Dishes from the breast have long been included in the diet of athletes and those who want to lose weight. There are many simple recipes for making chicken. In this article we want to introduce you to some of them.
Chicken Breast in Milk
This delicate dish can be included in the children's menu, but adult family members will appreciate it. Chicken breast in milk is prepared as follows:
- Take 400 grams of chicken - wash it, dry and cut into slices.
- After this, roll the meat in a small amount of flour and send to a preheated pan.
- In a deep saucepan, put 200 grams of fresh or frozen green peas.
- Peel the large onion and cut it into half rings.
- Combine the onions and peas, fill the food with water, put on the stove and cook over low heat. After the water boils, cook them for another seven or ten minutes.
- When the chicken has a golden hue, pour 250 grams of warm milk into the pan.
- Transfer the finished peas to the breast and simmer all together for another quarter of an hour.
When the specified time passes, remove the pan from the heat, put the chicken on plates and sprinkle it with chopped herbs. Garnish can be used for mashed potatoes, rice or buckwheat.
Pineapple Chicken Breast
If you think that chicken always turns out to be somewhat dry, then try this recipe in practice. Surely you will like how chicken, fresh vegetables and sweet and sour sauce are combined. Preparing the dish is simple:
- Cut one large onion and sweet bell pepper into strips. Fry vegetables in vegetable oil until half-cooked.
- Take the fillet. Cut the meat into long slices. Fry it separately from onions and peppers.
- Canned pineapples (just take half a small jar) chop randomly.
- Combine the prepared foods in a pan and simmer over low heat for five minutes.
- Put 100 grams of your favorite sweet and sour sauce to the products and mix.
Remove the pan from the stove after a few minutes. The finished dish should "rest" for about half an hour under the lid, and then it can be served on the table.
Eastern style fillet
If you like Chinese cuisine, then you will like chicken breast in sauce. The recipes of oriental dishes are simple, so they are so easy to cook at home. But this one you will definitely succeed:
- Cut the chicken fillet into long strips and mix them with Teriyaki sauce (it can be purchased at any supermarket).
- Peel a large onion from the husk and cut into half rings.
- After half an hour, salt the pickled pieces of meat, mix and send to fry in vegetable oil. Cook them first over high heat, and after a couple of minutes it should be halved.
- At the end of the frying, put the onions in the pan. Wait for it to brown. When the chicken is cooked, transfer it to a dish and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
B-B-Q
What to cook from breast if you are going to spend time in the lap of nature? Some believe that white chicken cannot be grilled so that it retains its juiciness and softness. However, this opinion is erroneous. And we want to share with you a little secret:
- Grind one onion and two cloves of garlic in a blender bowl. After that, add 300 grams of yogurt, a spoonful of chopped ginger and the juice of half a lemon. Stir the food again.
- Season the sauce with zira, cinnamon, paprika and a mixture of peppers. Put mustard seeds, salt to taste. Add a tablespoon of olive oil.
- Put the chicken fillet in a deep container, fill with marinade and let stand in the refrigerator for several hours. Fry the chicken on the coals until cooked. And serve garnished with coarsely chopped cucumbers and tomatoes.
Chicken Envelopes
Breast dishes will successfully decorate the festive table. Therefore, we have selected this recipe for you. Due to the fact that the chicken is prepared very easily, you can pamper your relatives on weekdays. The recipe is:
- Cover the fillet with plastic wrap and beat off with a hammer on both sides.
- Pour mayonnaise into a small bowl, mix it with crushed garlic, salt and your favorite spices.
- Spread the breasts with the resulting sauce and marinate for one hour.
- The filling can be prepared from grated cheese and bell pepper, cut into thin strips. Mix the prepared ingredients with the rest of the sauce.
- In the center of the fillet, put a spoonful of the filling and fold it like an envelope.
- Lubricate the baking dish with butter, put the breasts in it and put in the preheated oven for half an hour. After that, sprinkle the envelopes with grated cheese and cook for another ten minutes.
As you can see, preparing chicken breast is delicious, simple. As a side dish, you can use vegetable salads, stewed vegetables, cereals or potatoes.
Filet under a "fur coat"
If you can’t decide what to make from the breast, then use our recipe. The chicken is so juicy and tasty that you will probably be asked to repeat the culinary experience more than once. So, you have to do the following:
- Cut the fillet along so that each piece is about a centimeter thick. Beat breasts on both sides, salt and grease with your favorite spices.
- Dice tomatoes and sweet pepper, add garlic, passed through the press, chopped herbs, grated cheese, mayonnaise and mustard to them. Stir the ingredients.
- Roll the fillet in flour and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown. After this, transfer the breasts to a baking sheet covered with parchment. Cover each piece with a “coat” of vegetables and cheese.
Bake the dish for a quarter of an hour, and then serve immediately.
Batter filet
Dishes from the breast turn out very tasty, if you approach their cooking creatively. This time we suggest you try to fry the fillet in the original test:
- Cut the meat lengthwise into portions. Beat each with a hammer, grate with salt and ground pepper.
- For the dough, mix mayonnaise, ketchup, chicken egg, spices and a little flour so that it resembles thick sour cream.
- Heat a non-stick pan and pour a little vegetable oil into it.
- Dip the breasts in batter and fry under the closed lid on both sides until tender. The dish turns out tasty both in hot and in cold form.
Chicken and Potato Appetizer
This unusual dish is quite high in calories, so we do not recommend that you get too carried away with it. But to follow this advice is very difficult, as the snack turns out to be very tasty. The recipe for its preparation is simple:
- Cut the fillet along the fibers into pieces, one centimeter thick. Put them in a deep bowl, add mayonnaise, salt and Dijon mustard. Stir the food and let the chicken marinate for half an hour.
- In a separate bowl, break three chicken eggs and beat them with a whisk. Grate the potatoes and salt.
- Fry the fillet in vegetable oil, having previously dipped in batter and roll in potatoes.
Serve the chicken with or without any side dish.
Breast salad
If you need to quickly prepare a tasty and satisfying dish, then take the following recipe:
- Boil the fillet until cooked by first placing allspice and bay leaf in the water.
- Dice the breast, potatoes, pickles and boiled egg white. The amount of this or that ingredient you can determine to your taste.
Salad can be laid out on a flat dish in layers, greasing each with mayonnaise. Just remember to salt the potatoes, chicken and eggs first. Also, the ingredients can be mixed with sauce, and then put in a bowl and sprinkle with grated cheese. We will be glad if you like the breast dishes, the recipes of which we have described in our article.