Chicken Kyufteta

Name: Chicken Kyufteta
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bulgarian
Ingredients: 600 g minced chicken (thigh and breast); 1 medium courgette, coarsely grated; 4 spring onions, finely chopped; 0.5 bunch dill, finely chopped; 1 egg; 50 g dried breadcrumbs; 0.5 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp dried savory; 0.5 tsp black pepper, ground; 1.5 tsp salt; 2 tbsp sunflower oil

🍳 CookingБГ

Prep45 min

Cook25 min

Total70 min

Light Bulgarian meatballs of minced chicken with grated courgette, spring onion and dill, baked on a tray instead of fried so they stay tender and juicy without any frying oil.

Ingredients

Serves:4

600 g minced chicken (thigh and breast)
1 medium courgette, coarsely grated
4 spring onions, finely chopped
0.5 bunch dill, finely chopped
1 egg
50 g dried breadcrumbs
0.5 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp dried savory
0.5 tsp black pepper, ground
1.5 tsp salt
2 tbsp sunflower oil

Nutrition (estimated)

high confidence

477kcal · per serving

45.6g

Protein

21.9g

Carbs

21.8g

Fat

Recipe total: 1909 kcal · P 182.3g · C 87.6g · F 87.4g

Estimated from 11 of 11 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

Steps

1
Toss the grated courgette with half a teaspoon of the salt in a sieve and leave for 10 minutes, then squeeze it hard in your hands — wet courgette makes a mixture that will not hold its shape.
2
Heat the oven to 200°C and line a baking tray with baking paper brushed with 1 tbsp of the oil.
3
Mix the chicken with the courgette, spring onions, dill, egg, breadcrumbs, cumin, savory, pepper and the remaining salt.
4
Knead for 3 minutes, then cover and chill for 20 minutes — chicken mince is soft and needs the rest to firm up.
5
With wet hands shape 16 flattened kyufteta, arrange them on the tray spaced apart and brush the tops with the remaining oil.
6
Bake for 15 minutes, turn them over and bake for 8–10 minutes more, until golden and cooked through, with no pink in the centre.
7
Rest for 3 minutes and serve.

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Questions and answers

How long does Chicken Kyufteta take to make?

About 70 minutes: 45 min prep and 25 min cooking.

What ingredients do you need for Chicken Kyufteta?

11 ingredients: minced chicken, courgette, spring onions, dill, egg, dried breadcrumbs, ground cumin, dried savory, black pepper, salt, sunflower oil.

How many servings does this Chicken Kyufteta recipe make?

4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

How many calories are in a serving of Chicken Kyufteta?

About 477 kcal, with 45.6 g protein, 21.9 g carbohydrate and 21.8 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.

What cuisine is Chicken Kyufteta?

Chicken Kyufteta comes from Bulgarian cuisine.

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