Kurnik is one of the oldest Russian national dishes. And if you have never cooked it yourself, we suggest you learn how to do it. Believe me, all your family members will like this treat the first time and will surely become one of the most beloved ones. It cannot be otherwise. Because the henhouse is very beautiful, tasty and fragrant.
What it is?
The kurnik is also called the "father-pie". In the old days, this dish was surely prepared on the festive table. An appetizer is a pie consisting of several layers of dough and various fillings. They began to cook a modern kurnik with pancakes. The name of the dish itself suggests that chicken meat is used as mincemeat for the pie. But, besides him, the filling can contain offal, fish, buckwheat, millet, mushrooms. In this article, recipes are given to the attention of the hostesses, which tells how to cook a chicken coop and not only with it. Study and boldly take notes for yourself. Cook with pleasure an old national dish.
Learning to cook a chicken coop with mushrooms. Preparation stage
The following information indicates which foods are needed to bake this cake.
For the test we prepare the following ingredients:
- 200 ml of milk;
- 1 chicken egg and 1 yolk (for lubrication);
- 4 large spoons of butter;
- 25 g of yeast (raw);
- 2 small tablespoons of sugar;
- 500 g of wheat flour;
- a quarter teaspoon of salt.
For chicken filling you will need:
- chicken fillet;
- dill;
- parsley.
This chicken hen recipe suggests the presence of minced mushroom. To prepare it, prepare:
- fresh champignons - 400 g;
- onions - 2 pcs.;
- Refined sunflower oil.
To perform rice filling, you need these products:
- rice - 100 g;
- chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
- green onions - 4 feathers.
The henhouse with chicken and mushrooms inside will also be filled with pancakes. To perform them, you need the following ingredients:
- 1 cup of milk;
- 1 egg
- 100 g of flour;
- vegetable oil;
- salt.
The stage of meat filling
Want to know how to make a chicken hen? We start making fillings. It is the minced meat in this dish that is the main one. To cook it, boil the fillet in salted water for about half an hour. Then cool it and chop it (pick it with your hands or chop it with a knife). Add finely chopped greens to the meat. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stuff the minced meat.
Mushroom filling: how to cook?
Wash the champignons and cut into slices. Chop onions into small pieces. Fry these products in sunflower oil. Add salt and pepper to taste. When the onion turns golden and a crust appears on the mushrooms, remove the pan from the heat. Put the workpiece in a bowl and let cool.
Rice filling
Chicken and mushroom chicken pot will include the third kind of minced meat. To cook it, boil the rice and drain the liquid through a sieve. Cook hard-boiled chicken eggs, cool and grind or mash with a fork. Chop green onions finely. Pour all these products into a bowl, salt and mix.
Pie dough preparation step
Heat the milk and dilute the yeast in it. In a separate bowl, beat the chicken egg with salt and sugar. Add this mixture to milk and yeast. Melt the butter and pour into a bowl with the rest of the products. Now add flour and knead the dough. Make it not very cool. When the dough stops sticking to your hands, set it aside for two hours to come up.
Cooking pancakes
The kurnik, the step-by-step recipe for which you are studying, inside will consist of three layers of filling. And they will be transferred to pancakes. We tell further the technology of their preparation.
Beat the egg with milk. Add salt and vegetable oil. Pour flour in small portions and mix. The dough should have a uniform consistency. Oven pancakes should be in a well-heated pan. They should be thin.
Putting the pie together
Grease a baking sheet with oil. Divide the yeast dough into two parts. Roll one half with a rolling pin in the form of a circle, the diameter of which should be slightly larger than the diameter of the pancakes. Place the dough on the bottom of the pan. Top with a layer of mushroom filling. Cover it with pancake or two. The next tier is minced meat. Put it out and cover with a pancake. Next pour the rice filling. Roll the second half of the dough into a circle. Put this layer on top of the last layer of minced meat, pinch the edges of the pie. In the middle of the hench, make a hole to the bottom. Beat raw chicken yolk and use a brush to apply it on top of the dough.
Baking stage
Put the mushroom cooker, the recipe of which you learned, into an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Bake it for about 30 minutes. Then pull it out and pour mushroom broth or chicken broth into the hole in the middle. Cover the dish with a clean and dry towel and let it brew for an hour or two. After that, the pie can be eaten. Serve it with sour cream, a variety of sauces or broths. It is delicious both hot and cold.
How to cook a chicken hen: tips and tricks
The dough for this pie may not necessarily be yeast. The kurnik can be done on a puff or sand basis. In this case, the hostesses can ease their task and buy ready-made dough at the grocery store. Pancakes can be made not purely on wheat flour, but with the addition of rye or buckwheat. From this, "father-pie" only wins, acquiring an interesting taste.
As for the fillings, here there are culinary fantasies where to turn around. They can be very different. The most popular are minced meat from potatoes, ham, cheese, fish, cranberries and other products. The name of the pie implies the presence of chicken meat in it. But it is prepared with the addition of pork, beef, lamb. There can be four, six or even more layers in the kurnik. The main thing is that the fillings are harmoniously combined with each other.
From the article you learned how to prepare a classic chicken hen and mushroom chicken. Bake at home and treat your family with such a cake. Believe that this dish will conquer their hearts and stomachs with the first crumbs eaten.