Potato bits. Cutlets made from mashed potatoes

You can prepare a lot of delicious dishes from the vegetable that can please even the most demanding culinary lover. As a rule, potato cutlets are made from already boiled vegetables, which just need to be mashed or grated. There are recipes that involve chopping raw potatoes. Recipes for potato cutlets are simple, but surprisingly varied. Many people like cutlets without filling, while others like them with butter, minced meat, herbs, cheese - there are many variations!

The five most commonly used ingredients in recipes are:

If you use meat as a filling, the cutlets will be more juicy and satisfying. It can be served as an independent dish or with a side dish. Garnish the treat with fresh green onions or dill - the simple presentation will win the hearts of even sophisticated gourmets. At the moment, potato cutlets have gained popularity throughout Russia and beyond. They are often included in the menu of restaurants and cafes focused on the traditions of national cuisine.

Potato bits are a simple but very tasty dish, which is usually made from boiled potatoes with the addition of herbs, cheese or other ingredients. These round cutlet-shaped products can be filled with minced meat, mushrooms, mixed vegetables, etc., or can be prepared without any filler at all. Thus, the basis for experiments in this case is excellent!

Potato bits can be served as a side dish for meat or fish or eaten as an independent dish, flavored with simple sour cream and complemented with herbs. We recommend trying a more original option - we offer a recipe for potato balls with a spicy sauce based on herring and juicy pickled cucumbers.

Ingredients:

potatoes - 600 g;
cheese - 120 g;
egg - 1 pc.;
dill - 3-4 sprigs;
salt, pepper - to taste;
breadcrumbs - 2-3 tbsp. spoons;
vegetable oil (for frying) - about 50 ml.

For the sauce:

sour cream - 200 g;
salted herring (fillet) - 100 g;
pickled cucumbers - 50 g;
red or white salad onion - 20 g;
garlic - 1 clove;
dill - 1-2 sprigs.

We select small potato tubers, wash them and boil them in their skins in advance (it’s most convenient to do this the night before, then the next day you can prepare the potato balls in a matter of minutes). Peel the completely cooled potatoes and grate them coarsely.
The cheese is also cut into three large shavings and added to the potato mixture.
Add finely chopped dill, beat in a large egg, salt and pepper the mixture of ingredients. If desired, you can also add dried herbs or any spices/seasonings of your choice.
Thoroughly knead the contents of the bowl until a single plastic mass is formed.
From the resulting mixture we form blanks in the form of small round potato cutlets. Roll each piece in breadcrumbs on all sides. From the quantity of products indicated in the recipe, approximately 10-12 pieces are obtained.
Heat the frying pan thoroughly with a thin layer of oil. Place the meatballs on a hot surface and fry over medium heat for about 2-3 minutes (until the bottom side is golden brown).
Next, lift the potato cutlets with a spatula and carefully, trying not to damage the shape, turn the products over. Wait for the bottom side to brown, then reduce the heat to low and cover the pan with a lid. In this way, simmer the potato balls for another 3-5 minutes, after which we remove them from the stove.
How to make sauce for potato balls - recipe
To serve the meatballs, let's make a simple sauce. Cut the herring fillet into small cubes, chop the cucumbers, onions, dill and garlic as finely as possible. We combine all the ingredients in one salad bowl.
Add sour cream and carefully stir the mass - all additives should be distributed evenly.
Serve the potato balls warm, generously sprinkled with sauce!

Bon appetit!

Potatoes are one of the most common and delicious vegetables. A lot of different dishes are prepared from it: roasts, mashed potatoes, cutlets, etc. Potatoes are an inexpensive, quick and budget option. It often happens that there is leftover mashed potatoes after a holiday, and stale ones are no longer as tasty. Why immediately throw this product away?

You can make something quick and nutritious from it, for example potato balls. They are very appetizing and tasty. What if the meatballs are diluted with spices and other products? The dish will be simply unique. How to cook potato balls? From this article you will learn how many different recipes there are for this dish.

Regular potato balls: recipe

This dish is very tasty and unforgettable. For one serving you need the following products:

potatoes - 1 kg, or 6 pcs.;
onion - 100-150 g;
flour - 30-45 g;
eggs - 2 small or 3 large per serving of puree;
eggs - 2 pcs. (for enveloping);
finely breaded crackers (for enveloping the cue balls);
vegetable oil (for frying);
salt and pepper 2-3 g each (depending on taste).

Preparation

Prepare regular mashed potatoes (just thicker than for eating). Meanwhile, chop the onion into small cubes. Add it to the mixture and beat in the eggs. If you don't like raw onions, you can sauté them. Form the meatballs in the same way as cutlets, the shape depends on your imagination. Roll them on all sides in flour, then in eggs, and then in breadcrumbs. Now you can put them in a frying pan and fry until golden brown. This way the potato balls keep their shape and do not fall apart during the procedure.

Recipe for spicy potato balls

If you have dragon lovers in your family, then this option is for you. Spicy potato balls have a piquant and unique taste, the recipe for which came to us from Belarus.

