To part with the old equipment is very difficult, knowing in detail all its functions and capabilities. But the owners of new equipment, which is able to perform new tasks for cooking, you can think about creating flavored grilled chicken at home on a spit, jar, grill or stuffed with fruits, vegetables, in a marinade. Such a dish would be the perfect solution for a festive table, a quiet family dinner.
Grilled chicken in the oven on a skewer (standard recipe)
The most affordable and inexpensive poultry meat is chicken meat. At the same time, it is optimal to reduce caloric content, to maintain a high amount of useful vitamin and minerals only when baking the whole chicken. Fragrant meat with a crispy appetizing crust can be cooked on a spit in the oven. To create a grilled chicken will be needed:
- chicken carcass - 1.2-1.5 kg;
- salt - 15 g;
- paprika - 10 g;
- garlic, turmeric, pepper mix - 15 g each;
- sour cream - 50 ml;
- mustard - 25 ml.
Marinating chicken lasts about three hours, and the total time of preparation and thermal processes takes another two hours. Kcal per 100 g of fragrant chicken will contain 187 units.
The chicken carcass that has been frozen should be thawed at room temperature, rinsed with water. Using paper or a towel to remove residual moisture on the chicken.
In a deep container, mix mustard, sour cream, a mixture of peppers, crushed garlic, paprika and salt under a press to create a fragrant marinade. Make shallow cuts on the surface of the chicken, hands, grease the whole carcass with marinade and leave to soak for 3 hours in a cool place.
After the marinating process, you need to tie up the chicken legs, pin the wooden wings to the breast tightly with wooden toothpicks. Put the carcass on a spit, fixing it with special clamps with bolts on both sides so that the chicken does not slide on it during cooking. Insert the spit into special grooves in the oven heated to 190 °, and just below put the pan, where the fat and juice from the chicken carcass will be collected.
In an hour and a half, it will be necessary to pierce the grilled chicken to check the readiness - if the juice is clear in color, then a very tasty and tasty dish is ready.
Recipe for grilled chicken in a garlic marinade in the oven on a spit
Garlic is a very fragrant additive to any kind of meat. It is able to prevent the ingestion of viruses, infections, reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood. Grilled chicken can be soaked with garlic marinade and baked in an oven on a skewer.
This method of preparation allows you to save the greatest amount of useful vitamin, trace elements in a delicious, tasty dish. To prepare the whole chicken carcass will be needed:
- chicken - 1.2 kg;
- seasoning for chicken - 10 g;
- lean refined oil - 50 ml;
- sweet pepper - 150 g;
- salt - 5 g;
- garlic - 40 g
Ignoring the marinating time of the dish (2 hours), the active process of preparing and baking is about 1 hour and 45 minutes. Caloric content of one hundred grams of gorgeous grilled chicken will be 195 kcal.
Thawed chicken should be pretreated - remove residual feathers, trim the greasy parts at the bottom of the carcass and remove the insides. After that, it is washed, gets rid of blood, and then with the help of a waffle towel from unnecessary moisture.
To prepare the marinade, you will need to place the peeled pepper, garlic, seasoning, oil, salt in a blender and grind to a smooth consistency. Fresh pepper can be replaced with 100 ml of marinade from canned pepper or mayonnaise.
At the chicken, tie the legs tightly, pin the wings to the brisket with wooden skewers, smear the whole carcass richly with marinade. Then put it in a plastic bag, from which to remove the air and tie. In this form, the chicken will marinate for about two hours.
After completing the marinating, the chicken should be placed on a spit, which should be as close as possible to the spine. Having fastened with special clips in the form of forks, set the spit in the oven, the temperature in which should be 180 ° for one hour.
If, after the time has elapsed, the juice from the grilled chicken thigh is not transparent, then the dish should be cooked for another half hour. Before serving, let the dish stand for a few more minutes in the oven and walk, cool slightly with a smooth decrease in temperature.
Grilled chicken on the pot in the oven
A fragrant and very appetizing chicken grill, which will be evenly baked on all sides, can be made without having an oven functionally equipped for such cooking. You can create a wonderful tasty dish with the help of a 0.5, 0.7 liter jar with a narrow neck, a bottle of the Soviet type (from kefir) without stickers or a beer bottle. To prepare an excellent meat dish in the oven you will need:
- chicken (whole carcass) - 1.5 kg;
- spices (dried basil, mint, pepper mixture) - 1 tbsp. l .;
- water - 200-300 ml;
- refined sunflower oil - 30 ml;
- salt - 10 g
You can cook grilled chicken on a can for two hours, and kilocalories in one hundred grams of a wonderful, appetizing dish will contain 180 units.
