the grill of the multicooker, 15 minutes before the cutlets are ready. And in the lower bowl, you can cook in parallel.

Bon Appetit!

How to cook delicious meat for a child 2-3 years old? About the recipes for children's meat dishes: meatballs, cutlets and meatballs, - says the culinary enthusiast and mother of two children.

Meat is good for the child's body. It contains proteins that are needed for tissue formation. For children aged 1 to 2-3 years there is. We recently wrote, like. And now that you figured out why you can't feed your child, we share recipes for cutlets and meatballs for children.

Lean pork, chicken, turkey, veal, lamb, and mixed minced meat (pork-beef, for example) are perfect for all these dishes. You can soften minced meat dishes for children from 1 year old to 2-3 years old with the help of grated vegetables, ready-made oatmeal, heavy cream or butter.

Turkey cutlets with carrots for children 2-3 years old

Turkey meat is considered to be very valuable. It is non-greasy, tender and difficult to spoil when cooked. can be cooked in any convenient way: steam, bake or fry (in the latter case, it is recommended to put them on a paper towel to absorb excess fat).

How to cook turkey and carrot cutlets for a child, recipe:

For half a kilogram of minced turkey fillet, you need to take two hundred grams of carrots and a medium-sized onion. It is better to grate onions and carrots on a fine grater.
Mix all ingredients, add salt to taste and a pinch of nutmeg. You can season with ground white pepper. It gives a delicate taste, but is not visually noticeable in the minced meat.
Form cutlets with wet hands, roll them in homemade bread crumbs.
Place on a greased baking sheet and bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 40 minutes. Turn the patties halfway if necessary. Serve with fresh or baked vegetables.

Lamb cutlets for children with yoghurt-mint sauce

Lamb or lamb is a tasty and dietary meat that is perfect for feeding children. It contains a lot of useful vitamins and salts, and much less fat than pork. Therefore, do not be afraid to choose these types of meat for cutlets or meatballs for your child.

How to cook lamb cutlets for a child, recipe:

For 500 grams of minced lamb, you will need 2-3 medium-sized potatoes (they will significantly add juiciness) and a couple of onions. Both potatoes and onions need to be grated.
Mix the minced meat and season it with salt and spices (sweet paprika, dried thyme and mint). In addition, the finished minced meat must be well beaten in a bowl.
Form cutlets into a convenient size, place on a greased baking sheet, cover with foil and bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
For the sauce, mix 500 grams of Greek yogurt with a finely chopped bunch of mint (use the leaves only). If your child likes the taste of garlic, you can squeeze a clove or two into it.

Chicken meatballs for a child 2-3 years old

Chicken is a neutral-tasting meat that can be satiated with a variety of additives and sauces. therefore chicken meatballs you can cook not only for children 2-3 years old t, but also for adults.

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Add half a glass of boiled rice, lightly beaten egg white, salt and two tablespoons of softened butter to the minced meat. If you didn't have time to remove the oil from the refrigerator beforehand, grate it on a fine grater. The butter can be replaced with heavy cream, you need 3-4 tablespoons.

In any case, you need to achieve a consistency that is convenient for molding. Add finely chopped greens to the minced meat if desired. Stir the minced meat well, form cutlets and bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 15 minutes. Also meatballs can be steamed, and then heated at home. tomato sauce or cream.

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How to cook meatballs for kids, recipe:

To cook meatballs for a child of 2-3 years old, take 3 tablespoons of the finished meat for half a kilogram of minced meat from lean pork or veal. oatmeal, half a medium-sized onion, grated and half a small young zucchini(or zucchini). Zucchini should be grated on a fine grater and squeezed slightly. Salt the minced meat, add a pinch of ground white pepper.

Mix the minced meat well, use two teaspoons to form the meatballs and boil them in boiling salted water.
Ready-made meatballs can be added to vegetable soup(or cook them not separately, but directly in the soup), and also serve with yogurt, seasoned with dill and, if desired, garlic.

