In Russian cuisine, along with cabbage soup and cereals, an important place is occupied by pickle. The basis of this rich and satisfying first course is meat and pickles. By changing and adding new ingredients, you can get various recipes for its preparation. To cook a pickle with chicken according to the classic recipe, you must accurately adhere to the composition and proportions of the components.
It is necessary to take the chicken, rinse it well, gut it, remove the skin from it and cut it into two parts. Prepared chicken should be poured with cold water in a pan, add salt and put on the stove. After boiling the broth, remove the foam and leave to boil for an hour over low heat.
While the broth is preparing, do not waste time. You can safely prepare all the vegetables for seasoning pickle. Peel the carrots (2 pcs.) And onions (1 pc.), Wash thoroughly and chop finely. It is more convenient to grate carrots on a coarse grater. Fry the vegetables in a frying pan in oil until golden brown, pour in the broth, a little table vinegar and simmer for 15 minutes. It is more practical to cover the pan, but do not forget to mix the vegetables so that they do not burn.
When the chicken is ready, it should be removed from the pan, cooled and cut into small pieces. In the pickle with chicken, be sure to add potatoes (6 pcs.), Pickle (1 cup), pickles (3-4 pcs.) And fried vegetables. Continue cooking for another 30 minutes. At the end, use chili pepper, bay leaf, red or black pepper to taste.
Ready pickle is poured hot on plates, put pieces of chicken meat, add sour cream or mayonnaise, a lot of chopped greens and start the meal. In order for the pickle with chicken to bring joy, and not digestive problems, we must remember the basic secrets of its preparation:
- Never use pickled cucumbers in pickle. Take only pickles of good quality, firm, crunchy and with delicious pickle.
- First you need to grind the cucumbers and fry in oil to improve the taste of the dish itself.
- For diseases of the stomach and intestines, never use vinegar and hot pepper, so as not to aggravate the disease.
Experienced housewives to improve the taste, in a classic recipe for pickle with chicken, introduce a slice of lemon, which is already added to the plate. Pickle can be prepared from chicken hearts and wings, add barley groats, rice or pearl barley to make the dish hearty and thicker.
A pickle with chicken and pearl barley is prepared in several ways. If the first dish is made from chicken fillet or breast, you must first cook a saturated broth with meat, and separately - pearl barley until half-cooked. Pass the onions, carrots and pickles in a pan, adding tomato paste. Then add small pieces of potato and barley to the pan. After 10 minutes add the remaining vegetables, bay leaf. If necessary, pepper and continue cooking until cooked for another 15 minutes over medium heat. When serving, put mayonnaise and greens in it.
The second way is much simpler. For its preparation, chicken stomachs, hearts, wings and throat are used. The meat must be thoroughly cleaned of film and skin and cook for 40 minutes. Then throw pearl barley into the broth and continue cooking for about 40 minutes. Then you can put potatoes, celery, onions and cucumbers and cook until the potatoes are ready.
During this time, pearl barley will have time to cook, and hearts with stomachs will turn out to be soft and tasty. At the very end, add bay leaf, spices, parsley and pour cucumber pickle. Put a spoonful of sour cream and a slice of lemon in a plate.
Pickle with chicken, only at first glance it seems like a simple meal. If you show your imagination and cook it with love, you can pleasantly surprise even the most demanding lover of good food.