When composing, many prefer to use recipes where the most simple ingredients turn into restaurant-level dishes. Others believe that truly homemade food is needed for a home holiday. But both those and others often opt for a product such as chicken - for New Year it can be prepared in a variety of ways.
Whole
To cook a whole chicken carcass, you need to have some culinary experience. However, if you follow the recipe step by step, and a beginner can try his hand. Don't take it right away complicated recipes stuffed chicken, you can first try to cook a bird without stuffing. It is believed that the easiest way to bake the carcass in the oven, but this can be done in different ways.
First way
Very tasty chicken meat is obtained if it is marinated in advance. For the marinade (for a carcass weighing about 2 kg) you will need:
- garlic - 4 cloves;
- 1 head red onion;
- juice of ¼ lime;
- white dry wine- ½ bottle;
- ground paprika and salt - 2 tsp each;
- pepper and dried basil - ½ tsp each
Finely chop the onion and garlic, mix all the ingredients. Put the chicken carcass in the marinade for 60 minutes, then take it out and dry it a little. The bird is oiled olive oil, spread in a baking dish and put in the oven. The chicken is baked for about 60 to 90 minutes at 180°C. During this time, it should turn ruddy, but not dark brown.
Second way
Chicken dishes for the New Year will be perfectly cooked in a culinary sleeve or a special baking bag. If you want to bake a whole bird, then for this you should take a not very large carcass (about 1.3-1.5 kg). It is lubricated with a mixture:
- 2 tbsp. sour cream, mayonnaise and olive oil;
- mixture of black and white pepper, ground basil and rosemary - ½ tsp each;
- 1 tsp salt.
Inside you can put a sprig of rosemary. Then carefully transfer the carcass into a sleeve or bag, close and make a few small holes at the top. Preheat the oven to 200 ° C and put a baking sheet in it with a carcass in the sleeve for about 50 minutes. Then open the sleeve (package) and leave it for a while (10-15 minutes) to form a crisp.
Chicken for the New Year, the recipes of which involve cooking it entirely in the oven, looks very festive and, as a rule, occupies a central place on the table. Poultry is served on a pillow of vegetables and herbs with baked potatoes.
In the test
tender meat poultry goes well with puff pastry. As a rule, they do not cook it, but buy frozen layers in the store. What do they do with them then?
"Legs in a bag"
Many housewives love to cook this portioned dish for the holiday, because it is done quickly and looks original. How to make it?
- 6 pieces of chicken drumsticks should be fried and brought to readiness in a pan.
- A package of puff pastry (usually 400 g) is defrosted, the dough is rolled out into a layer about 5 mm thick, cut into 6 equal squares.
- A spoonful of butter and a finished drumstick are placed in the center of each square, and then the dough is molded around the bone. If the dough does not close properly, it can be tied with white cotton thread, which is removed after cooking.
- Put baking paper on a baking sheet, and “bags” on it. They should be in the oven for 20-25 minutes at a temperature of 180 ° C.
Sometimes, to make the dish more festive, small cuts are made in the dough in a checkerboard pattern. Then the "bags" become openwork.
"Clubs"
In the test, they cook not only chicken drumsticks. Even minced meat can be in a ruddy and fragrant "bag". Minced meat is cooked on its own or bought in a store - in this case, you will need to add a few more ingredients to it. In general, for the dish you will need:
- 1 head of onion;
- minced chicken- 300-350 g;
- salt, pepper, seasonings - to taste;
- egg - 1 pc.;
- puff pastry - 200 g.
Finely chopped onion, salt, pepper and seasonings are added to the minced meat. If it turns out to be quite thick, then you can put in it a raw egg whole, if liquid, then it is better to limit yourself to only the yolk. Roll out the dough and cut into strips half a centimeter thick. Form balls from minced meat, wrap with strips of dough and put on a baking sheet covered with special baking paper. Put in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 40-50 minutes. Having prepared a chicken for the New Year in this way, you can get very unusual photos with it, because it will not immediately be clear what this dish is made of.