We hope that you liked our meat recipes for children 2-3 years old, and now it will be easier for you to come up with what to cook for your child for lunch.

In the first years of a baby's life, his taste habits and preferences are formed. Therefore, a children's meat menu should not only be tasty and healthy, but also varied.

Meat and fish are a source of complete protein, iron and other nutrients, these are irreplaceable products in the daily menu of the child. For small children, they prepare dishes from meat and minced fish- due to their shape and consistency, they instill in the baby the first chewing skills. These dishes include cutlets for children, meatballs and meatballs. How are they different?

Baby meatballs- dishes made from minced meat or fish, rolled into small balls (usually the size of an apricot or plum). IN different interpretations they exist in national cuisines almost the whole world. In the minced meat, cereals are necessarily added, most often rice, bread, sometimes onions, spices and an egg are put. Meatballs for babies are stewed with sauce, steamed or baked. Fried meatballs should not be given to children.

Meatballs. This dish gets its name from the Italian word frittatella (fried). Meatballs for children- small balls the size of a cherry, or Walnut from minced meat, chicken or fish. They are usually boiled in broth, soup, or, less commonly, in main courses. Finely chopped onions, spices and herbs are added to the minced meat. Very rarely, bread soaked in milk or water is put into minced meat.

Cutlets for children... In modern Russian cuisine, cutlets are called cakes made from meat, chicken, fish or minced vegetables... They are usually served to children with various side dishes - cereals, vegetables, as well as with sauce or broth.

With the appearance of the child's first chewing teeth (i.e., from about 1-1.5 years old) children's menu replenished with meat dishes. These are cutlets, meatballs and meatballs prepared according to special recipes. At this age, the baby needs about 70-80 g meat products per day, 1-2 times a week, they can be replaced with fish. Dishes from minced meat in shape and consistency, they are very suitable for a baby who is learning to chew at this very age.

Minced meat recipes for kids

IN children's cooking the following types of meat are used:

beef;
veal;
lean pork;
rabbit.

Lamb, horse meat and venison are not used in the nutrition of children under 3 years of age.

Of the poultry, only:

chicken;
turkey.

Goose and duck are very fatty, difficult to digest and are not suitable for children under 3 years old.

For minced fish, marine fish of low-fat and white varieties are used:

halibut;
sole;
pollock.

From river fish only fit:

Pike;

Minced meat for children's meals cooked only from fresh or chilled meat, frozen meat is not recommended, since it is impossible to control the quality and shelf life of such a product, this is fraught with the development of infections.

Chop, shoulder blade, or thigh work best. The meat must be thoroughly cleaned of films and fat, rinsed, dried with a napkin - to remove excess fat and moisture - and then cut into pieces and mince twice. For older children, from 2 years old, you can skip the meat through the meat grinder once.

WITH white bread added to the minced meat, you need to remove the crust, and then soak the pulp in water or milk. Bread mass in minced meat should be no more than 25%.

For poultry, breast, thighs and drumsticks are suitable for preparing minced meat dishes. The meat is carefully separated from bones and skin and passed through a meat grinder.

For cooking fish dishes use fillet, free of bones and scales.

Cooking minced meat is a laborious process. Therefore, it is permissible to prepare at once a sufficiently large volume of it, to make stocks for future use - to freeze portioned semi-finished products. However, they must be stored at a constant temperature in the back of the freezer, they cannot be defrosted and frozen again.

In minced meat for baby food before freezing, only vegetables or cereals are added, but they do not salt or add spices, milk and eggs, this is done immediately before preparing the dish after defrosting the minced meat.

Cooking methods

Most traditional way cooking meat dishes is frying. However, fried foods are not recommended for children under 3 years of age. During the frying process, a crust forms, which contains substances harmful to the child and irritating the digestive tract. Therefore, the following cooking methods are used in the children's kitchen:

extinguishing;
baking in the oven;
steaming.

