6 best beef dumplings: filling quality, which to choose, pros and cons
Purchased dumplings always come to the rescue if you need to quickly cook up a delicious dinner without unnecessary hassle. This product will also become a real salvation for those who do not like or know how to cook. There are a variety of fillings for dumplings, but ground beef is considered a traditional ingredient.
The assortment of modern stores offers us a huge selection of frozen convenience foods for every taste. Today's survey features the 6 most popular brands of beef dumplings preferred by consumers. Which is better to buy, whether the quality matches the price and what should not be included in the composition - we will analyze all these questions in detail and select the most worthy products.
Rating TOP 6 beef dumplings
After a study of the Russian market, 6 manufacturers of semi-finished dumplings with ground beef were selected. In terms of popularity, the list looks like this:
"Lozhkarev"
Frozen semi-finished dough stuffed with beef and chicken. Medium-sized neat dumplings hold their shape well and do not burst during cooking. The product can not only be boiled, but also fried in a pan. Recommended to be served with a lump of butter, sour cream or ketchup.
Category B product is packaged in a transparent, durable polyethylene flow pack. Contains no preservatives or pork DNA. Estimated cooking time: 7-8 minutes. Shelf life is 6 months at -18 ℃.
| Weight, g | 1000 |
| Filling | beef, onion |
| Calorie content, kcal | 175 |
| Composition | premium baking wheat flour, beef, chicken meat, drinking water, onion, vegetable protein, potato starch, table salt, egg powder, vegetable fiber, refined vegetable oil, ground black pepper |
- budget;
- safe composition;
- thin crust
- inaccurate name
Inexpensive dumplings with a good composition without harmful additives. To reduce the cost, chicken is added to the minced meat and this affects the taste, the filling is dryish. The dough is thin, does not boil over and does not stick together.
"Miratorg"
Flour semi-finished product with meat filling in a bag with a metal lock. Meat of the company's own production is used for the filling. Contents are minced meat from Black Angus marble gobies, onions and spices. The dough is made from durum wheat flour. The manufacturer advises to cook dumplings with the addition of bay leaves and peppercorns.
Category B product does not contain preservatives, soy or poultry. Recommended cooking time: 5-6 minutes after surfacing. The dumplings retain their freshness throughout the year, taking into account the storage in the freezer.
| Weight, g | 800 |
| Filling | beef, garlic, onion |
| Calorie content, kcal | 300 |
| Composition | beef, premium wheat flour, drinking water, onions, vegetable oil, egg powder, table salt, natural spices and herbs: black pepper, allspice, garlic, bay leaf, coriander |
- beautiful packaging;
- minced meat without cartilage and tendons;
- delicious dough
- unstable quality.
There are a lot of negative reviews on the Internet, which seemed strange to me — personally, I did not find anything terrible in them. The dumplings are quite tasty, after eating there were no digestive problems. Minced meat chews well, cartilage and other debris are not noticed.
According to GOST, dumplings can be assigned one of five letter categories: A, B, C, D, D. The filling of a semi-finished product of category A must contain at least 80% of meat, B — from 60 to 80%, V — from 60 to 40%, and so on. Everything else in the minced meat can be soy protein, cereals and other flavors.
"Caesar"
Category B dumplings stuffed with beef and veal in a translucent bag with a flexible lock. Minced meat does not contain poultry or pork DNA - only gobies, onions and spices. Juicy and nutritious small dumplings slightly increase in volume when cooked.
Average weight of one dumpling: 8 g. It is recommended to cook for 7 minutes over low heat with continuous boiling. Shelf life in a freezer: 180 days.
| Weight, g | 750 |
| Filling | beef, veal, onion |
| Calorie content, kcal | 346 |
| Composition | bakery wheat flour of the highest grade, veal, chilled beef, drinking water, pasteurized melange (egg product), onion, dry cream, salt, natural dietary fiber, black pepper |
- natural composition;
- do not boil over;
- hearty
- not found.
Delicious and nutritious dumplings with dense dough and quality minced meat. The composition is not specified, but there is a suspicion that butter has been added — and it had a good effect on the taste.
"Siberian Collection"
Frozen semi-finished meat product in an opaque bag with a covering wire. Minced meat contains three types of meat: marbled beef, chicken thigh fillet and pork. The classic size dumplings are suitable for boiling, roasting and pan-frying.
The product does not contain soy proteins or preservatives. It is recommended to boil in boiling salted water for 3-4 minutes after surfacing. The shelf life is 6 months.
| Weight, g | 700 |
| Filling | beef, chicken, pork, onion |
| Calorie content, kcal | 280 |
| Composition | minced meat - pork, beef, chicken thigh fillet, fresh onions, drinking water, drinking cream, salt, ground black pepper. Dough - wheat flour of the highest grade, drinking water, egg melange, sunflower oil, salt |
- good dough;
- rich broth;
- a lot of meat;
- compact size
- high price.
Some of the most delicious store-bought dumplings — a lot of filling, cook very quickly. They help out great for lunch and are suitable as a snack for beer, if deep-fried.
