You can decorate the festive table with the help of delicious dishes and delicacies. For example, chicken with potatoes in a ducklings in the oven, canapes with red or black caviar, as well as unusual snacks and fish dishes. In this article we will tell you how to cook chicken in order to make the meat tender, juicy and flavorful.
Chicken and Potato Chicken Recipe
This recipe takes much more time than cooking meat dishes on the stove or in the slow cooker. But the result fully justifies the time and effort spent. Since all products are placed raw in the ducklings, the meat is insanely tender and melting in the mouth.
So, the products necessary for the recipe:
- chicken - 1 kg;
- medium potatoes - 10 pcs.;
- margarine - 100 grams;
- wheat flour - 100 grams;
- chicken stock - 500 grams;
- egg - 1 pc.;
- salt;
- pepper;
- several cloves of garlic;
- water for kneading dough;
- spices for chicken.
How to cook chicken with potatoes in a ducklings?
We divide the preparation into the following steps:
- First of all, it is necessary to gut the chicken carcass and thoroughly wash it from the blood;
- then peel, wash and cut the potatoes into large rings;
- clean and chop the cloves of garlic;
- lift and coat the chicken skin with melted margarine and garlic;
- we do the same action inside the carcass and rub spices, salt and pepper into the skin;
- with the help of toothpicks we give the chicken a beautiful shape;
- Now we put a layer of potatoes in the duckbill and fill it with a small part of the chicken broth;
- before adding meat, it must be fried in a pan until a golden crust appears;
- then from sifted flour and water we prepare a viscous dough so that the chicken can bake in its own juice;
- put the carcass to the potatoes, cover with a lid and cork it with the resulting dough;
- apply egg white on top of the dough with a special silicone brush;
- preheat the oven to 200 degrees and send the ducklings into it for 1-1., 5 hours.
After the appointed time, turn off the oven, but do not get the chicken. Thus, the meat will infuse a bit and turn out tender and aromatic.
Before serving, lay the chicken on the potatoes, garnish with parsley, dill and add a little sour cream.
Chicken drumsticks with vegetables recipe
Ingredients:
- chicken drumsticks - 350 gr.;
- potatoes - 350 gr.;
- onions - 1 pc.;
- carrots - 1 pc.;
- mayonnaise - 50 gr.;
- margarine - 50 gr.;
- parsley and dill;
- seasoning to taste;
- vegetable oil.
This recipe for chicken with potatoes in a lobster in the oven is easier, because instead of a carcass, we will use chicken drumsticks.
Cooking method
Before you lay out all the components in the duckbill, the following steps must be taken:
- we clean the carrots and grate it on a fine grater;
- cut the onion into small cubes;
- fry vegetables over medium heat until golden brown;
- now we turn to meat: we coat each piece with melted margarine and sprinkle with seasonings;
- now peel, wash and chop the potatoes;
- put potatoes in the ducklings, then chicken drumsticks and fried vegetables;
- add mayonnaise and remaining spices;
- send to the oven for 60-80 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees.
After our chicken with potatoes in the ducklings in the oven is ready, put the potatoes on a plate, chicken drumsticks on top of it and sprinkle the finished dish with chopped parsley and dill. You can also add a little ground black pepper and a couple of green onion leaves. Some housewives prefer to decorate chicken with chopped walnuts and a sprig of basil.
The chicken with potatoes in the ducklings in the oven turns out insanely tender, soft and has a spicy aroma. Such a dish can be prepared not only on the festive table, but also as a Sunday lunch with households.