Breast, whether it is pork, beef, lamb or chicken - this is not the most expensive part of the carcass, but from it you can cook a lot of delicious dishes that can become the basis of a hearty and full meal.
If you bake brisket in the oven, then excess fat will evaporate from it, which will make the dish even more healthy. The main thing is to choose the bacon, to cook it according to the chosen recipe, without neglecting the advice of experienced chefs.
Choosing brisket right
When choosing breast, it is important to buy fresh chilled meat, so first of all you should pay attention to its appearance. The meat should not be too dark, the dent should be quickly restored when pressed, the color of the fat layer should be slightly pink, but not yellow. There should be no slime or sticky layer on top of the meat.
If the hostess decided to cook frozen meat, it is best to defrost it on the top shelf of the refrigerator. Yes, it will increase the duration of the defrosting process, but will help to preserve the juices and the taste of meat as much as possible.
Simple recipe step by step
Cooking pork belly in the oven can be done in different ways, but the simplest is cooking it with a whole piece. Such meat will be delicious not only with the heat of the heat, but also in the cold, it can create an excellent alternative to store sausage.
If it is not possible to find a piece of pork of suitable thickness, then you can bake two small pieces, connected by a thick thread of leather outside.
For the basic version of baked brisket you will need the following ingredients:
- 1000 g pork belly;
- 30 grams of garlic;
- 60 g carrots;
- salt and spices to taste.
Meat preparation time - from 1.5 to 2 hours.
Caloric content of 100 g of fragrant fragrant meat from the oven - 332.0 kcal.
The sequence of cooking bacon baked in the oven:
- Prepare the meat: wash, blot excess moisture, stuff it into small cuts with garlic and carrot strips, salt and season with spices to taste;
- Lay a piece of brisket on a baking sheet skin down and send to the oven at low heat (150-180 degrees);
- After 90-120 minutes, depending on the size and thickness of the piece, the meat will be ready for serving.
Marinated pork belly baked in foil
As in any other dish, spices can drastically change the taste of the finished product, so it is worth cooking bacon in the marinade and the taste of meat changes immediately, absorbing the aromas of spices and herbs.
Each chef has his own marinade recipe (on beer, cream, tomato juice), but there are also universal combinations that will appeal to everyone, such as marinade with lemon juice.
For pork belly in lemon marinade needed:
- 1000 g pork belly;
- 120 grams of lemon;
- 40 g garlic;
- 20 ml of vegetable oil;
- 20 g dry herbs;
- salt and spices to taste.
On marinating and roasting brisket, in general, it will take 2.5-3 hours.
The caloric content of the finished meat, calculated per 100 grams, on average will be 319.8 kilocalories.
The order of culinary processes:
- Washed and dried meat stuffed with garlic slices. Squeeze juice from a lemon, mix it with vegetable oil, herbs, spices and salt. Grate the mixture with the mixture and leave to marinate for one hour;
- When the meat is pickled, it must be wrapped in foil and sent to the oven for an hour and a half, baked at 200 degrees. A quarter of an hour before the end of cooking, the foil should be opened and reddened the brisket until an appetizing crust.
Bake meat with vegetables in the sleeve
There are people who do not like vegetables, but even they will not give up vegetables, which are baked together with pork belly in the oven. It is worth noting that the list of vegetables indicated in the recipe is relative, you can take any seasonal vegetables that will be in the fridge.
To make this variant of baked pork belly, you will need:
- 500 g pork (brisket);
- 300 g young medium-sized potatoes;
- 300 g cherry tomatoes or ordinary;
- 200 g of sweet pepper;
- 100 g onions;
- 12 grams of garlic;
- 30 grams of greenery;
- 100 ml of white semi-sweet wine;
- hot pepper, salt and spices to taste.
The time spent on cooking meat in this recipe will be 1.5-2 hours.
Calorie ready meals - 204.1 kcal per 100 g.
How to bake pork belly with vegetables in the sleeve in the oven:
- Wash the brisket, wipe with a paper towel and cut into small pieces, then salt with pepper and fry in a dry frying pan until golden brown;
- Vegetables are also well washed, large cut into any way;
- Put vegetables in a baking sleeve, salt and pepper, put slices of roasted pork on top of them, pour in wine, tie the sleeve and bake for 1 hour in an oven with a set temperature of 200 degrees;
- 15 minutes before the end of cooking, you can make a cut in the sleeve and doggovit meat open.
Baked potatoes with beef brisket
Many housewives do not like to cook beef brisket in the oven, considering that the meat is too hard and fibrous, but with the right preparation you can get a very tasty dish. This option is very convenient in terms of the fact that both meat and garnish (potatoes) are cooked at the same time. The piquancy and sharpness of brisket betrays a creamy sauce with mustard and horseradish, with which it is served.
