Chicken dumplings
Description
Knels can be made from various types of meat, as well as from vegetables, cottage cheese, or cheese, and you can confidently combine several ingredients. For children's meals, I make more dietetic knels, while for adults, you can experiment. They go perfectly with any side dish (porridge, potatoes, pasta), and can also be used in broth or soup. You can prepare a light sauce or gravy so that the side dish with knels isn't dry. Chicken knels can be made with the addition of various greens, rice, vegetables, bread crumbs, and more.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. I wash the fillet and cut it into pieces; peel, wash, and chop the vegetables. I mince the meat together with pumpkin, carrots, and 1 onion in a meat grinder. To the resulting mixture, I add semolina, season with salt to taste, add an egg, and mix well to form the stuffing.
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Step 2
2. Using two spoons, shape the quenelles by passing the mixture from one spoon to the other, forming an elongated oval. Pour water into a saucepan, place it over heat, and when the water comes to a boil, carefully drop in the quenelles and cook until done.
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Step 3
3. Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil, add previously peeled and chopped onion, sprinkle with flour, and slowly pour in the milk in a thin stream, stirring constantly to prevent lumps. Add salt and finely chopped garlic. Place the boiled quenelles into the pan and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.
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Step 4
4. Boil the spaghetti, transfer them to a plate, and place the meatballs on top. Pour over the sauce in which they were simmered, and garnish with chopped herbs.