Chicken is not only delicious, but also a valuable product from which you can cook an incredible number of hot dishes. What not to do with this bird: stew, cook, bake, fry, marinate, stuffed. Hot chicken dishes are very popular, because they are quite fast to prepare and low in calories, and are also ideal for baby food.
In a frying pan, you can cook the chicken whole, in pieces, with or without bones. It can be fried or put out, with or without oil. Make a full-fledged second course, a light sauce, an appetizer, something that is suitable for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In addition, many options are suitable for adherents of a balanced diet, will be included in many food restrictions.
You can add any vegetables, mushrooms, cereals, legumes to the chicken, regardless of whether you fry them or stew them. If you cook fillets, it will take less time to cook than for a whole carcass. You can even fry a whole chicken in a frying pan, as long as the size of the dishes matches. Tobacco chicken, a popular dish of Georgian and Turkish cuisine, is prepared with adjika and aromatic spices. Often without the addition of oil, because there is enough fat of the chicken itself.
The cooking methods depend on what you want to get in the end: a fried brown crust or tender white meat. It is better to fry in melted butter, animal fat. And at the same time put it on an already hot frying pan – so the meat will turn out juicier if it is not overexposed on the fire. Also, for a crisp crust, it is better not to close the frying pan with a lid.
If the freshness of the meat is “not the first”, it is better to marinate it before further processing. Any vinegar, lemon juice, hot pepper, mustard, mayonnaise and everything that can be suitable for a marinade, simple or complex, will do. The longer you marinate, the more tender the meat will be, the more marinade flavors will appear in it.
Any parts of a chicken in a frying pan are successfully obtained: hams, thighs, legs, breasts, backs, wings, necks, even stomachs, hearts, liver. It is advisable to remove the skin from the chicken, do not use it in a dish. Unless there is an idea to fry it well.
Since chicken meat is more tender than any other, it usually takes less time to cook it. Moreover, in some cases it is highly discouraged to cook it for too long. Otherwise, it may become dry and tasteless. This is especially true if we are talking about fried, not stewed food.
You don’t know what to treat, what to surprise and feed?! Simple and relaxed recipes from familiar products come to the rescue. This is one of those, because every housewife has a jar of lecho blanks in the refrigerator.
A variant of tender chicken terrine in portion forms for baking. A real terrine with a “surprise” – mushrooms inside! To add brightness and usefulness, add cherry tomatoes on top.
Chicken with juicy plum, dried apricots, green olives, capers, dry white wine and oregano is a festive dish with an amazing aroma. Just mix all the ingredients in a baking dish, marinate and put in the oven, and your house will be filled with summer flavors.
On the festive table, a bird baked in the oven is always welcomed and accepted with a “Hurrah!”. But if duck or goose is not to everyone’s taste, then chicken is the most versatile, beloved by children and adults. And you can always make a salad from the leftovers, which is also important with an abundance of various festive dishes. Today is another option for baking chicken, quick and not troublesome, but very tasty!
Another “exotic” poultry and fruit dish is for supporters of unusual culinary solutions. The original recipe for cooking chicken thighs with pears is also relevant for those who follow the figure!
For me, this recipe for quail is the most New Year’s recipe. The aroma of game, citrus and herbs creates a magical mood! Quails cooked according to this recipe are very tender and delicious.
Chicken thighs marinated in squash caviar, mayonnaise and mustard with garlic. Baked with fragrant potatoes with Provencal herbs, cayenne pepper and olive oil. This dish will not spoil the festive New Year’s table and it can be served hot. For this dish, it is not necessary to take the hips, you can take a whole chicken, breast or leg.