The fact that today is the most expensive chicken and meat is available, it is unlikely anyone will dispute. And the fact that the chicken dishes are tasty and easy to prepare, inspire the culinary feats, even not very experienced hostesses: because the result is always decent. We will share with you a simple recipe how to prepare chicken tasty, fast and, most importantly, with a twist.
Since the chicken is present in our diet all the time, set the ordinary out of it quickly becomes boring. The issue of what to cook chicken from time to time given by every woman who wants to feed their families is not only tasty, but also diverse. We hope that our tips and recipes to help solve this problem.
Chicken in white wine
Ingredients:
- chicken carcass
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp curry
- salt, a mixture of peppers
- 150 ml dry white wine (you can use a martini bianco vermouth or other)
Cooking method:
Prepared chicken carcass rub a mixture of peppers, salt, curry and garlic and leave for an hour or two, so that it marinated.
Place the bird in a suitable dish with a tight-fitting lid and place in oven preheated to 220 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove the lid and bring the chicken until done, basting from time to time it formed juice. The temperature can be reduced to 180-200 degrees.
Serve with crisp rice or garlic toast.
baked chicken
Ingredients:
- chicken carcass
- 100 grams of sour cream
- salt, pepper, spices to taste
- 1 tablespoon mustard good
- 1 medium lemon
Cooking method:
Prepared poultry rub a mixture of salt, pepper, spices and leave it for a while. Sour cream mixed with mustard and grease the chicken inside and out. Lemon hold in hot water for five minutes and put inside a chicken.
Lay a sheet of foil, put the chicken and place in oven preheated to 200 degrees. After half an hour to turn over to the other side and cook until ready. If the chicken is too intense gaining color, it should be a bit reduce the temperature and cover it with foil.
Before serving, remove the lemon.
Chicken on dietary salt
Ingredients:
- plump chicken
- kg of salt
- 2 garlic cloves
Cooking method:
Wash and dry the chicken, put the garlic inside. In a heavy bottomed bowl pour a packet of salt, put on her belly up chicken (legs should be pre-tied, not to have parted) and place in oven. Cooking from one hour to fifteen (depending on the weight of chicken) at 180 degrees. Salt, as you know, is not necessary.
And now we'll show you how to prepare a tasty chicken in sauce. Sauces can be very different, respectively, every time we get a dish with a different taste.
Chicken in a cream sauce
Ingredients:
- Chicken carcasses
- 1 onion
- 1 carrot
- white roots (celery, parsley, parsnip)
- 2 garlic cloves
- 200 grams of sour cream
- 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil (can substitute butter)
- 150 milliliters of vegetable broth (or hot water)
- salt, pepper, spices to taste
- 1-2 teaspoons sweet paprika
Cooking method:
Chicken wash, dry, salt and pepper and cut into portions. Fry the chicken pieces in butter and put in a bowl for fire. In the same pan fry the paprika, spices, chopped onions and carrots, add sour cream, broth and stew together for about five minutes. Pour the sauce and the chicken in the oven. Cook for about an hour at a temperature of 180-190 degrees.
As a side dish suitable rice, boiled potatoes, rice or wheat noodles.
Chicken in sauce Satsivi
Ingredients:
- well-fed chicken
- 2 large onions
- 300 grams of shelled walnuts
- 1 teaspoon fenugreek (utsho-suneli)
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon saffron
- a pinch of cinnamon
- 2 to 3 cloves of garlic
- salt, hot pepper, 2 cloves
- vinegar (to taste)
Cooking method:
Water bring to a boil, put the onion, bay leaf, cloves and whole chicken. The bird should be soft but not overcooked. Chicken with salt and put in the oven, so she blushed (available under the grill). The cooled chicken cut into portions.
Purified grind nuts in a blender. Add them spices, mashed garlic, salt and pepper, mix and dilute the filtered broth, sauce should be of medium thickness. Put the pan with the sauce for a minimum fire and a good warm up, without letting it boil. Put the chicken pieces in hot sauce and leave for several hours. Before serving, add vinegar to taste.
Serve cold with fresh pita bread and spicy Georgian herbs.
Note:
If you are in Georgia to ask how to cook a chicken in sauce Satsivi, you can be sure that you get a lot of different recipes for this dish. They are united by the obligatory presence of a purely Georgian spices and walnuts, but the principles of preparation (cooking sauce without cooking, add the eggs and the flour it or not, to use chicken or turkey) in every region of the country has its own.
I must say that the classic recipe suggests a turkey, but now everything is prepared mainly chicken: simpler, cheaper and faster, but just as delicious. And, of course, the canonical sauce recipe is much more difficult to prepare than the one that we offer.
However, despite the relative simplicity of preparing the dish turns out remarkably tasty, especially the chicken to soak in properly. By the way, the following day the sauce can thicken slightly, so leave some broth to dilute it to a desired consistency.
Chicken in a pot
Ingredients:
- Chicken carcasses (or kilogram bedryshek)
- 2 onions
- 1 carrot
- white roots
- a kilogram of potatoes
- salt, pepper, bay leaf, spices
- 500 ml vegetable or chicken broth
- 150 grams of sour cream
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons spicy chili sauce
Cooking method:
Chicken wash, dry and chop into portions pieces (small). If you use the thighs, it is best to cut the meat from the bones. Pieces of chicken with salt and pepper, fry and put on a ceramic pot (a dish being prepared in batches). Add the meat and sliced potatoes are brushed.
Fry onion, carrot and roots, along with spices, add sour cream, broth, chili sauce and a little stew. Pour over the meat and potatoes prepared sauce, cover with lids or pots with foil and send in the oven. Cook for about an hour at 180 degrees.
Note:
We would like to acquaint you with small culinary tricks. This dish can help out if you are expecting a lot of guests. The process is simplified as follows: everything is prepared exactly as above, but in a large bowl and on the eve of the celebration. On the day of reception you will just put all in portions of pots and place in oven to warm. Guests accurately assess your culinary abilities, and as for the details, they know it is not necessary.
Another very simple and affordable recipe - chicken marinated in yogurt and curry.
Chicken in Indian
Ingredients:
- Chicken carcasses (or chicken legs - about a kilogram)
- 500 milliliters of yogurt
- 3 tablespoons curry
- salt pepper
Cooking method:
Yogurt mixed with curry, salt and pepper, pour the resulting mixture of chopped pieces of chicken (or legs) and put in the fridge to marinate. The next day you will just put all this beauty in the oven and bake until cooked at a temperature of 175-180 degrees.
Serve with rice and fresh vegetables.
Chicken in Italian
Ingredients:
- chicken carcass (you can also cook thighs or calf)
- 2 onions
- Bank of tomatoes in juice (in season, you can use fresh tomatoes)
- 3 garlic cloves
- 3 tablespoons good olive oil
- 150 ml dry white wine (or white vermouth)
- Italian herbs
- salt pepper
Cooking method:
Prepared chicken chopped into pieces a la carte. Season with salt and pepper and fry in olive oil with garlic and chopped onion until golden brown. Put in a bowl for baking.
In the same pan to extinguish the tomatoes with Italian herbs. Then add the wine and bring to a boil. Pour the sauce chicken and place in preheated oven. Cooking at 190-200 degrees for 45 minutes.
Serve with chiabatta and fresh basil.
Hopefully, now that you know how to cook chicken for lunch and a modest home for receptions. It is important that it is always easy and always delicious. Cook with pleasure.
Bon Appetit!