Tender baked chicken stuffed with potatoes in the oven gets an appetizing ruddy hue and can become a real festive table center. However, preparing this dish is quite simple, so even for everyday dinner or lunch, such a recipe is quite suitable.
The main condition for special juiciness is baking in the sleeve, which allows you to save all the rich aroma of meat. Without it, it will turn out no less tasty, but it will be a completely different dish. Many recipes for cooking
chicken in the sleeve are also suitable for cooking other varieties of meat or even fish, this is no exception. Try, experiment and discover new tastes for your family.
Chicken in the oven with potatoes in the sleeve
To prepare this dish you will need one broiler chicken (the soup will be too hard), a dozen potatoes, onions, carrots, half a lemon, mayonnaise, vegetable oil, salt, herbs and seasonings, bay leaf. And, of course, do not forget to purchase a baking sleeve. We start cooking. Rinse and clean the carcass, dry it with a paper towel and cut into portions. Peel the onions and cut in half rings, put on the chicken, salt, season with spices and lemon juice, add mayonnaise. Mix everything thoroughly and refrigerate for several hours.
Peel the potatoes and cut into thick slices, pour oil, salt, sprinkle with dill. Peel and cut the carrots into small slices. The preparations are finished, and the
chicken in the oven with potatoes in the sleeve is almost ready to be placed in the oven. The thing is small - it remains to mix everything, warm the oven and, shifting the products
into the sleeve, bake. The sleeve must be tied so that the final “bag” in shape resembles candy, tightly so that juice does not flow out. When all the products are inside, you need to pour everything with boiled cool water - just pour half a glass. You can tie the second end and make some small holes at the top of the bag. To do this, use a regular sewing needle. Steam will escape through the holes in the bag. Send the prepared dish to the oven, heated to 180 degrees, for an hour and a half. Before serving, carefully lay out the contents of the package on a beautiful dish.
Useful Tips
Chicken in the oven with potatoes in the sleeve is not the only option for this dish. You can replace the potato with rice, which will look like a real pilaf, it will be juicy and very soft. In addition, you can add any vegetables to the company, replace it with cabbage or buckwheat. In a word, the field for experiments is the broadest. If you are allergic, or you simply do not like lemons, you can not add juice, but its use provides special softness and acidity of chicken. If there is no time for long cooking, you can pre-boil the potatoes. Chicken in the oven with potatoes in the sleeve goes well with vegetable salad. It’s easier not to overeat and leave the table with a pleasant rather than heavy feeling in the stomach. If you follow the figure, before cooking the chicken, clean it from the skin and excess fat, it will turn out more dietetic. Before cutting, you can also remove the most bony places and set them aside - it is more delicious to make soup out of them.