"HALAL Meat Courtyard"
Frozen dumplings of category B stuffed with beef of the highest category in a bag with a fixative. The gobies used for meat production are raised on organic forage without the addition of antibiotics and hormones. The ratio of meat to shell in percent is 70 to 30. Delicate and juicy taste is provided by butter and cream in the minced meat.
The product does not contain food additives, carrageenan and preservatives. Recommended cooking time: 6-7 minutes in boiling water. The semi-finished product is edible within 6 months from the date of production.
| Weight, g | 800 |
| Filling | beef, onion |
| Calorie content, kcal | 285 |
| Composition | minced meat: beef, butter, drinking cream, fresh onions, drinking water, table salt, ground black pepper, granulated sugar; dough: premium wheat flour, drinking water, chicken eggs, top grade sunflower oil, table salt |
- tasty;
- high-quality minced meat;
- do not stick together;
- broth inside
- expensive.
I like almost all Halal products, including dumplings, even tastier than the Siberian collection. The taste of the meat is well felt, no cartilage or tender parts were found. I try to take on the shares, the price bites.
Often, marketers indicate on the label that their products — hand sculpting. This information can be easily checked at home. To do this, take one unfrozen dumpling and break it in half. If the semi-finished product was molded by hand, the minced meat will stick to the dough.
"Vici"
Dumplings with minced beef in thin crust. They have an original oblong shape in an oriental style and outwardly resemble lace dumplings. Suitable for boiling in water and steam, frying in a pan and deep fat, it is also permissible to heat the product in the microwave. The filling ratio is 60% of the total weight.
Cooking time in water is 3 minutes, in a double boiler from 6 to 10 minutes.The maximum shelf life is 12 months.
| Weight, g | 800 |
| Filling | beef |
| Calorie content, kcal | 232 |
| Composition | filling (beef, beef fat, water, egg white, onion, salt, ground black pepper, Korean leeks, garlic granules, spices (contain mustard)), dough (wheat flour, water, gluten, rapeseed oil, salt) |
- a lot of filling;
- thin dough;
- ideal for frying;
- original form
- high price.
Delicious and unusual in shape dumplings, which are better to fry than to boil. They cook quickly, the dough does not burst, although it is the thinnest. Unfortunately, you rarely find them on sale anywhere.
List of the best
Not all participants in the rating passed the test of tasting properties - some specimens were harshly criticized by consumers for low-quality minced meat and dubious taste properties. The next three samples have the highest ratings and good composition, so you can safely buy them and not be disappointed in your choice.
"Caesar" - value for money
One of the most famous brands of dumplings has not lost its popularity for many years. Semi-finished products "Caesar" can not be called budget, but their quality is consistent with the pricing policy. In the composition of dumplings with gobies meat, there really is no chicken or pork, which means that the manufacturer did not try to reduce the price of the product or mislead the buyer. Also, no soy, flavor enhancers or other additives were found among the ingredients. The taste properties of the product are highly appreciated by the majority of buyers, which means that the brand has rightfully deserved to be on the list of the best.
"Halal Meat Courtyard" - the standard of taste
A copy that is not yet well known among the mass consumer, but definitely worthy of more attention. A semi-finished product with an impeccable composition and favorable tasting characteristics: consumers note a large amount of tasty filling. Inside the finished dumplings, juicy meat of young bulls with broth, the dough is thin, but dense. Soft mince chews well, cartilage and foreign inclusions do not come across.
"Vici" - the best dumplings for frying
The most original beef dumplings on the list thanks to their oblong shape and cooking characteristics. If you prefer to fry your dumplings in a pan or deep-fried, Vici is the best choice. They can also be prepared in the classical way - boiled in water, broth or steamed. The manufacturer allows cooking even in a microwave oven. It should also be noted that the product has a good composition and high organoleptic properties. The downside is that they are not easy to find in stores.
How to choose the right dumplings
The purchase of frozen convenience foods must be taken very seriously so as not to harm your health. Ready-made dumplings are convenient, but not very useful, especially if the manufacturer used cheap and low-quality raw materials. The following recommendations should help you not to make a mistake when choosing:
- Pay attention to the category of dumplings. The higher it is in alphabetical order, the more meat there is in the filling. Category A is extremely rare in stores, mainly dumplings of categories B and C are on sale. Buyers do not pay attention to this too often, although the manufacturer always indicates this information on the label.
- As part of dumplings, meat should be in the first place on the list. The ingredients are always listed in descending order, depending on their percentage. If flour is indicated first, then such a semi-finished product contains more dough than fillings. Soy protein should not be present in quality frozen dumplings.
- The list of added spices and spices should be indicated by name, for example: onions, allspice, coriander, etc.If the manufacturer did not begin to decipher the names, then the composition most likely contains artificial food additives, flavor enhancers and emulsifiers.
- Gently shake the pack before buying: the dumplings stuck together were most likely defrosted and re-frozen. The use of such a product is dangerous to health: it is worth refusing to purchase them.
- After opening the package, it is recommended to visually evaluate the semi-finished product. The color of the dough can tell a lot about quality. Safe dumplings should have a white tint, gray indicates re-freezing, yellow - the presence of dyes to mask low-quality flour. Minced meat can only be gray, pink indicates poor-quality meat or the presence of a dye.
