The chicken in the oven is a fairly common dish. Do you know how to cook chicken in the oven correctly? If you adhere to some recommendations, the chicken will turn out to be very tasty, soft and juicy. And the aroma! .. A chicken, after all, can be not only an everyday dish, but also in many cases become quite an attractive table decoration at any holiday. All you need is to remember a few simple tips and fairly easy recipes.
My dad taught me to cook. Usually women do this in the family, but dad’s chicken is something incredible ... He used to cook stuffed chicken with lemon and garlic.
So, how to cook chicken in the oven stuffed with potatoes. The chicken is rubbed inside and out with salt and pepper. And then stuffed with boiled potatoes, lemon slices, garlic and sage. Sage is often replaced with basil by those who love this seasoning. The chicken is also wrapped in potatoes and garlic. And put in the oven at 180-200 ° C for about one hour. Approximately the time is calculated from the ratio - one kilogram of meat - 40 minutes.
But how to cook chicken in the oven so that it has a crisp? If you appreciate a crisp in a chicken, then this is not at all difficult to achieve. You can dry the grilled carcass for 10-15 minutes. And if this is not possible, then the chicken can be lightly coated with sour cream or honey. But the most neutral one is to mix salt and pepper previously with olive oil, and rub the chicken with this mixture.
Now we are addicted to chicken in the "sleeve" or foil. There are a lot of pluses. The chicken will not burn and will not dry out, and in any case it will be very juicy. Of greater importance to many is the fact that such a chicken retains more nutrients. True, it will turn out a little more greasy, but her taste is wonderful. Foil and baking bags can be bought at any supermarket. Spices often come with packages.
How to cook chicken in sour cream? There are no special skills here - I coated the carcass with sour cream, rolled in spices - and in a bag. It remains only to tie it and put in the oven. A minimum of effort - and a delicious, fragrant chicken in an hour is already on your table.
Nevertheless, the whole chicken is rarely cooked - it needs to be divided into portions, cut, and sometimes it happens that it is not completely saturated and it turns out to be a bit fresh. But the chicken legs, wings, breast - just wonderful in this aspect. Sour apples give piquant sourness to the meat, sweetness - prunes and honey. It turns out very delicious chicken breast with Philadelphia cheese and hot red pepper. All this is prepared in foil. In it you can bake legs and wings immediately with a side dish - potatoes and mushrooms.
Do you know how to cook chicken in the oven without salt? You need to take the carcass, divide it into portions and cover with a mixture of soy sauce and ketchup. Such a dish does not require salt or pepper - you just need to mix soy and ketchup, carefully roll the chicken in this and bake in the oven. It turns out a very unusual taste.
And now a few words about how to cook chicken in batter. First you need to take the chicken breast and divide it into pieces. And then put in a bag and beat off. Prepared pieces of meat should be a little salt and pepper. While the meat is soaked in salt, sentence the batter. Its preparation will not take much time. To do this, mix well one egg, two large tablespoons of mayonnaise, the same amount of flour and a little salt. Now carefully dip each beaten piece of chicken breast into the batter and fry in a hot skillet from two sides until a golden crust is obtained. Put the prepared pieces on a dish, sprinkle with finely chopped herbs and serve. I wish you success in your culinary endeavors! And Bon Appetit!