Chicken is one of the most popular foods in the world. What methods of cooking it just do not exist: bake in the oven, grill and pan, grill, boil and much more. Recently, chicken with apples has been very often cooked, it has a pleasant delicate taste and the original acidity that these fruits possess. Products combine very well with each other, so they should be given special attention.
Baked Chicken with Caramelized Apples
The recipe for this chicken will create a real decoration for any festive table. The meat will first be pickled, and then baked in the oven along with additional ingredients. The dish is served with caramelized apples, which perfectly complement the taste of chicken.
To cook one chicken, weighing up to 2 kilograms, you need to take this amount of products:
- two oranges;
- a few cloves of garlic;
- prunes - 100 g;
- some apples.
These are the main products that are present in the dish. Chicken will be pickled in a small amount of vegetable oil, paprika, curry and thyme. Also, juice from one orange is used for marinade. To caramelize apples, you will need to take 1 tablespoon of sugar and juice from half a lemon, 30-50 g of butter.
Cooking process
To cook this dish deliciously, you must follow the step by step instructions:
- First you need to process and marinate the chicken. Before working with this product, it is recommended to carefully burn it on a fire so that there are absolutely no feathers left.
- After the chicken should be put in a deep container. Sprinkle abundantly with salt, pepper, paprika, curry and thyme. Squeeze juice from one orange. Add about 50 ml of vegetable oil, carefully try to rub the spices into the carcass. Set the meat aside, at least for two hours. But since the whole chicken is large enough, it is best for it to marinate for the whole night.
- When the chicken is ready to cook, you can start processing the remaining products. Apples must be cut into 4 parts (if they are small), remove the seeds and peel them from a skin that does not need to be thrown away; it will still be useful in cooking.
- Take the remaining orange, remove the zest from it and put it inside the chicken. After milling the fruit and remove the white part, cut it into slices and also put in the chicken.
- In the middle should be washed prunes, apple skins and garlic.
The last stages of cooking
Almost everything is ready, and in a few hours the dish can be served at the table:
- In order for the whole chicken cooked in the oven to be very tender and juicy, it should be placed in a deep cauldron or any other vessel that can be baked.
- Cauldron with meat should be covered with a lid or foil. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and put the dish in it for one hour. After the allotted time, remove the lid and bake for another 30 minutes. This is done so that the surface of the chicken turns rosy and has a beautiful appearance.
- In the meantime, caramelize the apples. In the pan you need to add sugar, lemon juice and one or two tablespoons of water, a little butter. Put a little fire, put apples. They should be stewed for a while in this mixture until they become softer and a pleasant brownish color from sugar appears.
- Remove the chicken from the oven, cut into portions. Everything that was in the carcass can be thrown away (except for prunes).
- Put dried plums from the bottom, which were cooked with chicken, caramelized apples, and put the chicken slices on top beautifully. If desired, you can decorate with herbs, cranberries and serve.
This recipe is considered one of the most delicious when baked whole chicken in the oven with apples.
Chicken in apple marinade
This recipe will be much simpler and faster. It is suitable for everyone who needs to quickly prepare a delicious dish. This recipe will use chicken drumstick, as it is an affordable product and it cooks very quickly. This dish can be used as a daily meal, it will also become the decoration and highlight of any banquet menu.
Apples are baked with chicken, due to which there is an exchange of flavors and tastes. The fruit acquires an unusual taste and becomes very soft, while the chicken receives a pleasant sourness and sweetness.
Essential Ingredients
To cook baked chicken with apples, you need to take these products:
- chicken drumstick - 8 pcs.;
- adjika - 200 g (which one to take, sharp or soft, it's up to you);
- soy sauce - 50 ml;
- honey - 1 tbsp. l (it must be liquid, so it should first be melted in a microwave oven);
- apples - 2 pcs.
Of the spices you can use: paprika, thyme, rosemary, turmeric and coriander.
