An elegant dish that is not difficult to prepare is chicken in the oven in cognac. This delicious and delicate dish is perfect for a holiday, a romantic dinner or an everyday menu. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step-by-step cooking of chicken in the oven in cognac
- Video recipe
Chicken dishes are quite popular for any occasion. A big plus of food is its benefits, ease and quick digestibility. Oven baked chicken in cognac has the most delicate structure, creamy cognac taste and appetizing baked crust. Lovers of the exotic will surely appreciate this unusual dish. The cognac gives the dish an original piquancy, and the spicy aroma of the chicken is provided by interesting spices. The bird's taste is very unusual, it is difficult to compare it with anything. To make the meat deliciously tasty, the carcass must be marinated in cognac for a long time. Then it will be extraordinarily soft, tender and melting in your mouth! You can bake the bird whole or cut it into portions. It is prepared in different ways: in a sleeve, on a baking sheet, grill or wire rack. You can choose the option that suits you best.
The proposed simple recipe for baked chicken will help out well both on weekdays and on holidays, when there is no time or you don't want to stand at the stove for a long time and make dishes with a large number of cooking stages. It turns out the bird is very tasty, while the dish is inexpensive and budgetary. You can serve baked chicken on its own with a fresh vegetable salad. Although as a side dish, potatoes are perfect, both mashed potatoes and fries. And if you wish, you can bake the chicken at the same time as the side dish. For example, stuffing it with cereals (rice, buckwheat) or potatoes.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 145 kcal.
- Servings Per Container - 1 Chicken
- Cooking time - 1 hour for marinating, 1.5 hours for baking
Ingredients:
- Chicken - 1 carcass
- Any spices and spices to taste
- Italian herbs - 1 tsp
- Cognac - 50 ml
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
- Salt - 0.5 tsp or to taste
Step by step cooking chicken in the oven in cognac, recipe with photo:
1. In a small bowl, combine salt, black pepper and Italian herbs. Add any spices and seasonings to taste if desired.
2. Pour brandy into the spices and stir.
3. Wash the chicken and pat dry with a paper towel. If not plucked feathers are present, then remove them. Spread the marinade on the inside and outside of the bird well.
4. Leave the bird to marinate at room temperature for 1 hour. You can put it in the refrigerator if you plan on marinating for a longer period.
5. Place the marinated chicken in the roasting sleeve. Although you can bake a bird without it. This is already a matter of choosing a cook. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and send the chicken in cognac to bake for 1, 5 hours. Cut the bag 20 minutes before cooking is finished to brown and crisp and brown.
See also a video recipe on how to cook baked chicken with garlic, onions and cognac.
