Baked chicken will decorate the whole holiday table, will be an ideal option for a family dinner, and it will take a little time to cook it. Today we will share with you proven recipes that have been approved by many housewives.
Salt Chicken
Some are skeptical of this recipe, and even in vain! The dish turns rosy, moderately salty, juicy and very tasty! The beauty of this recipe is the absence of any extraneous ingredients. Only natural chicken flavor, no oil and spices. So how to bake whole chicken in the oven?
On a baking sheet, or baking sheet, you need to evenly spread a kilogram of salt. No, there will not be too much!
We wash the chicken carcass, weighing 1.3 to 1.5 kilograms, wash it well in all places with a paper towel in order to get rid of excess moisture, and put it in the middle of the baking sheet on the salt with the back.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and bake the carcass to a rosy color.
Salt will be neither more nor less. Chicken juice will begin to dissolve the salt, and this steam will envelop the carcass, filling it with salt. The peel will be well fried, it will become thin and ruddy! The secret of the dish: do not open the oven until cooking, so that the steam does not go outside.
When ready, remove the chicken from salt, shake off excess, put on a dish and decorate with greens and fresh vegetables!
A simple recipe for baked chicken
Prepare a tasty, rosy, soft chicken. It will take longer to prepare than in the previous version, but it's worth it!
Ingredients:
- one and a half kilogram chicken carcass;
- three tablespoons sour cream / mayonnaise;
- seasonings;
- salt;
- four cloves of garlic.
To make the meat juicy and evenly salted, we do this: we rub the chicken with salt and seasonings. Next, we dilute a teaspoon of salt in half a glass of water, we collect the solution in a syringe, we do injections into the carcass of the meatiest parts: breast, thighs. Leave to soak a little, then put garlic cloves inside, obviously peeled, well grease the carcass with sour cream or mayonnaise.
We grease a baking sheet with oil, it is possible without it. Put the chicken, cover with a sleeve for baking. In a preheated oven up to 200 degrees, send the pan for an hour.
After an hour, remove the sleeve, again coat the carcass with mayonnaise or sour cream, bring to a brown color.
Chicken with apples
There is nothing easier than baking chicken in the oven. By preparing the whole carcass, you save time, because you just need to grate it with spices and send to bake for a certain time. If you expect guests, then use this recipe. The meat is slightly sweet, very juicy and tender, and the appearance of the dish is very mouth-watering! Let's learn how to bake chicken with apples.
Products for cooking:
- about a kilogram of chicken carcass;
- three small apples (green or red);
- a quarter cup of prunes;
- a pair of garlic cloves;
- two tablespoons of whiskey;
- two tablespoons of lemon peel, the same amount of honey;
- rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper.
Baked chicken recipe is simple, although many ingredients are required. Cooking like this:
- Apples need to be cut into slices, prunes - finely. Mix with squeezed garlic and whiskey, give a little soak.
- The inside of the carcass should be grated with salt, filled with apple and prune filling.
- If the honey is thick, then melt it in a steam bath, add zest, rosemary and thyme to it, add salt and pepper. We rub the carcass with this mixture.
- If there is a filling, then cover it with chicken, the dish will become more flavorful.
- The oven must be heated to 200 degrees, send the stuffed carcass into it for 40-45 minutes. A uniform golden crust and clear chicken juice will notify the readiness of the dish.
Chicken with potatoes
How to bake whole chicken with potatoes? No more complicated than without it. We will need:
- chicken carcass;
- kilogram of potatoes;
- spice;
- five cloves of garlic;
- a couple of spoons of mayonnaise;
- salt.
We wash the carcass, pat it with a paper towel. In fleshy places we make incisions, we put in them a quarter of a clove of garlic. Mix mayonnaise with salt and spices, rub the carcass with it, lay on a baking sheet.
Potatoes need to be peeled and cut into slices, if it is small, then you can leave it whole. We cover the chicken with potatoes, it will be baked in selected juice and fat.
If the carcass is up to a kilogram, then you need to cook it an hour at 180 degrees. If the chicken is up to two kilograms, then it will take 1 hour 45 minutes.
During baking, you sometimes need to open the oven and turn over the potatoes so that each slice is filled with chicken juice and baked well.
Chicken with Lemon
The recipe for baked chicken in the oven using lemon will not leave anyone indifferent! The meat will amaze with its softness, aroma and juiciness!
Ingredients:
- whole chicken;
- two lemons;
- a couple of cloves of garlic (if not very sharp, then you can use more);
- seasonings and salt;
- half a teaspoon of mustard powder;
- two tablespoons of any vegetable oil (odorless).
Lemons need to be cut in half, squeezed juice in a bowl. Pour all seasonings, salt, mustard, oil, squeezed garlic into it, mix. With this mixture, carefully rub the carcass, both outside and inside. What remains of the lemon, lay in the chicken. Pour the rest of the juice with seasonings over the chicken.
The oven must be preheated to 180 degrees, put in it a baking sheet with a carcass. Bake an hour and a half, or less, until the juice becomes clear. From time to time, water the carcass with juice, which will protrude from it. When ready, you need to remove the remaining lemons from the carcass.
Stuffed Chicken Rice
Again we offer a recipe, according to which the side dish is prepared immediately.
Products:
- chicken carcass;
- two hundred grams of rice (glass);
- half a glass of peeled sunflower seeds;
- fifty grams of butter;
- small onion;
- garlic - four cloves;
- salt;
- spoon of mayonnaise.
Boil the rice until cooked, rinse and allow the water to drain. Chop the onion very finely, add in vegetable oil. Mix rice, seeds and onions, salt.
On the carcass we make incisions, into which we place one third of the cloves of garlic. We fill the chicken with the cooked filling. Salt the mayonnaise, rub the chicken with it.
You need to bake for about an hour - it depends on the size of the carcass, the readiness is checked by a blush and a toothpick - if transparent juice flows out, then the dish is ready!
Now you know how to bake a chicken, having stuffed it beforehand. The dish will suit both a simple dinner and treat guests.
Grilled chicken
This is a simple recipe, but it takes a long time to prepare. Products required:
- whole chicken;
- paprika, salt, any favorite seasonings;
- large onion.
Onions need to be cut into several parts. Mix seasonings with salt, grate the carcass inside and out with them. Inside the chicken, put the onion, put it in a bag and put it in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, ideally at night.
Preheat the oven to 120 degrees, put the carcass on a grill sheet so that the fat drains. Place a metal bowl under the chicken - down the oven (to collect fat and juice). Bake for about five hours until a blush appears.
Beer Chicken
Let's see how to bake chicken on a beer bottle! The meat will be juicy and delicious, the aroma will captivate all households!
- whole chicken;
- favorite seasonings and salt;
- fifty grams of butter;
- half a bottle of any beer.
The oil must be melted, mixed with seasonings and salt. Pour half into beer, grate chicken half.
We put the carcass on the bottle, set it on a baking sheet. Bake for about an hour and a half at a temperature of 180 degrees.