It's no secret that chicken meat is one of the healthy foods. The fact is that chicken contains up to 23% protein in its composition. In addition, it contains 92% of the amino acids necessary for the human body, and its fat content does not exceed 10%. The chicken fillet contains a large amount of vitamins B12, B6, B9 and B2, as well as some trace elements: iron, phosphorus, selenium, sulfur, calcium and magnesium. All of this is rich in chicken. How to cook a tasty and nutritious dish from this meat? And what must be done so that the harmful properties of this product do not appear?
With all its advantages, chicken also has several disadvantages. The largest and most easily removable is the skin. It contains a large amount of fat and has the ability to accumulate harmful substances. Therefore, the skin is best removed. It is advisable to buy domestic chicken to reduce the risk of acquiring antibiotic-containing poultry. If you bake meat in foil, you don’t need to bake vegetables with it, otherwise the juices produced by them will oxidize the foil, and the chicken will absorb harmful substances.
The most delicious and nutritious part of the bird is the breast. This is what you usually see in stores called "chicken fillet." How to cook such meat so that it does not lose its beneficial properties? There are many ways.
The simplest of these is boiling or steaming. This method is the most reliable and correct from the point of view of a healthy diet.
Steamed chicken fillet with vegetables is an excellent dish if you follow calories and figure or just follow a diet. Take potatoes, onions, carrots, bell peppers and cabbage. Peel and cut into slices or small cubes. Then all this must be laid out in the multicooker bowl, after pouring a little vegetable oil into it. Add green beans. Salt, add spices. Stir and pour water. Cut the chicken fillet into small portions, salt, add spices and, greased with butter or sour cream, put in a container-double boiler. You can also put a slice of tomato and a little onion on the chicken fillet. The multicooker "knows" how to cook a dish: it remains only to close the lid and set the "Pilaf" mode. When the cooking is over, mix all the ingredients.
Chicken fillet in batter is cooked like this. The meat should be washed and cut into portions the size of a cutlet (can be cut into pieces of a different size). We beat each portion, salt and pepper. Next you need to cook batter. To do this, take the flour and dilute it with warm milk. Then add dumb vegetable oil, 2-3 eggs.
Salt, pepper, mix and leave to swell for 15 minutes. In batter, dip chicken fillet on all sides. How to cook a frying pan is also worth mentioning. It is necessary to grease a still frying pan with a small amount of vegetable oil and heat it over low heat. After a couple of minutes, just fry the pieces of the bird in batter until golden brown. We spread it on plates, add a side dish and enjoy an amazing taste.