Georgian Chakhokhbili from chicken: recipe and ingredients

Chakhokhbili from chicken is a popular Georgian dish. It is prepared quite easily and quickly. Since the dish is prepared from meat and vegetables, it is quite capable of replacing a full meal. There are several options for Georgian chakhokhbili from chicken. Each dish has added ingredients and a unique twist.

Cooking Technique

The name of the dish translates as "cooked pheasant." It is worth noting that this particular bird was previously the main ingredient. But nowadays, chicken meat has been used as often as possible, because it is easier to purchase. If we talk about the traditional classic Chakhokhbili chicken recipe in Georgian, then the remaining components of the brew remain the same: fried meat with tomatoes, onions, garlic and seasonings.

Eggplant, potatoes, nuts are added to other variations of the dish, thereby giving it richness and density. However, the cooking principle does not change: poultry meat is fried without adding oil and then boiled in its own juice. A little later, water is poured into the dishes and vegetables are put.

Georgian Chakhokhbili traditional chicken recipe

Before you try all the cooking options chakhokhbili, you need to cook the usual classic dish.

He will need the following ingredients:

1. Poultry - optional.
2. Tomatoes - 3 or 4 pcs.
3. Onion - 2 pcs.
4. Seasonings to taste.
5. Salt to taste.
6. Garlic - 4 cloves.
7. Sunli hops.

Cooking steps

1. Before starting this recipe, you must purchase products of excellent quality. Thanks to this, the brew will always turn out delicious. It is important to note that chicken can be replaced with chicken legs. Tomatoes and onions should be large, and the greens should be fresh.
2. Cut the poultry into portions. Then the chicken needs to be washed well and dried to remove excess moisture. Heat the pan and fry pieces of meat over medium heat. After that, you need to make the fire quieter and cover the pan with a lid.
   
3. Peel and chop all onion heads in half rings. Sauté the vegetable in a hot frying pan until golden brown. After that, the vegetable is transferred to the meat.
   
4. Before slicing tomatoes, they should be peeled. To do this, they are poured with boiling water for several minutes. Then the tomatoes are cooled in cool water. After this simple procedure, the peel of the vegetable is easily removed. The pulp of tomatoes needs to be cut into small pieces and tossed into a pan with meat. Stewing poultry with tomatoes is recommended 20 minutes.
   
5. Garlic is cut very finely and added to the cooking food. Then washed and chopped fresh herbs and transferred to meat. Georgian stew stew under the lid a little more.
   
6. Before cooking is complete, add suneli hops and salt to taste. The brew is well mixed and cooked for another 5 or 7 minutes.
   

Chakhokhbili from chicken is served mainly as an independent dish. Georgian lavash is often served to him.

How to cook chakhokhbili in a slow cooker?

To cook chakhokhbili with chicken in Georgian in a slow cooker, you need to prepare the following components:

1. Chicken or legs - 1.2 kg.
2. Large onion.
3. Garlic - 2 or 3 cloves.
4. Bell pepper (sweet).
5. Tomatoes - 250 g.
6. National seasonings.
7. Greens.
8. Sunli hops.
9. Salt to taste.

Cooking steps

1. Cut the chicken into separate portions. The meat needs to be washed well and dried.
2. Pieces of poultry are put in a multicooker bowl. Add salt, condiments and suneli hops. The ingredients must be mixed thoroughly. Let the meat brew so that it absorbs the smell of seasonings.
3. Peel the onion, remove the peel from the tomatoes with boiling water. For sweet pepper, cut the stalk and clean it from seeds, as well as finely chop the garlic.
4. All prepared vegetables should be ground in a blender until smooth. Then pour the meat in a slow cooker with this mixture.
5. Set the “Extinguishing” mode on the multicooker and cook for about an hour. Rinse and chop fresh herbs. At the end of cooking, chakhokhbili should be sprinkled with herbs and left to boil for a few minutes.

Georgian chakhokhbili with walnuts

This type of nuts will give the dish a unique and excellent taste. What is needed to cook Georgian chakhokhbili with nuts and nuts:

1. Chicken legs or fillet - optional.
2. Canned Tomatoes - 1 can.
3. Onion - 2 pcs.
4. Walnuts.
5. Garlic - 6 cloves.
6. Butter - 60 g.
7. Chile - 1 pc.
8. Bay leaf - to taste.
9. Cilantro.
10. Suneli hops and salt to taste.

Step-by-step instructions for cooking this recipe

1. Chicken legs or chicken are divided into identical pieces. Each piece is fried in a dry pan until golden brown. Then the fried meat is put in a separate bowl and the fat remaining after frying is drained there.
2. Bulbs are peeled and diced. Fry the vegetable in a pan with butter. After the onion has a rosy hue, it must be laid out for meat.
3. Grind walnuts in parallel. To do this, you can use a blender or an electric meat grinder.
4. Tomatoes should be whipped in a blender along with nuts. Cover the pieces of poultry with the prepared mixture, add bay leaves, bring the meat to a boil and simmer it over low heat.
5. Chop the garlic and a bunch of cilantro, then pour it to the chicken. Salt and hops are added to taste. All ingredients must be mixed, let the brew boil and simmer for another 5 minutes.

Chakhokhbili in the oven

To prepare such a dish, you will need the following products for it:

1. Chicken drumsticks - optional.
2. Sweet pepper - 3 pieces.
3. Onion - 4 pieces.
4. Tomato - 6 pieces.
5. Parsley and dill.
6. Salt.
7. Sunli hops.

The cooking process of chakhokhbili with Georgian chicken in the oven

1. Fry pieces of meat in sunflower oil until a rosy color is formed.
2. Dice peeled tomatoes and sweet peppers.
3. Peel the onions, cut into half rings and chop the greens.
4. Put chicken drumsticks, vegetables and parsley in a prepared cauldron.
5. Pour the dishes with hot water so that it covers the components by 2-3 cm.
6. Add salt and suneli hops.
7. We send the cauldron into the oven and cook for 35 minutes. The temperature should be 200 degrees.

The dish can be served not only pita bread, but also white wine, a side dish of rice or potatoes.

Tips for cooking Georgian dishes

A few unique tips will help make Chakhokhbili a real culinary masterpiece:

1. If after the purchase the chicken turned out to be sinewy or lean, then it can be fried with the addition of oil. So she does not stick to the pan.
2. It is important to know that when cooking Georgian food, a large amount of onion is welcome.
3. When cooking, chakhokhbili rarely use water. Most often, the dish is stewed in the juice of tomatoes and onions. You can add red wine for the sauce.
4. Tomatoes when cooking chakhokhbili must be purchased fresh and ground. Greenhouse winter tomatoes will not give the Georgian brew the desired juiciness and taste.
5. Greens (parsley, dill, cilantro, basil) - the main ingredient in the recipe.
6. To give the dish a refined aroma, add the necessary seasonings to it: hops-suneli, saffron, bay leaf and pepper.