Why add mineral water to minced cutlets: a little culinary trick

16.03.2023 18:23
Updated: 14.04.2023 17:10

It is quite difficult to come up with a new recipe these days, but no one is stopping you from improving old and familiar ones.

For example, some cooks add mineral water to minced meat. Let's figure out what this gives and how much mineral water is needed to keep the minced meat from running.

Mineral water and minced meat

This is one of the secrets of cooking the most delicious and juicy cutlets. Usually vegetables, tomato juice are added for this, someone practices pickles. But the most unusual option is carbonated mineral water.

It can be poured into chicken, beef and mixed mince. Together with mineral water, the taste of spices is better revealed.

Many housewives are afraid that the liquid in the mince will spoil everything, but without it, the cutlets are dry, and without it, the seasonings do not fully reveal their taste and aroma. As a result, the cutlets are not so tasty, although everything is added according to the recipe to the gram.

Cutlets
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How much to pour

To prevent the cutlets from spreading, add 100 ml of carbonated mineral water to 600-700 grams of prepared minced meat.

Then the ingredients are thoroughly mixed, and the minced meat should be left to allow the mineral water to start working and the minced meat to infuse.

Thanks to this trick, many housewives do not add bread to cutlets, which allows them to reduce the calorie content.

Igor Zur Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor


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  1. Mineral water and minced meat
  2. How much to pour