Who and when invented minced meat is not known and, probably, few people are interested. But, nevertheless, in almost all countries of the world it is extremely popular in the preparation of various delicious dishes. In Mexico, for example, they prepare spicy and rich stews from it; in Italy they enrich lasagna and pasta with it; The French turn minced meat into pates, and the Scandinavians make meatballs and... hedgehogs from it. In our national cuisine Minced meat rounds also occupy an important place. This is why we will teach you how to how to cook minced hedgehogs.
There are many recipes for making minced hedgehogs. And they are all tasty, satisfying and varied. Each recipe will be an excellent treat both on an everyday and holiday table. And another important advantage of hedgehogs is the ease of their implementation!
Recipe for minced hedgehogs with rice, stewed in gravy
The following ingredients are needed:- 0.4 kg minced meat,
- ? glasses of rice,
- 1 egg,
- 1 carrot,
- 2 onions,
- 2 tomatoes or 1 tbsp. tomato paste + flour,
- butter,
- 50 ml milk,
- greenery,
- salt pepper.
The rice must be boiled in advance until half cooked and left to cool for a while. The carrots are peeled and grated on a fine grater. After blanching, the tomatoes are peeled and turned into puree in a meat grinder. Minced meat is prepared: the selected meat (either pork, beef or chicken) is passed through a meat grinder along with one onion and mixed with already cooled rice. An egg is beaten into the minced meat, a little milk is poured in, salt and pepper are added, and it is mixed well.
Small balls are molded from the prepared minced meat with rice, rolled on all sides in flour and placed on a heated frying pan in melted butter. Hedgehogs are fried in oil on both sides until golden brown crusts form, after which grated carrots are added to them and they are fried for 5-7 minutes.
Then tomato puree is added to the pan (or you can simply chop the tomatoes finely). If the tomatoes are slightly dry, then add water to the puree so that the hedgehogs are 2/3 covered with the gravy. The dish is salted and simmered under the lid for 20-25 minutes. 5 minutes before the end of cooking, add a finely chopped second onion to the hedgehogs, add spices and seasonings. Fresh herbs and some salad will perfectly complement the taste of the dish; For example, .
For lack of fresh tomatoes and for the winter version of gravy (when fresh tomatoes are quite expensive) cooking hedgehogs from minced meat, put 1 tbsp into the pan with hedgehogs. with a heap of tomato paste. The minced meat is fried in tomato for 5-7 minutes, and then water is poured into it, 1 tbsp is added. flour, fried in a dry frying pan until light brown, and, covering the dish with a lid, simmer the dish for 20 minutes over moderate heat. At the end, finely chopped onions are added, the hedgehogs are stewed with it for 5 minutes and removed from the heat.
If you want to bake minced hedgehogs in the oven, then it is better to do it with creamy or sour cream sauce. The minced meat for the dish is prepared in the usual way, and the hedgehogs are formed in the same way, according to the first recipe. Then the hedgehogs are lightly fried in a frying pan in vegetable oil and only then are they laid out on a greased baking dish or baking sheet and poured with gravy. For gravy, you can mix tomato paste and sour cream, ketchup and sour cream, mayonnaise with sour cream, etc. in different proportions. Add a squeezed clove of garlic and spices to the resulting mass, and the gravy is thoroughly mixed. For greater thickness, you can put 1 tbsp in it. wheat flour. By the way, for a rich taste, the gravy can be prepared in meat broth, as is done on.
The gravy is poured into the mold with the hedgehogs so that they are covered almost completely, and the dish is placed in the oven for 50-60 minutes, preheated to 180 C, and covered with foil. About 10-15 minutes before it’s ready, remove the foil and sprinkle on the recipe “ Minced hedgehogs in the oven» grated hard cheese to form an appetizing crispy crust on the surface of the dish.
You can serve stewed minced hedgehogs with gravy as a separate hot dish or with a side dish, which is best suited boiled potatoes or pasta. In addition to the hedgehogs, you can cook any sauce, or, placing them on plates, pour over the gravy in which they were stewed or baked.
Now let's cook delicious hedgehogs from minced meat under cream sauce. For this recipe you will need:
- 0.6 kg of any minced meat (can be assorted),
- ? cups long grain white rice,
- 1 onion,
- 150 ml sour cream,
- 1 egg,
- 4 tbsp. flour.
For the sauce you will need:
- 50 g butter,
- 1 pack of cream,
- 1-2 cloves of garlic,
- 2 eggs,
- salt.
