Polish patties (kotlety)
Juicy breaded beef patties with marjoram and onion — Poland's weeknight backbone.
- Total
- 25 min
- Serves
- 4
Poland's everyday meat patties: ground beef bound with milk-soaked bread rolls, onion, garlic and marjoram, coated in breadcrumbs and pan-fried until golden and juicy. Kotlety are the weeknight backbone of Polish home cooking — crisp outside, tender within, perfect with mashed potatoes. Comfort food, generation-tested.
Ingredients
- 1 Bread Rolls
- 120ml Milk
- 1 chopped Onion
- 100 ml Vegetable Oil
- 500g Ground Beef
- 1 Egg
- 1 Garlic Clove
- Pinch Marjoram
- 75g Breadcrumbs
Instructions
- Soak the bread roll in the milk so it softens completely.
- Meanwhile, fry the onion in the oil for around 8 mins or until soft and golden.
- Add the fried onion to the beef mince along with the egg, garlic, marjoram and some seasoning. Squeeze the excess milk from the bread roll and add it to the mince mixture. Mix everything together and season well.
- Divide the meat into 8 patties. Tip the dried breadcrumbs into a shallow bowl and coat the patties all over.
- Heat some oil in a deep frying pan and fry the patties in batches on both sides until browned and cooked through, about 6-7 mins on each side.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 550
- Protein
- 30 g
- Fat
- 30 g
- Carbs
- 40 g
Adapted from bbcgoodfood.com. Rewritten and re-photographed by MealIdeas.
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