This recipe for chicken in adjika in the oven will especially appeal to lovers of spicy food. The meat is obtained not only very juicy, tender, but also incredibly aromatic with an unusual piquant taste. According to this recipe, you can cook whole chicken or individual parts of the carcass. Even for the preparation of a dry and not everyone’s favorite chicken breast, our recipe will do.
The main list of ingredients
For cooking, you need simple products. It:
- 1.2 kg of chicken;
- salt;
- adjika (in any quantity);
- sunflower oil;
- mayonnaise;
- a pinch of turmeric;
- fresh greens.
For marinade
Necessary:
- adjika;
- 1 stack dry red wine;
- 4 cloves of garlic.
As well as ground black pepper.
Oven adjika chicken recipe
Whatever piece of chicken you choose for cooking (be it a whole carcass), it is necessary to rinse it well under cold water before starting work, wipe and dry with a paper kitchen towel. In a separate container (so capacious that the meat lies well and was still covered with sauce), we make marinade from adjika, a glass of wine, finely chopped cloves of garlic and ground pepper. Instead of black, you can take fragrant white pepper or hot red. Mix the ingredients thoroughly and rub the meat with them. Leave the chicken in this state for 40-60 minutes. It is advisable to put the chicken in the refrigerator.
How much to put adjika? Here, of course, everything will depend on its severity. Standard store adjika - 4 tablespoons. If you make adjika at home, then you already determine its amount in the marinade. Someone like a scorching chicken, but someone just needs a light fiery note.
After pickling, we begin the main process of cooking chicken in adjika in the oven. To do this, pour oil on the bottom of the baking dish. Mix the remnants of the marinade in which the chicken was just with spices, garlic, salt, mayonnaise, paprika and a couple more spoons of adjika. We rub chicken with this mixture and put it into shape. On top (for the first time) you can make a lid of food foil. 7-8 minutes before being ready, it is recommended to remove this lid to allow the meat pieces to brown.
Cooking chicken with adjika and mayonnaise in the oven is 55 minutes. The temperature is 200 degrees. A dish with lots of fresh herbs is served.
Sauce
This dish can be called universal and thoughtful. As they say, everything will go into action, nothing will be lost. If for baking we used the remains of the marinade, then for cooking the sauce we will use the remains that are in the baking dish. These are not only the ingredients that chicken was coated with, but also the aromatic juices that the chicken secreted during the baking process.
So, pour the juice and the remainder of the plaster into a small bowl. You can strain it in advance. Add garlic crushed with a press (3-4 teeth), a little fresh parsley, a spoonful of adjika. Mix. Serve with chicken.
Side dishes for chicken
Chicken in adjika in the oven can be either an independent dish, or goes well with a side dish. Here are a few examples and short side dish recipes that are perfect for chicken cooked with spicy spicy adjika.
- Potatoes. It can be french fries, in a rustic way in the oven, just boiled jacket potatoes, cut into circles and served with fresh herbs.
- Boiled rice with vegetables. Try stewing rice with eggplant, bell peppers, a couple of tomatoes and lots of greens. It will turn out an incredibly tasty vegetable side dish for chicken in adjika in the oven.
- An unusual solution is to cook carrot rice. This recipe came to us from Indian cuisine. Rice is stewed with the addition of finely chopped carrots, garlic and nuts. It turns out a fragrant, nourishing, healthy orange side dish.
- Boiled or baked cauliflower in the oven will also be an excellent neighbor for chicken.
- Lentils Not often used ingredient for side dishes, but tasty and incredibly healthy. Boil a glass of lentils in two glasses of water with the addition of salt, garlic and herbs.
- Couscous. Not such a popular cereal as buckwheat or rice, but this did not become less tasty and satisfying. Pour boiling water over half a glass of this cereal with the addition of finely chopped carrots, chopped garlic, a spoonful of soy sauce and curry. It will turn out an incredibly tender dietary side dish for baked chicken whole in adjika in the oven.
- Thick pea puree with a slice of homemade butter.
- Oven-baked vegetables: small slices of young pumpkin, zucchini, bell peppers, potatoes, and eggplant. Add flavored marjoram, rosemary, white pepper, chili pepper, paprika for color and a couple of cloves of garlic for flavor to the vegetables.
- For lovers of even greater exotic than couscous, you can use quinoa or boiled asparagus as a side dish. The dish will turn out as low-calorie, healthy, fragrant and pleasant to taste.