For minced hedgehogs with cream sauce, you need to mix minced meat with onions, and scroll them through a meat grinder. For a creamy sauce, tender and soft chicken meat and some inclusion of fatty pork are more suitable. If you intend to do dietary dish or not too fatty, then you can limit yourself to chicken alone or mix it with lean beef.
Rice must be washed several times under cold water and add raw to the minced meat. The egg is beaten with a mixer and also mixed into the minced meat; Thanks to the addition of a chicken egg, the hedgehogs will not crumble and will acquire the necessary stickiness. Oil is poured into a saucepan or deep frying pan, heated, and molded minced meat hedgehog balls are placed in it. Hedgehogs are fried in oil until golden brown on all sides. By the way, such balls are perfect for.
Cream sauce is prepared in this way. Melt the butter in a separate pan and add a finely chopped clove of garlic to it. The garlic is fried in oil for 2-3 minutes, and cream is poured into it. Cook the sauce, stirring, for 7-10 minutes, gradually adding milk to it. The yolks are separated from the whites. After which the yolks are beaten in a separate bowl and poured into the pan with the sauce. The sauce should not boil; It will be enough to simply heat it until thickened on the stove for 10-12 minutes. Salt is added to the sauce last. You should definitely try the sauce and supplement it at your own discretion with the necessary spices and herbs.
Fried hedgehogs in a saucepan are poured with prepared cream sauce and simmered for another 5 minutes. After removing the dish from the heat, you need to give it time to brew, and the sauce to set and thicken a little. Before serving, the dish can be decorated as in “Hedgehogs made from minced meat” photo: sprinkle with fresh herbs or grated cheese, garnish with stewed vegetables etc.
Recipe " How to cook minced hedgehogs V tomato sauce»
Tomato sauce is the most common for preparing various meat dishes. Minced hedgehogs were no exception. Tomato sauce will perfectly complement their taste and make them more tender. The following products are needed for hedgehogs with tomato sauce:
- 0.8 kg ground beef,
- 2 onions,
- ? glasses of rice,
- 1 egg,
- 250 ml sour cream,
- 3 tbsp. tomato paste or 3 medium ripe tomatoes,
- vegetable oil,
- spices, salt.
The rice is boiled until half cooked. The onions are peeled, cut into thin strips and fried in vegetable oil. Minced meat is mixed with rice, fried onion, egg and half of the tomato paste (or finely chopped peeled tomatoes). Salt and spices are also added to taste (ground black pepper, dried basil, oregano, etc.).
The baking dish is greased with sour cream and the molded hedgehogs and rice are laid out in one layer as tightly as possible to each other. The remaining sour cream is mixed with the second half of the tomato paste (or chopped tomatoes), salted, peppered and 2 tablespoons are added. water, bringing to the desired consistency. Pour the prepared sauce over the hedgehogs, cover with foil and place in a preheated oven for 40 minutes. 10-15 minutes before the end of baking, remove the foil from the pan to allow the hedgehogs to brown.
Recipe “Hedgehogs from minced chicken”
You will need the following list of products:- minced chicken,
- boiled rice,
- onion,
- egg,
- breadcrumbs,
- tomato paste,
- vegetable oil,
- sweet red pepper,
- mayonnaise,
- salt.
The exact quantity of ingredients is not indicated for the reason that each cook will be able to experiment, choosing the ideal ratio of products in his opinion. After all, some will like to put more meat, while others will prefer rice. It's a matter of taste here.
Rice (it can be boiled beforehand until half cooked) is mixed with minced meat, chopped onions, breadcrumbs and salt. The consistency of the minced meat should be viscous so that the hedgehogs roll well and do not crumble. The formed hedgehogs are placed in a frying pan in hot vegetable oil.
The following sauce is made to fill chicken hedgehogs. Tomato paste (2 tbsp) is slightly diluted with water; mayonnaise is added to it and cut into cubes Bell pepper, salt and ground black pepper. The sauce is thoroughly mixed. To thicken it during the stewing process, you can put 1-2 tbsp in it. flour. The sauce is poured into the frying pan with the hedgehogs, the dish is covered with a lid and the dish is simmered over moderate heat for 20-25 minutes (if raw rice was used, the simmering time should be increased to 35-40 minutes).
Hedgehogs from minced chicken are no less tasty than those made from beef or pork. And for festive table they will even the best treat, how .