Fillet
Chicken fillet, namely white meat, is considered dietary, so it is often prepared by those who follow a diet and do not want to deviate from it even during the holiday. Rolls are most often made from fillets. There are a great many of their recipes, because they use the most different products- someone likes tender ham, while others prefer vegetables and herbs. You can often find a roll with prunes and cheese:
- To make the prunes soft and cut well, they are soaked in boiling water for 40-60 minutes (100 g of prunes and 2 cups of water will be required).
- Spread 2 chicken fillets between two layers of cling film and beat off.
- Then the fillets are salted, peppered and sprinkled with any spices to taste.
- Get the prunes out of the water, squeeze and put on the meat, grated cheese (100 g) there too.
- Make a roll, tightly wrapping it in cling film, and tie it with threads.
- Boil water in a large saucepan, reduce the heat to a slow one and cook the roll in such water for 40-60 minutes. Then take out, cool, remove the film and cut across.
The combination of prunes and cheese gives the roll a piquancy. And in order to have as few calories as possible in the finished dish, it is better to take low-fat varieties of cheese.
Instead of cheese and prunes, asparagus boiled until half cooked is put in the roll, bell pepper, greens, nuts and even bacon, but in the latter case, the dish will turn out to be more high-calorie than the rest. The roll is not only boiled, it is wrapped in foil, steamed or baked without oil in the oven.
Poultry meat is supple, it is not difficult to make a real one out of it. cooking masterpiece, but before you cook chicken for the New Year, you need to choose it correctly. It should be dry, clean, elastic, light pink in color and with a neutral odor. At the slightest doubt, it is better to refuse the purchase.
The queen of the festive table for the New Year is baked chicken. It looks especially appetizing whole, cooked in the oven, with a fragrant and crispy crust. That is why chicken for the New Year is always relevant. She will decorate the festive table, make it richer and diversify the New Year's menu. Enough to follow exactly step by step recipes, and chicken dishes for the New Year 2019 can be easily prepared even by novice cooks, without spending a lot of time and effort.
Chicken with lemon for the New Year
As a rule, the New Year comes so quickly that not everyone has time to properly prepare for it. So time for careful thinking holiday menu and doesn't stay at all. But if you use this chicken recipe for the New Year, the problem of a hot dish will be solved. The bird baked in the oven turns out to be appetizing in appearance, pleasant in taste, and the cooking process does not take much time.
Cooking time -2 hours.
The number of servings is 6.
Ingredients
To make the New Year's chicken excellent. You need to stock up on the following ingredients:
- chicken - 2 kg;
- lemon - 1 fruit;
- garlic - 5 cloves;
- butter- 50 g;
- rosemary, salt, ground paprika, ground pepper to taste.
On a note! To make the New Year's chicken less or more spicy, you can use less or more garlic.
Recipe
Just a few steps and delicious chicken for the New Year will be served at the festive table:
- Wash the chicken carcass, dry with paper towels, remove excess fat, if any. Rub with salt, pepper and paprika inside and out. Focusing on your own taste, a set of spices can be supplemented.
Rinse the lemon, grate the zest. White skin should not be rubbed. Divide the lemon into several parts.
If the butter was stored in the freezer, it must first be removed and thawed at room temperature. It should not become liquid, but just soften. Mix softened butter with lemon zest, add garlic, passed through a press. Mix all ingredients.
Stuff the chicken carcass with lemon, a sprig of rosemary.
Gently lift the skin of the chicken using a spoon. Fill the cavity with the garlic butter mixture. It is desirable to evenly distribute it throughout the breast.
With the remaining mass, coat the carcass on top.
Tie the legs of the chicken with a rope or strong thread. This will help keep the shape of the bird when baking. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Bake the chicken for about 1.5 hours. In order to brown the bird on both sides, it is recommended to turn it over to the other side during cooking. You can also increase the temperature to 200 degrees 15 minutes before readiness.
Serve the finished chicken on the New Year's table, decorating with lemon and herbs.
Chicken in pomegranate sauce for the New Year
This chicken recipe for the New Year makes it possible to fully enjoy the taste and aroma chicken meat. The pomegranate sauce makes it soft and slightly sweet. The festive table will become even richer if you add a delicious chicken to the menu.
Cooking time -2 hours.
The number of servings is 6.
