Name: Chicken Bitki
Yield: Makes Twelve
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 60 ml/4 tbsp vegetable oil; 115 g/4 oz flat mushrooms, finely chopped; salt and ground black pepper; green salad and grated pickled beetroot (beets), to serve; 1.5 ml/¼ tsp grated nutmeg; 30 ml/2 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour; 350 g/12 oz skinless chicken breast fillets, thighs or guinea fowl, minced (ground) or finely chopped; 2 eggs, separated; 50 g/2 oz/1 cup fresh white breadcrumbs

Preparation info

Makes
Twelve

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

About

Chicken patties, or bitki, are a favourite Ashkenazic dish of Poland, Russia and Eastern Europe. Whipped egg whites added to the chicken mixture lighten the texture.

Ingredients

60 ml/4 tbsp vegetable oil
115 g/4

Method

Heat 15 ml/1 tbsp of the oil in a pan and fry the mushrooms for 5 minutes until soft and all the juices have evaporated. Allow to cool.
Mix the crumbs, chicken, egg yol

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