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These Chicken and buckwheat patties are a meal in themselves – loaded with grains, protein and even greens! It’s glorious if you can get your kids to eat them and our son did which made my heart go pitter-pat. He enjoyed these dipped in ranch.
My Mama-in-law shared this recipe with us. I love how she gets so creative in the kitchen. These are quite a healthy treat!
Ingredients for Buckwheat Chicken Katleti:
2 cups cooked buckwheat (click for cooking tutorial)
2 chicken breasts
5 oz fresh spinach
1/2 medium head of broccoli
1 small onion
1 large egg
1 Tbsp of Sour Cream or Mayo
1/4 cup Plain Bread Crumbs (we used Panko)
Salt and pepper to taste
For Breading & Sautéing:
1 cup Italian bread crumbs to coat finished patties
Oil to saute (we used Extra Light olive oil)
How to Make Chicken and Buckwheat Kotleti:
1. Cut broccoli into florets and pulse in a food processor until finely chopped then transfer to a large mixing bowl.
2. Chop and saute spinach on a hot skillet with 1 Tbsp oil for few minutes or just until soft, then add to mixing bowl.
3. In the bowl of a food processor (or using a meat grinder), grind together buckwheat and chicken breasts then transfer to the mixing bowl.
4. Finely dice/mince onion (a food processor makes it easy) and add to the rest of the ingredients. Finally, add 1/4 cup Panko bread crumbs, 1 egg, 1 Tbsp of Sour Cream or Mayo. Season with salt and pepper to taste (we used 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper) then thoroughly mix until combined.
5. Form oval patties, patties, dip them in Italian bread crumbs and cook on a well-oiled skillet over medium heat, flipping 4-5 times during the process until cooked through. Add more oil as needed with subsequent batches.
Enjoy these healthy patties with ranch, ketchup or however you love to eat Kotleti!
In other news, my nails and cuticles need some attention. Try to look past them. lol.
Chicken and Buckwheat Patties (Kotleti)
Ingredients
Ingredients for Patties:
- 2 cups cooked buckwheat, click for cooking tutorial *Note: 1 cup raw buckwheat = 2 cups cooked
- 2 chicken breasts
- 5 oz fresh spinach
- 1/2 medium head of broccoli
- 1 small onion
- 1 large egg
- 1 Tbsp of Sour Cream or Mayo
- 1/4 cup Plain Bread Crumbs, we used Panko
- Salt and pepper to taste
For Breading & Sautéing:
- 1 cup Italian bread crumbs to coat finished patties
- Oil to saute, we used Extra Light olive oil
Instructions
- Cut broccoli into florets and pulse in a food processor until finely chopped then transfer to a large mixing bowl.
- Chop and saute spinach on a hot skillet with 1 Tbsp oil for few minutes or just until soft, then add to the same mixing bowl.
- In the bowl of a food processor (or using a meat grinder), grind together buckwheat and chicken breasts then transfer to the mixing bowl.
- Finely dice/mince onion (a food processor makes it easy) and add to the mixing bowl. Finally, add 1/4 cup panko bread crumbs, 1 egg, 1 Tbsp of Sour Cream or Mayo. Season with salt and pepper to taste (we used 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper) then thoroughly mix until combined.
- Form oval patties, dip them on both sides in Italian bread crumbs and cook on a well-oiled skillet over medium heat, flipping 4-5 times during the process until cooked through.
♥ FAVORITE THINGS ♥
Shown in this post: (nope, no one paid us to write this; just stuff we love):
*A good food processor like this Cuisinart 11-cup pro can cut your prep time in half
*I’ve had my Circulon pans for about 10 yrs – with good care, they’re still non-stick
*Red Stand Mixer from KitchenAid: 6 Qt. Professional 600 Series in Empire Red
How do you like to eat Kotleti? Do you have a favorite dip? Maybe enjoying them as sliders in a sandwich?