Ingredients
To cook chicken in the oven for the New Year, you will need:
- chicken - 1.5 kg;
- onion - 150 g;
- soy sauce- 60 ml;
- pomegranate sauce- 100 ml;
- olive oil - 30 ml;
- paprika - 1 tbsp. l.;
- a mixture of peppers - 1 tsp;
- granulated garlic - 2 tsp;
- salt to taste.
Recipe
To make the New Year's chicken worthy of the festive table, use the following recipe:
- You can use any part of the chicken to cook this dish. It must be washed and pre-cut into pieces. Then mix pomegranate sauce, onion, soy sauce, paprika, garlic and olive oil in a blender. Salt.
Line a baking sheet with foil, lay out the chicken pieces and pour over the resulting sauce. Put in a cold place for 1 hour. Then place in the oven, preheated to 190 degrees, and bake for about 1 hour.
Turn the chicken over while it cooks to ensure even browning.
Serve New Year's chicken need hot. It is combined with potatoes or vegetables.
New Year's chicken in the oven with ginger
Tasty and fragrant New Year's chicken with ginger will especially appeal to those who follow the figure. FROM useful properties Ginger losing weight people have known for a long time. In general, it turns out low calorie meal, which will be the highlight of the festive table.
Cooking time - 2 hours 30 minutes.
The number of servings is 6.
Ingredients
To cook for festive dinner tasty and healthy chicken, you should use the following ingredients:
- chicken - 2 kg;
- ginger - 1 root;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- spices and salt to taste.
On a note! To prepare juicy and crispy chicken for the New Year, sour cream or mayonnaise can be included in the list of ingredients, with which the carcass is coated. But it should be understood that the dish in this case will become more high-calorie.
Recipe
If you want to cook beautiful and appetizing holiday dish without spending a lot of time, it is recommended to use this chicken recipe for the New Year:
- First of all, you need to turn on the oven, setting the temperature to 180 degrees. At this time, you can start preparing the carcass for further baking. The chicken should be thoroughly rinsed under cold water, cleaned of remnants of feathers, films, and dried with a paper towel.
Peel the ginger root and grate on a fine grater.
Separately mix spices, salt, chopped ginger root. If mayonnaise or sour cream is used, at this stage they should also be added to the total mixture.
Rub the chicken carcass with the prepared mixture and leave for 30 minutes to marinate the meat.
In half an hour, the chicken will absorb the marinade, which will soak even the deepest layers of meat.
Cover a baking sheet with baking paper, lay out the carcass and bake in the oven for about 1.5 hours. Periodically, you need to water the chicken with juice from a baking sheet.
When the chicken has cooled down a bit, it can be transferred to a beautiful dish and served at the festive table. To make her more attractive appearance, you can decorate with vegetables or herbs.
Christmas chicken with potatoes
Using this recipe, you can simultaneously get baked chicken and a side dish. Delicious chicken meat goes well with potatoes, so guests will not even have questions about the culinary abilities of the hostess. This dish is suitable for both New Year's Eve and for a regular dinner.
Cooking time -1.5 hours.
The number of servings is 6.
Ingredients
To cook chicken with potatoes in the oven, you will need the following products:
- chicken - 2 kg;
- potatoes - 6 pcs.;
- onions - 2 pcs.;
- sour cream - 1 tbsp. l.;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- vegetable oil- 2 tbsp. l.;
- salt and pepper to taste.
Recipe
the tastiest and fragrant chicken with potatoes in the oven is obtained according to this recipe:
- In a bowl, mix sour cream, salt and pepper, squeeze the garlic. Mix the sauce until smooth.
Cut the chicken carcass along the breast, rinse thoroughly. Spread cooked sour cream sauce from all sides. Leave for half an hour to soak the meat.
Spread foil on a baking sheet, grease it with vegetable oil. Peel potatoes, wash and cut into strips. Lay it out on foil. Salt to taste.
Put the chicken carcass in the sauce on the potato pillow. Sprinkle around with onions cut into half rings.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and place a baking sheet with chicken for 1 hour. You can turn it over while baking so that the meat cooks evenly.
