General principles of cooking chicken with potatoes in the oven
Each hostess has a couple of interesting recipes for preparing delicious dishes that allow her to arrange a festive table beautifully and tasty. And the central place in any holiday feast is the king among culinary dishes - chicken with potatoes. That it is most often served in almost all corners of our vast country. Baked potatoes with chicken - a real magic wand for housewives.
Do not spend a lot of time to prepare it. It is enough to prepare all the ingredients, marinate the chicken with potatoes and immerse in the oven, where a wonderful transformation takes place - the dish gets intoxicating aroma and indescribably tender taste. Moreover, chicken and potatoes occupy a special honor not only on the festive table, it is cooked with pleasure on everyday days. Especially when you do not want to spend a long time at the stove, but you still want to please your family with a delicious dinner.
For everyday baked chicken enough to season it with seasoning, prepare potatoes and put in the oven. For the holiday table, the list of ingredients increases significantly, the hostesses include all their imagination and try to emphasize as much as possible the taste of juicy meat and baked potatoes. For the festive table, the bird can be stuffed with fruits, vegetables, exotic spices, special sauces, and roasts are also prepared for the potatoes, which emphasizes their taste.
The advantages of chicken and potato dishes are the availability and ease of cooking. Not every woman can boast of their culinary abilities, however, many are trying to develop and gradually comprehend the cooking tricks. Baked chicken with potatoes is a versatile dish that can be prepared by the hostess, who takes the first culinary steps, and an experienced cook in demand. And those who have already learned the secrets of cooking chicken, develop their capabilities and each time trying to diversify the taste of the dish.
Preparing Products
So, every woman has her own secrets of cooking chicken with potatoes in the oven. This allows them to work wonders in the kitchen. In this she comes to the aid of modern magic wands, such as a sleeve, foil, glass heat-resistant dishes and much more. Their use allows each time to give the meat more delicate and new taste. For example, placing chicken with potatoes in the sleeve, it is prepared as a double boiler, so to speak, in its juice. If you place the chicken in an open glass jar, this method gives the chicken a crispy crust, which is why many people like baked chicken. There are many recipes for cooking whole chicken, there are quite a few recipes for shredded chicken and potato meat.
Main ingredient list:
• Chicken - when choosing it, you should pay attention to the appearance, the meat should be pink, without yellow spots, weight depending on the number of family members or invited guests;
• Potatoes - each housewife cuts this ingredient in its own way. Some do not grind it at all, use whole peeled potatoes, by the way, this option looks very original on a festive table. You can decorate with herbs and vegetables. Some also like chopped potatoes, for example, with a straw. This option is more suitable for everyday meals.
• Spices - cinnamon, basil, bay leaf, rosemary, parsley, mint, paprika - according to individual preferences.
• Fruits - apple - lemon, grapes, cranberries, figs, pomegranate, dates.
• Vegetables - in addition to potatoes, serve - carrots, onions, tomatoes, peppers, garlic.
• Additional ingredients - mayonnaise, mustard, butter, wine, vinegar, honey, sour cream.
Chicken and potato recipes in the oven.
Recipe 1. Chicken with potatoes in the oven with vegetables in sour cream sauce.
Sure, every hostess more than once, probably, tried to cook chicken with potatoes in sour cream sauce. However, even if the usual recipe to add one or two ingredients, the whole dish will acquire new colors. Remember, each recipe is unique and deserves your attention. Ingredients Required:
• 1 - 1.5 kg of chicken;
• 1 - 1.5 kg of potatoes;
• 5 tablespoons sour cream;
• 30 ml of vegetable oil;
• 1 large onion;
• sprigs of rosemary;
• dill for decoration;
• salt and pepper to taste.
Cooking Method:
First you need to deal with the carcass, wash thoroughly, gut, dry thoroughly with napkins and after that you can start cooking. Salt with ground pepper mixed, rub the chicken and the outside and inside. In a separate bowl add sour cream and dry sprigs of rosemary, you can add basil, mix everything. The resulting mixture is processed chicken, even from the inside. Chicken prepared.