To prepare them you will need the following products:

Mashed potatoes - 600-700 g.
Eggs - 3-4 pcs.
Any fresh herbs of your choice.
Garlic (3-4 cloves for piquancy, and 1 large head for spiciness).
Salt to taste.
Breadcrumbs (for dipping the meatballs).
Vegetable oil for frying, preferably refined.

Add eggs and garlic to the thick mashed potatoes (grid on a fine grater first). Chop the greens into small pieces and add to the mixture. Salt it all. If you are afraid that the mashed potato balls will fall apart, add a little flour to thicken them. Before putting them in the pan, dip them in eggs and breadcrumbs. Fry until golden brown.

As a rule, spicy mashed potato bits fly away very quickly, so it is better to make a double portion at once.

Cheese balls: recipe

Ingredients:

potatoes - 1 kg;
hard cheese - 200 g (very tasty if you take 100 g of feta cheese and the same amount of Russian cheese);
green onions - a small bunch;
garlic - 15-20 g;
sour cream - 50 ml;
egg - 2 pcs., you can add 3 - the cutlets will hold tighter;
salt and pepper as desired and to taste;
flour as desired (for thickness);
sunflower oil.

Preparation:

Boil potatoes in their jackets. Peel off the peel.
Grate the potatoes and cheese on a coarse grater.
Chop the onion and garlic very finely.
Add all the ingredients to the potatoes along with sour cream.
Form the balls.

Dip the cutlets in the egg and place on a hot frying pan. You need to fry until golden brown. Potato balls with cheese turn out very tender and tasty. Sour cream adds lightness.

Potato sausage balls

To prepare this dish you will need the following simple ingredients:

Sour cream - 50-100 g.
Boiled potatoes in jackets - 0.5 kg or 4 pcs.
Russian cheese - 100 g.
Sausages - 150-200 g or 1-2 pcs.
A small bunch of green onions.
Salt and ground black pepper to taste.
Eggs - 2-3 pcs.
Flour for thickness as desired.
Sunflower oil - as much as needed for frying.

Grate the potatoes and Russian cheese on a coarse grater and add all the pre-cut ingredients to this mixture. Fry until golden brown over medium heat. You can add both sausage and sausage to potato balls - the recipe allows for improvisation. This will not change the taste of the finished treat. And one more nuance. It is recommended to serve potato balls with sausages with sour cream.

Recipe for potato balls with mushrooms

This dish can be made even before guests arrive. Potato balls with mushrooms look appetizing, very nutritious and tasty. They cook very quickly.

Everyone knows how mashed potatoes are made. You just need to cook it thicker so that you can easily form cutlets. The filling is at your discretion. Mushrooms and potatoes are a great combination. Try it, you won't regret it. For the mushroom filling you will need mushrooms, onions and, if desired, garlic. We cut all these products into small cubes. First, fry the onion, when it becomes soft, add mushrooms to it. When the liquid has evaporated, keep it in the frying pan for another 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally. At the end of frying, add garlic (if you don’t want the meatballs to be spicy, then add it in the middle of frying). Cool this filling and add to the puree. All. Now you can form the cutlets. Fry until golden brown on both sides.

Minced beef balls

The meat cutlets are very tasty, but you can barely taste the potatoes. It turns out a lot and satisfying at the same time. This dish is filled with minced meat. It is best to use equal parts pork and beef. This will make the filling juicier. Fry 200-300 g of minced meat in butter (butter). Sauté the onion separately. Then mix it with minced meat.

Form a patty from mashed potatoes, put the filling into it with a teaspoon and seal it like a dumpling. Dip in flour and place on a hot frying pan. Fry until golden brown. Additionally, you can serve sour cream or cream sauce.

Recipe for potato balls with canned fish

It is believed that the most economical version of this dish is stuffed with canned fish. To prepare the meatballs you will need:

Potatoes - 800-1000 g.
Fish (sprats, sardines, etc.) - 150-200 g.
A small bunch of green onions.
Butter - 15-20 g.
Vegetable oil - 70-80 ml.
Raw egg - 1-2 pcs.
Carrots - 100 g.
Flour for thickness.
Salt and pepper to taste and your desire.

Boil peeled potatoes and carrots until completely soft. Squeeze the fish from the oil and mash it well. Finely chop the onion and add to the sprats. Make a thick puree from carrots and potatoes, to which eggs and butter are then added. Form the mixture into small balls, make a hole in them and add the filling there. Cover the top with potatoes, roll in flour and place in a well-heated frying pan. Fry until golden brown. Can be served. A pleasant combination will be with cream, sour cream or herbs.

How to bake potato balls?

Potato cutlets can not only be fried, but also baked. This way the food will be more healthy. We make potato balls according to any recipe provided in this article. Just don't fry them in a frying pan. There is also no need to stand and wait until a golden crust appears. Potato balls cook much faster in the oven. After all, more of them will fit on a baking sheet than in a frying pan. So let's get started.

Place the formed potato balls on a baking sheet. Now make the sauce: mix flour (2-3 tbsp), 100-150 g of sour cream, 50 ml of water, spices to taste. Pour the products and place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. After 30-40 minutes you can take it out.

