Cooking with Adrian - Mici, the most popular street food in Romania

beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground pork is often less expensive.

lamb

🥗Healthier: ground chicken

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Ground chicken is leaner, while ground beef is more affordable.

mustard

🥗Healthier: honey mustard

💰Cheaper: ketchup

Honey mustard adds sweetness, while ketchup is a more common condiment.

Start by introducing the dish, Mici, a Romanian skinless sausage.

Gather ingredients: 1 kg beef mince (20% fat), 500 g pork mince, 1 heaped teaspoon sweet paprika, 1 heaped teaspoon pepper, 1 heaped teaspoon salt, 1 heaped teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, a pinch of dry thyme, 300 ml concentrated beef stock, and 1.5 tablespoons garlic.

Mix the pork mince and beef mince together in a bowl.

Add the sweet paprika, pepper, salt, bicarbonate of soda, and thyme to the meat mixture.

Add 1.5 tablespoons of garlic to the mixture.

Gradually add the beef stock to the mixture in portions, mixing thoroughly each time.

Mix the ingredients by hand for about 5-10 minutes until well combined and the mixture holds together without falling apart.

Transfer the mixture to a sealable bag, removing as much air as possible, and seal it.

Refrigerate the mixture overnight for best flavor infusion, or at least for a couple of hours if short on time.

After resting, wet your hands to prevent sticking and begin rolling the mixture into sausages.

Ensure the sausages are not overly thick to allow for even cooking.

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