Chiftelute de pui (Chicken Meatballs)

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        Aceste bilute gustoase reprezinta un aperitiv foarte cunoscut si apreciat de catre toata lumea. Pentru a evita carnea de porc, eu am incercat chiftelutele cu carne de pui tocata, fiind mult mai usoare decat cele facute din carne de porc. Noi le-am servit cu garnitura de cartofi taranesti, dar merg foarte bine si cu paste sau piure de cartofi (mai ales pentru cei care aveti copii).
        These small meatballs are a very tasty appetizer, well known and appreciated by all people. Because I wanted to avoid pork meat I've tried out the chicken meatballs, which are a lot lighter than the pork version ones. We served them with country style potatoes, but they also go really well with pasta or mashed potatoes (especially for those of you who have children).

Ingrediente/Ingredients:                                 

 500 g carne tocata de pui/500 g ground chicken
 1 ceapa mica/1 small onion
 2 oua/2 eggs
 1 felie mare de paine/1 slice of bread
 4 catei de usturoi/4 garlic cloves
 patrunjel verde/fresh parsley leaves
 sare, piper/salt, pepper
 ulei pentru prajit/oil for frying



Cum se face/How it's made:

Intr-un bol amestecam carnea de pui, cu ouale, ceapa tocata, usturoiul zdrobit, painea inmuiata in apa, scursa si zdrobita, patrunjelul tocat, sarea si piperul si amestecam foarte bine si adaugam sare dupa gust.
In a large bowl we mix together the meat with eggs, crushed garlic, chopped onion, the soaked bread, drained and smashed, spices and parsley and we mix them all very well.

Cu mainile umezite cu apa, formam bilute mici din compozitia obtinuta de marimea unei nuci (puteti sa le faceti mai mari daca doriti) si le punem pe o farfurie.
With wet hands we form small balls size of walnuts until we finish all the meat mixture and place them on a plate.

Intr-o cratita mica punem ulei iar cand uleiul e incins adaugam bilutele de carne (in mai multe ture) si le lasam sa se scufunde in ulei. Dupa ce incep sa se rumeneasca putin, le intoarcem usor rotind cratita mai mult. Din cauza ca ele sunt acoperite de ulei se vor praji foarte frumos fara a fi nevoie sa le intoarcem cu o lingura.
In a small pot, we heat up oil and fry the meatballs (in a few rounds). When they start to fry we slowly rotate the pot a little bit, so the oil covers them on all sides, and they brown nicely.



Le scoatem pe servet de hartie pentru a absorbi uleiul de pe ele.
We take them out on paper towels to absorb the oil.

Servim cu garnitura de varza, paste sau cartofi, taranesti in cazul meu. Bon appetit!

We serve them with fried cabbage, pasta or potatoes, country style potatoes in our case. Bon appetit!