Turkish Butcher Kofta - 5 mins recipe that will change your life!
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Kasap kofta / kofte (Butcher's Meatball) is a very common type of kofta / meatballs in Turkey and there is no set recipe as it is mostly prepared by local butchers and everyone follows their own recipe. This one is my favorite with it's texture, balanced spices and has a juicy and meaty bite. I make these almost every week or keep them in my freezer as we often crave for these little flavor bombs.
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Ingredients:
• 700 g ground beef (preferably around 20 - 30 % fat)
• 300 g ground lamb (preferably around 20 - 30 % fat)
• 2 onions (medium size), pulp only
• 100 g bread crumbs
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cumin
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp chili flakes
• 1 clove garlic (minced) - optional
• 50 ml beef or lamb stock (optional, substitute with water)
• Roasted tomatoes, chilies and bread slices to serve
Instructions:
1. Add the ground beef and lamb into the bowl,
2. Add the bread crumbs into the bowl and add 1 tsp baking soda
3. Add 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp black pepper, 2 tsp chili flakes
4. Mix with your hands to combine and add 2 tbsp beef stock
5. Mix and knead for 5 mins until well combined
6. Cover and let it rest in the fridge for overnight or at least 8 hours
7. Grate the onions and squeeze out the juice, add the pulp into the mixture
8. Optionally, add 1 clove of (minced) garlic
9. Knead the mix for another 10 mins get a smooth, non-sticky dough texture
10. Divide the mix into walnut size pieces
11. Slightly wet your hands and first roll between your palms to make a smooth ball
12. Shape the balls into eliptic flat disc shapes between your palms and fingers
13. Set aside koftas that you are going to cook and freeze the rest in a container and between parchment paper
14. Heat up a large pan (preferably cast iron) on low - medium heat until it’s medium hot
15. The pan should not be searing hot as kofta requires medium heat
16. Place the koftas on the medium hot pan and flip over after 2 - 3 minutes, after they separate from the bottom of the pan
17. Grill the other side for another 2 minutes, after they no more stick and get a nice golden color
18. To serve, toast bread slices in the same pan and roast some tomatoes and chilies
19. Serve with toasted bread and roasted chilies and tomatoes
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This channel is golden! Anytime I want to prepare some Turkish food, I easily got lost in Turkish UA-cam, due to inaccurate descriptions, skipping important details, low visual quality, unreasonably long videos. Your videos are super informative, silent, accurate and well captured and edited. This is a gem! Thank you so much!
I strictly followed your kofta recipe yesterday, and after many years (I am 33!), I am able to cook some proper Turkish kofta, as someone living abroad for many years!
Thank you thank you and please continue! Cok ama cok tesekkurler!
Ben cok tesekkur ederim, yardimci olabildiysem ne mutlu bana.🙏
No yapping is a huge plus. Stylish yet concise.
nefis yemek tariflerinden gina gelmisti. sonunda dogu duzgun bir kofte videosu. tesekkurler
I love your recipes! I have watched a bunch or your videos. Now I need to start making some of your dishes. I hope when I go to my local Turkish market they have all the spices. I definitely have sumac. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you! A Turkish market should definitely have the spices.
Kasap köfte is my favourite. You can have it with some onion salad made with onion, parsley and some sumac. Baking soda gives that elastic texture and low heat makes it tender. Yummy! Thank you Hungry Man.
Thanks for watching and commenting! Appreciated!
It looks amazing! 😍😍Reminds me so much of some Indian kebabs (kakori, galawti...) where the minced meat is also kneaded and grinded to a paste. If you add some raw papaya paste to the meat, it will melt in your mouth. For a charcoal flavour without actual charcoal cooking, one may try the "dhungar" technique: smoke the raw meat, before cooking, placing a piece of hot charcoal in a small container with the meat, drizzle some fat (oil, butter, ghee) over the charcoal and cover tightly, letting the smoke infuse the meat. This, of course, will not be kasap kofta but some sort of indo-turkish fusion😉😍♥♥
Oooooh yes please, I'll have half a dozen with salad and chilli sauce and garlic mayo 😋 👌
Chilli Sauce and garlic mayo sounds perfect!
