Everyone has known Zrazy since childhood. Most often, they were not prepared at home, but acquaintance with them took place in catering canteens. But “canteen” and homemade zrazy are, as they say in Odessa, two big differences.

Making them at home is not difficult. But, you will immediately receive a hearty lunch, which harmoniously combines both side dishes and main dishes. Top them with sour cream, delicate mustard sauce, or simply serve with salad - the whole family will be deliciously fed and satisfied.

Ingredients:

Potatoes – 5 pieces

Chicken egg – 1 piece

Chicken fillet – 300 grams

Champignons – 300 grams

Onion – 1 piece

Flour – 1-2 tablespoons

Butter – 50 grams

Cream 20% - 150 milliliters

Vegetable oil – 2 tablespoons

Salt, pepper - to taste

Breadcrumbs

Preparation

It doesn’t take much time to prepare delicious zrazy. You will be able to do everything in an hour. First of all, wash the potatoes, peel them, cut them and let them cook. When it boils, you need to salt it and you can forget about it for about 20 minutes.

At this time, you can start preparing the filling. Chicken fillet, you can take the thighs after clearing them of the bones and passing them through a meat grinder. Cut the champignons into 4 parts and cut into thin slices. Peel the onion and finely chop it.

Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil. We send onions to it. As soon as it becomes transparent, add the champignons. Mix everything, add salt and pepper. The mushrooms must give up water. When it has completely evaporated, add half the butter and fry the mushrooms and onions until tender. This will take us 4-6 minutes.

Add minced chicken to the pan and mix vigorously until it is distributed into small fractions. Let all the water that comes out of it completely evaporate. Add cream to the pan. Stir constantly so that they coat all the ingredients. Cream will give the minced meat the right texture and juiciness. At the same time, the filling should become almost dry. Having achieved this effect, remove it from the heat.

At this time the potatoes are already cooked. Drain the water, add the remaining butter and mash into a puree. There shouldn't be any lumps here. Let it cool a little and add a chicken egg to it. Knead the mixture well with a silicone spatula or hand. If you are afraid that your zrazy will spread, you can add 1-2 tablespoons of flour or a spoonful of potato starch to be sure. They will make the dough sticky.

We form balls from mashed potatoes, the size of which depends on the desired size. Wet your hands with water and flatten the ball into a circle. Place the filling in the middle and carefully pinch everything together.

It is better to roll the prepared zrazy in breadcrumbs, so they will acquire a golden hue and will definitely not stick to the pan.

Heat sunflower oil in a frying pan. Place zrazy on it, let them “set” and reduce the heat to slightly below medium. They shouldn't burn. Fry for about 1-2 minutes on each side. Remove from the pan and transfer to a baking sheet.

Preheat the oven to a temperature of 150 degrees. Cover the fried zrazy with foil and place in the oven for about 20-30 minutes. During this time they will reach, steam, be soft, but with a crispy crust.

Prepare fresh sauce for zrazas with chicken and mushrooms. To do this, finely chop your favorite herbs - dill, parsley or mint are perfect. Mix it with natural yogurt or low-fat sour cream, season with salt and pepper to taste. You can literally add 1 clove of garlic for some piquancy.

A nourishing, tasty and quick dish is ready. It is perfect for lunch as it contains an excellent balance of proteins, fats and carbohydrates.

An excellent option for a family dinner is potato zrazy with a crispy crust and an appetizing filling of boiled or fried chicken. Potatoes can be boiled in their jackets in advance. The filling for potato zrazas can be completely different - meat, mushroom, vegetable, egg and green onions, with herbs, cheese, sausage or frankfurter, fried onions... In general, everything that is currently in your kitchen. The whole family can participate in the preparation of potato zrazas. And then everyone will definitely ask for more! Let's cook today potato zrazy with chicken.

From the products we will need:

• Chicken fillet 400 grams;
• 6 medium potatoes;
• 2 eggs;
• 150 grams of cheese;
• 1 tbsp. spoon of flour;
• Salt pepper, spices to taste;
• 3 tablespoons milk;
• Flour or breadcrumbs;
• Oil for frying.

