From which only now they do not cook dishes, but one of the most popular products in the world is chicken. From this product, you can make a menu for the whole holiday table, it is just necessary to use different techniques and minor ingredients when cooking. In the article we will offer you the most delicious and original recipes from chicken breast in the oven.
Chicken fillet with tomatoes, cheese and pineapple
This dish is best served on a festive table. All guests will definitely appreciate it only from the best side. And the cooking process cannot be called complicated - everything is quite simple, and chicken should turn out delicious even for a person who practically does not encounter cooking.
To cook chicken in the oven with tomatoes, you must first prepare all the ingredients on the list:
- chicken fillet - 1 kg;
- tomatoes - 250 g (it is recommended to buy medium or small vegetables);
- canned pineapples - 150 g;
- any hard cheese - 200 g.
Of spices, thyme, paprika and turmeric should be used. If the dish is served not on the festive table, but as a daily meal, then in this case you can take a few more potatoes and bake them with chicken.
Cooking process
A step-by-step instruction for cooking chicken breast with pineapples in the oven looks like this:
- Chicken meat should be divided into portioned long pieces (each weight should be about 100 g). The fillet can be beaten off a bit, in which case it will cook faster and will be softer.
- Prepare all other products: cut the tomatoes into thin slices, pineapples into small cubes. Hard cheese can be grated on a fine or coarse grater, or sliced (thin long slices) using a special cheese knife.
- Chicken breast is recommended to be marinated for a while in vegetable oil, salt, paprika, turmeric and thyme. But if you do not have time, then you can simply rub it with spices and proceed directly to cooking.
- Gently put several slices of tomatoes on the prepared meat, then pineapples, and cheese on top.
- Set the temperature to 200 ° C and send the chicken breast into the oven. How much you bake it, depends on the thickness of the meat. If the piece is not thick, about 1 cm, then the cooking time will be about 10-12 minutes. In the case when the meat is thicker, then it needs to be cooked up to 25 minutes.
After the allotted time, the dish should be laid out on plates and garnished with greens, you can several fresh tomatoes. In the case of baked potatoes, it must first be boiled in a peel. Then make a small cut on top, add salt, add your favorite spices and put in the oven with chicken.
Chicken fillet with pineapple under a cheese pillow
If in the previous dish there was just a piece of cheese on top, then here we will place an incredibly delicate pillow made of various ingredients. The dish is perfect for everyday use, as well as for a banquet table.
Its main advantage is that it cooks incredibly quickly and has very interesting taste combinations. To prepare this dish for four people, you should take:
- 500 g of chicken breast;
- 160 g of pineapple;
- one egg;
- 160 g of sour cream and mayonnaise;
- 200 g of hard cheese (lovers can use Parmesan).
How to cook
- Cooking chicken under a cheese pad should start with meat processing. Chicken breast should be cut into small pieces and beat well (as with classic chops).
- Salt and pepper the meat a little. If desired, you can use a set of spices for chicken dishes. Gently chop off chicken pieces on a baking sheet.
- Grind pineapples with medium cubes, put them on the fillet.
- Now you can begin to prepare a cheese pillow. To do this, in a deep plate, you need to mix sour cream with mayonnaise, add the egg and the required amount of cheese, which you previously grate on a fine grater. Mix all the ingredients.
- Turn on the oven and heat it to a temperature of 200 degrees, only then proceed with further cooking.
- Gently spread the cheese mass on each piece of chicken with a tablespoon, the mixture should completely cover each piece of meat.
- Put the baking sheet in the oven and bake the dish until the pillow acquires a pleasant ruddy color.
This will complete the cooking. Serve the chicken with boiled rice or fried potatoes.
Please note: if you prepare the prepared meat in a cold oven, the cheese mixture will spread over the baking sheet, and the appearance of the dish will be significantly spoiled.
Oven Chicken Breast with Mushrooms and Cheese
This dish is best served on a festive table. After cooking, the fillet is cut into small portions. All the ingredients are perfectly combined here, and due to the fact that the breast begins with mushrooms, it turns out to be very juicy and tender.
