It would seem that all recipes of the chicken have already been tried by our hostesses. On what delights only they will not go to please themselves and their loved ones. And what if you forget about the complex cooking and return to simple and minimalistic recipes? For example, bake piquant and indecently tasty chicken with lemon.
Chicken baked with lemon - a classic recipe
I think that to start cooking is with the classics of any feast - a fragrant chicken baked entirely and covered with spicy crispy skin.
Ingredients:
- chicken - 1,5 kg;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- garlic - 1 head;
- sea salt - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- Butter - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- rosemary - 3 branches;
- thyme - 1 teaspoon.
Preparation
Before you cook a chicken in the oven with a lemon, the latter should be thrown into a microwave oven, literally for 10 seconds at maximum power - this method will cause the citrus to give the chicken more juice than usual. We pierce a hot lemon a couple times with a knife and put it in the cavity of the carcass together with the branches of fresh rosemary.
In a small bowl, mix soft butter, thyme and a pinch of salt, in a separate bowl we prepare a mixture of ground garlic. We lay the oil under the skin in the fillet to make it more juicy and save it from drying out, and salt with garlic needs to carefully coat the whole carcass thoroughly.
Now the chicken stuffed with lemon is ready for baking, which at 180 degrees will take about an hour. Before serving, we recommend keeping the bird for 10-15 minutes under the foil, so that the juice does not leak out while cutting, but remains in the meat.
Chicken with lemon and garlic
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 500 g;
- olive oil - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- chicken thighs - 6-8 pcs .;
- shallot onion - 8 pieces;
- bacon - 100 g;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- oregano - 5 branches;
- white wine - 100 ml;
- chicken broth - 200 ml;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Preparation
My potatoes, clean, cut, spread on a baking sheet, poured with olive oil and seasoned to taste. Bake the potato slices until golden brown.
Meanwhile, the chicken is well seasoned and placed on a separate baking tray with oregano, whole shallots, slices of lemon and fatty bits of bacon. Bake chicken 20 minutes before golden crust at 200 degrees, and after pour a mixture of broth and wine and stew for another 20 minutes.
Chicken can also be prepared in the sleeve with a lemon, shallot and spices, though with half the amount of liquid.
Chicken in foil with lemon
Chicken breast - a find for all losing weight, athletes and just connoisseurs of dietary food. But what to do when such a protein-rich meat is already chock-full? You can use the following recipe, which will certainly renew your interest in this healthy dish.
Ingredients:
- fillet of chicken (halves) - 4 pcs .;
- flour - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- pepper - ¼ tsp;
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- lemon juice - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- thyme - ½ tsp;
- lemon - 4 slices;
- chicken broth - 1 item;
- greens - for decoration.
Preparation
Chicken fillet and season with salt and pepper. On vegetable oil fry sliced onions until golden
Chicken breast spread in heatproof deep form, pour sauce, and for each fillet we put a circle of fresh lemon and cover with foil. We bake chicken fillet at 180 degrees 25-30 minutes. For the last 5 minutes, we remove the foil to make the chicken brown, and we already decorate the finished dish with herbs.