For children from 2 years old, it is permissible to lightly fry the cutlets, and then bring them to readiness, stewing in sauce. The meatballs are prepared in the same way. But the traditional type of cooking for meatballs is steaming, in salted water or soup with vegetables. Sometimes the meatballs are stewed with cabbage or other vegetables in a little gravy or sauce.

Cutlets for children

The first cutlets can be offered to a child at the age of 1–1.5 years, if he already has something to chew on. Consider several options for cooking cutlets from meat, poultry and fish, so that there is something to diversify the baby's diet.

Beef steamed cutlets (from 1 year old)

Ingredients:

100 g of beef;
20 g of white bread;
20 ml of milk;
5 g butter;
salt.

Cooking method:

Pass the prepared meat together with bread without a crust soaked in milk through a meat grinder, add butter and salt to taste, mix well until homogeneous mass, form cutlets and steam for 20-25 minutes.

Meat cutlets (from 1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

40 g pork without fat;
50 g of beef;
10 g white bread;
5 g onions;
salt.

Cooking method:

Soak the bread in water, mince the meat twice. Mix meat, bread, finely chopped onion, salt. Form small patties with wet hands, then steam or in a deep frying pan in the oven for 25-30 minutes.
Meat cutlets, stuffed with vegetables(from 2 years old)

Ingredients:

90 g minced meat;
10 g carrots;
10 g cabbage;
10 g onions;
1/4 boiled egg;
7 g butter.

Cooking method:

Pass the meat through a meat grinder. Divide the minced meat into small flat cakes with wet hands, in the center of each put finely chopped carrots, onions, cabbage and chopped boiled egg... Wrap the edges of the cakes and pinch, flatten the resulting cutlets. Melt the butter in a skillet and fry the patties lightly. Then place them in the oven or steam until cooked for 10-15 minutes.

Meat zrazy with rice (from 2-3 years old)

Ingredients:

90 g of meat (pork or beef);
20 g of white bread;
30 g of cereals (buckwheat or rice);
10 g onions;
1/3 boiled egg.
For the sauce:
50 g of broth;
10 g sour cream;
5 g flour.

Cooking method:

Boil rice (or buckwheat). Pass the meat through a meat grinder along with white bread soaked in water and squeezed out. Form cakes from the resulting minced meat and put the filling in the center of each: boiled rice (or buckwheat porridge) mixed with finely chopped onion and egg. Bend and pinch the edges, form cutlets. For the sauce, mix the broth, sour cream and flour. Fry the cutlets for 2-3 minutes on each side, then pour over the sauce and put in the oven for 15-20 minutes.

Chicken steamed cutlets (from 1-1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

90 g chicken meat from the thigh or chest;
10 g onions;
10 g white bread;
10 ml of milk;
5 g butter;
salt.

Cooking method:

Pass the meat and onions through a meat grinder, add bread soaked in milk and pass the resulting mass through a meat grinder again. Add slightly melted butter to the minced meat, salt. Form cutlets with wet hands, steam for 15 minutes. You can stew them in milk in the oven for 20-25 minutes.

Turkey meat cutlets (from 1.5-2 years old)

Ingredients:

100 g of turkey meat (breast or legs);
1 tbsp. a spoonful of boiled rice;
1/2 eggs;
10 ml of milk;
salt;
greens.

Cooking method:

Pass the turkey meat through a meat grinder, mix the cooked rice with the minced meat, salt, add the egg, milk and mix thoroughly until smooth. Form the patties and steam them for 20-25 minutes.

Fish cakes (from 1-1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

100 g fillet of pike perch (or cod, or maritime);
10 g white bread;
20 ml of milk;
5 g butter;
salt.

Cooking method:

Pass the fillet through a meat grinder along with bread soaked in milk, salt, add butter, mix, form cutlets. Put the cutlets in the oven, fill it with 1/3 of water, or steam for 10-15 minutes.

Fish cakes with cheese (2-3 years)

Ingredients:

10 g white bread;
20 ml of milk;
1 small onion;
30 g hard cheese;
1/2 eggs;
salt;
5 g flour.