Recipe for minced hedgehogs in a slow cooker
Very convenient to cook minced hedgehogs in a slow cooker. The cook only needs to prepare the minced meat, and the device will do the rest for him. For hedgehogs, it is advisable to take long-grain rice so that meat balls really resembled prickly forest animals. To prepare the dish you will need:
- 0.5 kg minced meat,
- 1/3 multi-cup rice,
- 150 g onions,
- 1 egg,
- 2 tbsp. breadcrumbs.
Mix minced meat, uncooked rice, chopped onion and breadcrumbs in a bowl. Spices and salt are also added to taste. The minced meat is thoroughly mixed, small hedgehog balls are formed from it and placed in a multicooker basket for steaming. 3 multi-glasses of water are poured into the bowl of the device, the lid is closed and the multi-cooker is set to the “Steam” mode for 30-40 minutes. It would be nice to put a couple of bay leaves in the bowl; they will give the finished dish a special aroma.
You can also cook sculpted hedgehogs in a slow cooker in a different way - stew them. According to the second option, they are laid out directly in the multicooker bowl, bay leaves are placed on them and water is poured in so that the hedgehogs are completely covered with it. The device is switched on to the “Quenching” mode for 1 hour. After the sound signal, the device is set to the “Heating” mode for another 20 minutes. Recipe served " How to make hedgehogs from minced meat» hot, sprinkled with chopped herbs. This dish is perfect for children and dietary nutrition. You can offer it as a side dish mashed potatoes or crumbly buckwheat porridge.
Recipe " How to make hedgehogs from minced meat"probably reminded you of some of our traditional dishes. For example, meatballs in tomato sauce and, of course, filling for everyone’s favorite cabbage rolls and Bulgarian. You can also stuff zucchini with minced meat for hedgehogs. It will turn out very tasty!
P.S.: At the end of preparing a new dish - minced meat hedgehogs, I would like to say a few words in their favor. In China, in the ancient Tang Dynasty, according to tradition for the festive New Year's Eve they prepared small-sized meatballs, which personified the spiritual form of the “Four Happinesses”: good luck, honor, longevity and joy. And their round shape symbolized a happy family environment and family circle. What is this for? Yes, besides minced hedgehogs with rice can become such a dish for New Year 2014. Who wouldn’t want to cook “The Four Happinesses” for their own family?!
Hedgehogs, in the culinary sense, are such delicious meatballs that look like funny cartoon hedgehogs from children's illustrations.
They are completely non-prickly and, on the contrary, melt in your mouth. It’s difficult to say how they taste different from meatballs, but the original appearance with a slight complication of the technology is a very reasonable price for kids to enthusiastically sweep the food off their plates.
Chicken hedgehogs with rice - general cooking principles
For minced meat, you can choose any part of the bird carcass. The main thing is its juiciness, so you should not use only the breast. Minced meat will be ideal if you use breast fillet and thigh meat in a 1:1 ratio to prepare it.
Vegetables are often added to minced meat. They not only add additional juiciness, but also make the taste of the dish richer. Almost always mixed into minced chicken a raw egg, which makes it more viscous. But, it is worth noting that if the meat mass turns out to be runny, you should not add an egg, otherwise the minced meat will leak. Therefore, add eggs last if necessary.
Spices are practically not used; their choice is limited to ground black pepper, which is used to season chicken meat twisted in a meat grinder or blended in a blender.
The dish got its name thanks to appearance– grains of rice sticking out like needles. To achieve this effect, it is advisable to use cereals with oblong-shaped grains. If the recipe calls for boiling, the rice is only cooked until half cooked.
Hedgehogs are easy to cook in the oven, slow cooker or on the stove in a deep, thick-walled frying pan or cauldron. In any case, they are covered with sauce. Its base is most often water, but for a richer taste you can use any meat broth. Sauces are always topped up tomato paste or juice, fresh tomatoes can also be used. To improve the taste, sauteed or fresh vegetables: onions, carrots, bell peppers. To soften, sour cream can be added, and flour can be added as a thickener.
Chicken hedgehogs with rice are served with or without a side dish. As a side dish, you can prepare mashed potatoes, pasta or porridge.
Chicken hedgehogs with rice in tomato sauce (in the oven)
Ingredients:
Chicken breast boneless and thigh fillet – only 700 g;
One bell pepper;
Head of bitter onion;
One egg;
A quarter of a 250 gram glass of rice;
Ground, dried basil;
One and a half teaspoons of flour;
Refined oil;
A can of tomatoes canned in their own salted juice – 3 liters.
