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FRIKADELLEN
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German Frikadellen (German Hamburgers)

These famous German meat patties remained moist and tender for several days. You can enjoy them with a simple German potato salad or between bread rolls. In addition, they can be enjoyed hot or cold.
Yield: 4 people

Ingredients you need

  • 1 Dry white bread roll
  • Warm water
  • 10 g Butter
  • 2 Small onions diced
  • 400 g Minced meat Beef and pork
  • 1 Egg
  • 2 tsp Salt
  • 0.5 tsp Ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp Dried thyme leaves
  • 1 tsp Paprika powder
  • 60 g Dry breadcrumbs
  • 10 g Cooking oil

Directions

  • Pour warm water into a bowl and add in the white bread roll. Soak the bread roll in warm water for about 10 minutes until the bread roll turns soft.
  • While waiting, melt butter in a large frying pan over medium heat and add in diced onions. Cook onions until translucent. Turn off the heat and allow the onion dices to cool down. We will need this pan for later.
  • In a separate suitable bowl, add in minced meat. Thereafter, remove excess water from the bread roll. Simply squeeze out as much water as you can. Thereafter, add the bread roll into the bowl with minced meat.
  • Add in egg, seasoning (salt, ground pepper, dried thyme leaves and paprika powder) and diced onions.
  • Mix all ingredients by hand or with a tablespoon and adjust seasoning according to taste. Make sure that the soaked bread roll is all blended.
  • Use a tablespoon and take out a portion of the meat mixture. It should be about the size of a walnut. Roll the mixture into a meatball shape. Hold the meatball on one palm and press the middle of the meatball gently with the fingers of the hand until you get a meat patty (about 1 cm thick).
  • Coat all the patties with dry breadcrumbs and place them on a suitable plate.
  • Using the same pan from step 2, add in cooking oil and turn on the heat to medium-high. Once the oil is hot enough (test it with a bit of breadcrumbs), place the German Frikadellen side by side in the frying pan. Turn the meat patties over to the other after about 5 minutes or when one side turns brown.
  • Serve the German Frikadellen hot with your favourite side dish, such as this German potato salad. You can also serve these German hamburgers between bread rolls. They taste delicious cold as well.