Cooking method:

Pass the fish fillet through a meat grinder along with bread and onion soaked in milk, add finely grated cheese, egg, salt. Mix the mixture thoroughly. Then form the patties, roll them in flour, lightly fry on each side and simmer until tender in a white sauce (see the recipe for the sauce below).

Fish cutlets "bilip" (2-3 years)

Ingredients:

300 g of pike perch (or cod, or sole);
10 g white bread;
20 ml of milk;
1 small onion;
30-40 g of cottage cheese;
1/2 eggs;
salt;
5 g flour.

Cooking method:

Pass the fish fillet through a meat grinder with bread and onion soaked in milk, add cottage cheese, egg, salt. Mix the mixture thoroughly. Form cutlets, roll them in flour, lightly fry on each side and simmer until tender in white sauce.

Meatballs for children

Meatballs can be made with many types of meat, poultry, and fish. They are small in size, delicate taste and are convenient in that the baby can hold them in the pen himself and eat, training the skill of independence. They appear in the diet of a child from one year of age in the first and second courses.

Meatballs for children (from 1-1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

40 g lean pork;
50 g of beef;
10 g white bread;
1 egg white;
salt;
greens.

Cooking method:

Pass the meat through a meat grinder twice and mix with bread soaked in water. Beat the egg white thoroughly and mix with the minced meat. Form small balls and boil them in lightly salted water with herbs.

Steam meatballs in Polish (from 1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

100 g lean pork;
50 g chicken fillet;
1/2 egg white;
Dill;
salt;
some butter.

Cooking method:

Pass the pork and chicken fillet through a meat grinder, add beaten egg white, salt, butter and finely chopped dill to the minced meat. Stir the minced meat, form into small balls. Place the meatballs with a teaspoon in boiling broth or soup and cook until tender, 15 minutes. They can be steamed and then put on a plate with a side dish.

Chicken meatballs (1-1.5 years)

Ingredients:

90 g chicken fillet;
1 tbsp. a spoonful of boiled rice or rice flakes;
1/2 eggs;
salt;
greens to taste.

Cooking method:

Peel the fillet from skin and films, mince. Salt and chop the boiled rice in a blender together with herbs, and then mix with meat. Add the beaten egg to the minced meat and mix again. Roll the minced meat into balls and cook in vegetable broth(or steam) 15–20 minutes.

Children's chicken meatballs (from 1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

100 g chicken breast;
50 g potatoes;
30 ml of milk;
200 ml chicken broth;
salt;
Bay leaf;
greens.

Cooking method:

Pass the chicken breast through a meat grinder or grind in a blender with milk. Boil potatoes. Mix the minced meat with potatoes, form small balls and boil them in chicken broth, salt it, and also put bay leaves and herbs in it.

Broth with fish balls (from 1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

60 g fillet of pollock (or hake, or pike perch);
10 g white bread;
10 ml of milk;
5 g butter;
1/4 eggs;
Dill;
salt.

Cooking method:

Pass the fillet with bread soaked in milk through a meat grinder, beat the egg with herbs in a blender. Combine everything, add butter, stir the minced meat. Form small balls. Cook the meatballs in the vegetable broth for 10-15 minutes.

Cod meatballs with herbs (from 1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

100 g of cod;
15 g of white bread;
5 g onions;
8 g spinach;
parsley;
10 g lettuce;
1 teaspoon of butter;
1 egg;
salt.

Cooking method:

Pass the cod fillet along with onions, spinach, salad and parsley through a meat grinder, and then mix with bread soaked in water. Add butter and egg to the mass, salt, mix the minced meat thoroughly. Form the meatballs and boil them in vegetable broth or steam.

Meatballs for children

Meatballs are similar in composition to cutlets, but also contain a lot of rice and vegetables. The combination of meat, grains and vegetables promotes better absorption of meat proteins. Meatballs are often served with sauces.

