Domestic chicken has tough meat. In any case, many housewives think so. And they are mistaken, since not all birds raised in the countryside are not suitable for preparing gourmet dishes. Why is domestic chicken meat tough? There are different breeds, which are conventionally divided into layers and broilers. So, laying hens, and especially older ones, have really tough meat. But in broilers, and even those raised “on free bread”, it has an amazingly delicate and rich taste.
Subtleties of cooking poultry meat
Juicy chicken in the oven will come from a broiler carcass. It is distinguished by a rounded chest and large hips. It is ideal to choose fresh meat - its skin will be white with yellowish tint, and the protruding fat will be ideal white.
By the way, you shouldn’t expect high fat content from poultry. Due to the fact that she is raised in the wild, walking around the yard or in an enclosure, she does not have time to gain fat. Unlike broilers raised in poultry farms, where they sit around all their lives, without any physical activity. Therefore, poultry dishes can be considered dietary - they contain fewer calories than broilers from the supermarket.
To ensure that homemade chicken in the oven turns out perfectly tasty, follow these rules.
- The bird must be no more than a year old. Older chickens have tough meat, regardless of breed. There is no need to clarify “how old the bird was” from the seller. Just weigh the carcass and refuse to buy if it weighs more than 1.5 kg.
- Do not buy birds with bluish skin. It distinguishes a breed of laying hens that is not intended for cooking.
- If, nevertheless, you come across a laying hen or an old bird, it should first be boiled for 2 hours, and only then baked. Then the dish will turn out juicy.
- The right solution for how to fry a chicken or rooster in the oven at home so that it is juicy is to use a cooking sleeve. In it, the meat is cooked, as in a pressure cooker, boiling in its own juice. The intensity of cooking in the sleeve is higher than in a glass form under a lid. You can also bake in foil, but make sure that there are no holes in it. Otherwise, the juice will leak out and the bird will remain dry.
Before baking the carcass, make cuts in the breast and place pieces of butter in them. Thanks to it, lean breast will become more juicy. Either insert the wings into the “pockets” on the breast, or wrap them in foil, shiny side out. During the baking process, these thin parts tend to burn while the thighs and breasts cook.
Cooking chicken in the sleeve
So, let's find out how to cook homemade chicken in the oven using a cooking sleeve. Along with the meat, you can add potatoes or other vegetables, such as tomatoes, onions, zucchini, zucchini, and cauliflower. A carcass cooked with vegetables will acquire a more interesting taste. And you will receive a complete dish for dinner, with a ready-made side dish.
You will need:
- chicken - 1 carcass;
- garlic - 4 cloves;
- onion - 1 head;
- mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- ketchup - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- salt and spices;
- potatoes or other vegetables - optional.
Preparation
- Rinse, remove feathers, and dry the chicken carcass.
- Cut the onion into small pieces, pass the garlic through a press.
- Mix mayonnaise and ketchup (or tomato paste) with garlic and onion. Coat the carcass with this marinade and sprinkle with spices.
- Marinate for 1 hour under film.
- Prepare vegetables (potatoes, zucchini, tomatoes), cut into cubes and place in a sleeve.
- Place the chicken on a bed of vegetables and tie the sleeve.
- Place the bag on a baking sheet. Place in a preheated oven for 1.5 hours, bake at 200°.
Dishes for celebrations and for every day
Country chicken in the oven is suitable for everyday diet and for holidays. In the first case, you can cook it with a cereal side dish, for example, rice or buckwheat. In the second, we offer a more refined dish - baked chicken with original sauce.
You can make a sauce from the juice that is released when the bird is roasted. Boil 350 ml of white wine in a saucepan, add pepper and salt, leave for 5 minutes. Add the juice from the chicken stewed in the sleeve and boil again. Separately, boil 200 ml of water, add 2 tablespoons of sugar and lemon juice into it, stir until dissolved. Add 250 grams of gooseberries or other sour berries, boil, and grind through a sieve. Add the mixture to a mixture of white wine and meat juice, stir, serve with chicken.
With rice for the whole family
This recipe for juicy chicken in the oven is suitable even for old birds with tough meat. The dish turns out to be satisfying, with a crumbly side dish, and is also suitable for a children's table. It's better to divide it into pieces.
You will need:
- rice - 100 g;
- chicken - 1 carcass;
- onions and carrots - 1 root vegetable each;
- flour - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- butter - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- chicken broth - 200 ml;
- mayonnaise - 100 g;
- hard cheese - 100 g.
