Stuffed chicken is a dish that will be appropriate both on the festive table, for example at some celebration, and in the daily menu, especially if you want to treat your loved ones with some special treats. For example, if a chicken is often stewed or fried for a family dinner, then for a festive event it is customary to cook it in the oven with various spices, additives or toppings. And the more additional original ingredients, the more interesting your dish can turn out. In the oven, both small parts of the chicken and the whole bird are baked. By taking on just one of the recipes given in this article, you can truly surprise guests.
It is noteworthy that this dish seems complicated only at first glance. After all, almost any ingredients are suitable as a filling. It all depends on your culinary imagination. Among the most common fillings are rice, vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, buckwheat, minced meat. There are more original and rare recipes. Having chosen the filling to your liking, you can experiment with this dish almost every day.
Classic recipe
Stuffed chicken, which is prepared according to the classic recipe, is considered the most optimal dish for fans of diet food, in addition, it will appeal to all fans of baked vegetables. Just note that for its preparation it is not necessary to use all the vegetables indicated in this recipe. You can focus solely on your own taste and do not forget to experiment.
To get a stuffed chicken according to the classic recipe, you need the following set of ingredients:
- chicken carcass;
- one eggplant;
- one bell pepper;
- 2 fresh tomatoes;
- 2 onion heads;
- 50 grams of mayonnaise;
- 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- ground black pepper;
- salt;
- seasonings and spices to taste.
Cooking process
First you need to gut the chicken carcass, rinse it thoroughly, and then dry it with paper towels. Carefully rub it with seasonings, spices, black pepper and, of course, salt.
We wash the eggplants, cut the stalk and peel from them, and then cut into small identical pieces. Onions must also be peeled, rinsed under cold running water and finely chopped.
We cut the bell pepper into two approximately equal parts, remove the stalk, peel all the grains, cut into small cubes.
Rinse the tomatoes in water, cut in the same way as the rest of the vegetables.
At this time, in a pan with high sides, heat a small amount of vegetable oil, fry vegetables in it until half cooked, adding black ground pepper and salt. After letting them cool down a bit. Now lay the vegetable filling in the chicken. This should be done as carefully as possible, in a small incision, and then we sew the abdomen with thread or chop off with several toothpicks.
For baking, we use the largest pan that is found in your kitchen. Lubricate it with vegetable oil and cover it with foil. We spread on it already stuffed chicken breast down. Now you need to grease the skin with mayonnaise, if desired, replace it with ketchup or even sour cream. We put the pan in the oven, which we preheat to a temperature of 200 degrees. According to the recipe for stuffed chicken, it should be baked from one to one and a half hours, depending on weight.
We shift the finished chicken to a large dish - and you can serve it to the table. Hot preferably.
Potato and Mushroom Stuffing
Another option to cook stuffed chicken in the oven is to stuff it with mushrooms and potatoes. It will turn out very tasty and satisfying, and any mushrooms in this recipe can be used.
For this dish option we will need:
- whole chicken carcass;
- 3 medium-sized potatoes;
- 300 grams of fresh champignons (for example, consider these mushrooms, although you can use any);
- 2 onion heads;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- ground black pepper;
- salt;
- seasonings and spices to taste.
Mushroom Chicken
Let us dwell on this recipe for stuffed chicken in the oven. Note that the general essence remains unchanged, the main difference is the filling used.
We gutted the chicken, rinse with cool running water and carefully dry it with paper towels. Peel the potatoes, wash them and cut them into very small pieces. We do the same with onions - free from husks and shred as finely as possible. We clean and wash the champignons, they should be cut into neat, thin plates.
In a large frying pan, heat a little vegetable oil. We start by frying the onions until a characteristic golden color is formed. Add mushrooms there, fry until all the liquid has completely evaporated. Only after this comes the turn of potatoes, it needs to be salted, and then constantly mixed, in total it takes about ten minutes to cook.
In the chicken we lay the resulting filling, and sew the hole with thread. On a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil, we spread the chicken itself, stuffed with mushrooms and other vegetables. At this time, we clean the garlic and pass it through the garlic press. In a separate small bowl, mix it with vegetable oil, salt, spices, black pepper and seasonings. With this mixture you need to grease the whole carcass of the chicken densely.
Now it's time to send it to the oven. Preheat it to 200 degrees, bake for an hour. When this time is up, carefully remove the threads and serve the dish hot on the table.
