Chicken is easily absorbed by the body, which is why it is so popular among cooks. In addition, many delicious dishes can be made from chicken. It is baked whole in the oven or cooked, cut into portions. And if you add a few ingredients and spices, you get a fragrant and original dish. Cooking chicken can take very little time, as this meat is more tender than other types. Different side dishes or vegetables can be served with chicken. But if you want to cook chicken deliciously and surprise your friends with a new recipe, you may have to spend some time.
For starters, a simple but tasty dish. Take chicken breast, about 500 grams, or drumstick. We wash the meat under cold water and dry well with a towel. Further, if it is a breast, cut it into small cubes and fry in a pan. Fry the whole drumstick. We spread the chicken on a baking sheet, which is greased with oil. We put it in the oven. Meanwhile, we cut the onion head into half rings, and the carrots in circles. Mushrooms (200 grams) need to be cleaned and cut into slices. Add vegetables to the chicken and bake in the oven for some more time. Do not forget to salt and sprinkle with black pepper. Now add half a glass of cream to the chicken and vegetables, mix and simmer for some time in the oven. That's it, the chicken is done. This dish has a pleasant creamy taste. It can be served with mashed potatoes.
And now the recipe for pockets from chicken breast. This dish will decorate any festive table. Take the chicken breast and cut it in half. The amount depends on how many people you are going to feed. Now we cut each part of the breast in the middle, as a result of which we get a pocket. Then you can take any filling. The easiest option is mushrooms fried with onions. You can make the dish more satisfying - take pork stuffing as a filling. It is fatter and makes chicken meat juicy. Add salt and pepper to the filling. We start chicken breast with it and stab the pocket with a wooden stick. Now you need to wrap each breast with a slice of bacon. Then fry them in a pan and place on a baking sheet. Sent to the oven. Five minutes before cooking, you can sprinkle the breasts with cheese or spread with a mixture of sour cream and garlic. Serve such a dish with sour cream and garlic sauce.
How to cook delicious chicken for the festive table? In order for the chicken to turn out beautiful and ruddy after baking, you must first spread it with a mixture in which honey is added. He will give not only a caramel crust, but also add certain flavoring notes. The composition of this sauce may be different. To make the flavor more piquant, mix soy sauce (three tablespoons), honey (one tablespoon), finely chopped garlic and any herbs of your choice. With this mixture, we spread the prepared chicken and send it to the oven. Do not forget to salt and season with pepper.
If you don’t want the chicken to take a lot of time, then try the following recipe. These are simple chicken breast chops. Take the breast and cut it into thick layers. Then carefully beat it off. In order not to damage the tender meat, you need to put it in a plastic bag and then beat off. Then sprinkle each piece with salt and pepper. We spread them on a heated frying pan with vegetable oil. Fry on each side until a brown crust appears.
When baking whole chicken in the oven, make sure that it does not dry out. Then the meat will be tender and juicy. If you want to pre-marinate the meat, use lemon juice or soy sauce.
Cooking chicken is simple and depends on your desires and even imagination. You can safely experiment and add your own ingredients or seasonings and spices. It is advisable to serve the chicken with chicken, because chicken is not as fat as other types of meat.