Chicken legs to cook like many hostesses. After all, with proper preparation, they are tasty, delicate, fragrant, suitable for family dinner and for a dinner party. It does not have to spend a lot of time and effort, do not require special tricks. It is enough to know a few secrets, and fried chicken drumsticks cooked in a frying pan in just 20-30 minutes will decorate your table both on holidays and on weekdays.
Cooking Features
Although it is difficult to spoil chicken drumsticks when frying in a pan, it is still necessary to know a few secrets of cooking this delicious dish.
- The chicken drumsticks are covered with sandpaper, which, when roasted, takes on a ruddy hue. Due to the fact that this skin is quite fat, chicken drumsticks almost always go juicy. But in fact, not everyone considers the presence of oily skin an advantage. If you are on a diet, then the skin can be removed. However, in this case, fry chicken legs in a frying pan, preferably in batter or at least breaded, which will help preserve the juiciness of the meat.
- The bitter experience of some inexperienced housewives shows that chicken legs can also be dried out. Therefore, you need to know how much they need to fry in a pan. The time depends partly on the recipe, partly on the size of the legs themselves. Chicken drumstick weighing from 80 to 100 g is fried at first over medium heat until golden brown is formed within 5-10 minutes, then stewed or fried over slow fire under the lid for another 10-15 minutes, so the total time is 20 minutes. Larger legs will prepare one and a half times longer.
- The taste of chicken drumsticks fried in a pan is largely determined by the marinade. Marinate chicken legs before cooking this way almost always. Keep the legs in the marinade must be at least 20 minutes, if desired, this time can be increased to 2 hours.
- Chilled shins are more suitable for frying in a frying pan, but if you got frozen, it doesn't matter: if they are allowed to thaw on the top shelf of the refrigerator, they will be no less succulent than those not exposed to freezing.
The technology of cooking chicken drumsticks in a pan may depend on the recipe.
Chicken drumsticks fried in a pan in breading
Composition:
- chicken drumsticks - 0, 4 kg;
- dry white wine - 100 ml;
- butter - 30 g;
- wheat flour - how much will leave;
- salt, herbs, pepper - to taste;
- vegetable oil - how much will leave.
Method of preparation:
- Wash chicken legs, dry them with paper napkins.
- Mix dry herbs (chopped beforehand), salt and pepper.
- Rub the chicken drumsticks with this mixture.
- Fold the legs of the chickens in a bowl, pour them with wine.
- Leave to marinate in a cool place for an hour.
- Heat olive oil in a pan.
- Zapanayut legs in flour, put in a pan in boiling oil. On medium heat, fry from all sides for 10 minutes.
- Reduce heat and continue cooking chicken legs for another 15 minutes, occasionally turning them over.
- Melt the butter in a clean pan.
- Add a tablespoon of flour to it.
- Dissolve the flour with the marinade, whipping it with a whisk so that there are no lumps. Cook the sauce for about 5 minutes to thicken.
Serve fried breaded chicken drumsticks, watering them with marinade sauce.
Chicken drumsticks fried in batter
Composition:
- chicken drumsticks - 1 kg;
- cheese - 100 g;
- chicken eggs - 5 pcs .;
- wheat flour - 0, 2 kg;
- fresh dill - 50 g;
- ground coriander, sesame, cumin - to taste;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- vegetable oil - how much will leave.
Method of preparation:
- Rinse the shins well and dry with a kitchen towel.
- Wash, dry and finely chop fresh dill with a knife.
- Mix dill with the other spices and salt.
- Rub the legs on all sides with a spicy mixture, leave for 20 minutes.
- Beat the eggs in a bowl, whisk.
- While pouring flour, keep beating so that there are no lumps.
- Add quite a bit of pepper and salt, stir well.
- Finely rub the cheese. Put it in a batter, whisk well, so that the cheese is evenly distributed.
- Pour oil into the pan, put it on fire. When the oil begins to boil, dip each leg in batter, put it in the pan.
- Fry over medium heat, without closing the pan with a lid, for 10 minutes. During this time, the calf will need to be inverted several times (as the crust forms).
Put the chicken in the dish. Serve with a side dish of rice or potatoes. The drumsticks, fried in batter, harmonize well with the vegetable salad.
Fried chicken drumsticks with green peas
Composition:
- chicken drumsticks - 0.5 kg;
- soy sauce - 50 ml;
- canned green peas - 50 g;
- vegetable oil - how much will leave;
- butter - 100 g;
- lemon juice - 20 ml;
- turmeric - a pinch;
- sugar - a pinch;
- salt and pepper mix - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Grate and dry chicken drumsticks with pepper and salt, leave for 20 minutes.
- Heat vegetable oil in a pan. Put the legs and fry them, turning over, 10 minutes over medium heat without a lid.
- Pour a quarter cup of water into the pan, cover with a lid. Simmer until water has evaporated. From time to time chicken legs should be turned over so that they are roasted evenly.
- Add the soy sauce, diluted in half with water, stew the fried drumsticks for another 5 minutes.
- Melt the butter in a clean pan. Add turmeric and sugar to it, stir it.
- Put green peas in a pan with butter, then cook it on low heat for 5 minutes.
- Pour lemon juice into a pan with peas. Stir.
- Remove the green peas from the pan.
- Arrange the drumsticks on plates, put some green peas on top.
Green peas do not replace garnish; in this recipe it plays the role of a sauce.
Chicken drumsticks can be braised with cream, vegetables, tomato sauce. Add these components after the legs are roasted on all sides until golden brown.
As a marinade for chicken drumsticks, you can use sour cream or mayonnaise. A good idea is to rub them with garlic.
Served fried chicken drumsticks with a side dish.
Cooking chicken drumsticks in a frying pan is not difficult even for an inexperienced hostess. With a good choice of recipe, they will turn into a tasty and appetizing dish, which is not ashamed to offer guests. Although more often fried chicken drumsticks are included in the daily menu, as they are nourishing and are relatively inexpensive.