Cooking method:
1. Wash the meat, cut it and grind it into minced meat using a blender. You can also use a meat grinder, but then you need to install the finest grate on it and twist the chicken at least twice.
2. Peel the onion and remove the seeds from the pepper. We wash and grind in the same way as meat. Place in a sieve and wait for the juice to drain, then transfer to the minced meat.
3. Pour the egg into the bowl with the minced meat, add finely ground pepper and the same fine salt, mix thoroughly.
4. Sort through the rice, rinse the grains with cold water and leave, transferring to a sieve to dry. Transfer the dried rice to the minced meat and knead it well again.
5. Drain all the juice from a can of tomatoes and take 100 ml into a cup. Add flour, stir – there should be no lumps left. Pour the juice combined with flour into the main volume and mix.
6. With hands moistened with water, form large balls from the minced meat and place them in a refractory mold in one layer. Pour in the tomato, sprinkle basil on top and place in hot oven. Cook the hedgehogs at 200 degrees for at least forty minutes.
Dietary chicken hedgehogs with steamed rice (in a steamer)
Ingredients:
Half a kilo of minced chicken;
Long grain rice– 150 gr.;
One small carrot;
Large onion head;
Large egg;
Unflavored oil;
A sprig of any fresh herb.
Cooking method:
1. Chicken fillet after washing, cut into pieces, grind in any convenient way into minced meat. Season with pepper and add a little salt, add chopped herbs.
2. Finely chop the onion and fry the pieces until transparent in vegetable oil.
3. Grind the carrots with a medium grater, add to the onion and cook, stirring, until softened. Cool the roasted vegetables well, transfer them to the minced meat and, after breaking the egg into it, mix thoroughly.
4. Without adding salt, boil only part of the sorted rice (at least 100 grams) until half cooked. Place in a colander, rinse and, after allowing all the liquid to drain, mix the boiled rice with minced chicken.
5. We sort out the remaining rice from the trash and pour it into a wide bowl.
6. Form balls from the prepared meat mass and, roll them in rice cereal, place them in a steam container (steamer mesh).
7. Fill the lower container of the steamer one third of the way hot water and install a grid with “hedgehogs”, cover with a lid.
8. Cook over low heat for about 25 minutes, after boiling.
Juicy chicken hedgehogs with rice and sour cream and tomato sauce
Ingredients:
Homemade minced chicken – 500 gr.;
200 gr. rice cereal;
A tablespoon of thick, unburnt tomato paste;
Half a glass of drinking water;
20% sour cream – 200 gr.
Cooking method:
1. Sort out the rice, rinse it and add plenty of cold water and place it on high heat. Stirring, wait for it to boil, and, reducing the heat to medium, boil until half cooked. We do not add salt to the water.
2. Boiled rice transfer to a colander and, after rinsing a little, leave in it for a while, after which we transfer to a bowl with minced chicken.
3. Add spices to your taste, break the egg into the meat mixture and mix thoroughly until smooth. Then we wet our hands with water and form hedgehogs in the form of small balls.
4. In a frying pan at maximum temperature, heat the oil well and drop the meat balls into it. Fry, turning frequently, until a thick consistency is formed. golden brown crust, and transfer to a cauldron. Add the remaining oil in the pan.
5. Add the tomato mixed with sour cream, pour water over the semi-finished products so that it slightly covers them. Add just a little salt and, if necessary, spices. Move the cauldron to the fire and bring the sauce to a boil. Then lower the heat and slowly simmer the hedgehogs under the lid for half an hour.
Chicken hedgehogs with rice in vegetable sauce
Ingredients:
Long-grain rice cereal – 150 gr.;
700 gr. chicken, homemade minced meat;
Half a kilo of fresh tomatoes;
Fresh garlic– 3 teeth;
150 gr. carrots;
Large onion;
Olive or quality sunflower oil;
Wheat flour– 10 tbsp. l.;
Fresh herbs dill, optional - a little parsley and fresh basil.
Cooking method:
1. Wash the rice that has been sorted out of debris. Fill with water and boil without adding salt until half cooked. Then rinse again and dry, transferring to a sieve or fine colander.
2. While the rice is cooking, immerse the tomatoes in boiling water for two minutes. Cool the tomatoes by placing them in cold water and carefully separate the skins from the pulp. Cut into small slices and place in a saucepan. Cover with a lid and simmer own juice over medium heat.