Baking tray rubbed with vegetable oil, laid out chicken. We place in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees.
We are engaged in potatoes. Clean, finely grind. Onion cut into rings, mix everything thoroughly, add salt, pepper, some oil. We put all this on a baking sheet around the chicken and put everything in the oven again. After 90 minutes you can admire the golden crust.
Recipe 2. Chicken with potatoes in the oven in tomato sauce.
This recipe is for those who love spices and spice. The cooking method is quite simple, and the young and experienced hostess can handle it.
Ingredients:
• 1-1.5 kg of chicken;
• 1 kg of potatoes;
• 25 g of tomato paste;
• salt, you can take the sea;
• 25 ml of sour cream;
• 10 g curry;
• ground pepper;
• olive oil;
• 3 cloves of garlic.
Cooking Method:
Regardless of the cooking recipe, in each case the bird should be prepared - gutted, washed, wiped. Next, proceed to the sauce: take pasta, sour cream, ground curry, pepper, salt and chopped garlic. All ingredients are thoroughly mixed until a homogeneous consistency. Sauce process the meat and leave for about half an hour.
In the meantime, let's do some potatoes. Chop the peeled potatoes at your discretion, fill with your favorite seasonings. Put the chicken on a baking sheet, around the potatoes. We place in the oven, 200 degrees. After 1.5 hours you can get an amazing dish! Bon appetite!
Recipe 3. Chopped chicken with potatoes in the oven with mushrooms.
To prepare this dish will not take much time. It is enough to grind all the ingredients, fill and send to the oven. Free time can be spent on more pleasant cares.
Ingredients:
• 1 kg of potatoes;
• 1 kg of chicken - you can immediately purchase individual thighs or chop a whole chicken;
• 1 onion;
• 700 grams of champignons;
• 150 ml sour cream;
• 100 grams of hard cheese;
• salt and spices.
Cooking Method:
Prepare all the ingredients - chop the onion, you can half rings; chop the chicken, chop the potatoes and mushrooms at its discretion, rub cheese into a separate vessel.
We start collecting dishes: potatoes are laid out on a baking sheet, salt, pepper, put meat on top, decorate with mushrooms and onions, fill with favorite spices. The last layer is sour cream and grated cheese. This dish is better to cook in a closed vessel. The oven temperature is 180 - 200 degrees.
Recipe 4. Chicken with potatoes baked in oven in foil.
The use of foil allows you to give the dish a rather subtle and surprising notes of amazing taste. The foil allows the meat to keep its juice, and also provides a golden crust.
Ingredients:
• small shredded chicken;
• 1 kg of potatoes;
• 200 g of hard cheese;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• spices and salt.
Cooking Method:
1. Grind potatoes and chicken.
2. Hard cheese can be rubbed through a grater, can be cut into plates.
3. Onions and garlic chopped strips.
4. At the bottom of the pan lay out a double layer of foil.
5. Potatoes, seasoned with spices and salt, spread a thin layer on the foil.
6. On the meat we make small cuts, in which we put garlic. 7. On top of the potatoes laid out meat, then onions and cheese.
8. We process everything with vegetable oil, which will prevent foil from sticking.
9. Cover the chicken with foil and place in the heated oven.
Recipe 5. Chicken with potatoes in the oven (in the sleeve).
Bird with potatoes baked in the sleeve is distinguished by its richness and richness of taste. In a closed environment, all the ingredients are combined into a single composition. And the cooking method is quite simple.
Ingredient list:
• medium chicken;
• 1 kg of potatoes;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 bow;
• 2-3 cloves of garlic;
• seasonings and spices;
• salt.
Method of preparation.
1. Prepare the chicken, make cuts on it and put garlic in them.
2. If desired, chicken can be processed with mayonnaise or sour cream.
3. Chopped potatoes seasoned with salt, spices.
4. Chop onions and potatoes finely.
5. In a separate vessel, mix the onions, carrots and potatoes.
6. First place the chicken in the sleeve and arrange it around the potatoes.
7. Close the sleeve and place in the oven.
The proposed recipes will amaze you with aroma and amazing taste. Enjoy your meal!