There are times when you want to bake something delicious, but you don’t have an oven or you’re very far from home. This is not a problem, because French-style meat in a frying pan turns out no less tasty and aromatic, and some people like this method of cooking even more.
In order for the prepared dish to be juicy, soft and not burnt, you should strictly follow the instructions of the proposed recipe.
French-style meat in a frying pan: recipe with pork
Ingredients
- Pork (pulp) - 700-800 g + -
- Tomatoes - 2-3 pcs. + —
- Hard cheese – 200-300 g + –
- Mayonnaise - 2-3 tbsp. + —
- Chicken eggs - 1 pc. + —
- Champignons – 200 g + –
- Salt - to taste + -
- Seasonings and spices for meat - to taste + -
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How to cook meat in French in a frying pan
French-style meat in a frying pan (the recipe is presented without potatoes) cooks somewhat slower than in the oven, but it is great for those who do not have an oven. For chops, choose pork pulp, preferably the part called the loin.
- We wash the meat and dry it with paper towels or napkins.
- We cut the selected piece into thin slices and beat them with a hammer on both sides.
- Mix salt and pepper and rub each slice with this mixture.
- Heat the frying pan over high heat, pour a small amount of vegetable oil into it and fry the prepared pieces (without reducing the heat) until golden brown.
- Cut the tomatoes into thin slices.
- We wash and sort the mushrooms, and also cut them into thin slices.
- Reduce heat to low, place mushrooms on pieces of fried meat, and place tomatoes on top.
- Grate the cheese and pour it into a bowl.
- Separately, beat the egg and mayonnaise, add the mixture to the cheese and mix. Lubricate the tomatoes with the prepared mixture. Cover with a lid and leave to simmer until fully cooked.
To prevent the bottom of the dish from burning, periodically add a small amount of oil or water to the pan.
As you can see, you can prepare such a dish even without an oven. The most important thing is to lower the heat and periodically look into the pan so that nothing burns.
The finished slices should be served hot, garnishing them on top to your taste. For example, simply sprinkling with finely chopped herbs or placing canned peas and corn on the sides.
Veal with mushrooms
French meat recipes with photos, given in this article, allow you to try out a variety of cooking options. Each of them has its own nuances.
Ingredients:
- veal (480 g);
- two onions;
- potatoes (480 g);
- parmesan (145 g);
- garlic;
- mushrooms (320 g);
- spices;
- olive oil.
For the marinade:
- juice of ½ lemon;
- soy sauce (tbsp);
- corn or olive oil.
Cut the veal and beat it with a hammer, then add spices and leave for a while. Let’s start preparing the marinade ourselves. Take the juice of half one lemon and mix with olive oil and soy sauce. Dip each piece into the resulting mixture and leave to marinate. If time permits. You can even leave the veal in the sauce overnight. Place a layer of meat in a cooking dish and on top, onion fried in vegetable oil. There should be enough onion to completely cover the veal.
Next, cut the potatoes into slices or strips, then fry until half cooked. In a clean frying pan, fry the sliced mushrooms, not forgetting to add spices. Chop a couple of cloves of garlic.
Place the potatoes on the onion and then add the mushrooms. Scatter chopped garlic and cheese shavings on top. Next, apply a mesh of mayonnaise. Bake the dish for about 45 minutes.
French-style meat in a frying pan with potatoes
French-style meat with potatoes in a frying pan is a quite satisfying and very tasty dish. Once you've prepared it, you won't need to prepare the side dish separately, since it already contains potatoes.
Ingredients
- Pork – 3 steaks;
- Hard cheese - to taste;
- Tomato – 1 pc.;
- Salt - to taste;
- Potatoes (medium tubers) – 6 pcs.;
- Pickled cucumber – 1 pc.;
- Mayonnaise - to taste;
- Onions (large) – 1 pc.;
- Mustard - to taste;
- Ground black pepper - to taste.
How to make French pork in a frying pan
Preparing pork steaks for baking
- If you have already prepared steaks, then beat them thoroughly. If there is only a piece of fresh pulp, then first we cut it into thin slices, and only then beat it.
- Salt and pepper the pieces of meat on all sides.
Fry the pork until golden brown
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and lay out the prepared steaks for frying. The fire must be strong. Fry the pieces until slightly golden brown.
Chop the vegetables and place them in layers in a frying pan
- While the steaks are frying, peel the onion and cut it into half rings, then place it on the fried slices. At the same time, reduce the fire to a minimum.
- Wash the tomato and cut it into slices. Place on top of the onion and carefully distribute among the slices of meat.
- We cut the cucumber into slices and also place the onion rings on top.
- We combine mustard and mayonnaise together, grease the onions, tomatoes and cucumber with the sauce.
- Peel and wash the potatoes, cut them into circles. Place on top of the sauce so that everything is covered with a thick layer of potatoes.
- Add some salt to the entire layer and again lightly grease it with a mixture of mayonnaise and mustard.
- Three cheeses on a coarse grater.
We determine its quantity based on our taste; the main thing to remember is that the more cheese, the tastier the dish.
- Sprinkle cheese on potatoes.