Chicken in foil for the New Year
Another delicious recipe holiday chicken in the oven, which does not require the use a large number products. The main thing is to marinate the chicken meat well and wait until it is cooked. It is worth noting that in the process of baking the bird, you can do other dishes, so this recipe is considered simple and quick.
Cooking time -3 hours.
The number of servings is 6.
Ingredients
To cook chicken in foil for the New Year, you need to prepare the following:
- chicken - 2 kg;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l.;
- pepper and salt to taste.
On a note! If desired, mayonnaise can be replaced with sour cream.
Recipe
For delicious and juicy chicken the following step by step recipe is used:
- Rinse the chicken under water.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Rub them well with your hands. Peel and chop the onion into half rings. Mix with mayonnaise. Coat the chicken with this mixture on the outside and preferably on the inside.
Wrap the chicken in foil and leave to marinate for 1.5 hours. Then, in the same form, put on a baking sheet and place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. It will take about 1 hour or a little more to bake the chicken. 20 minutes before cooking, you need to remove the foil and put the baking sheet back in the oven, which will allow the chicken to become covered with a golden crust.
When the chicken for the New Year is ready, it can be decorated and served.
Video: how to cook New Year's chicken
The following videos will help you prepare New Year's chicken.
All three options do not require any culinary skills. The longest part of this process is baking in the oven, during which you can take a break and pour yourself something hot or strong.
Recipe number 1. Chicken in paprika
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons smoked or plain paprika, 2 teaspoons melted butter, 1 teaspoon ground garlic, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper, 1 chicken. For watering: 4 tablespoons honey and 2 tablespoons lemon juice.
Cooking.
- Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius, rinse the chicken well with cold water and pat dry with a paper towel.
- Mix paprika, garlic, melted butter, salt and pepper. Rub this mixture all over the chicken and place it on a baking sheet.
- Melt honey and mix with lemon juice. Set aside.
- Place the chicken in the oven and bake for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. After 35 minutes, baste the chicken with the honey-lemon mixture and continue basting every 15 minutes until cooked through. The bird is ready when a clear, not pink, liquid appears at the puncture site.
Recipe number 2. Chicken baked with herbs
Ingredients: 1 medium chicken, salt, ground black pepper, 2-2.5 cups finely chopped fresh herbs (basil, parsley, thyme, marjoram, or oregano), 1/4 cup olive oil, 1 lemon, halved, 4 bay leaves, 1 sprig of rosemary.
Cooking.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius, rinse the chicken in cold water and pat dry with paper towels.
- Rub the inside of the chicken with salt. Gently lift the skin around the brisket and try to rub the chicken under the skin with as much of the chopped herbs, salt, and a small amount olive oil.
- Place the lemon halves, bay leaves, rosemary, and remaining chopped herbs inside the chicken.
- Rub the top of the chicken with salt, pepper and olive oil and place in the oven. Turn the chicken from time to time to ensure it cooks well.
- Enjoy the result.
Recipe number 3. Chicken with rosemary and lemon
Ingredients: 1 medium chicken, 1/2 finely chopped onion, 2 garlic cloves, 1/2 lemon, 2-3 rosemary sprigs, 1 tablespoon herbes de Provence.
Cooking.
- Preheat the oven to 225 degrees, rinse the chicken in cold water, pat dry with paper towels and remove all grease.
- Rub the chicken inside and out with salt, pepper and herbs.
- Squeeze the juice from the lemon and rub it on the outside of the chicken.
- Put the squeezed lemon and rosemary inside the chicken and send it to bake until tender (50-60 minutes).
Bon appetit and successful, tasty experiments;)
When choosing recipes for the menu of the New Year's table, one cannot do without meat or poultry dishes. Chicken in our country is widely popular and loved by everyone, especially if it is cooked with a fried crust and in some delicious marinade. Today you are presented with delicious and very simple recipes with photos of cooking chicken for the New Year 2019, after studying which you will discover all the nuances and subtleties of this culinary work. Thanks to this, you can easily please your loved ones and friends in new year's eve not just chicken, but a masterpiece of culinary skill.
Chicken fillet in sour cream sauce
This recipe, by and large, is simple, and the chicken turns out to be very tasty and tender.
