Chicken meat is a favorite product of adherents of a healthy diet. Some athletes recommend to stew chicken often and a lot to successfully build muscle during periods of intense training, just remove the skin before cooking. But, fortunately, I do not do bodybuilding, which means I can afford the freedom to both fry the chicken and bake it whole, with the skin, previously marinated in sauces and spices.
You have already chosen a steamy or chilled young chicken, have you seen its freshness? Then let's get down to business.
How to fry chicken in a pan
The easiest way: divide the carcass into portions, grate with a mixture of seasonings with salt and put in a cast-iron frying pan. Fry in vegetable oil for fifteen minutes on each side over high heat, without covering, until golden brown. Make sure that the skin does not burn; if necessary, reduce the fire. Then you need to cover the pan, and simmer the chicken for another ten to fifteen minutes over low heat. I do not argue, this is the fastest option. But also the most prosaic.
Much tastier will be a chicken previously pickled in a vegetable coat.
How to roast chicken in the oven
First, prepare a marinade, and not just some, but a juicy vegetable coat. We clean a couple of large onions, a large carrot, celery, paprika, a few cloves of garlic. Take a large green apple and remove the seeds, it is not necessary to peel the skin. We grind vegetables and an apple in a meat grinder, you can add soy sauce (6 tablespoons), add the resulting mixture and add a pinch of ground spices to the powder: black pepper and oregano, finely chopped parsley. Be sure to add a couple tablespoons of French mustard seeds. The resulting juicy mass is coated with chicken pieces and left in the refrigerator to marinate overnight. In the morning, put the chicken in a baking sleeve or in a cast-iron pan so that it is covered with a vegetable coat on all sides. We fix the sleeve with a clip, cover the pan tightly with a lid. We send the future masterpiece of culinary art into the preheated oven.
Some novice housewives ask how much to fry chicken? Answer: until fully prepared. It is necessary to time and make sure that at least an hour has passed.
If you cook the whole carcass, the cooking time must be increased by another 30-40 minutes. Readiness is checked with a toothpick. Pierce the chicken in the area of the breast, if clear juice stands out - the dish is ready.
How to fry chicken, if it is already cut into excellent pieces of delicious fillet? We take hard cheese out of the refrigerator and cut it into long cubes one centimeter thick. In slices of chicken fillet we make pocket cuts and season cheese in them. Cooking batter: beat the egg well with half a glass of milk and a pinch of salt. Dip slices of fillet in breadcrumbs of wheat crackers, in batter, again in breading and spread in a pan. Fry for five to ten minutes on each side in sunflower oil.
And recently I learned how to roast chicken in the oven on a can of beer. Grate the washed and dried carcass with a mixture of spices: paprika (2 tablespoons), salt (2 tablespoons), sugar (2 tablespoons), black pepper (1 teaspoon), dry mustard (1 teaspoon).
In a tin beer can, you need to make several holes on top and pour some of the contents (it’s better, of course, to drink) so that a little more than half the can is left. The stove must be heated to 200 degrees. A can of beer should be placed on a baking sheet, and chicken placed on top. And send the building into the oven for an hour and a half. When the chicken is ready, let it cool slightly. Serve with salad and spicy sauce.