Another original filling
It will be very original if you decide to fill the chicken with a mixture of rice and dried fruits. Nobody has ever tried such a dish before from your guests. This is a very unusual combination of rice with raisins, dried apricots and prunes. Tender chicken meat under the influence of sweet dried fruits will not leave anyone indifferent, especially if you still add a little cinnamon to them.
To cook such stuffed chicken, the photo of which is available in this article, you will need:
- whole chicken carcass;
- half a glass of white rice;
- a teaspoon of ground cinnamon;
- 50 grams of pitted prunes;
- 50 grams of pitted raisins;
- 50 grams of dried apricots;
- ground black pepper;
- salt;
- seasonings and spices to taste.
detailed instructions
Rice must be carefully sorted, rinsed several times under running water. Only after that we transfer it to the pan, fill it with cold water in a ratio of one to two and cook until half ready.
Rinse thoroughly with dried apricots, prunes and raisins. After half an hour pour boiling water over them. Please note that all dried fruits must be seedless, this is one of the key conditions. After 30 minutes, drain the water, prune and finely chop the dried apricots.
In a separate plate we combine rice with dried fruits, salt, add ground cinnamon and black pepper. Mix the filling thoroughly. Gutted the chicken carcass, wash it under running water and dry it with paper towels.
We rub the future stuffed chicken whole with spices and salt : both inside and out. After that, we cut it in the region of the breast and lay the previously prepared original filling. The incision is sutured with threads or neatly fastened with toothpicks. We grease the baking dish with oil and transfer the chicken to it, placing the breast down.
We put it for an hour in the oven, heated to 200 degrees. Before serving, it can be decorated with finely chopped greens.
Cheese and chicken
The recipe for chicken stuffed with cheese will pleasantly surprise all fondue fans. In this case, cheese is required. It gives a special taste that softens tender chicken meat, making it even tastier. To cook chicken in this way, you will need to stock up:
- whole chicken;
- 2 processed cheese "Friendship";
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- a tablespoon of butter;
- 3 tablespoons 3% vinegar;
- 3 tablespoons of chicken stock;
- 2 teaspoons of salt;
- a teaspoon of black pepper powder.
Getting down to cooking chicken
Thoroughly wash the chicken carcass, thread the finger under the skin, trying to separate as much meat as possible from the skin. In a separate bowl, mix salt and black pepper. The carcass must be carefully pierced under the skin, and then cuts along the entire surface (along the wings and hips). With a mixture of salt and pepper, grease the chicken under the skin and from the inside. Leave it to marinate well. Well, at this time we ourselves are taken for the filling.
Grind the cheese until smooth, mix with pepper and salt. Add the garlic passed through the garlic press. We stuff the chicken first from the side of the neck and abdomen, trying to push the filling as far as possible under the skin. Then we turn the carcass to the abdomen and start it from the bottom. Sew, put in the oven and bake at a temperature of 200 degrees.
During this time, it is recommended to prepare the filling by mixing butter with vinegar, chicken stock and boiling water. After 20 minutes, water the carcass with this mixture and bake until tender.
We stuff pancakes
Another non-standard recipe for this dish is chicken stuffed with pancakes. You will need:
- 1.5 kilograms of chicken;
- clove of garlic;
- salt and pepper;
- mayonnaise;
- 7-8 pancakes;
- 200 grams of champignons;
- 100 grams of hard cheese;
- bulb;
- egg;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 50 grams of butter;
- parsley greens.
We realize the original recipe
Rub the washed chicken with a mixture of pepper and salt, make small cuts with a knife, into which we insert the plates of garlic.
Fry the onion in butter, add the chopped mushrooms, salt and mix until all the liquid has evaporated. Separate the chicken meat from the bones and skip it in a meat grinder. Add mushrooms, parsley, garlic and egg. Mix thoroughly.
We spread the filling on the pancake, evenly distributing it over the entire surface, sprinkle with grated cheese and turn it into a roll. Put the pancakes in the chicken. We fasten with a toothpick, grease the whole chicken with mayonnaise and put it on a baking sheet.
Bake at 180 degrees for about half an hour.
Secrets from the masters
To ensure that you are guaranteed to get stuffed chicken, you must adhere to several important tips.
Always rinse the carcass thoroughly under running water. All the ingredients for the filling before laying in the chicken should be brought to a state of semi-preparedness so that porridge does not turn out.
During baking, make sure that the wings are not burnt, this can ruin everything.