Котлеты/Kotlety (Fried Meat Patties)

This is a very standard Russian dish.

• 2 lbs ground beef, turkey, chicken or even fish
• 2 eggs
• 5 slices of bread, soaked in water and then squeezed
• 1 medium-large onion
• 1 tsp salt
• pepper (to taste)
• bread crumbs (if using beef)

Mix up the eggs with a fork, food process the bread and onion, then combine everything. Form into patties and fry. For beef kotlety, roll in bread crumbs before frying. Interesting note: turkey kotlety taste a lot more similar to beef than to chicken.

Works well served with mashed potatoes and some broccoli or salad.