3. In parallel, on olive oil, fry the chopped onion until softened. Add carrots grated on a medium grater to it. Stirring well, fry until golden brown.
4. Add fried onions and carrots to the softened tomatoes. Add a little curry and, after mixing thoroughly, simmer for another ten minutes. Then turn it off and cool a little.
5. Season the minced meat ground pepper, add some salt if necessary, add chopped herbs and a raw egg, stir thoroughly.
6. Form balls, roll them well in flour and place them in oil heated in a frying pan. After frying on all sides, transfer to a deeper frying pan or saucepan. Add a glass of water and place on low heat, simmer for at least a quarter of an hour.
7. Place the slightly cooled roasted vegetables into a blender bowl. Add a little dill, parsley and basil and chop. Dilute the resulting puree with a glass of boiled (cold) water and pour it into meat hedgehogs. After boiling, simmer the meatballs in vegetable sauce Ten minutes.
8. At the end, add chopped garlic, mix gently and remove from the stove.
A simple recipe for chicken hedgehogs with rice in tomato cream sauce for a slow cooker
Ingredients:
Rice groats – 100 gr.;
400 gr. minced chicken;
Large onion;
Four small cloves of garlic;
Sweet carrot;
Thick tomato puree– 2 tbsp. l.;
Two sprigs of fresh dill;
Three tablespoons of liquid, preferably 20%, sour cream.
Cooking method:
1. Pour the cereal onto the table, select litter and damaged grains. Pour into a deep bowl, pour half a glass of boiling water and set aside for 15 minutes.
2. Peel the carrots and onions, rinse with water and rub both roots on coarse grater.
3. Place the minced meat in a bowl with rice and chopped vegetables. Mix thoroughly until smooth. Season with pepper and add a little salt.
4. Form ten balls from the prepared meat mass and place them in the cooking bowl.
5. In a deep bowl, mix the tomato with sour cream and dilute the mixture by adding 700 milliliters of cold water. Add a little pepper and paprika. Add salt to your taste, be sure to check the saltiness to taste, and, stirring well with a whisk, pour into the bowl. This must be done carefully, trying not to get the sauce on the “hedgehogs” so as not to damage them. Pour into the free space between the semi-finished products.
6. Close the lid and start the “Extinguishing” mode for one hour. After stopping the program, sprinkle the dish with finely chopped dill and leave for about five minutes under the lid or on “Heat”.
Chicken hedgehogs with rice, baked in the oven with cheese
Ingredients:
Long grain, unparboiled rice – 300 gr.;
400 gr. minced chicken;
Tomato paste – 30 gr.;
Two large onions;
One carrot;
120 grams medium hot, good cheese;
One bell pepper (red);
50 ml 15% sour cream.
Cooking method:
1. Mix washed, well-dried rice with minced chicken. Season with pepper and add a little salt. Grate one onion here on a medium grater, add the egg for viscosity and mix.
2. Having received a homogeneous mass, with moistened hands we form hedgehogs - small balls. Place them in the mold in one layer.
3. Prepare the dressing. Chop the remaining onion into strips, and chop the carrots and pulp in the same way. bell pepper. Vegetable strips should be thin and not too long.
4. Transfer the vegetables to a bowl and mix. Add sour cream mixed with tomato and fill with boiled, non-hot water. It’s good if you can replace it with broth. Pour the dressing into the mold - it should completely cover the meat balls.
5. Cover the container with foil and place in the oven, placing it on the broiler on the middle level. Let stand for about half an hour. Then we take it out, remove the foil, sprinkle the hedgehogs with coarsely grated cheese and place them back in the oven for up to 10 minutes.
Chicken hedgehogs with rice - cooking tricks and useful tips
Try to use minced meat homemade– Twist the meat yourself. If you decide to save time and buy a store-bought one, give preference not to frozen, but to chilled semi-finished product.
Before using purchased minced meat, be sure to re-twist it in a meat grinder with a fine mesh; it may contain large pieces of fat and meat. Often there are small bones in the semi-finished product.
It is advisable not to fry the meat balls, since the rice grains, when swollen, will not be able to disrupt the integrity of the crust and the hedgehogs will externally resemble meatballs.
For minced meat we need meat, onions and garlic. Peel the onions and garlic. Rinse the chicken fillet and dry the water with paper towels. For hedgehogs, you can use any part of the chicken, but fillet is the most convenient, since it has no bones or skin.