To prepare such delicious chicken for the New Year, you will need the following products:
- Chicken fillet - 8-10 pieces;
- 1 onion (medium);
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- Butter - approx. 50 g;
- A quarter cup of flour;
- 0.5 cups of milk;
- Sour cream - 200 g;
- Vegetable oil (preferably olive oil) - 2 tablespoons;
- Hard cheese - 100 g;
- Fresh greens;
- Salt pepper.
It may seem that chicken is a trivial bird, and it is already difficult for housewives to surprise guests with dishes from it. Although, many hostesses have their own signature recipe, including, and especially for the New Year. Well, the chicken for the New Year 2019, recipes with photos of which you will find on our website, can win the heart of any gourmet. Let's go back to our recipe.
Cooking:
- We wash and dry the fillet, put it in a pan. Fry over high heat on both sides until a golden crust appears on the meat. After that, the chicken is transferred to a heat-resistant form.
- Grind in a blender bowl: onion, herbs, garlic. You can also add some hot pepper if you like.
- Melt butter in a saucepan. Add flour and fry the whole mixture a little, stirring constantly.
- Gently pour in the milk in a thin stream, bring the whole mixture to a boil. As soon as the first bubbles appear on the surface, add greens and sour cream previously chopped with onions and garlic. Simmer the resulting sauce over low heat for about 10 minutes. Salt to taste.
- When the sauce has thoroughly boiled down, you can fill it with fillets. The chicken should be salted and peppered beforehand.
- Grate the cheese and sprinkle generously over the meat. Send the form to the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes.
- Wait for the appearance of a golden crisp and pull out the dish.
- Before serving, you can sprinkle the chicken with chopped herbs. Here, the New Year will be a direct association, and the greenery will look like Christmas tree needles.
If you are sure that your chicken will be the prima feast, recipes with a photo of the finished result will help you decide which chicken you will serve to your guests.
Chicken fillet in spicy apple sauce
To make the chicken on the New Year's holiday unusual, cook it in a spicy applesauce with the addition of fragrant spices. Her unique sour - sweet taste you will remember for a long time.
Ingredients:
- Chicken fillet - 900 gr.;
- Garlic - 1 clove;
- Water - 1/2 cup;
- Soy sauce - 1/3 cup;
- Brown sugar - 1/3;
- Apple juice - 1/3 cup;
- Olive oil - 2 tbsp. l.;
- Ketchup - 2 tbsp. l.;
- Apple cider vinegar - 1 tbsp. l.;
- Chili pepper flakes - 3/4 tsp;
- Ground ginger - 1/2 tsp
Cooking:
- Cut the chicken breast into small pieces and fry in olive oil until golden brown, then transfer the finished meat to a dish.
- Into the frying pan chicken fillet, pour mixed with water Apple juice, add vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, spices and ketchup - mix everything well and boil over medium heat until the sugar grains dissolve, but do not boil.
- Add chicken pieces to the prepared sauce and, stirring, bring to a boil. Stew the meat over low heat for 20 minutes.
- Serve the cooked chicken fillet hot.
New Year's chicken baked with oranges
New Year's chicken baked with oranges is very tasty and easy! The oven does all the work for you, you just have to carefully read our recipe, stuff the chicken with citruses, add salt, spices to taste and voila! The signature dish of the New Year is ready! And what a flavor, you will lick your fingers!
Ingredients:
- Chicken;
- Orange - 2 pcs.;
- Garlic - 2 cloves;
- A mixture of ground peppers - 2 tsp;
- Dried marjoram - 2 tsp;
- Soy sauce - 1 tbsp. l.;
- Honey - 2 tsp;
- Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l.;
- Salt to taste.
Cooking:
- My chicken, rub with salt, garlic (pressed) on top, inside and under the skin.
- My orange, cut into thin circles and put under the skin on the breast (3-4 slices), and the rest - inside the chicken and fasten with a pair of toothpicks.
- Combine honey, soy sauce and oil.
- Thoroughly rub the whole chicken with the resulting mixture and then season with a mixture of peppers and dried marjoram.
- Put the prepared chicken on a baking sheet, lightly oiled. We put in an oven preheated to 210C for 15 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 180C or make a small fire and bake for another 50 minutes. If the tips of the wings are browning too much, wrap them in foil.