Potato zrazy recipe step by step

Cut the chicken breast into cubes, place in a hot frying pan with a small amount of vegetable oil, salt, pepper, sprinkle with seasonings and fry until tender. Cool.

How to make potato zrazy? The most important thing is the correct potato dough. Boil the potatoes in boiling salted water (the main thing is not to overcook them!), immediately drain the water, cool, and puree. Beat in the egg, add flour, finely grated cheese and knead until a homogeneous, dense, slightly viscous mass is formed.

We form a flat cake from the dough, slightly flattening it in the palm of our hand, put a few cubes of chicken filling in the middle and form a cutlet.

We do the same with the rest of the dough and filling.
In a separate bowl, beat the second egg with milk. Pour flour or semolina onto a plate for breading. Cook potato zrazy in a frying pan heated with oil.
Dip each pie into the egg mixture, then into the breading and fry on both sides until crispy.

Delicious potato zrazy served hot with spicy

There are a huge variety of cutlet recipes - every housewife or owner has a dozen ways to prepare such a dish.

In order to somehow diversify this meat dish, you can put some kind of filling inside each cutlet or, on the contrary, wrap the meat in it and make, for example, potato zrazy with chicken. Such an unusual dish can replace a full meal - there is both a meat component and a side dish, and if desired, the filling can be made even richer and additional components can be added to it.

Recipe for potato zrazas with minced chicken and mushrooms

Chicken and mushrooms are an ideal combination that can be used in a multitude of ways in a huge number of dishes. If we consider that potatoes also fit harmoniously into such a tandem, then the appearance of such a dish as potato zrazy with chicken and mushrooms is quite natural.

Ingredients

• Potatoes – 2.5 kg;
• Carrots – 2 pcs;
• Sour cream – 6 tbsp;
• Eggs – 5 pcs;
• Sunflower oil - for frying;
• Salt and pepper - to your taste;
• Nutmeg - a pinch;
• Minced chicken – 600 g;
• Canned champignons – 1 small jar;
• Yellow onion – 2 heads;
• Premium flour - for breading.

How to make potato zrazy with minced chicken and mushrooms

1. First we need to deal with the potatoes, since we will need them cooled. We clean it, cut it into small cubes and cook until tender.
2. Drain the water, mash the potatoes, add salt, pepper, and nutmeg. When it cools down a little, break a few eggs and mix.
3. We clean the onions and carrots. Cut the onion into small cubes and grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Drain the liquid from the jar of mushrooms and chop them in the same way as onions.
4. Pour oil into the frying pan, first add onions and carrots, fry until golden brown, add minced chicken. Fry, chopping large pieces with a spatula, until all the moisture has evaporated, then add the mushrooms and cook for another five minutes.
5. Add salt and pepper, let cool. If desired, you can pour in sour cream and stir, or leave it purely for serving.
6. Using a tablespoon, scoop out the puree and place it in a container with flour - this way you can sculpt it and it won’t stick to your hands. We make a flatbread, put the filling in the middle, close it and, if necessary, roll it in more flour.
7. Pour the sunflower oil into the frying pan (or heat the butter) and fry our zrazy on each side until golden brown.

These dishes can be served with sour cream or just like that. If desired, you can strengthen the breading by adding breadcrumbs to it, then after flouring the potato cutlets you will need to dip them in the egg and then roll them in breadcrumbs.