Therefore, cooking delicious cutlets will be greatly simplified. We will grind the meat, onions and garlic in a meat grinder, so immediately cut the products into medium pieces to make it easier to twist.
Grind the meat with onions and garlic in a meat grinder to create minced meat. Cook the rice until half cooked, drain the water and cool. Add rice to minced meat, lightly salt and pepper. You can use any spices to suit your taste, but salt and pepper are familiar seasonings and are often used.
To prevent the hedgehogs from falling apart, add to the minced meat egg and stir until smooth.
Form round hedgehogs with slightly moistened hands and fry until golden brown in a frying pan with the addition of vegetable oil. You need to fry over high heat and very quickly, literally half a minute on each side.
Place the rosy hedgehogs in a baking dish and pour sour cream over them. If the sour cream is very thick, you can add a little water. The best choice for today’s recipe is not very fatty 15% sour cream.
Place the form with the hedgehogs in the oven to bake for 20-25 minutes. Set the temperature to 180-190°. Hedgehogs get soaked sour cream sauce and will be completely baked. Ready dish remove from the oven and let it cool slightly.
Serve delicious and aromatic hedgehogs to the table. The most delicious side dish there will be mashed potatoes for them. But you can also cook any pasta. Enjoy your meal!
Preparation of chicken hedgehogs:
Defrost chicken meat. Rinse it and dry it a little. Then cut the chicken fillet into small cubes. You can take more meat, accordingly increasing the amount of other ingredients.
Hard boil 1 or more eggs, depending on the amount of meat. Chop 3 large cloves of garlic. There may be more garlic depending on the spiciness of the garlic itself and its size. You shouldn’t take a lot of garlic, because not everyone likes this specific taste.
But the meat should have a garlic flavor. I took 2 medium-sized and 3 small cloves. Add garlic to meat. Salt and pepper the meat to taste. Keep in mind that you will also add eggs and flour.
Then beat 1 raw egg into the meat mixture and mix the whole mass thoroughly. Finally, add the required amount of flour and mix everything well again. Finely chop the pre-boiled and cooled egg and add to the prepared minced meat. You should get a homogeneous mass.
Form small hedgehog cutlets from the resulting mass and fry them over very, very low heat on both sides. There is no need to close the lid on the pan. Fry until the hedgehog cutlets turn golden brown.
Place the prepared hedgehog cutlets on a plate. You can sprinkle with herbs.
This dish can be served either hot or chilled. This doesn't make the taste any worse. Hedgehogs go well with vegetables, which can be served stewed or raw.
Hedgehogs, in the culinary sense, are such delicious meatballs that look like funny cartoon hedgehogs from children's illustrations.
They are completely non-prickly and, on the contrary, melt in your mouth. It’s difficult to say how they taste different from meatballs, but the original appearance with a slight complication of the technology is a very reasonable price for kids to enthusiastically sweep the food off their plates.
Chicken hedgehogs with rice - general principles preparations
For minced meat, you can choose any part of the bird carcass. The main thing is its juiciness, so you should not use only the breast. Minced meat will be ideal if you use breast fillet and thigh meat in a 1:1 ratio to prepare it.
Vegetables are often added to minced meat. They not only add additional juiciness, but also make the taste of the dish richer. Almost always, a raw egg is mixed into minced chicken, which makes it more viscous. But, it is worth noting that if the meat mass turns out to be runny, you should not add an egg, otherwise the minced meat will leak. Therefore, add eggs last if necessary.
Spices are practically not used; their choice is limited to ground black pepper, which is used to season chicken meat twisted in a meat grinder or blended in a blender.
The dish got its name due to its appearance - grains of rice sticking out like needles. To achieve this effect, it is advisable to use cereals with oblong-shaped grains. If the recipe calls for boiling, the rice is only cooked until half cooked.
. Hedgehogs are easy to cook in the oven, slow cooker or on the stove in a deep, thick-walled frying pan or cauldron. In any case, they are covered with sauce. Its base is most often water, but for a richer taste you can use any meat broth. Sauces are always seasoned with tomato paste or juice; fresh tomatoes can also be used. To improve the taste, sauteed or fresh vegetables are added to it: onions, carrots, bell peppers. To soften, sour cream can be added, and flour can be added as a thickener.
. Chicken hedgehogs with rice are served with or without a side dish. As a side dish, you can prepare mashed potatoes, pasta or porridge.