For beef brisket baked with potatoes in the oven, you need:
- 1000 g beef brisket;
- 600 g potato tubers;
- 24 grams of garlic;
- 25 ml of olive oil;
- 60 ml of heavy cream;
- 50 g horseradish sauce;
- 5 g Dijon mustard;
- 5 ml of red wine vinegar;
- rosemary, black pepper and salt to taste.
The cooking time for meat with potatoes and sauce will be about 1 hour.
The caloric content of a serving, calculated per 100 g, will average 159.2 kcal.
Algorithm cooking:
- Mix together olive oil, salt, garlic, black ground pepper and crushed sprigs of fresh rosemary;
- Wash brisket, blot excess moisture with paper towel and coat with prepared marinade from olive oil, rosemary and garlic;
- Wash, peel and chop the potato tubers, pour the marinade to the potato slices after coating the meat and stir well by distributing the spices between the pieces of vegetable;
- Put a pickled piece of meat in the center for baking the brisket, and potato slices around it;
- In the oven, heated to 240-250 degrees, send the prepared meat and bake for 20 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 180 degrees and cook another 10 minutes;
- Remove the cooked meat from the pan and put it on a chopping board, where it should rest for 10 minutes. This is the time to prepare the sauce: whip the whisk with a little whip, mix them with horseradish, mustard and wine vinegar, add salt and black pepper;
- Put the baked potato on a serving plate, put the bacon slightly cooled and cut into portions. Serve all together with the sauce.
Chicken breast baked in the oven
Even not very experienced housewives know that chicken fillet does not have a pronounced taste, and this meat does not have juiciness. But with proper baking, these drawbacks become virtues that help to prepare a tasty, juicy and flavorful dish that can provide the body with animal protein at a low calorie content.
For baked chicken breast with mushrooms you need to take:
- 600 g chicken fillet on the bone with skin;
- 400 g fresh champignons;
- 120 g onions;
- 250 ml cream 20% fat;
- 12 grams of garlic;
- salt and spices to taste.
It will take about 45 minutes to cook this dish in the oven, including the preparatory work.
Calorie chicken with mushrooms, cooked in this way - 93.0 kcal / 100 g
Working process:
- Mix the cream, finely chopped garlic, salt and spices (for example, ground black pepper). Obtained sauce smeared on all sides of poultry meat;
- Put sliced ​​champignons and half rings of onions into the greased form on the bottom;
- Pour the meat over the vegetables in cream, pour all the remaining cream sauce and bake in the oven at 200 degrees until ready.
Mutton breast baked in the oven with potatoes and mushrooms
Lamb is a dietary meat that is quickly and easily absorbed by the body, although it is sufficiently high-calorie. This type of meat has several nuances: it has a rather pronounced taste and often remains dry after baking. Therefore, sending it to the oven, you should hide it in a sleeve or foil envelope, as well as do not forget about spicy herbs.
To cook lamb brisket with potatoes and mushrooms, you need to take the ingredients in the following proportions:
- 500 g lamb brisket on the bone;
- 750 g of potatoes;
- 350 g of champignons;
- 16 grams of garlic;
- salt and allspice to taste.
The baking time in the oven will be 2 hours, another 15-20 minutes will need to be spent on preparatory work.
The average calorie content of lamb with potatoes and mushrooms will be equal to 109.7 kcal / 100 g.
Cooking method:
- Mutton bacon washed, dried and cut into pieces along the ribs. In each piece make cuts in which to insert a small piece of garlic and pea allspice;
- Cut the peeled and washed potatoes into large pieces, turn the champignons into thin slices. Mushrooms, meat and potatoes salt to taste;
- Spread food foil on a baking tray. Put lamb on it with potatoes and champignons. Fold the foil envelope and send it to the oven;
- First, bake an envelope with meat at 200 degrees, and after 50 minutes, reduce the heating of the oven to 150 degrees. The total residence time of the food in the hot oven is 120 minutes. Crisp lovers 10-15 minutes before the end of baking can open the foil and brown the contents of the envelope.
Useful tips
If chicken breast cooks quickly and at 200 degrees, then for pork, beef and lamb, you should choose a different temperature regime. First, bake at the maximum temperature (240-250 degrees), and after 20-50 minutes, reduce the heating of the oven to 150 degrees. This will increase the duration of the roasting process, but will prevent the meat from drying out.
If the meat is too hard, then marinating will help make the fibers softer.
If the meat was cooked on the bone, then it is better to cut it before serving. Cut the meat into portions to cross the grain. Serve bacon with a side dish of potatoes or a salad of fresh vegetables.
Another recipe for baked brisket is in the next video.