Meatballs in a special way (1.5-2 years)

Ingredients:

100 g pork or ground beef;
2 tbsp. tablespoons of finely chopped vegetables: bell pepper, carrots, onions, zucchini, tomato;
1/4 eggs;
1 tsp flour;
salt;
greens.

Cooking method:

Minced meat together with vegetables through a meat grinder or grind in a blender, mix with egg and flour, salt, add herbs, stir. Form balls, put them in a deep frying pan and, filling 1/3 with water, simmer for 10 minutes. Then add red or white sauce and simmer until cooked for another 15 minutes, covered.

Classic meatballs (2-3 years)

Ingredients:

50 g pork or beef;
10 g of bread;
1 tbsp. a spoonful of milk;
10 g carrots;
10 g onions;
1 tbsp. a spoon with a slide of rice;
1/4 eggs;
salt.

Cooking method:

Pass the meat with onions and carrots through a meat grinder, add bread pre-soaked in milk and pre-cooked rice to the minced meat, add an egg and salt. Stir the minced meat and form meatballs, fry lightly in oil, add red sauce and simmer in the oven or on the stove under the lid for 30 minutes.

Curd and fish meatballs (2-3 years)

Ingredients:

60 g cod fillet;
30 g of white bread;
150 ml of milk;
30 g of cottage cheese;
10 g onions;
1/2 eggs;
2 tbsp. spoons of sour cream;
greens;
salt.

Cooking method:

Soak the bread in milk and mince it along with the fish fillet, mix the resulting minced meat with cottage cheese and finely chopped onion. Beat the egg and mix it with the minced meat, salt and add herbs. Place in a baking dish or skillet and bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Mix milk with sour cream to a sauce consistency, pour the meatballs with the mixture and simmer for another 10 minutes.

Fish meatballs (1.5-2 years)

Ingredients:

80 g fish fillet (cod, pollock or hake);
10 g white bread;
1 / 4 egg yolk;
1 tbsp. a spoonful of vegetable oil;
salt.

Cooking method:

Pass the fillet together with the bread soaked in water through a meat grinder, add the yolk, oil and salt, mix the minced meat. Form the meatballs and place them in a deep bowl, pouring 2/3 of the white sauce over. Put simmer on very low heat for 25-30 minutes.

Sauces for children

Sauces that complement children's meat dishes¸ not only enrich their taste, but also contribute to better assimilation of the product and expand the baby's taste preferences. Sauces are especially often used in the preparation of meatballs.

Milk sauce (from 1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

5 g (1 tbsp. Spoon) flour;
1 tbsp. a spoonful of sour cream 10% fat;
20 ml of milk;
20-25 ml of water.

Cooking method:

Fry the flour in a frying pan until it is slightly browned, pour in milk and water and bring to a boil, wait until the mixture thickens, add sour cream, wait for it to boil again and turn off the heat.

White sauce (from 2 years old)

Ingredients:

1/2 tsp flour;
80 g low-fat broth;
1/2 teaspoon of butter or heavy cream;
lemon juice;
salt.

Cooking method:

Fry the flour in a frying pan until it is slightly browned, pour in the broth, bring to a boil, wait for the mixture to thicken, add butter or cream, lemon juice, wait for the sauce to boil, and turn off the heat.

Red sauce (from 2-3 years old)

Ingredients:

1 onion;
1 carrot;
2 tomatoes;
Bay leaf;
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon of vegetable oil.

Cooking method:

Finely chop the onion, grate the carrots, put them in the pan and lightly fry on vegetable oil, then pour water there and put the tomato, chopped in a blender until smooth. Add bay leaves and salt and cook for 10 minutes.

Children's side dishes

What to cook for a baby for a side dish meat dishes? For meat cutlets and meatballs, boiled or vegetable stew; fish cakes well served with rice or vegetable stew; buckwheat, rice, pasta or potatoes are suitable for meatballs, and they go well with poultry green pea, cauliflower and rice with vegetables.

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