Chicken thighs, legs, wings, liver - went to the store on the way home and bought a couple servings for dinner. Easy, simple, fast. Traditionally, pall? Try to master for yourself a new recipe - chicken in bacon! In addition, that time for cooking will take only a few minutes more - just as much you need to cut the bacon and wrap the chicken legs or thighs, you will have an amazingly aromatic, juicy, delicate dinner. Smoked bacon adds chicken meat to piquancy and softness, perfectly emphasizes its taste, and itself, frying, crunches with a fragrant ruddy crust. And by the way, the hen in bacon is a great appetizer for beer, believe me, men will appreciate your culinary abilities, the chicken will fly away in no time!
Chicken legs in bacon
In order to prepare chicken drumsticks in bacon, you will need the most minimal set of products - shanks, bacon and spices. You see how simple it is! Actually, you can use this recipe to cook chicken thighs in bacon.
Ingredients:
- chicken legs - 12 pieces;
- bacon - 150 g;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Preparation
Well chilled bacon cut into thin strips. Be sure to cool it, so that it's easier for you to cut it. Chicken legs carefully washing, dried, rubbed with salt and pepper. Then wrap each leg with a strip of bacon, pinch the toothpick edge, put it in a baking dish and send it for 30-35 minutes in a preheated oven to 200 degrees.
If you want the meat to turn more juicy, then you can cook chicken with bacon and cheese. To do this, gently separate the skin from the pulp, but do not remove it. The resulting "pockets" fill with pieces of cheese, then wrap with bacon ribbons and send to the oven. Cheese is better to take a hard, but wonderful goat and goat. You can add chopped greens to the cheese. Perhaps, the dish will not be too dietetic, but you must once pamper yourself!
Chicken liver in bacon
Some people do not like to use the liver because of its specific odor. But, the chicken liver is a fairly delicate product and has practically no smell, and if it is previously marinated in wine, the dish will turn out very spicy. To wine you can add thyme or other fragrant herbs, the liver will only benefit from this.
Ingredients:
- chicken liver - 300 g;
- bacon - 150 g;
- white wine - 50 ml;
- soy sauce - to taste;
- sugar, spices - to taste;
- butter.
Preparation
We thoroughly wash the liver, remove the film and marinate in wine for about half an hour. In the heated frying pan, melt the butter, pour the sugar, add the soy sauce and fry the liver in this mixture for several minutes on each side. When the liver is a little cool, wrap each piece of ribbon of bacon and string it on skewers, like a shish kebab. Each skewer is fried on both sides in the same sauce in a pan until a ruddy crust appears.
Chicken in bacon with sauce
Try baking a chicken with a sauce - a delicate creamy-cheese, piquant soy or spicy tomato. This is a matter of your taste and imagination. In any of the selected options, the chicken, baked in bacon with sauce, will turn out juicy and deliciously tasty. Legs or thighs of chicken wrapped in strips of bacon, put in a baking dish and pour sauce. After 30-35 minutes the dish will be ready. You can serve chicken in bacon as with any side dish or with vegetables.