The Best Aussie Rissoles Recipe

Three beef rissoles on a plate with lettuce and tomato.

The Best Aussie Rissoles Recipe

The BEST ever juicy and tender beef rissoles recipe, ready in just 20 minutes! These classic Aussie meat patties are a beloved family favourite for dinners or BBQs.

Course Dinner

Cuisine Australian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings Rissoles

Calories 296kcal

Author Wandercooks

Cost $12

Ingredients

1 kg beef mince 2 lb
4 slices white bread torn into pieces
½ cup water
1 egg
40 g French onion soup mix 1 packet, sub 2 tsp chicken stock powder
1 tbsp vegetable oil for cooking

Optional Veggies:

1 carrot grated
1 onion finely chopped or grated

Instructions

To Make The Rissole Patties

Soak white bread pieces in water to soften in a large mixing bowl. Then squeeze out and drain as much liquid as possible.
4 slices white bread, ½ cup water
Sprinkle over French onion soup mix and add the egg and beef mince over soaked bread and use your hands to mix well until ingredients are well combined. Optional: Add grated carrot and onion and mix through.
1 kg beef mince, 1 egg, 40 g French onion soup mix, 1 carrot, 1 onion
Form mince rissoles - any size you like. You can do them as small as meatballs or as big as burger patties depending on your preference. A good medium size is around 100 g / 3.5 oz per rissole.
You can store uncooked patties at this stage between layers of baking paper in an airtight container for 1-2 days in the the fridge or 1-2 months in the freezer.

To Cook

Heat the vegetable oil in a large frying pan, skillet or BBQ. Add the rissoles and cook for 3-5 minutes each side until cooked through. Optional: Flatten them out a little with a spatula and tip them on their sides for a minute to seal if you like.
1 tbsp vegetable oil

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Notes

Patties - Mix the ingredients really well by hand for a nice, smooth texture. This will also ensure the seasonings and bread are evenly mixed through the mince.
Cooking - Rissoles are amazing on a BBQ or cooked over charcoal, but are perfectly fine when cooked on the stove in a frying pan.
Add Flavour - Add worcestershire sauce to the rissoles mixture before forming into patties.
Extra Nutrition - Add a small tin of mashed beans into the mix.
Add a Coating - Roll them in flour or breadcrumbs (regular or Japanese panko breadcrumbs for extra crunch). Or wrap them in pastry for a more European style rissole parcel.
Shapes & Sizes - Serve as burgers with lettuce, cheese and tomato, or form them up into sausage shapes similar to cevapi. Mini rissoles are perfect on rice bowls.

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