From the whole, previously thawed chicken it is necessary to remove thoroughly all entrails, rinse the inside and outside. Using a paper towel to remove all excess liquid. In one container mix part of the spices with salt.
After you need to grease the chicken carcass with oil and mixed aromatic mixture. Water, constituting 2/3 of the volume of the container, pour into the bank. In it, pour the remaining herbs.
Place the chicken on the jar, carefully place the entire structure in the middle of the baking dish, which should be sent to the cold oven. Also in the form you need to pour water so that the bank does not burst.
In the oven at 200 ° C, the grill chicken is baked for one hour, checked for readiness. Then the temperature in the oven should be increased to 230 ° and continue to bake the dish until a browned appetizing crust appears for another 10-15 minutes.
Caramelized grilled chicken in the oven on the rack
The most tender, soft grilled chicken can turn out under caramel sauce. At the same time, its taste will be slightly sweet, the crust will become transparent and crispy, the meat will be juicy. To create a fragrant and very tasty dishes will require:
- whole chicken (chicken) - 1 kg;
- sugar - 25 g;
- salt - 30 g;
- water - 0.2 l.
It takes an hour and a half to cook. The caloric value of 100 grams of caramelized chicken, baked on a lattice in the oven, will be 168 kcal.
The main process when creating a dish is properly prepared caramel sauce. To do this, dry sugar and salt are poured into a dry frying pan. On a small fire, stir the grains until they become caramel, having a light brown tint.
After the water is poured into the pan. The sauce should be cooked until the caramel, previously turned into a lump, does not melt.
The meat carcass is washed, dried and poured with chilled caramel sauce. In the oven set the grill, and under it a baking sheet, which will drain the fat.
Chicken caramelized carcass is laid out on the grill when the temperature of the preheated oven is 180 °. The dish should bake for one hour, and readiness is determined by piercing the thigh and secreting clear juice.
How to cook stuffed grilled chicken in the oven
A terribly tasty, hearty grilled chicken can be prepared by stuffing it with vegetables, seasoning your favorite spices in the oven. The process of cooking is very simple, it is not necessary to marinate a chicken carcass for a long time, it will retain maximum juiciness, softness and tenderness. For cooking wonderful stuffed poultry will require:
- whole chicken - 1.5 kg;
- egg - 1 pc .;
- onions - 50 g;
- celery stalks - 40 g;
- garlic - 10 g;
- white bread - 200 g;
- vegetable oil - 15 ml;
- spices for chicken, a mixture of peppers, salt - 10 g;
- mayonnaise - 50 ml;
- water - 30-50 ml.
Stuffed chicken carcass will be ready in two hours, and its 100 g will contain only 191 kcal.
To begin with, bread should be cut into cubes measuring two centimeters. It should be laid out on a baking sheet and sent to a preheated oven for five minutes to dry the bread a little. Pre-peeled, washed garlic, onion and celery finely chopped, fry in butter for seven minutes before they acquire softness.
Remove all the entrails from the chicken. Wash the chicken carcass, wipe with a towel, rid of excess liquid. It is necessary to drive an egg into a deep container, pour out the cooled slices of bread, vegetable roasting, pour in water, add other spices, salt and mix well.
The resulting mass must be stuffed chicken, send baked to get the grill on the grid in a preheated oven to 220 ° for 40 minutes. Below under the grill there should be a pan into which the juice and fat from the carcass will drain.
After the specified baking time, the chicken should be smeared with mayonnaise, covering as much surface as possible, and bake another twenty minutes to form a beautiful golden crust.
Useful tips
The main advantage in cooking aromatic chicken grill in the oven is that meat preserves the greatest amount of juices. The dish is always very aromatic, tasty and satisfying. And in order to cook the grill from the first time you need:
- Do not defrost the chicken in boiling water, microwave - keep softness and juiciness;
- In any type of marinade - spicy, sweet, savory, spicy - add only deodorized oil, when choosing unrefined vegetable oil, the taste and aroma of chicken grill will be completely different. Butter is also added so that the grill loses as little of its own juice as possible;
- When choosing a domestic chicken, the pickling time should be increased to 12-15 hours or salt solution should be made - 1 liter of water 90 g of salt - the chicken carcass should be at least two hours in it and the grill dish will be very soft, tender and juicy.
Grilled chickens in the oven - a fragrant, very tasty treat that can be prepared without using a rich set of spices, herbs and seasonings.
Another option for cooking grilled chicken is in the next video.
