There are few such people who will refuse a fragrant chicken, with a crisp crust, tender flesh baked in the oven. Chicken meat is a universal food product, treats from it are present in the daily menu and on the festive table.
General rules for cooking chicken with apples
As practice has shown, whatever dish of chicken you cooked, the main rule is that the meat should be fresh and chilled. We have already mentioned that chicken is a universal product that is “friendly” with almost all cereals, vegetables, spices, dairy products and even fruits.
Simple but very tasty chicken and apple recipes:
Recipe 1: Rosy chicken, baked whole with apples
Every housewife knows that portioned chickens, smeared with spices, mayonnaise and baked in the oven - this is a simple, win-win dish, with minimal cost. But very often the dietary chicken meat after heat treatment is obtained dry. This recipe for cooking in the oven is an exception to the rule, as the meat is juicy, with a sweetish taste thanks to apples.
For cooking meat dishes - baked chicken with apples for 6 persons you will need the following ingredients:
chicken not more than 1 kg;
sweet apples (dessert) - 4 pieces;
fresh garlic - 2 teeth;
honey - 2 tablespoons;
lemon peel - 2 tablespoons;
thyme, rosemary - 1/4 teaspoon;
bourbon or whiskey - 2 tablespoons;
vegetable fat for greasing the pan;
salt pepper.
To bake a whole chicken with apples you need 50-55 minutes of them: 10 minutes. preparatory process, 40-45 min. heat treatment.
Step by step - cooking whole chicken with apples.
Preparatory process:
- Stuffing - 2 slices sliced, chopped garlic, bourbon (whiskey) are mixed. Ingredients are soaked with each other for at least 5 minutes. - Chicken rubbing mixture - mix chopped thyme, rosemary, lemon zest, salt, honey and pepper in one container.
- Chilled chicken carcass
- 2 remaining apples are cut into slices.
- Chilled chicken is rubbed with a mixture of spices (outside and inside), fruit filling is put inside. Laid bird laid out in a form and laid around sliced apples from all sides.
- Oven, preheated to 200 degrees.
Heat treatment:
Chicken baked for 30 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees. Then the degree in the oven drops to 180 degrees, and the bird is baked until done. The finished chicken is removed from the oven and wrapped in foil for 10 minutes.
Finished chicken meat is cut into portions and served with baked apples or potatoes. Enjoy your meal!
Recipe 2: Chicken stuffed with apples and buckwheat
This treat is not only nourishing and tasty, but also saves your time, as the meat dish is prepared simultaneously with a side dish. Zest stuffed chicken - buckwheat. Buckwheat porridge is not a daily meal, but a festive garnish, as it is soaked with apples, sauce and chicken fat during baking.
To prepare a meat dish with a side dish - chicken stuffed with apples and buckwheat for 6 persons, you will need the following ingredients:
chicken carcass not more than 1 kg;
buckwheat porridge (ready) - 1/2 glass;
onion head;
sweet and sour apple - 1 piece;
mayonnaise - 2 tablespoons;
tomato paste - 2 tablespoons;
mustard (best American, with a sweetish taste) - a teaspoon;
vegetable fat for greasing the pan;
salt pepper.
For cooking chicken stuffed with apples and buckwheat in the oven, you need about an hour of them: 20 minutes. preparatory process, 40-45 min. heat treatment.
Step by step - cooking chicken stuffed with apples and buckwheat in the oven Preparatory process:
- Chicken rubbing sauce - mix mustard, tomato paste and mayonnaise in one container.
- Small cubes of onion, fried in vegetable fat. An apple without a peel is cut into small cubes. Mix onions, apples and buckwheat in one container.
- Chilled chicken is rubbed with spices and sauce (outside and inside), the porridge stuffing is put inside.
- Oven, preheated to 200 degrees.
Heat treatment:
The chicken, covered with foil, is baked in the oven for 40-45 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees. 10 minutes before turning off the oven, the foil is removed.
The chicken is cut and served with buckwheat-fruit side dishes. Enjoy your meal!
