Chicken Breast Dishes How to Make Chicken Deliciously

The beauty of chicken breasts is its minimal calorie content. However, the calorie content of the dish largely depends on the cooking technique. It’s the baked dish that turns out to be the most dietary, and when frying, they get a lot of extra calories.

Cooking nuances

According to professional chefs, the question of how to cook juicy chicken breasts in the oven depends on several factors.

• The meat should be fresh - or chilled. From frozen fillet, and even more so thawed at room temperature, you will not get a decent dish.
• Fillet must be marinated - in the process of pickling, meat is not only saturated with taste, but also becomes softer, more tender. It must be marinated in the refrigerator, but not for long - for a filet of normal size, 1 hour is enough in the marinade. While the meat is saturated with tastes, it is necessary to pour sauce 2-3 times.
• Bake the breast, preserving all its juices. Just putting it in a baking sheet will make it dry. A good solution is to use the culinary sleeve, bake the chicken breast in the oven in foil or use batter. But the latter requires preliminary frying pieces, so it is not suitable for dietary nutrition.
• The role of the sleeve or foil can serve as a sauce, which, when baked, forms a crust and does not allow the meat juice to evaporate. You can also cook this meat with other products containing a lot of juice, for example, chicken breast with vegetables in the oven. A wonderful “pair” for her will be onions, zucchini, tomatoes. Such a gourmet dish does not take long to prepare; this is a big plus for quick chicken cooking.

Cooking chicken breast in the sleeve

The most important question in preparing a delicious chicken for the cook is how long does it take to marinate the whole breast (as in the photo)? A succulent chicken breast in the oven in the sleeve requires minimal cooking time. Try the recipe for spicy and slightly spicy meat, which can also be juicy baked in foil.

You will need:

• chicken fillet or breast on the bone - 2 pcs.;
• garlic - 4 cloves;
• chili sauce - 1.5 tsp., choose classic hot or with garlic;
• European mustard - 1 tsp sweetish or with grains;
• vegetable oil - 1 tsp;
• seasonings - to your taste it can be paprika, coriander, turmeric, marjoram or a mixture of herbs;
• black pepper, salt.

Cooking

1. Prepare the marinade - mix hot sauce and mustard, vegetable oil, selected seasonings and chopped garlic. Grate the fillet well with the mixture. Leave to marinate for 2 hours.
2. Transfer to a baking sleeve. Put in the oven, heated to 200 degrees, for 40 minutes.
3. Cut the sleeve, let the breasts brown for 10 minutes.

With tomatoes and cheese

For cooking chicken in the oven with tomatoes and cheese you will need:

• fillet - 1 pc.;
• tomatoes and onions - 2 pcs.;
• cheese - 100 grams of hard variety;
• pepper and salt, your favorite spices.

Cooking

1. Cut the fillet lengthwise into 0.5 cm thick plates. Discard, add salt, add pepper.
2. Put in a baking dish, on top put chopped onions and tomatoes in circles. Sprinkle with spices.
3. Place in an oven preheated to 200o. When the meat turns white (this will happen in 20 minutes), remove it, sprinkle with cheese, and again send to bake for 10 minutes.

With mushrooms and cheese

For a recipe for chicken breast with mushrooms and cheese in the oven take:

• chicken breasts - 3 pcs.;
• mushrooms - 100 g;
• cheese - 100 g;
• sour cream, mayonnaise and butter - 50 g each;
• salt.

Cooking

1. Fight the breasts, add salt, put in a baking dish, grease with a mixture of sour cream and mayonnaise.
2. Cut mushrooms, fry until tender.
3. Put mushrooms on breasts, sprinkle with grated cheese. It will take 30 minutes to bake at 200o.

A simple recipe with pineapple and cheese

The recipe for chicken breast with pineapple and cheese in the oven is not dietary, so this dish is not suitable for the PC. But it perfectly diversifies the menu of the festive table. Use:

• chicken breasts - 4 pcs.;
• canned pineapples - 200 g;
• hard cheese - 100 g;
• garlic - 1 clove;
• egg and breadcrumbs;
• sour cream - 2 spoons;
• pepper and salt.

Cooking

1. Wash the fillet, dry. Put on a cutting board, make cuts on the sides. Your task is to make neat "pockets" in which you will put the filling.
2. Rub the fillet with pepper and salt, and this must be done not only from above, but also inside the pockets.
3. Peel and chop the garlic, mix it with sour cream, coat the meat and pockets.
4. Prepare the filling: drain the pickle of canned pineapples and cut them into small cubes. Grate cheese, mix with pineapple and sour cream (it should be a little so that the mass becomes viscous).
5. Fill all the pockets with the resulting mass, chop them with toothpicks.
6. Make a batter (egg with salt), put crackers in a separate plate.
7. Dip the fillet stuffed in the egg and then in the breadcrumbs. Fry in a pan until the crust becomes golden, then cover, reduce heat to a minimum and bring the filet to tenderness.

Since the chicken fillet has a neutral taste, you can play endlessly with its different faces by adding certain ingredients. For example, unusual and piquant - chicken with prunes, children will be pleased with a dish stuffed with bananas, and a win-win option to deliciously feed a hungry husband is chicken breast with potatoes in the oven.