Chicken and potatoes are on the menu of most Russians - inexpensive, cook quickly, a variety of recipes are available. And if you know how tasty it is to put out potatoes with chicken, the dish will not get tired for a very long time. Moreover, it will be appropriate not only on the everyday, but also on the holiday table.
As easy as pie
To stew potatoes with chicken, the recipe requires you to definitely add onions and carrots to the list of ingredients. The ratio of products at your discretion: someone prefers to have more vegetables, someone likes an increased proportion of meat. And, of course, seasonings. At least salt and pepper are recommended, very good provence herbs and paprika show themselves in a dish.
How to stew appetizing potatoes with chicken in a pan? A step-by-step instruction will look as follows.
Chicken pieces cut to your taste are fried in a pan and transferred to a container where the dish will be prepared. For frying, vegetable oil is used.
In juices released from poultry, frying is made from onions with carrots and added to the meat along with the liquid.
Coarsely chopped tubers are laid.
Water is poured into the pan so that its contents are completely hidden by the liquid.
After boiling seasonings are laid.
When the dish is ready, it can be seasoned with chopped herbs and garlic for flavor.
Little secrets
Culinary experts who figured out how to put out potatoes and chicken deliciously are advised to replace the broth with water.
Your dinner will turn out even more tender if, after boiling, you add a couple of spoons of mayonnaise or half a glass of sour cream to the pan.
Add cheese
Another way to deliciously stew potatoes with chicken requires the addition of just one ingredient - cheese. The easiest way is to prepare a dish with its fused variety, it dissolves easier.
The start of cooking is similar to that already described: chicken is fried, only now in a mixture of sunflower and butter, taken in equal quantities. When the meat acquires an appetizing tan, vegetables are added to it for frying (you do not need to shift the components anywhere, so choose a deeper pan). Five minutes later, potato slices are introduced, water is added. It is not necessary to replace the broth, thanks to the cheese, the taste will be saturated. Twenty minutes later, when the dish is almost ready, grated cheese is poured, and the stewing continues for about five more minutes.
Clarification for the recipe
As a seasoning for chicken stewed with potatoes and cheese, ground nutmeg, a mixture of peppers and suneli hops are recommended. Whether putting garlic, decide for yourself: for many, it seems harsh for this dish, clogging the delicate taste of cheese. But greens are still recommended.
Mushroom miracle
If you are bored just stewing chicken with potatoes, the recipe can be supplemented with mushrooms. The easiest way is mushrooms, they are available all year round. In addition, these mushrooms are sold at a very reasonable price and it is impossible to poison them. The cooking algorithm for this dish is slightly different from the standard.
Firstly, pieces of chicken are salted, pepper, then crumble in flour and then fried. They need to be transferred to another vessel.
Secondly, frying is done only from chopped onions. It is not necessary to bring to brown color, transparency is enough. Having achieved the necessary condition, lay champignons. Small can be allowed whole, large cut into halves or quarters. When the excess moisture evaporates, the vegetables are sent to the chicken.
Thirdly, carrots are cut into slices or fairly thick cubes and laid with potatoes. You can fill the ingredients with both water and broth.
Of the spices - thyme, marjoram, paprika, lavrushka. Chicken with potatoes and mushrooms will be stewed for about half an hour on low heat, half-covered with a lid.
How to stew cabbage with potatoes and chicken
Another unforgettable dish, deservedly popular. The main recommendation: cabbage should be about half the size of potatoes. On the other hand, if you like cabbage, you can not follow the advice.
In this recipe, frying is first done and only then meat is added to it. Next lay chopped cabbage. It should be fried a little before stewing, then it will remain a little crispy. The last potato is added. Cutting to the taste of the hostess, it turns out well and the dish with slices, and the option with straws. Only in the latter case should the total cooking time be reduced.
The last step will be to fill the broth in which the tomato paste is diluted. You can use your favorite ketchup, but in this case, be careful with seasoning, so as not to overdo it. Extinguishing is carried out from 15 minutes to half an hour, the time directly depends on the amount of ingredients and how they are sliced.
How to deliciously put out potatoes with chicken: an interesting offer
Most recipes suggest using fresh poultry. But in the gala menu you can enter a dish based on smoked chicken. It turns out spicy and quite festive. True, you have to work a little more than usual.
One and a half kilograms of potatoes are boiled until half cooked in large sliced form and with the addition of skins taken from the bird. Shredded onions and carrots are fried in oil, then laid apart chicken (700 grams), two tablespoons of tomato paste, a couple of chopped pickled cucumbers and spices - pepper and salt and paprika. The allowance lasts about ten minutes, then the mass is transferred to the filtered potatoes (leave some water) and all together it is stewed about the same. When serving, be sure to season with fresh herbs.
On a note
Chicken and potatoes can be supplemented with many seasonal or frozen vegetables. Cooks especially welcome bell peppers, zucchini or eggplant, tomatoes, green beans. When using them, you need to take into account that the cooking time for vegetables is different, and lay them in the correct order.
The taste of the final dish will be more saturated if the chicken is pre-marinated for about half an hour. Complex marinades are not required, just grate the meat with seasonings or hold it in chopped onions. By the way, the breast that went through the pickling becomes more juicy and soft.