- Cover the pan with a lid and cook the dish for forty minutes. At the end, we check the readiness by simply piercing the potatoes and meat with a knife.
Serve the dish hot, dividing into portions. If you are afraid that the bottom part will burn, you can add a little water.
Ingredients
If you have ever cooked meat in French, then you know that the dish always turns out very tasty. Very often housewives change components and experiment, getting new options. There are a lot of recipes for meat in French: with mushrooms, potatoes, tomatoes, pork, chicken, veal, with or without marinating. It’s simply impossible to count all the options. During cooking, each housewife can show her imagination and come up with something of her own: exclude mushrooms, change the sauce or diversify the seasonings. All these simple steps allow you to get a new and tasty dish every time.
However, it is worth noting that all recipes offer a general cooking principle. The meat dish must be prepared with vegetables, sauce and cheese.
French-style meat on the stove: a recipe for the lazy
Unlike the previous recipe, this dish cooks much faster. The French lazy version of meat is suitable as a quick dinner when you want something tasty, but don’t have the energy to bother with meat for a long time. If you have mushrooms, you can add them at the stage of frying the potatoes.
Ingredients
- Chicken fillet – 1 kg;
- Onions – 1 pc.;
- Vegetable oil – 50 ml;
- Potatoes – 1 kg;
- Spices - to taste;
- Tomatoes – 1-2 pcs.;
- Hard cheese – 100 g;
- Salt - to taste.
How to cook lazy meat in French
- We wash the chicken fillet, dry it well with a disposable napkin, then cut it into medium pieces.
- Peel the potatoes, wash them and cut them into medium-thick strips.
- Place a frying pan on the fire, pour in vegetable oil and heat it up. Lay out the pieces of chicken fillet and fry them (you need to stir the first time only after five minutes to form a golden crust).
- Meanwhile, peel the onion, chop it into thin half rings, and then add it to the “golden” meat.
- The fillet and onions should be simmered for about ten minutes. Don't forget to season everything well with salt and pepper.
- Next, add the pre-cut potatoes and mix everything again.
- Cover the frying pan with the dish being prepared and leave to cook until the potatoes become soft. Stir everything periodically.
- Meanwhile, wash and cut the fresh tomato into half rings. Three hard cheese on a coarse grater.
- Check the readiness of the potatoes: if they are soft, then put half rings of tomatoes in the pan. Cover everything on top with grated cheese. Cover the pan with a lid and cook for another five minutes. During this time, the cheese will melt and the tomatoes will become a little softer.
The finished dish should be served immediately after preparation. Since the meat comes immediately with potatoes, there is no need for a side dish. Decorate the dish with herbs on top, and you can additionally prepare a light vegetable salad.
As you can see, cooking meat in a frying pan in French is very simple. If you do everything correctly, the dish will turn out no worse than one cooked in the oven, and none of the tasters will notice the difference in taste. Cook with pleasure - and enjoy the golden brown crust of this once aristocratic dish.
Bon appetit!
Meat with tomatoes
The recipe for French-style meat in the oven with tomatoes, in our opinion, allows you to prepare a more tasty and less high-calorie dish.
Ingredients:
- champignons (490 g);
- pork (490 g);
- three onions;
- the same amount of tomatoes;
- feta cheese (220 g);
- sour cream 15% (490 ml);
- pineapples (several pieces);
- thyme;
- ground pepper;
- basil;
- marjoram;
- ground pepper;
- salt;
- a little flour;
- mustard;
- vegetable oil.
Cut the pork (you can use the neck) into slices, the thickness of which should be no more than 1-1.5 centimeters. We beat each of them thoroughly and flavor it with mustard. Next, roll the meat in flour and fry in a frying pan until golden brown. And only after frying we add salt. Next, chop the champignons quite coarsely and fry them in a clean frying pan with vegetable oil. Meanwhile, cut the tomatoes and onions into rings.
Next we move on to preparing the sauce. In a separate deep bowl, mash the cheese with a fork and add sour cream, mix the mass until smooth. The result should be a fairly thick sauce. You can add marjoram, basil, pepper and thyme to it.
Next we need a frying pan or baking dish. Grease the container with oil and place the food in it in layers: onions, then meat, fried mushrooms, onions again, tomatoes, pineapple slices (you can use canned ones). Don’t forget to coat each layer a little with sauce. Pour the remaining mixture on top of the pineapples and sprinkle the dish with grated cheese. Bake the meat in French in the oven (the recipe is given in the article) for at least thirty minutes. When serving, the dish can be decorated with olives.
Meat with pineapples
Meat with pineapples is one of the best cooking options.
Ingredients: tenderloin (480 g), two onions, cheese (230 g), vegetable oil, salt, pineapple pucks, mayonnaise.
Cut the meat into slices. We beat each piece thoroughly with a hammer. Be sure to salt and pepper the meat. Chop the onion and grate the cheese coarsely.
Line the pan with baking foil and grease it with a little oil. Add the onion and then the meat. Lubricate everything with mayonnaise on top. Place a pineapple puck on each slice of meat. Sprinkle the dish with grated cheese on top. The dish takes about thirty minutes to prepare.
