Beef cocoons

3 servings

45 minutes

The recipe is taken from the book by A. Piruzyan "Armenian Culinary Arts" (1960).

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 230.8
• Proteins: 10.5g
• Fats: 14.3g
• Carbohydrates: 15.9g

Ingredients

• Beef: 125 g
• Potato: 200 g
• Melted butter: 25 g
• Chicken egg: 0.3 pc
• Crackers: 15 g
• Lemon: 15 g
• Salt: to taste
• Ground black pepper: to taste
• Coriander: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Pass the beef through a meat grinder twice, add salt, pepper, egg yolks, finely chopped cilantro and mix well.

   Required ingredients:

   • Beef: 125 g
   • Salt:  to taste
   • Ground black pepper:  to taste
   • Chicken egg: 0.3 piece
   • Coriander:  to taste

2. Form balls the size of a walnut from this mass.

3. Dip the prepared balls in egg white, roll in crushed breadcrumbs, dip again in egg white and roll in breadcrumbs again, then fry in oil.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken egg: 0.3 piece
   • Crackers: 15 g
   • Melted butter: 25 g

4. Fry the sliced potatoes separately.

   Required ingredients:

   • Potato: 200 g

5. Serve the oil-soaked cocoons with fried potatoes.

   Required ingredients:

   • Melted butter: 25 g

6. Serve the lemon separately.

   Required ingredients:

   • Lemon: 15 g