How to cook
The cooking process is quite simple: the chicken should be thoroughly washed and put in a deep bowl. Add adjika, soy sauce, honey, salt, pepper and selected spices to it. Mix everything thoroughly and refrigerate for 2 hours, if there is absolutely no time, then you can immediately proceed to the next step. Chicken meat in itself is quite tender and does not need a lot of time to marinate.
Rinse the apples, divide into 4-6 parts, remove the seeds. If you do not remove the skin from them, then they will give more taste, it will be better to keep in shape, which will improve the appearance of the dish. However, when consumed, the skin will interfere, it is very difficult to chew. But if the fruit is completely peeled, then after heat treatment it can turn into almost a mess.
So, put the fruits in a bowl for meat, mix everything thoroughly and pour everything into a deep pan. Baked chicken with apples is cooked in the oven for 30-40 minutes, at a temperature of 200 degrees. After the allotted time, the dish will be ready for use.
Apples stuffed chicken
This recipe is very simple and quick, you just need to make a delicious marinade and bake meat. To prepare the dish you will need to take one whole chicken, 300 g of fresh apples. Marinade is prepared from the following ingredients: mustard, vegetable oil, red hot pepper, kefir, white horseradish, salt.
Cooking chicken
First of all, it is necessary to process the chicken well, it should be burned on the burner to completely remove the remaining feathers that may remain on it, then rinse thoroughly under running water.
In a blender, mix all the ingredients needed for the marinade. A homogeneous mass should be obtained that has a pronounced sharp and salty taste. Do not worry, when the marinade is soaked in meat, it will not be too sharp or salty. Pour the marinade over the chicken and refrigerate it for 6 hours.
After this time, meat can be taken out of the refrigerator, apples must be cleaned from seeds and stuffed with chicken. After that, put the carcass on a baking sheet, cover with foil and put in the oven for 1 hour, after this time you need to remove the foil and bake for some more time until a beautiful crust appears. It is recommended to bake meat at a temperature of 180-200 degrees. After that, cut the chicken in portions and serve it with apples that were baked with it.
Chicken fillet with apples in a slow cooker
A wonderful recipe for chicken in sweet and sour sauce with apples. Thanks to the multicooker, the cooking process is incredibly simple. For 4 servings, you need to take this amount of food:
- chicken fillet - 3 pcs. (breasts should be medium sized);
- apples - 200 g (it is recommended to take red, hard varieties);
- asparagus beans - 100 g;
- bell pepper - ½ pcs.
As a sauce, ketchup and lemon juice are used here.
Cooking sweet and sour chicken
According to the recipe for chicken with apples, you first need to chop and prepare all the main products. Cut the chicken fillet into medium cubes, peel the apples from the seeds, and without removing the skins, cut into slices. Grind the asparagus beans into pieces 1-2 cm long, chop the bell pepper in strips or slices.
Put all of the above products in the multicooker bowl, add quite a bit of vegetable oil and press the “Fry” button, set the timer for 5 minutes. After that add about 100-150 g of ketchup, lemon juice and select the “Stew” mode, the cooking time is 20 minutes. After that, the dish will be ready for use.
Stewed chicken in a pan
This recipe is best for everyday use, the cooking process does not take more than half an hour. To cook a stewed chicken with apples for three people, you should take: 330 g chicken, 200 g apples, one onion, one carrot, bouillon cube and your favorite spices.
As always, cooking should begin with the preparation of the main ingredients. The meat needs to be cut into cubes, and the onions - into strips. Grate peeled carrots on a coarse grater. Peel and cut the apples into large enough slices.
Put a frying pan on the fire, pour a little vegetable oil into it, then pour the chicken fillet, fry it until half-cooked, then put onions and carrots, and after a few minutes - apples. Fry everything until a golden brown crust appears on the meat. Now you can pour about 100-150 ml of water, add spices, for example, paprika and curry, put a bouillon cube. Cover the pan and reduce heat, simmer all products for 15 minutes. Now the dish can be laid out on portioned plates. Meat is best served with boiled or fried potatoes.