Potato zrazy with chicken fillet

Ingredients

• — 1-2 pcs + -
• — 250 g + -
• - pinch + -
• - 4 things + -
• - 2 pcs + -
• - taste + -
• — 10 ml + -
• - for breading + -
• — 2 kg + -

How to prepare potato zrazy with chicken filling

1. First you need to prepare the chicken fillet. We wash it under cold water, and then remove films, remnants of connective tissue and fat. If you used brisket, remove all bones and skin as well.
2. Cut the fillet into small pieces - this way it will cook faster, place it in a small saucepan and fill with cold water so that it completely covers the meat. Place on the fire and cook until done. Half an hour is usually enough to completely cook the sirloin.
3. While our meat is cooking, we will take care of the potatoes. It needs to be washed thoroughly and sent to boil directly in its uniform - this way we will preserve the starch, which means that in the future it will be easier to make zrazy out of potatoes.
4. When the potatoes and chicken are cooked, remove them from the water and let cool. Then peel the potatoes and grate them on a coarse grater.
5. Add chicken eggs, one hundred grams of softened butter to the potato mixture, add a little salt and pepper and set aside for a while.
6. Peel the onion and cut into small cubes. Grind the chicken in a meat grinder. Pour a little sunflower oil into the frying pan and fry the onion in it until golden brown.
7. We also put the minced chicken here, salt and pepper to taste. Stir and fry for about 5 more minutes. Remove from heat and let cool a little.
8. We take a small amount of potatoes and make a flat cake out of it. Place some meat mass in the middle and cover it with the edges. It should look like a potato patty.
9. In a clean frying pan over medium heat, heat the remaining butter (if desired, you can mix butter and vegetable oil in equal proportions). Roll the zrazy in flour breading and place in a frying pan.
10. Fry the zrazas on each side for 3-4 minutes until a golden crust forms on their surface.

Place the prepared potato zrazy with chicken on a dish, sprinkle finely chopped herbs on top and serve.

Chicken zrazy with potatoes

Finally, we’ll make a kind of classic zrazy from minced chicken stuffed with potatoes.

Ingredients

• Milk – 200 ml;
• Flour – for breading;
• Vegetable oil - for frying;
• Minced chicken fillet – 1 kg;
• Potatoes – 5 pcs;
• Onion – 2 pcs;
• White bread – 2 medium pieces;
• Chicken eggs – 2 pcs;
• Salt, pepper and any spices - to taste.

How to make chicken zrazy with potato filling

1. First, peel the potatoes, cook them until tender and make the usual not too liquid puree.
2. Peel the onion and fry in oil until golden brown.
3. Grind pieces of white bread and soak in warm milk.
4. Add onion, eggs, bread, salt and spices to the minced chicken. Mix everything well.
5. Pour flour into a deep bowl and place a tablespoon of minced chicken into it. Sprinkle a little flour on top and form a meat cake (without flour, minced chicken sticks to your hands and even water doesn’t always help), put a little mashed potatoes in the center.
6. We make a regular cutlet and put it in a frying pan with oil, do the same with the rest of the ingredients.
7. Fry all the zrazy until golden brown on all sides.

Serve the resulting zrazy with a salad of fresh vegetables, stewed cabbage, green peas or any other side dish that goes equally well with chicken and mashed potatoes.

As you can see, potato zrazy with chicken is quite simple to prepare, especially if you have some ingredients in the refrigerator. This way you can “get rid” of yesterday’s mashed potatoes, boiled brisket and many other stale products. The most interesting thing is that such a dish ends up being incredibly tasty and in many ways superior to the dishes that are its components.

Peel the potatoes, cut into pieces, add water and put on fire. Bring to a boil, add salt to the water, and cook the potatoes until tender (25-30 minutes) over low heat.

Peel the onion, chop finely, fry in vegetable oil, stirring, until golden brown. Then add boiled chicken meat cut into small pieces, salt and pepper. Fry the onion with the chicken meat, stirring, for 3-4 minutes, then cool the filling for the potato zrazas.

If necessary, salt the potatoes and then add 3 tablespoons of flour and stir the potato mixture.

With slightly damp hands, form a medium-sized flatbread from a small part of the potato mixture and place 1 tablespoon of cooled chicken filling in the center.
Shape the edges of the flatbread like a pie, roll in flour on all sides.

Appetizing, very tasty, tender potato zrazy cooked with chicken, served hot with sour cream.

Bon appetit!