Preparation
- Wash and cook the rice until half cooked. Cook over low heat.
- Chop the onion and carrots, fry, mix with rice.
- Boil the bird carcass, cut into pieces.
- Fry the flour, add butter, dilute with broth. When the mixture boils, add mayonnaise.
- Place rice with vegetables, chicken meat in the form, pour over the sauce.
- Sprinkle with cheese and place in the oven. Fry at 200° and bake for 20 minutes.
With apples - for the holiday
A good recipe for how to bake a whole homemade chicken in the oven and get an original dish for a family celebration like in the photo.
You will need:
- chicken - 1 carcass;
- apples - 2 large;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- broth - 200 ml;
- salt and pepper;
- spices - to your taste.
Preparation
- Cut the carcass and “spread” it on the cutting table. This way it will bake faster.
- Rub with spices, salt, garlic inside and outside.
- Cut the apples into slices, place on a baking sheet, add broth.
- Place the carcass skin side up.
- Place in the oven for 1.5 hours. By pouring broth over the carcass, you will get a beautiful crust.
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Ingredients:
- chicken- 1.5 kg
- onion- 2 pcs
- olive oil- 3 tbsp. spoons
- lemon- 1 piece
- garlic- 3 cloves
- sage- 1/2 teaspoon
- thyme- 1/2 teaspoon
- rosemary- 1/2 teaspoon
- oregano- 1/2 teaspoon
- parsley- 1/4 teaspoon (dried, ground)
- pepper- 1/4 tsp (fragrant, ground)
- salt- to taste
Prepare the chicken:
To prepare the dish, first prepare the chicken. Rinse the bird thoroughly under warm running water, inside and out. If the chicken is not cleaned, remove all the innards and rinse again. Place the carcass on a cutting board and dry it with a paper towel.Set the chicken aside while you prepare the marinade for baking.
Marinade
Place all the spices and herbs in the required quantity into a deep bowl, add vegetable oil and salt to taste.
Mix all ingredients well. The chicken marinade is ready.
Now you need to heat the oven to 180°C.
Prepare the stuffing for the bird.
Filling
Peel the garlic and onions and rinse under cold water, and also rinse the lemon.
Chop the onion into fairly large pieces, finely chop the garlic cloves, and cut the lemon into 4 parts.
Place these ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
How to cook chicken:
Take the chicken and place it breast side down in an oiled roasting pan.
Lift the top skin near the thighs and brush the meat with a generous portion of the herb and spice marinade.
Turn the chicken breast side up and coat the meat under the skin and the entire top and sides with the marinade.
Place the roasting pan with the chicken in the preheated oven for 1 hour.
Every 15 minutes, using a tablespoon, baste the chicken with the juices that will be released from it during baking.
Once the allotted time has passed, remove the bird from the oven and cover with a sheet of foil so that there are no gaps between the pan and the foil. Place in the oven for another 30 minutes.
Test the chicken for doneness using a fork or toothpick.
Place the finished dish on a beautiful plate, place herbs and chopped fresh vegetables around the chicken, and serve as is.
An excellent side dish for poultry would be baked or boiled potatoes.
Chicken baked in the oven is ready! Bon appetit!
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To prepare homemade oven-baked chicken, prepare the ingredients according to the list.
Wash the chicken thoroughly and remove any remaining feathers.
Cut along the breast and spread out. Wash the inside well again, remove the lungs, leave the existing fat, it will be needed for the juiciness and aroma of the dish.
Combine salt, spices and crushed garlic. Rub the chicken well on both sides with this mixture.
Peel all vegetables and tangerines: peel the pumpkin and remove seeds, cut the pepper and remove the stalk and seeds, remove the white fibers from the tangerine and divide it into slices.
Cut all vegetables into small cubes.
Add salt, season with spices and mix.
Cut the baking sleeve to the desired size and tie it on one side. Place all the cooked vegetables inside.
Place chicken on top. Tie the other side and place in the oven.
Bake for 1.5 hours at 180 degrees.
Carefully remove the baking sheet and cut the sleeve.
Cut homemade chicken baked in the oven into portions and serve hot along with juicy, tender, aromatic vegetables.
Bon appetit. Cook with love.
