Chicken breast chop - a meat dish that is especially loved by meat eaters. This product not only tastes good, but also has a number of advantages - such as beneficial properties, minimal calories and nutrition.
What is a chop, and what is it made of?
As you can easily guess even a kettle in the field of cooking, the product is a piece of meat, which is beaten and fried in a pan or baked in the oven.
There are chops of chicken breast, veal, beef, pork. Why is chicken breast and not some other part going to chops? It’s just the most fleshy part of the chicken carcass, in which there are no tendons, no fat, no bones. However, all these advantages can be crossed out by the dryness of the product. This problem can be solved with the help of beating, thanks to it, the thickness of the piece decreases, the fibers are split. This effect allows the meat to cook much faster and without drying out.
The subtleties of cooking chicken breast chop
Cooking a chicken chop is not much different from cooking a beef chop. Here are just a chop of beef served in some cases, semi-fried, so to speak, "with blood." And the chicken breast chops must be brought to full readiness, as raw poultry can cause a disease called salmonellosis.
In addition to the standard frying in a regular pan, the meat dish is also baked in the oven. To give a special flavor to the prepared fillet, you need to sprinkle on both sides with a mixture of salt, spices and herbs (chosen at your own discretion). It must be remembered that the meat does not saline long before the heat treatment, as the salt removes clear juice, which is already lacking in chicken breast.
Pre-chopped chicken breast marinated in a solution that is made from vegetable oil, vinegar and mustard. Some gourmets prefer to use dry white wine instead of vinegar, and wasabi is used instead of mustard.
How to make juicy chicken breast chops? Usually, to get this result, the meat is baked in the oven with onions and tomatoes. Due to vegetables, the chicken does not dry out under the influence of heat from the oven, and also acquires a piquant taste and aroma.
Chicken breast chops with cheese batter will be more delicious. To do this, grated hard cheese is sprinkled on the surface of the dish just before the pan is sent to the oven.
If someone loves exotic cuisine, you can use fresh or canned pineapple instead of tomatoes. Pineapple juice breaks down chicken fibers, making the meat juicy and soft.
To avoid large losses of meat juice during heat treatment, you can first dip the raw meat in melted butter or an egg, then in a breading, which is made from ground crackers. Only after that we bake the dish.
Chops are baked both on the baking sheet (in the form) and on the wire rack.
The ideal weight for chops is 170 grams, as too small pieces of meat, having lost a large amount of juice, become too dry.
Cooking chops with cheese and tomatoes in the oven
You will need the following products:
- a pound of chicken;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- 2 tablespoons light mayonnaise;
- 0.3 kg of tomatoes;
- 250 cheese;
- vegetable oil;
- salt, pepper - optional.
Process
Wash and dry the chicken fillet. Cut the meat horizontally into several plates.
Before further actions, put the prepared fillet in a bag or cover with a film so as not to splatter the table with drops of meat juice.
Using a culinary hammer, slightly beat off the meat, giving it a rounded neat shape.
Cut the tomatoes into thin slices. Rub the cheese.
The crushed garlic is mixed with mayonnaise and pepper. Unsalted mayonnaise can be salt.
Lubricate the pan and the pan with butter. We put the beaten meat. First we cover it with a thin layer of mayonnaise, then circles of tomatoes, we fill everything with cheese.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. We put there a baking sheet with cooked chops. Bake the dish for 30 minutes.
After cooking, put the chops on a plate and sprinkle with herbs.
Chicken Breasts in Breadcrumbs
For cooking you will need:
- 0.6 kg of chicken;
- half a glass of breadcrumbs;
- 120 grams of cheese;
- chicken seasoning;
- a pinch of thyme and oregano, salt - to taste.
Cooking Chops
In order to cook chopped chicken breast chop, rinse the meat and dry it. Cut into portions.
We put the fillet pieces on a cutting board, cover with a film, slightly beat off.
Mix breadcrumbs and grated cheese, seasoning, salt and dried herbs in a plate.
Lubricate each piece with butter, then roll in breading.
We spread on a baking sheet, oiled, chicken chops. We put the baking sheet in a preheated oven and bake for about 30 minutes at a temperature of 180-200 degrees.
Oven Chicken Pineapple Chops
The following will be required:
- 0.6 kg of chicken breast;
- a good spoon of mayonnaise;
- seasoning for chicken;
- rings of canned pineapples (1 for each chop);
- chopped parsley;
- black pepper;
- 120 grams of sunflower oil.
Chop method
Such a diet chicken chop is prepared in a way that we already know.
Wash and dry the chicken breast from moisture, cut into portions. Cover with foil and beat off with a culinary hammer.
We put in the mayonnaise seasoning, chopped herbs, pepper. Mix. Coat raw chops with this sauce.
Lay out portioned slices on a greased baking sheet. We put a pineapple ring on each chop.
Grate cheese and fill them with meat.
Bake for 25 minutes at a temperature of about 200 degrees.
Put cooked chicken on plates for serving. Serve hot.
Oven Chops with Cheese and Mushrooms in the Oven
We need to take:
- 0.6 chicken;
- a good spoon of sour cream;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- black pepper;
- 0.2 kg of fresh champignons;
- 100 grams of onion;
- salt, chopped herbs - to taste;
- vegetable oil;
- 200 grams of cheese.
Getting started cooking
Wash fresh mushrooms, dry, grind. Finely chop the onion. Pour mushrooms into a pan with hot oil and fry. Add onions and mix. Cook for ten minutes, remove from heat, cool.
Cut the chicken into portions, cover with a film, beat off, giving the meat a rounded shape.
Spread the mushrooms with onion in a smooth layer on the prepared fillet.
Mix garlic with sour cream, salt and herbs in a cup.
We cover our chops with this mixture. Sprinkle with grated cheese.
Bake in the oven for 25 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees.
Chicken Chops with Cheese and Onion
Necessary:
- 0.6 kg chicken fillet;
- 150 grams of onions;
- 1 chicken egg;
- two tablespoons of milk;
- 40 grams of flour;
- salt, pepper, chopped dill - optional;
- sunflower oil.
Cooking
Cut the fillet lengthwise into two slices, cover with a film, beat off with a hammer, slightly flattened.
Break the egg into a bowl, pour milk, add flour and salt. Stir thoroughly. Add herbs, mix again.
Shred the onion with thin rings, rub the cheese on a coarse grater.
Lubricate a baking sheet with plenty of oil. Dip the beaten meat into a batter in a piece, lay on a baking sheet.
Sprinkle with onion rings on top. Cover with grated cheese. We build the remaining chops in the same way.
Put the pan in the preheated oven. Bake for half an hour.
Note to the cook
Chops are prepared both with vegetables and without them. In winter, fresh tomatoes can be replaced with ketchup or tomato paste.
If you adhere to a strict diet, give up mayonnaise sauce - use sour cream instead.
You can get a very tender chop if you marinate it in kefir first.
For those who like soft meat instead of a crispy crust, cover the baking sheet with chop foil.
Mostly readers probably figured out the principles for making the perfect chicken chop. It remains only to put the acquired knowledge into practice!
Bon chance!