- We take a large dish and, having thinly sliced another orange, spread it along the edge of the plate, and place the finished ruddy chicken in the center. Top with dill leaves. Your dish is simply divine, it turns out just as juicy and appetizing as in the photo!
New Year's chicken in Indian "Bombay"
If you don’t know how to cook chicken in the oven for the New Year 2019, then our recipe with a photo is just for you. Having given this New Year's dish a little time and effort, you will get spectacular, tasty and fragrant meat with a pronounced spicy taste. Your family won't be able to resist this delicious treat!
Ingredients:
- Chicken;
- canned pineapples - 1 can;
- Garlic - 2 cloves;
- Vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. l.;
- Honey - 3 tbsp. l.;
- Lemon juice - 2 tbsp. l.;
- Cognac - 2 tbsp. l.;
- Ground ginger - 1 tbsp. l.;
- Salt - 2 tsp;
- Black ground pepper - 1/2 tsp;
- Nutmeg - 1/2 tsp;
- Brown sugar - 2 tbsp. l.
Cooking:
- Wash and dry the chicken.
- Mix half brown sugar with cognac, honey (2 tablespoons), half ginger, nutmeg, black pepper, lemon juice, salt and vegetable oil (2 tablespoons), coat chicken with this marinade inside and out, wrap tightly in cling film and remove to marinate in the refrigerator for a day.
- Put the marinated chicken in a baking dish, put in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 1-1.5 hours. Turn the chicken every 20 minutes, cover with foil 20 minutes before the end of cooking. During cooking, the chicken should be periodically poured with a sauce made from merged with canned pineapple juice mixed with the remaining vegetable oil, grated garlic, ginger, honey and brown sugar, you can add salt to taste, mix everything.
- We take out the finished ruddy chicken from the oven and put it on a beautiful large dish, decorating it with parsley leaves on top, and chopped pineapple slices on the sides. Enjoy your meal!
Conclusion
This is such a delicious and cute chicken that you can cook for the festive table for the New Year 2019. Believe me, the guests will be satisfied, and the dish will be eaten quickly and without a trace. It remains to wish Bon appetit, happiness and health in the New Year.
It's great that chicken carcasses in our supermarkets have not yet run out! They and only they help us out on weekdays, and on holidays, and on the holiday of holidays - for the New Year. After all, what is a chicken? This is both meat and rest (comparative, of course) for our stomachs. To digest such food, the body does not need to strain too much.
How to cook chicken for the New Year so that it looks decent? By default, using only classic recipes, or in a new way, with unusual seasonings and original presentation? To this question, every creative hostess is looking for her only correct answer. We can recommend one thing - it is better to experiment with chicken in advance, otherwise what to serve to guests if the dish according to the new recipe is not very successful? After all, chicken for the New Year is most often the “nail” of the holiday menu, even if you prefer recipes for inexpensive dishes.
Good Chicken Rules
In order for the chicken dish to succeed in any case, adhere to the mandatory rules for choosing and preparing a bird carcass. These tips should not be neglected even experienced cooks who are sure that they know everything about the chicken.
Rule number 1. It is advisable to buy not a frozen, but a chilled carcass, thus providing tender meat after cooking with a richer flavor bouquet.
Rule number 2. The most delicious is a bird weighing up to 1.5 kg and under the age of one year. Therefore, do not chase big carcasses. If you intend to cook for numerous guests, buy 2-3 chickens, but keep the weight standard.
Rule number 3. When choosing a “chick”, pay attention to its appearance - a high-quality bird does not have any bones sticking out from under the skin, no “bruises” and smudges. The color of the skin is even, pleasantly yellowish.
Rule number 4. Chicken cooked in ceramic or cast-iron dishes is very tasty. The material from which the mold is made heats up gradually, protecting the meat from burning.
Rule number 5. Experienced chefs know how to allocate time for cooking a carcass - 40 minutes per kilogram of meat. Readiness is determined using an ordinary toothpick - they pierced it, looked at the quality of the juice that stood out from the hole, if it is transparent, then the dish is ready.
