Each hostess has repeatedly prepared for the arrival of guests, and for a family dinner or lunch, meat or chicken. At the same time, many derive maximum benefit from the situation: on the first day it is a full-fledged hot dish, and for tomorrow meat and vegetables can be used for sandwiches.
Let's talk about how to roast meat in the oven with vegetables properly. The most experienced and “experienced” housewives shared their secrets with us.
If you decide to cook pork, then it will be useful to grate it with a mixture of salt, black pepper, thyme and marjoram. These spices are perfectly combined with meat and are a part of almost all sets of spices. Moreover, many experts say that this is only the basic, basic mixture. That is, you may not have other seasonings, but since you have decided to cook meat, you must have these spices. In addition, you can supplement this mixture to your liking. Lemon juice will never be superfluous; if using an orange, take unsweetened ones. Grated ginger, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar can be added to meat . If the meat is not very fat, then pickling it, you can add a few tablespoons of vegetable oil. With all these spices, the meat should stand in the refrigerator for at least a few hours, but better - night. Chicken marinated not so long, it takes a few hours.
What can you bake meat with? Always a winning option would be if you choose garlic, onions, carrots, mushrooms, apples. You can use prunes, dried apricots, ginger, lemon, orange (again - if it is unsweetened). Apples can also be made more acidic by sprinkling with lemon juice or apple cider vinegar. It is better to cut them into slices, carrots - into slices, onions - into rings or half rings. Mushrooms can not be cut if they are small. Cut large mushrooms, so they are better baked and will look aesthetically pleasing. Pepper chopped vegetables and fruits, salt, drizzle with vegetable oil. In general, some oil should be added, even if you bake meat in the oven with vegetables in foil or in a baking sleeve. Often potatoes are added to such dishes. It needs to be cut into slices or bars no thicker than two centimeters. Young small potatoes can be cut into quarters.
At the bottom of the baking dish put meat or chicken. The temperature in the oven should be around 250 degrees. Cooking time is calculated based on the weight of the meat. The formula is simple: one kilogram per kilogram. It is better to use more time for pork, especially if there is bone in the baked piece. If you cook a small chicken with potatoes, then put the vegetables in the form immediately, if without potatoes - then they can be laid 20 minutes after the chicken begins to cook. Vegetables need to be mixed several times so that they are evenly baked and not burnt. If you cook meat in the oven with tomatoes, then these vegetables should be added half an hour before the whole dish is ready.
Now we go directly to the specific recipe. Suppose you want to cook dinner - meat in the oven with vegetables - for a family of three. Take 600 grams of pork, 2 packs of frozen vegetables (they are also great for preparing dishes of this kind), 2-3 onions, a few cloves of garlic, salt and spices to taste.
So, cooking. Cut the meat into small pieces 1 cm thick, beat. Chop the onion finely. Chop the garlic or skip the garlic at all. Put the beaten meat in a bowl, add your favorite spices, onions and garlic, salt, mix and leave to marinate.
After at least several hours (as mentioned above), put the meat on a baking sheet or in a baking dish (the bottom should be oiled). Spread the vegetables evenly around (they do not need to be thawed before cooking). Sprinkle vegetables with salt and bake in a preheated oven. The meat in the oven with vegetables will be ready in about an hour.
We wish you success in mastering new culinary peaks and, of course, bon appetit!