Baking chicken meat gives it an amazing taste, tenderness and juiciness: salads and side dishes go well with baked chicken. There are many options for roasting chicken. Trying each of them, you will always enjoy a new exquisite taste. Remember a few recipes, the simplest and most original.
How to cook chicken in the oven
Baked poultry is not only very tasty, but also filling. By roasting one carcass, you will provide dinner for a large family or group of friends. You can make it whole, in pieces, or in the form of a kebab on skewers. Cooking chicken in the oven is not such a difficult process; any housewife can handle it. By following some recommendations, it is almost impossible to spoil the delicacy.
Food preparation
Use these tips:
- Choose fresh carcasses that weigh no more than one and a half kilograms. It’s better to take chilled ones, not frozen ones.
- Before cooking the chicken, be sure to wash the carcass and dry it with a napkin: this will make its crust crispy.
- Choose an option on how to marinate chicken for baking in the oven. Sauces, herbs and spices will do.
- How long to bake chicken in the oven depends on its size. As a rule, the process takes 40 minutes per kilo of meat. If the bird is domestic, it takes longer to cook.
- If you don’t know at what temperature to bake chicken in the oven, turn it on 180 or 200 degrees. This is the best option.
Oven chicken recipes
They bake both whole carcasses and their individual parts: for example, legs, thighs, wings, breast. Sometimes various vegetables are added to the meat - then there is no need to serve a side dish with the dish. Chicken meat baked according to an original unusual recipe may well decorate your holiday table, because it simply looks amazing even in the photo. Get acquainted with the most interesting cooking methods.
With potatoes
The food is very satisfying and nutritious, both adults and children like it. It is best served with chopped vegetables and fresh herbs. Before baking chicken in the oven with potatoes, choose a good marinade - it should soak not only the meat, but also the soft potatoes, highlighting their flavor combination. Be sure to serve this dish hot.
Ingredients:
- potatoes – 10 small pieces;
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.;
- poultry – 1 pc.;
- ground paprika – 1 tbsp. l.;
- black pepper, salt;
- oregano – 5 g;
- dried basil - a pinch.
Cooking method:
- Peel the potatoes and cut into quarters. Add a little paprika, salt and pepper to the vegetable oil. Toss the potatoes with this sauce.
- Cut the carcass into pieces. Mix the remaining paprika, oregano, salt, basil and pepper with vegetable oil. Rub the meat with the resulting dressing.
- Spread the potatoes in a single layer on the baking sheet. Place the poultry pieces on top.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 190 degrees for 45 minutes. Serve in portions, garnish with parsley.
Entirely
The dish turns out to be truly festive. The chicken comes out very rosy and golden, and the filling inside is a pleasant surprise. The recipe involves stuffing the carcass with mushrooms and cheese, but you can replace these products with any other products, for example, vegetables or rice. Read how to deliciously cook a whole chicken in the oven, and be sure to try making this dish.
Ingredients:
- hard cheese – 180 g;
- champignons – 0.6 kg;
- chicken carcass – 1 piece;
- vegetable oil – 30 ml;
- a mixture of oregano, rosemary, sage - a full tablespoon;
- garlic – 4 cloves;
- fresh rosemary - a bunch;
- salt, pepper;
- onion – 1 small head.
Cooking method:
- Chop the rosemary and crush the garlic.
- Mix oil with dry herbs. Put rosemary, garlic, salt and pepper there. Rub the carcass on top and inside with this marinade, leave for an hour and a half.
- Chop the onions and mushrooms. Fry them in vegetable oil until cooked. Let it cool a little.
- Grate the cheese and mix with the mushrooms. Fill the carcass with this filling.
- Place the bird on a greased baking sheet. Bake in an oven preheated to 190 degrees for about an hour and a half. Periodically water it with the released juice.
Chicken fillet
An amazingly tasty dish that looks delicious not only in photos on the Internet, but also in reality. Chicken fillet baked in the oven without other products comes out a little dry, so the recipe adds canned pineapples, tomatoes, cheese - thanks to them the meat will turn out sweet, tender, juicy. The dish is guaranteed to be loved by both adults and kids.
Ingredients:
- canned pineapple rings - jar;
- fillet - 3 large pieces;
- mayonnaise – 100 ml;
- cheese (hard) – 120 g;
- cherry tomatoes – 3 pcs.;
- soy sauce – 2 tbsp. l.;
- French mustard – 1 tbsp. l.;
- salt, pepper;
- garlic – 3 cloves;
- mixture of paprika, curry, hot cayenne pepper - 3 tsp.
