Why you need to add sour cream to minced meat for cutlets: cooking tricks from a chef

The cutlets will turn out unusually tender and juicy if you add a little sour cream to the minced meat.

Yulia Arkhipova, an expert in the field of cooking, a chef and fourth-class baker from the online publication Belnovosti, tells us how to properly add sour cream to minced meat for cutlets.

How to add sour cream to minced meat

For a kilogram of minced meat, two tablespoons of sour cream are enough. It should be fatty (20-25%).

If the minced pork has lard added, you can use less fat sour cream. You can also add sour cream to minced chicken.

Before adding to the minced meat, sour cream can be mixed with breadcrumbs.

You can also first fry the cutlets in a frying pan, then coat them with sour cream and put them in the oven.

Earlier, the expert explained whether tomato paste should be added to borscht.