Chicken with vegetables baked in a pot - it is easy to cook, while it has an ideal taste. This dish cannot but be loved, and everything you need to know for its correct preparation, you will learn in this review.
Recipe content:
- How to choose and operate pots
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Baking chicken in the oven, and even in a pot, is a real pleasure. Minimum time, available products, healthy, satisfying … Products are stewed in their own juice, absolutely without adding fat, which results in a dietary meal with a minimum amount of calories. It can be used by both children and adults. In addition, it also has an amazing taste, but it is important to know some secrets.
- The number of pots should be equal to the number of eaters. Therefore, you should initially calculate how many will be required.
- You do not need to add liquid to the pot, especially if the meat is cooked with a lot of vegetables. They will give a lot of their juice, which makes the dish juicy.
- If you want to make the dish juicier, you can pour broth or water into the pots, but a very small amount. You can also add a little wine or cognac for piquancy. Alcohol will evaporate during cooking anyway. Then the meat will turn out to be even softer, and the dish itself will acquire an interesting aroma.
- It is recommended to remove the pots from the oven 10 minutes before the dish is ready. Because food will continue to cook even with the frypot turned off due to heat build-up in the cookware.
How to choose and operate pots
- The ideal pot size is about 500 grams. This amount will be enough for one serving.
- Ceramic dishes can provide perfect taste. Glass containers tend to heat up unevenly.
- The unglazed ceramic inside will actively absorb odors. Therefore, when preparing foods with a specific taste, it is better to use other dishes.
- Always place the pots in a cold oven and remove them by placing them on a wooden stand. Since they can crack from temperature changes.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 42 kcal.
- Servings - 6
- Cooking time - 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Chicken - 0.5 carcasses
- Potatoes - 12 pcs.
- Tomatoes - 6 pcs.
- Mayonnaise - 100 g
- Bay leaf - 12 pcs.
- Allspice peas - 12 pcs.
- Salt - 0.5 tsp each. in each pot or to taste
- Ground black pepper - 1/4 tsp in each portion or to taste
- Garlic - 6 cloves
- Vegetable oil - for frying
Cooking chicken with vegetables in a pot
1. This dish requires half a chicken. Therefore, cut the carcass into pieces. Hide one half in the refrigerator for soup or other dish, and wash the other half under running water and pat dry with a cotton napkin. Chicken pieces should be medium in size, as too large pieces may not cook in time, and small pieces will dry out during frying. birds for this dish, you can use any, at your discretion.
2. Place the pan on the stove. Pour in oil and heat well. Then send the chicken to roast. Set the heat to high and broil the poultry, stirring occasionally, until golden brown. Do not bring it to full readiness, it will be fully cooked already in the oven. If you are not a supporter of fried food, then you can skip this stage of cooking, and immediately put the raw chicken in pots.
3. Divide the fried chicken into the pots.
4. Peel, wash and cut the potatoes into medium-sized cubes.
5. Arrange the potatoes in the pots on top of the meat. Put bay leaves and allspice peas on it. Season food with salt and black pepper. Also, if you wish, you can add your favorite spices. For example, nutmeg, Provencal herbs, suneli hops are well suited.
6. Wash the tomato and cut into rings about 5 mm thick. Peel the garlic and chop finely.
7. Place chopped tomatoes and minced garlic in each pot. Pour all products with mayonnaise.
8. Place the pots in a cold oven and turn on the heating to 200 degrees. After the brazier is fully heated, cook the pots for 1 hour. After this time, remove the pots and leave them to reach the desired consistency for another 15 minutes. After that, you can serve them to the table.
See also the video recipe on how to cook chicken with vegetables in pots.