Chicken hedgehogs with rice in tomato sauce (in the oven)
Ingredients:
Boneless chicken breast and thigh fillet - only 700 g;
One bell pepper;
Head of bitter onion;
One egg;
A quarter of a 250 gram glass of rice;
Ground, dried basil;
One and a half teaspoons of flour;
Refined oil;
A can of tomatoes canned in their own salted juice - 3 liters.
Cooking method:
1. Wash the meat, cut it and grind it into minced meat using a blender. You can also use a meat grinder, but then you need to install the finest grate on it and twist the chicken at least twice.
2. Peel the onion and remove the seeds from the pepper. We wash and grind in the same way as meat. Place in a sieve and wait for the juice to drain, then transfer to the minced meat.
3. Pour the egg into the bowl with the minced meat, add finely ground pepper and the same fine salt, mix thoroughly.
4. Sort through the rice, rinse the grains with cold water and leave, transferring to a sieve to dry. Transfer the dried rice to the minced meat and knead it well again.
5. Drain all the juice from a can of tomatoes and take 100 ml into a cup. Add flour, stir - there should be no lumps left. Pour the juice combined with flour into the main volume and mix.
6. With hands moistened with water, form large balls from the minced meat and place them in a refractory mold in one layer. Pour in the tomato, sprinkle basil on top and place in a hot oven. Cook the hedgehogs at 200 degrees for at least forty minutes.
Dietary chicken hedgehogs with steamed rice (in a steamer)
Ingredients:
Half a kilo of minced chicken;
Long grain rice - 150 gr.;
One small carrot;
Large onion head;
Large egg;
Unflavored oil;
A sprig of any fresh herb.
Cooking method:
1. After washing, cut the chicken fillet into pieces and grind it into minced meat in any convenient way. Season with pepper and add a little salt, add chopped herbs.
2. Finely chop the onion and fry the pieces until transparent in vegetable oil.
3. Grind the carrots with a medium grater, add to the onion and cook, stirring, until softened. Cool the roasted vegetables well, transfer them to the minced meat and, after breaking the egg into it, mix thoroughly.
4. Without adding salt, boil only part of the sorted rice (at least 100 grams) until half cooked. Place in a colander, rinse and, after allowing all the liquid to drain, mix the boiled rice with minced chicken.
5. We sort out the remaining rice from the trash and pour it into a wide bowl.
6. Form balls from the prepared meat mass and, roll them in rice cereal, place them in a steam container (steamer mesh).
7. Fill the lower container of the steamer one third with hot water and install a mesh with “hedgehogs” and cover with a lid.
8. Cook over low heat for about 25 minutes, after boiling.
Juicy chicken hedgehogs with rice and sour cream and tomato sauce
Ingredients:
Homemade minced chicken - 500 gr.;
200 gr. rice cereal;
A tablespoon of thick, unburnt tomato paste;
Half a glass of drinking water;
20% sour cream - 200 gr.
Cooking method:
1. Sort out the rice, rinse it and add plenty of cold water and place it on high heat. Stirring, wait for it to boil, and, reducing the heat to medium, boil until half cooked. We do not add salt to the water.
2. Place the boiled rice in a colander and, after rinsing it a little, leave it in it for a while, then transfer it to a bowl with minced chicken.
3. Add spices to your taste, break the egg into the meat mixture and mix thoroughly until smooth. Then we wet our hands with water and form hedgehogs in the form of small balls.
4. In a frying pan at maximum temperature, heat the oil well and drop the meat balls into it. Fry, turning often, until a thick golden brown crust forms, and transfer to a cauldron. Add the remaining oil in the pan.
5. Add the tomato mixed with sour cream, pour water over the semi-finished products so that it slightly covers them. Add just a little salt and, if necessary, spices. Move the cauldron to the fire and bring the sauce to a boil. Then lower the heat and slowly simmer the hedgehogs under the lid for half an hour.
Chicken hedgehogs with rice in vegetable sauce
Ingredients:
Long-grain rice cereal - 150 gr.;
700 gr. chicken, homemade minced meat;
Half a kilo of fresh tomatoes;
Fresh garlic - 3 cloves;
150 gr. carrots;
Large onion;
Olive or high-quality sunflower oil;
Wheat flour - 10 tbsp. l.;
Fresh dill, optionally a little parsley and fresh basil.
Cooking method:
1. Wash the rice that has been sorted out of debris. Fill with water and boil without adding salt until half cooked. Then rinse again and dry, transferring to a sieve or fine colander.
