Chicken fillet or so-called "white" meat is the most valuable and useful part of chicken carcass. It is the breast contains the least fat, it is dense, with the correct processing of juicy meat.
Firstly, the breast can be prepared with layers or small pieces. Secondly, the traditional fried in batter meat in this case can be cooked more useful and bake. Finally, you can modify the globe. If you can not decide how to make a dessert for chicken breast , decide how dense and saturated you want to see the layer of dough. The basic combination for batter is egg and flour, but it is possible to prepare aircloth by diluting the dough with carbonated water or light beer without preservatives. You can add flavoring shades if you enter spices into the dough or a little white wine, soy sauce or cognac. And, of course, you can use different flour: wheat, rice, buckwheat - depending on the garnish. Here are some examples of how to cook a chicken breast in batter.
Tempura from chicken
In Japan, the word tempura refers to any food cooked in batter in hot oil. It can be fish and seafood, pieces of meat, vegetables. Overall, only that the tempura is prepared very quickly, so the pieces must be very small.
Ingredients:
- chicken breast without skin and bones - 300 g;
- Chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
- rice flour - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- soy sauce - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- water or milk - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- vegetable oil odorless - 1 glass.
Preparation
Chicken fillet should be cut into thin slices, not very long. We will marinate meat in soy sauce for an hour, or better - for 3-4 hours. We cook the fish: we connect eggs with flour (if there is no rice flour, you can use wheat flour, or you can grind the rice in a coffee grinder into flour), rubbing so that there are no lumps. We pour in water or milk. Density of batter is adjustable to taste. In the saucepan or cauldron we warm the oil until a light haze appears. We lower the pieces of the breast into the dough, then immediately send them to the butter. Fry the slices quickly - 2-3 minutes. We put them on a napkin, so that excess oil is absorbed. The best side dish is of course rice and fresh vegetables.
Chicken Chops
More traditional variant - chops from a chicken breast in batter. They also do not prepare long.
Ingredients:
- fillet of chicken - 1 kg;
- pepper freshly ground black - ½ tsp;
- salt - 2-3 pinch;
- light beer - 1.5 cups;
- chicken egg - 3-4 pieces;
- wheat flour - 1.2 cups;
- vegetable oil - 70-80 ml.
Preparation
Chicken fillet is cut by layers, cutting along into 2-3 parts, carefully beat off with a spoon (rib) or knife (non-cutting edge), salt, sprinkle with black pepper, put in enameled dishes and pour a glass of beer. After half an hour we get meat, dry it with napkins. Whisk the remaining beer with eggs and flour. The claret must be very
As soon as the crust has become evenly golden, we shift our chops to a baking sheet and put it in the oven heated to 200 degrees C for 20 minutes. To get a festive dish - a chicken breast in battered cheese and cheese, 5 minutes before cooking sprinkle our chops grated cheese. You can use any hard cheese - it will take a little, and the taste of the dish will change dramatically.