Rule number 6. We do not recommend leaving the meat in the oven turned off, “to get it right” - the carcass will quickly become dry and absorb the smell of fat.
Rule number 7. To achieve a golden crisp, 10-15 minutes before cooking, brush the chicken with a layer of honey or sour cream. Mayonnaise in this case is best avoided, as it will give the dish an unpleasant vinegary taste.
Chicken Recipes for the New Year
Chicken baked with Brussels sprouts. Dietary meat and vegetables are the very combination that all nutritionists consider the most useful and which the body lacks so much during protracted new year holidays. Moreover, it is very tasty and elegant.
Ingredients:
- chicken carcass;
- 200-300 g (how much will fit in the chicken) Brussels sprouts;
- 100 g butter;
- bacon (2-3 pieces);
- 1 small onion;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- salt and spices, as always - to taste.
First, make the filling - fry the onion in oil with chopped bacon and garlic, after the onion is golden, add cabbage and spices. Cook for 10 minutes. Cool the resulting minced meat and grind in a blender.
Stuff the carcass prepared in advance (washed, dried and grated with salt and pepper) with cabbage and bake until tender.
Chicken & potatoes. It would seem, what could be more common than chicken baked with potatoes? But what could be tastier and more festive than it?
If you include as many fragrant herbs and spices as possible in the recipe, then the dish will turn out to be even more unusual. This is a direct road to the New Year's table.
Ingredients:
- bird carcass (1.5-1.6 kg);
- potatoes - 1 kg;
- garlic - a few cloves;
- thyme - fresh (2-3 sprigs) and dried (1 tsp);
- salt and spices;
- olive oil, hot water (approximately 300 ml).
Prepare the chicken for roasting as usual, but this time put thyme sprigs and chopped garlic inside the carcass. Place the bird on large baking sheet chest down. Peeled potatoes, it is desirable that the tubers are approximately the same size, cut into oblong slices and arrange around the chicken. Salt and pepper the potatoes, drizzle with lemon juice and drizzle with olive oil. Then sprinkle the contents of the baking sheet with half of the dry thyme and pour hot water into the bottom.
After half an hour of baking (but in general - be guided no longer by time, but by the color and condition of the chicken), turn the bird over, salt, pepper and "sweat" its other side, and bake until tender.
"Orange" chicken. It will be a small but very effective culinary bomb on holiday table. Firstly, because chicken is always delicious, and secondly, because oranges are always the New Year. To enhance the New Year's accent, you can also take tangerines, but they are somewhat inconvenient to cut for this dish.
Ingredients:
- gutted chicken weighing 1-1.5 kg;
- oranges - 2 pcs.;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- a mixture of peppers - 2 tsp;
- soy sauce -2 tsp;
- honey - the same amount;
- olive oil (or refined sunflower).
Grate the washed and dry carcass inside with salt and crushed garlic, it’s good to “introduce” the garlic plates under the skin of the “bird”. Pour boiling water over oranges and cut into thin discs, three of which are also placed under the skin, the rest are inside the carcass.
After combining honey, soy sauce and vegetable oil, coat the chicken on all sides with the resulting mixture. Fasten the hole with toothpicks so that the oranges do not fall out of the chicken during the baking process, and after an hour and a half you can enjoy the finished dish.
Foil will serve as protection against burning of the tips of the legs and wings.
Chicken stewed with tomatoes and olives. This dish has a great Greek feel to it. For an exotic "monkey" New Year - just what you need.
Ingredients:
- chicken - 1 kg (any parts of the bird);
- carrots and onions - 1 pc.;
- tomatoes - 3 pcs. (fresh or from a jar, marinated in its own juice);
- pitted olives - about 5 cans;
- tomato paste - 3 tsp;
- broth and dry wine - 100 ml each;
- basil;
- salt.
First of all, fry the chicken, put it in a saucepan, fill it with wine and broth, and boil for five minutes. Then add onions, carrots, tomatoes, pasta and olives. Simmer for 60 minutes, and when the dish is almost ready, sprinkle with basil or a mixture of herbs that you prefer.
Usually meat cooked with olives is not salted, but if it seems bland to you, add a pinch of salt.
