Juicy Chicken Patties with Cottage Cheese

Name: Juicy Chicken Patties with Cottage Cheese
Total time: 30 min
Yield: about 12 patties
Ingredients: 500 g Ground chicken; 180 g Cottage cheese; 100 g Zucchini; 1 pcs Eggs; 50 g Gouda; 1–2 cloves Garlic; Parsley; Salt; Ground black pepper; Vegetable oil

Tender and juicy even from breast mince

30 minutes

Cottage cheese and zucchini make chicken patties genuinely juicy — even when the mince is all breast. Cheese and garlic bring the flavour, parsley the freshness. They cook quickly, freeze well and suit a week of meal prep.

Ingredients

4 servings

Per 500 g of mince

Ground chicken(breast is fine)500 g

Cottage cheese(5–9%)180 g

Zucchini100 g

Eggs1 pcs

Gouda(or Emmental, any semi-hard cheese)50 g

Garlic1–2

Parsley(a small bunch)

Salt(to taste)

Ground black pepper(to taste)

Vegetable oil(a little, for frying)

Instructions

Prepare the vegetables and cheese

Grate the zucchini finely and squeeze out some of the liquid. Grate the cheese finely too, crush the garlic and chop the parsley.

Mix the mince

Combine the chicken mince, cottage cheese, zucchini, egg, cheese, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper. Mix only until it comes together — that keeps the patties tender.

Shape and fry

With damp hands shape the patties. Fry in a little oil over medium heat for about 4–5 minutes per side, until golden outside and cooked through.

🧀If you are cooking in Spain

Queso fresco tradicional

A great stand-in for tvorog — Illigues Servilleta, for example.

Cottage cheese

It is wetter, so drain the excess liquid well before mixing.

Storage and freezing

Freeze them either way

The patties freeze well both raw and already cooked.

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