Cooking method:
- Carefully cut each fillet lengthwise into two slices. Beat them a little under cling film.
- Open a can of pineapples. Pour about a quarter cup of juice into a container. Add soy sauce, mustard, herbs, salt and pepper, and crushed garlic. Place the fillet in a container with the resulting marinade and leave for half an hour.
- Grease the mold with oil. Place the fillet on it, pour a little marinade on each piece and place a slice of pineapple. Place half a cherry tomato in the middle of the ring. The cut should be from the bottom.
- Lubricate portions of fillet with a small amount of mayonnaise and top with grated cheese. Bake in the oven for about 40 minutes at 180 degrees. Serve hot.
In foil
Poultry cooked this way comes out amazingly tender. If you are choosing how to cook chicken in foil in the oven, be sure to try the following recipe - it includes lemon, which gives the meat sourness, and garlic, which adds piquancy to the dish. Thanks to baking in foil, the meat is evenly soaked and takes on the taste of all the seasonings.
Ingredients:
- lemon – 1 large;
- chicken – 1 small carcass;
- thyme – 2 sprigs;
- salt, pepper;
- garlic – 5 cloves.
Cooking method:
- Cut the garlic into slices, the lemon into thin slices.
- Rub the carcass inside and out with salt and pepper. Place half the lemon slices and thyme in it.
- Place the whole carcass on a baking sheet, spread the remaining lemon and garlic over it. Wrap it in foil so that the matte side remains on the outside.
- Bake for about an hour at 190 degrees.
Grilled chicken
We are all used to trying this dish in restaurants or buying it in stores, but it is very easy to make at home. It wouldn't hurt for every housewife to know how to deliciously cook grilled chicken in the oven. This method changes the taste of the meat beyond recognition, it becomes like kebab. You can roast the bird on a spit, if your appliance has one, or simply bake it on a wire rack.
Ingredients:
- chicken – 1 medium;
- mustard – 1 tbsp. l.;
- soy sauce – 120 ml;
- lemon – 1 large;
- salt, pepper;
- vegetable oil – 50 ml;
- tomato sauce (preferably Krasnodar) – 2 tbsp. l.;
- a mixture of turmeric, cinnamon, cumin, coriander, ginger, cumin, cardamom, bay leaf - 2 tbsp. l.
Cooking method:
- Salt and pepper the chicken.
- Mix oil with soy and tomato sauces, mustard, dry herbs.
- Spread the carcass with the resulting marinade on top and inside. Leave for several hours.
- Cut the lemon in several places and place it in the chicken.
- Place the carcass on the spit. If you don't have one, grill the chicken on the grill, turning frequently.
- Bake for an hour and a half at 180 degrees.
With vegetables in your sleeve
This is a great dish that contains both meat and side dish. Chicken with vegetables cooked in a bag benefits the body; it comes out very juicy. Before you bake a chicken sleeve in the oven, be sure to decide what vegetables you will add to it: almost anything will do - tomatoes, bell peppers, broccoli, potatoes. Below is one of the most popular recipes.
Ingredients:
- thighs – 1 kg;
- potatoes - 4 medium pieces;
- zucchini – 1 large;
- carrot – 1 small;
- sour cream – 300 ml;
- onion – 1 small;
- salt, spices;
- bell pepper – 2 small.
Cooking method:
- Mix sour cream with spices. Salt the bird and spread with half of the resulting sauce.
- Peel all vegetables and cut into thin slices. Toss them with the remaining half of the sauce.
- Combine the legs with the vegetables. Place them in a sleeve, tie them, place them on a baking sheet. Pierce the top of the bag in different places so that it does not burst.
- Bake for 1.5 hours at 185 degrees. About 20 minutes before turning off, cut the sleeve so that the meat gets a golden hue. Do this carefully so that the juice does not leak out.
On a jar of water
A very original and fast way of cooking. Chicken in a jar in the oven comes out very flavorful, the meat becomes soft and juicy. In the recipe, 0.5 liters of water is poured into the container, but you can replace it with a bottle of light beer. The alcoholic drink will give the chicken a characteristic bitterness and an interesting aroma. Be sure to try making chicken on a can, you won’t regret it!
Ingredients:
- sour cream – 180 ml;
- carcass – 1 large;
- mustard – 1 tbsp. l.;
- peppercorns – 12-15 pcs.;
- bay leaf 5 pcs.;
- garlic – 4 cloves;
- salt, Provençal herbs.