The meatballs with any filling will be baked during this time. Try it, experiment. You may need to use more sauce. Don't be afraid, the taste of your cutlets will not spoil.

Potato balls for babies in a slow cooker

This dish is prepared for children. The dish turns out to be very nutritious, completely harmless and soft. For children, it is better to prepare potato balls from minced beef, turkey or liver. It is better to exclude sausages, pork, and onions. First, boil the meat until fully cooked and then pass it through a meat grinder 2-3 times. We make cutlets or balls from the pre-prepared puree, and put the minced meat into it.

We set the “steam” function in the multicooker and set the optimal time. If you have a pressure cooker, then you can set it for 10 minutes, but if not, 25-30 minutes. Important! Do not add pepper or garlic to baby mince. You only need to add a little salt. If the child is about 1 year old, then you can add a little boiled egg to the minced meat. These cutlets are easy to prepare. The baby will eat them with pleasure.

As you already understand, to prepare potato balls you need very few ingredients - eggs, potatoes, a couple of tablespoons of vegetable or butter and crackers. All other ingredients are added according to your taste and desire. You can experiment with sauces. Tomato sauce is suitable for a dish with any filling. The main thing is that the preparation is simple, and you can quickly and tasty feed your family.

Who said that the most delicious and satisfying dishes are prepared with meat? Try tender, soft potato cutlets. They can be served as a delicious side dish for meat, or as an independent dish.

This dish will be very useful during Lent or if you find that there is no meat in the refrigerator.

You will need:

one chicken egg;
six potato tubers;
breadcrumbs - 110 g;
salt to taste;
flour - 50 g;
vegetable oil - 60 ml;
chopped greens - 30 g;
a pinch of black pepper.

Step-by-step instruction:

Boil the peeled potatoes in advance and puree them.
Leave the puree to cool in the refrigerator, and start preparing the cutlets in the morning.
Break an egg into the mashed potatoes, add pepper, salt, finely chopped parsley and the required amount of sifted flour.
Stir the mixture with a fork. Its consistency should not be too liquid. Add more flour if necessary.
Form cutlets from the resulting dough, dip them in a plate with breadcrumbs.
Heat a frying pan with oil poured into it.
Fry the tender meatballs until golden brown.

Raw potato recipe

Grocery list:

eight potatoes;
flour - 130 gr;
fat - 120 g;
one egg;
salt to taste;
milk - 100 ml.

Cooking method:

We clean the potato tubers from dirt and peel.
We process it with a grater, remove the excess juice and leave the potato mass.
Boil milk and pour into potatoes.
Pour salt into the same cup, add a raw egg and add flour.
Mix the dough.
Use a tablespoon to scoop up the potato mixture and use your hands to help form the balls.
Pour water into a saucepan, add salt and bring to a boil.
Carefully drop the cutlets into the liquid and continue cooking for 7 minutes.

Potato cutlets with minced meat

If you find that there is not enough minced meat for the cutlets, then add potatoes to it. You will get delicious cutlets for lunch.

Required ingredients:

two garlic cloves;
minced meat - 0.2 kg;
three eggs;
butter - 20 g;
potatoes - 0.3 kg;
one onion;
breadcrumbs - 100 g;
salt to taste;
vegetable oil for frying;
ground pepper to taste;
greenery;
a handful of wheat flour.

Algorithm of actions:

Salt the water in the pan, add the peeled potatoes and boil them.
Mash the tubers into a puree without lumps.
Sprinkle pepper into it.
Separate the yolks from the whites, transfer the yolks to the potatoes.
Mix everything and cool.
To prepare the meat filling, place a piece of butter in a frying pan and pour in the sunflower oil.
Add chopped onion, crushed garlic, fry the vegetables until golden brown. Add flour.
Transfer the minced meat, add minced meat and some fresh or dried herbs.
In a separate bowl, combine the raw egg, remaining whites and a little flour. We will dip our cutlets in the resulting batter.
From the cooled puree we form a cutlet with our hands, make a depression in its center and fill it with fried minced meat.
Fill the hole with potatoes, dip in batter, sprinkle breadcrumbs on top and transfer to hot oil in a frying pan.
Continue the process until you run out of puree or minced meat.

With added cheese

Recipe Ingredients:

a sprig of fresh dill;
one egg;
milk - 0.1 l;
cheese - 100 gr;
potatoes - 1 kg;
breadcrumbs - 20 g;
butter - 100 gr.

How to cook cutlets with cheese:

Boil the potatoes, adding salt to the water.
After half an hour, turn off the gas, pour milk into the potatoes, break an egg and throw in a piece of butter.
Grind everything together in a blender.
Wash and finely chop the dill.
We process a piece of cheese on a grater and add it to the dill. This is how our filling turned out.
Now we make products from the puree, placing cheese in the center with a spoon.
We wrap the flatbread so that the filling is not visible.
Roll the cutlets in breadcrumbs and fry in a frying pan in oil until an appetizing golden brown crust forms.