Caring for a healthy diet is becoming one of the main components of modern life that does not pamper us with a favorable environment. That is why everyone who wants to maintain or improve their health, sooner or later thinks about what he eats. In addition, advertisements and doctors daily from TV screens and from the pages of newspapers and magazines scare us with excess weight, cholesterol and carcinogens. And, we unwittingly, begin to listen and revise our diet.
Perhaps one of the most useful, you can call dishes prepared in pots. Ceramic pots excellently preserve not only the taste of the products, but almost all vitamins and minerals. In addition, for example, roast in pots of chicken, it is very quickly and easily cooked, saving your time and energy. The ingredients can be any, depending on your preferences and culinary imagination. Chicken can be replaced with pork or mushrooms.
Roast in pots of chicken and potatoes is an easy-to-cook diet dish that will be relevant for dinner and for a festive dinner. The recipe for this dish will appeal to both novice cooks and "cooks" with experience.
To prepare two servings, take:
- 2-3 medium-sized potatoes;
- one medium carrot;
- half the onion;
- half the chicken breast;
- one medium tomato;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- one medium red bell pepper;
- salt, spices;
- fresh herbs;
- sunflower or olive oil;
- boiled hot water;
- sour cream.
We wash the vegetables and cut them into slices. Finely chop the onion and fry in oil, add carrots and tomatoes to it. We wash the pots, add oil and spread the chicken, potatoes, peppers, sautéed vegetables. Next, add salt, spices, garlic and sour cream. Fill the future hot water with one third. We put our pots in the oven or in the microwave. Roast in pots of chicken in the microwave is even tastier and healthier. Cooking time takes on average about half an hour. Ready roast do not forget to sprinkle with fresh herbs.
If you want to cook an appetizing and fragrant dish, increase its nutritional value and get the maximum benefit, as well as spend a minimum of your time on it, then roast in pots in the microwave is your culinary aid.
Very tasty roast is obtained with pork and mushrooms. Fresh mushrooms and lean meat are best for this. Take pork instead of chicken. Cut it into small pieces, and potatoes and carrots are crayons and cubes. Wash and fry the mushrooms in sunflower oil with onions and carrots. Prepare the pots, pour a little oil in them and lay the ingredients in layers: potatoes, meat, mushrooms. You can add more tomatoes and bell peppers. Each layer must be seasoned with salt, pepper and sprinkle with spices. Put a spoonful of sour cream on top and add some hot boiled water. Put in the microwave for 20 minutes and enjoy a delicious meal. Sprinkle with fresh parsley and dill before serving.
Roast in pots of chicken can be cooked in the miracle of modern technology - aerogrill, which has recently become the dream of everyone who cares about the health of her family, the hostess. If you are still the very lucky one, just put the ceramic pot with its contents in the air grill and turn on the appropriate mode. This preparation of roast eliminates unnecessary fat and increase the dietary component of the dish. In addition, pot roasts in aerogrill are cooked in just 15-20 minutes, while preserving all the vitamins and trace elements we need.
Ceramic pots are the heritage of our caring ancestors who know the secret of health and longevity. They cooked in a Russian stove, ate from clay pots and practically did not know the diseases. And summing up, I want to say that everything useful, along with the ingenious, is simple.