Cooking method:
- Rub the chicken with salt. Mix crushed garlic with sour cream, mustard, and herbs. Coat the carcass with this marinade and let it sit for a couple of hours.
- Pour a little more than half of water into a liter jar. Add pepper and bay leaf. Place the chicken on top in the oven.
- Fill a baking tray with a small amount of water and place the jar with the bird. Place it all in a cold oven.
- Set the temperature to 200 degrees and cook for 2 hours.
Stuffed with apple
A dish with a completely unique oriental taste and aroma - chicken with apples in the oven turns out sweet and sour. The sauce adds piquancy, and the fruit itself makes a stunning side dish. For this dish, it is better to take firm, sour apples with dense pulp. They will not lose their shape due to baking. Be sure to try to prepare such a dish and treat your family to it.
Ingredients:
- apples – 4-5 pieces (the quantity depends on the size);
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- chicken – 1 large;
- honey - 1 tbsp. l.;
- salt, pepper;
- mustard – 1 tbsp. l.;
- mayonnaise – 180 ml;
- mixture of oregano, rosemary, paprika - 1 tbsp. l.
Cooking method:
- Crush the garlic. Mix it with mustard, mayonnaise, herbs, honey.
- Cut the apples into slices. Mix them with some of the marinade.
- Salt and pepper the poultry. Stuff with apples, sew or pin with a toothpick.
- Spread generously with the remaining marinade and leave for several hours.
- Bake for an hour and a half to two on a baking sheet coated with oil at 190 degrees.
In a pot
There are many options for cooking chicken in the oven. Roast chicken in a pot in the oven is made with potatoes, a variety of vegetables, and cereals. The recipe presented below is different in that it contains no other ingredients besides meat and marinade. This dish should be served with a side dish, for example, mashed potatoes, light vegetable salad, or boiled rice. Chicken in the oven will amaze you with its taste.
Ingredients:
- kefir (cream) – 0.5 l;
- chicken – 1.5 kg (preferably breast);
- parsley – 1 bunch;
- onion – 1 head;
- pepper, salt;
- ginger – 1 tbsp. l.;
- garlic – 3 cloves;
- coriander (seeds) – 0.5 tsp.
Cooking method:
- Cut the onion into half rings and squeeze with your hands. Chop the herbs and garlic.
- Cut the chicken, place in a deep bowl, sprinkle with pepper and salt. Pour it with kefir mixed with onions, garlic, coriander, and ginger.
- Place in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
- Divide the chicken among the pots. Pour in the marinade, not reaching 2 cm from the top.
- Cook at 180 degrees for 40 minutes, covered, and then another 20 minutes. without them. Garnish with fresh herbs before serving.
With eggplant and tomatoes
This puff pastry looks great both in photos and in person: it will become a chic highlight of the holiday table. Eggplants with chicken and tomatoes bake perfectly in the oven. The delicacy turns out tasty, juicy, aromatic, nutritious. Every housewife should definitely try to cook chicken fillet with vegetables using the method that will be described below.
Ingredients:
- garlic – 3 cloves;
- eggplants – 3 pcs.;
- fillet – 3 pcs.;
- sour cream – 150 g;
- pepper, salt, herbs;
- cheese – 250 g;
- tomato – 3 large.
Cooking method:
- Slice the eggplant lengthwise. Salt them and set aside for half an hour. Drain the juice and fry in a frying pan.
- Cut each fillet into two slices and beat. Season with salt and pepper.
- Cut the tomatoes into slices. Chop the parsley and garlic, grate the cheese.
- Place half of the eggplants on a greased baking sheet. Place the fillet on top. Next comes the second part of the eggplants.
- Distribute tomatoes and herbs.
- Grease the dish with sour cream mixed with garlic, sprinkle with cheese. You need to bake at 190 degrees for half an hour. You can serve it with a baguette.
Baking secrets
Each dish has its own little tricks. Tips on how to deliciously bake chicken in the oven:
- The meat will be juicier if you put a little butter under the skin on the breast.
- If you bake chicken in the oven using foil, wrap it tightly so that the juices do not spread.
- When cooking in the sleeve, be sure to pierce the meat in several places.
- To check if the chicken is done in the oven, pierce the thigh and breast with a toothpick. If the juice that flows out is pinkish, it means it is still raw.
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