2. While the rice is cooking, immerse the tomatoes in boiling water for two minutes. Cool the tomatoes by placing them in cold water and carefully separate the skins from the pulp. Cut into small slices and place in a saucepan. Cover with a lid and simmer in its own juice over medium heat.
3. At the same time, fry the chopped onion in olive oil until softened. Add carrots grated on a medium grater to it. Stirring well, fry until golden brown.
4. Add fried onions and carrots to the softened tomatoes. Add a little curry and, after mixing thoroughly, simmer for another ten minutes. Then turn it off and cool a little.
5. Season the minced meat with ground pepper, add additional salt if necessary, add chopped herbs and a raw egg, stir thoroughly.
6. Form balls, roll them well in flour and place them in oil heated in a frying pan. After frying on all sides, transfer to a deeper frying pan or saucepan. Add a glass of water and place on low heat, simmer for at least a quarter of an hour.
7. Place the slightly cooled roasted vegetables into a blender bowl. Add a little dill, parsley and basil and chop. We dilute the resulting puree with a glass of boiled (cold) water and pour it over the meat hedgehogs. After boiling, simmer the meatballs in vegetable sauce for ten minutes.
8. At the end, add chopped garlic, mix gently and remove from the stove.
A simple recipe for chicken hedgehogs with rice in tomato cream sauce for a slow cooker
Ingredients:
Rice cereal - 100 gr.;
400 gr. minced chicken;
Large onion;
Four small cloves of garlic;
Sweet carrot;
Thick tomato puree - 2 tbsp. l.;
Two sprigs of fresh dill;
Three tablespoons of liquid, preferably 20%, sour cream.
Cooking method:
1. Pour the cereal onto the table, select litter and damaged grains. Pour into a deep bowl, pour half a glass of boiling water and set aside for 15 minutes.
2. Peel the carrots and onions, rinse with water and grate both root vegetables on a coarse grater.
3. Place the minced meat in a bowl with rice and chopped vegetables. Mix thoroughly until smooth. Season with pepper and add a little salt.
4. Form ten balls from the prepared meat mass and place them in the cooking bowl.
5. In a deep bowl, mix the tomato with sour cream and dilute the mixture by adding 700 milliliters of cold water. Add a little pepper and paprika. Add salt to your taste, be sure to check the saltiness to taste, and, stirring well with a whisk, pour into the bowl. This must be done carefully, trying not to get the sauce on the “hedgehogs” so as not to damage them. Pour into the free space between the semi-finished products.
6. Close the lid and start the “Extinguishing” mode for one hour. After stopping the program, sprinkle the dish with finely chopped dill and leave for about five minutes under the lid or on “Heat”.
Chicken hedgehogs with rice, baked in the oven with cheese
Ingredients:
Long grain, unparboiled rice - 300 gr.;
400 gr. minced chicken;
Tomato paste - 30 gr.;
Two large onions;
One carrot;
120 grams of medium-sharp, good cheese;
One bell pepper (red);
50 ml 15% sour cream.
Cooking method:
1. Mix washed, well-dried rice with minced chicken. Season with pepper and add a little salt. Grate one onion here on a medium grater, add the egg for viscosity and mix.
2. Having received a homogeneous mass, with moistened hands we form hedgehogs - small balls. Place them in the mold in one layer.
3. Prepare the dressing. Chop the remaining onion into strips, and chop the carrots and bell pepper pulp in the same way. Vegetable strips should be thin and not too long.
4. Transfer the vegetables to a bowl and mix. Add sour cream mixed with tomato and fill with boiled, non-hot water. It’s good if you can replace it with broth. Pour the dressing into the mold - it should completely cover the meat balls.
5. Cover the container with foil and place in the oven, placing it on the broiler on the middle level. Let stand for about half an hour. Then we take it out, remove the foil, sprinkle the hedgehogs with coarsely grated cheese and place them back in the oven for up to 10 minutes.
Chicken hedgehogs with rice - cooking tricks and useful tips
Try to use homemade minced meat - twist the meat yourself. If you decide to save time and buy a store-bought one, give preference not to frozen, but to chilled semi-finished product.
Before using purchased minced meat, be sure to re-twist it in a meat grinder with a fine mesh; it may contain large pieces of fat and meat. Often there are small bones in the semi-finished product.
It is advisable not to fry the meat balls, since the rice grains, when swollen, will not be able to disrupt the integrity of the crust and the hedgehogs will externally resemble meatballs.