They look delish , and so simple to make thank you .
one of my favourite turkish dishes ！çok teşekkür ederim ❤
Rice ederim efenim!
You are the best , I enjoy watching your videos. Please continue to share your wonderful recipes.
Thank you!
I just bought castiron pan ad yours inshallah i will definitely making these yum yummy yummiylisiouc ❤❤❤❤❤😂
THAT was amazingly perfect 😍❤EXCELLENTRecipe👍🏻🌶
Made this yesterday and it was delicious.....thank you for the recipe. Salaaam from Indonesia
Glad you liked it!!
Yummy favorites 👍 going to cook some recipes Blessings to all🍓☕️🥘
Tebrik ediyorum, ellerinize sağlık 🍀✌🏻
Any downside to adding the onion in the beginning?
Dillenmis etdeki soğan mideni agirtir ama bu şekilde midenizi agirtmaz
Gets watery maybe
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Thank you for the recipe tutorial. Your format and content are excellent. I'm going to make these tomorrow.
Thank you! Let me know the result 🙂
@@HungryManKitchen I will. 😊
How do you cook it if you freeze it?
Excellent 🙏
Ellerine sağlık 😍
tariflerinin hepsi birbirinden güzel 😘
Cok tesekkurler!
Beautiful 😍 thank you
Amazing recipes and fabulously presented. I’m surprised you only have 26k followers, you should have waaauyyyy more!
They look amazing. Can you please explain why you add bicarbonate of soda?
It helps with velveting the meat thus softens fibers and enhance juiciness for better texture and tenderness.
Çok teşekkürler
Hocam elinize saglik. Hemen uye oldum kanalizina, Polonya dan selamlar
Cok tesekkurler!
Making these today! 0:40
Hey there HungryMan,
Lovin' these koftas they look amazing...👍
They look amazing!
I guess the same mix would be great shaped like sausages and cooked over charcoal on a BBQ?
I will make this recipe on my next BBQ cook up
Thank you for sharing 👍🏻
Yes, they are even better on charcoal of course. Sausage shape will also work but I suggest first try them as meatballs like the video, flat bite size.👍
Looks good as allways, (Ellerine sağlık reis :D)
Cok sagol!
Mmmmmhhhh ... 😋!!!
Your recipes are very tasty 😋
Thanks
Why did you add the onions the day after instead of at the beginning?
I made this but think my portions were off, maybe too much rice? Anyway, the Kofta were too loose. Delicious anyway as I made them with breadcrumbs and the taste reminded me of milanesas 😋
lk superb🌷🌹
Yummy!
Hungry Man Bey, can you teach how to make patlıcan ve patates salatası 🤤
There are lots of cold eggplant dishes including babaganus and saksuka, more will come!
hello, nice video, is this the Emirdag recipe?
No, but it might be similar. Never been there if you are referring to the kofte shop in NL :)
@@HungryManKitchen hehee, thx for the reply. No, I was referring to the one at Place Liedts - Brussels (there are actually two or three in this square) all making simple koftecisi sandwiches with grilled pepper, no fries, no sauce, and its amazing, this Emirdag Koftecisi which is very small, on a corner, it is ranked the best sandwich in Brussels. I don't think they mix it with bulgure nor cumin, and the lamb is not very noticeable. The mix is amazing once again :) I would like to replicate it at home cuz I don't live in Brussels anymore, unfortunately...
Delicious
Devono essere buonissime!
Yummy 😋
Hahaha when you squeeze the paste through your tightened hand made me giggle cause I'm emotionally a 13 year old
😋
Why add the onion and garlic later? Why not from the start?
Not a must, but if you add the onions from the start it will make the meat go darker and the meat will be cooked a bit with the acidity.
@@HungryManKitchen thanks!
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