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These dreamy chicken kotleti or patties are so soft and tasty. Yes, chicken can be dreamy. Our son loved them too. He called them “big chicken nuggets” 🙂 We learned how to make these from Olga of Olga’s flavor factory and I’m so pleased to share the recipe with you. We love her food and family blogs!
We share the same taste and we are both nurses. Awesome! I hope to meet her in person one day. Olga this one’s a keeper; thank you!!
Ingredients for Chicken Kotleti:
1 lb ground chicken
1 cup Panko bread crumbs
1/2 cup milk
2 Tbsp sour cream
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 egg
1 small onion (grated)
1/2 cup flour for dredging
Olive oil or canola oil to sautee
How to make Chicken Katleti:
1.Place Panko bread crumbs in a large bowl. Add milk and let the mixture stand for 5 min.
2. Add ground chicken, 2 Tbsp sour cream, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1 egg and 1 small grated onion to the bread mix. and Stir together. The meat mixture will be very soft; much softer than a regular kotleti mixture.
3. Wet your hands and make oval patties. Dredge both sides of the patties in flour. This step can be a little tricky since the meat mix is so soft, but it’s ok if they aren’t perfect.
4. Heat 2-3 Tbsp of oil in a nonstick skillet, add the kotleti. Cover and cook until golden on both sides. Cook about 5 minutes on the first side and 3 minutes on the next. Wipe your skillet with a paper towel between batches and add more oil as needed.
Enjoy 🙂 Yum Yum
Chicken Kotleti Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1 cup Panko bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 Tbsp sour cream
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 egg
- 1 small onion, grated
- 1/2 cup flour for dredging
- Olive oil or canola oil to sautee
Instructions
- Combine 1 cup of breadcrumbs with 1/2 cup of milk, let them stand for 5 minutes.
- Add chicken, 2 tbsp sour cream, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1 egg and 1 onion to the bread mix & stir together.
- Using wet hands make oval patties than dredge both sides in flour.
- Place patties in the preheated nonstick skillet with 2-3 Tbsp of oil. Cover and cook until golden on both sides, 5 minutes on the first side and 3 minutes on the next. Add more oil as needed.
Love this recipe!!! So so so good !!! Love all Natasha’s recipes so yummy 🙂 I mean it !!!!thank you so much
You’re welcome Irina 🙂 You are awesome!
this is great.,.this site helps me a lot to prepare dishes for my Russian and Ukrainian crew onboard.,.
Welcome to the site Mark, I hope that you will find many more favorites :).
Hi Natasha, I remember that you had a recipe for buckwheat and mushrooms. I was going to look it up but couldn’t find it. It was a great recipe. My husband and I loved it! Could you please post it again? Thanks so much :D!
I didn’t realize it was not put into our dinner page. Here is the recipe: https://natashaskitchen.com/2012/06/21/buckwheat-with-mushrooms-3-giveaways/ 🙂
Are these still good if served cold?
They taste great when cold as well 🙂
ladies where do i find panko breadcrumbs?!
Any grocery store should have them! I purchased them at Winco and FredMeyer. Look in the Asian section.
I just made these tonight for the first time, and they were DELICIOUS! So thankful for this recipe and website 🙂 I’m American, but my husband is Russian… thankful I could make him something that reminds him of home 🙂 Will definitely be trying out some more recipes from here! 🙂
Welcome to the site Anna, I’m glad you like the recipe and hope that you fine some more new favorites :).
I read the recipe and made it into burgers…guess I didn’t read
through and made only 4 burgers..I am now concerned on how
long to cook them.
If I understand right they are to be in 18 pieces?
Thanks
Laura
Yes, but you could make them into burgers 🙂 If they are the same flatness, they should cook for about the same amount of time. Test one in the center just in case 😉
I used turkey for the meat and used gluten free bread crumbs. They were soooooooo good! I ate mine with sour cream 🙂
I’ll have to try that combination. Thanks lady 😉 oh now I don’t get to call very many people lady. I remember the first time I was called lady by a kiddo and it made me feel so grown up.
Hi 🙂
was wondering if i can subsitute chicken with beef using this recipe? will that work?
You probably could, I just haven’t tried it.
I tried it and it turned out great 🙂
Have you ever tried freezing these and if so, how were they? I would like to make an extra batch and freeze them for later for a quick meals. Any idea if they will taste good if I was to freeze them? Thanks.
I haven’t tried and they are so soft that I’m not sure how it would work out to freeze them. I’m just not sure; sorry I don’t have a clear answer for ya.
Do you think this would work as a filling for pelmeni? Im definitely making these for dinner tomorrow and I was also wondering what type of chicken meat do you use… I would think that the chicken breast would make it a little dry?
I believe this meat will work in pelmeni just fine. I use chicken breasts from Costco. Katleti are not dry, but I haven’t tested the meat with pelmeni. Let me know how they would turn out if when you make them. 🙂
Hey Natasha, just discovered your website. I have zero experience Cooking and I decided to start simple, my husband is Ukrainian and i don’t want him to keep going to the Russian store deli to eat , I wanna be able to make it myself.,so thank you!:) anyways I made these last night exactly by your instructions but it had flour even after I cooked them. so we’re pretty much eating them with flour on it. What did i do wrong??
Make sure you dust off the extra flour by putting the katleta from one hand to another and then add a little more oil to your skillet; it may just be too dry. I haven’t run into that issue with these but that’s my best guess for how to fix it.
Very tasty dish! Loved it!
SO delish! thank you for sharing! just made those w/ garlic and chives mashed potatoes ! yum!!!!! you are very inspiring ! i love your blog thank you
That sounds like a perfect match for these kotleti 🙂
Natasha – I made these for the family last night, but used ground turkey breast meat. I’ll add a bit more milk to soften the breadcrumbs to start with next time, but these tasted lovely.
Thank you for sharing the recipe!
So glad you enjoyed the recipe 🙂
Can you write me the name of brand for chicken ground??
I grind my own usually but Foster Farms brand is pretty good too. I hope this helps 🙂
I made these today and they turned out really good.
I’ve made these a few times and my kids love them. 🙂 my daughter is really picky about anything to do with meat so this is a great recipe. Thanks for your hard work on this site.
My son calls them “big chicken nuggets” :). You are welcome Lena.
These katleti are winners! Very very moist and tasty. Perfect for adults AND kids. Thank you 🙂
You are welcome Ilona 🙂
Hello Natasha, what can I substitute the sour cream with? Will milk work? Thank you for the advice
You can use milk just use a little less so it doesn’t get watery 🙂
Oh, I am dreaming about this kotlets already!!!