Chicken goes well with many types of vegetables, it is delicious with almost all vegetables. Chicken pieces in the oven with eggplants and bell peppers are delicious and satisfying. How to cook it is described in detail below according to a step-by-step recipe with a photo.
As mentioned above, chicken is a versatile meat that goes well with many foods. Today I want to show how easy it is to prepare one of the options for a delicious chicken-based dish - chicken in the oven with eggplant and bell peppers based on Italian cuisine. The combination of ingredients is good, the dish can be self-sufficient or served with a side dish. Oven baked eggplants and peppers with chicken are a seasonal dish. It is especially cheap to cook in the middle of autumn when these vegetables are very cheap. Although at any other time of the year, it can be cooked.
The resulting dish is so tasty, satisfying, aromatic and beautiful that it will not leave anyone indifferent! In addition, food baked in the oven is much healthier than fried food. And, importantly, cooking requires a minimum of labor and does not need constant attention and presence in the kitchen. After all, it is much easier to cut the poultry with vegetables, put it on a baking sheet and bake it. You can expand the set of vegetables and add whatever you like: cauliflower, broccoli, green beans, etc. And instead of poultry, dietary meat of veal, lamb or veal is suitable.
See also how to cook oven baked chicken with potatoes in soy sauce.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 195 kcal.
- Servings - 2-3
- Cooking time - 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Chicken - 0.5 carcass
- Eggplant - 2 pcs.
- Sweet Bulgarian red pepper - 1 pc.
- Ground black pepper - 0.5 tsp
- Salt - 1 tsp or to taste
Step by step cooking chicken in pieces in the oven with eggplants and bell peppers, recipe with photo:
1. Wash the chicken and scrub with an iron sponge to remove all black tan. Clean out the inner fat, chop the carcass into medium-sized chunks and place on a baking tray.
2. Wash the eggplants, cut into large pieces and send to the chicken in the mold. Use young cobs as they do not contain bitterness. Old fruits taste a little bitter, so you will first need to remove the bitterness. To do this, sprinkle the sliced eggplants with salt and leave for half an hour. Then rinse with running water and dry with a paper towel. You will find a detailed recipe with a step-by-step illustration of how to remove bitterness from eggplants in a dry and wet way, on the pages of the site. To do this, use the search string.
3. Peel the sweet bell pepper from the seeds with partitions and cut off the stalk. Cut the fruit into wedges and place in a baking dish. Season food with salt and black pepper. Add any spices and herbs as desired. For example, drizzle with soy sauce or lemon juice.
4. Wrap the form with food with food foil and place in a heated oven up to 180 degrees for 45 minutes. If you want the food to have a golden brown crust, remove the foil 15 minutes before cooking.
Serve the cooked chicken in the oven with eggplants and bell peppers in pieces on its own, sprinkle with fresh chopped herbs if desired.
See also a video recipe on how to cook chicken with vegetables in the oven.
