Chicken meat is one of the most popular, accessible and easily digestible types of meat products. From chicken meat, you can cook many different dishes in various ways. One of the most simple, successful and healthy ways of cooking chicken is baking in the oven. The view of baked chicken is excellent, it is perfect for both a casual table and a festive one.
Tell you how delicious to bake a chicken.
You can, of course, bake the whole chicken, but not all parts of her carcass are good for baking (from some it is better to cook other dishes). Most of all for baking fit thighs and tibia. In addition, some parts of the chicken are baked much faster, and this is important, especially if we are preparing a baked chicken with potatoes. Of course, in any case, it is better to cook from a young chilled chicken (and not from frozen). Especially for a festive table.
Recipe for chicken baked in beer with potatoes
Ingredients:
- chicken thighs (and / or drumsticks) - 1 kg;
- dry spices (according to your taste, you can use ready-made mixtures, without glutamate and salt);
- garlic - 4 cloves;
- fresh fragrant greens (optional);
- light beer without preservatives - 100 ml.
Preparation
First, prepare the meat (it should be clean, without the remains of feathers).
If you want, you can cut each hip into 2 pieces (it will be more convenient when eating), although, of course, it is better to buy smaller ones, from a young bird, they are, by the way, tastier.
Place chunks in a bowl. Add dry spices in the desired amount, chopped garlic and chopped greens. You can and pour slightly. Generously, we pour into a bowl of beer and mix it. We sip a chicken in beer for at least 40 minutes, and it is better than an hour. 2. After the necessary time, the chicken is washed (if this is not done during baking, the crust is caramelized too quickly) and dried with napkins.
A pan, shape or frying pan (preferably a form with bumps to place the pieces compactly) is smeared with chicken fat and we spread the meat. We do not cover.
Place the form in a preheated oven. Bake at medium temperature for about 50-60 minutes (depending on the oven). In the process of baking, we sprinkle the meat twice with beer. About readiness judged by appearance and aroma (it will be very appetizing). The crust must be golden and rosy.
We wanted a baked chicken with potatoes. We choose medium-sized elongated root crops of approximately the same size (at a rate of 2-4 pieces per person). Potatoes can be boiled peeled, or "in a uniform", or baked again "in uniform". Before serving a sauce, which turned out when baking chicken.
You can bake potatoes together with chicken, then we clean it, cut each potato along a criss-cross (small can be wholly or halved) and put it in a mold, on top - chicken and bake, but the beer is sprinkled less abundantly. In the process of baking, the potatoes will be impregnated with chicken juice and fat extracted from the meat - it will be delicious.
You can bake a chicken with potatoes in the sleeve. If you are not afraid, you can use cellophane ready-made sleeves for baking. But it's better to make a sleeve from food foil yourself, it's not difficult. Of course, when baked in a sleeve or in foil, the chicken will not have such a beautiful golden ruddy crust. However, some people keep a diet.
Dietary recipe for baked chicken
Preparation
Chicken fillet (pieces of meat from the breast), slightly seasoned with spices, if possible, and compactly pack each piece in foil (it is better to grease it with fat and / or at least sprinkle with water so that the meat does not stick). Packed pieces are laid out on a baking sheet or grate and bake for an hour. Potatoes boil (you can steaming) or bake separately. Served with sauce, because the chicken breast - enough "dry" meat, you can cut it nicely slices.
To the baked chicken fillet with potatoes you can serve light table wines, dark or light beer.