Essential Ingredients
Always, before you start cooking, you first need to purchase the necessary products:
- chicken fillet - 3 pcs. (it is recommended to take meat pieces of the same size);
- champignons - 300 g;
- hard cheese - 150 g;
- frozen or fresh spinach;
- a small amount of ham - about 100 g will be enough
Of spices, curry and paprika should be used. Herbs such as marjoram and oregano should be added to the filling.
Cooking method
Let's look at how this chicken breast is cooked in the oven step by step (with photo):
- Rinse and clean the fillet well. If you have time, it is recommended to marinate the meat for several hours. In this case, it will be softer and tastier. You need to marinate in curry and paprika with a small addition of vegetable oil.
- From the thick side of the breast in the center, you need to make an incision to get a kind of pocket.
- Rinse the mushrooms and cut in half, and then cut into slices.
- Defrost the spinach in the microwave at low power, then squeeze the excess water out of it. Cut the ham into small cubes.
- Pour a little vegetable oil into the pan and put it on the fire. Throw the mushrooms first and fry them almost until done, then put the spinach and ham, fry all the ingredients for several minutes. If desired, you can add a little sour cream and bring the filling to taste with salt and various spices.
- At the end of the preparation of the filling, add the cheese grated on a fine grater, mix everything.
- Stuffing chicken and minced meat with mushrooms and cheese.
- Put a frying pan on the fire, pour a little vegetable or olive oil (if possible, it is better to take butter).
- Fry the chicken until golden brown.
- Wrap each breast in foil and bake it for 20 minutes in the oven, which has previously been heated to 200 degrees.
- After the allotted time, remove the foil and keep the meat in the oven for another 5 minutes.
This completes the cooking process. It remains only to cut the fillet into slices, about 1-2 cm thick, put on plates and decorate with greens.
Dietary chicken breast in the oven with vegetables
Chicken fillet - low-fat meat, which is very often used in various diets. After baking, the breast becomes very tasty, while all useful substances are preserved. Vegetables will add originality and also add a dish of vitamins.
For cooking, you will need to take two chicken breasts, which should be pickled only in salt, pepper and thyme. In addition to them, you do not need to add anything, since dietary dishes do not imply a large number of spices.
From vegetables you will need to prepare: asparagus, bell pepper, onions, carrots, tomatoes and zucchini. All ingredients must be taken in equal proportions, in this case 100 g of each product will be sufficient.
Cooking chicken
Getting started:
- Chicken should be washed well. If there are pieces of fat, then they need to be cut.
- Then cut the fillet into large cubes, put them in a baking dish, add thyme salt and pepper, mix.
- Now you need to process the rest of the products. Rinse all vegetables well under running water and peel. It is recommended to chop carrots on a grater for carrots in Korean, and if there is none, then it can be cut into strips. Onions should also be chopped. Tomatoes are divided into 6-8 parts, depending on their size. Slices should not be too small. Chop the bell peppers, chop the asparagus beans a little.
- Put all prepared vegetables in one bowl. Add salt, marjoram and some olive oil. Mix thoroughly and pour into a baking dish on top of the chicken.
- Cover the mold with foil and put in the oven, which was heated to 200 degrees.
- Bake the dish for 40 minutes, then remove the form and, without removing the foil, wait another 10 minutes. After the allotted time, mix all the ingredients and can be served.
Features of the preparation of chicken breast
There is a trick that makes chicken after baking more tender. So, before cooking, at night, the fillet must be put in mineral sparkling water, in which case it will turn out more juicy.
Standard spices and marinades were described here, but if you want something unusual and interesting, then you can use orange juice, citrus zest, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, barberry, coriander and various fragrant herbs, like cilantro. All these products have pronounced tastes and significantly transform the taste of meat dishes, so their use is recommended to everyone who likes to make an explosion to their taste buds.
Remember that cooking loves experimentation, so never be afraid to move away from standard recipes - you can add your own products, try various spice mixtures and much more. Thus you will create new and still unknown dishes to the world.