Recipe 3: Chicken sleeve with sour-sweet apples
Surprise your relatives and cook everyone's favorite chicken in a new “image” - chicken in the sleeve. The bird does not have a crisp, but do not be upset, because you will appreciate the juicy meat cooked in its own juice. Another advantage of this method of preparation is that the chicken can languish in its own juice, as a whole, or in slices with various vegetables.
For cooking meat dishes in the sleeve - chicken with sour sweet apples for 6 persons you will need the following ingredients:
chicken carcass not less than 1 kilogram;
medium onion bulb;
garlic - 2 teeth;
sweet and sour apple - 2 pieces;
banana - 0.5 pieces;
sour red wine - 2 tablespoons;
soy sauce - 0.5 tablespoons;
honey - 1 tablespoon;
lemon juice - 1 tablespoon;
salt, pepper, greens.
For cooking chickens with apples in the sleeve you need 6 hours 45 minutes. of them: 25min. preparatory process, 5 hours marinating, 80 min. heat treatment.
Step by step - cooking chicken with apples in the sleeve
Preparatory process:
- Stuffing - mix apple slices, banana slices, thin onion half rings, minced garlic, sour wine and soy sauce in one container. - Chilled chicken carcass rubbed with spices (inside and out). The fruit filling is put inside, and the holes are pinned with toothpicks. Then the carcass on top is coated with honey, placed in a sleeve that is tied and pierced from above.
- A sleeve with stuffed poultry is sent to the fridge for 5 hours.
- Oven, preheated to 190 degrees.
Heat treatment:
Sleeve with chicken baked 80 minutes at a temperature of 190 degrees. The finished meat is removed from the sleeve, toothpicks are removed. The bird is laid out on a dish, sprinkled with lemon juice and sprinkled with greens. Enjoy your meal!
Recipe 4: Chicken with apples and potatoes
Tender chicken fillet, potatoes with a sweet and sour apple, cheese and half an hour of time and on your table a hearty lunch.
For cooking meat dishes - chicken with apples and potatoes for 2 persons, you will need the following ingredients:
Chicken fillet - 400 grams;
apple (solid variety) - 1 piece;
potatoes - 4 pieces;
hard cheese - 150 grams;
sour cream - 100 grams;
water - 0.5 stakana;
salt pepper.
For cooking chicken fillet with apples and potatoes in the oven you need 55 minutes. of them: 25min. preparatory process, 30-35 min. heat treatment.
Step by step - cooking chicken fillet with apples and potatoes.
Preparatory process:
- Chicken fillet is cut into small strips and seasoned with spices.
- Potatoes and apples take the form of thin slices.
- Pour half a glass of water into the baking dish and lay out the ingredients in layers: potatoes, meat, apples, meat, apples. Top layers are poured sour cream and grated cheese.
- Oven, preheated to 180 degrees.
Heat treatment:
The meat dish is baked in the oven for 30-35 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees. Enjoy your meal!
Recipe 5: Chicken with prunes and apples
Many women believe that the festive meat dish cannot be made from three ingredients (spices and butter do not count) for only 25 minutes. We have destroyed the myth and the pretexts for you to bring this simple, and most importantly inexpensive recipe for chickens with prunes and apples to your menu of festive dishes. To prepare a quick meat dish - chicken with prunes and apples for 4 persons, you will need the following ingredients:
chicken - 600 grams;
prunes - 1/2 cup;
apple - 2 pieces;
butter - 2 tablespoons;
sour cream - a glass;
salt, pepper, greens.
For cooking chicken with fruit in the oven you need 35 minutes. of which: 10min. preparatory process, 25 min. heat treatment.
Step by step - cooking chicken with prunes and apples in the oven.
Preparatory process:
- Cut chicken carcass into portions.
- Apples are cut into slices, prunes in half.
- Oven, preheated to 220 degrees.
Heat treatment:
Chicken meat is seasoned with spices and fried in a saucepan in butter. Then the chicken is shifted to the baking dish, where the fruit is laid. Ingredients are poured sour cream and baked for 15 minutes. Enjoy your meal!
Chefs recommendations on how to choose a quality chicken carcass.
When buying chicken in a supermarket, pay attention:
- on the color and smell, the bird should be pink, shine a little and almost no smell;
- pay attention to the integrity of the chicken, it should be without damage;
- The weight of the chicken carcass should not exceed 2 kg.
