Juicy Chicken Legs And Chicken On A Pillow Of Vegetables: Step By Step Recipes With Photos And Videos

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Cooking a juicy chicken on a vegetable pillow: two recipes - you will lick your fingers

How many chicken dishes do you know? Certainly a great many. Delicious, nutritious and healthy meat of this bird can be used anywhere, except perhaps for desserts and drinks. In addition, chicken goes well with any vegetables. Today we want to share with you simple and interesting recipes for chicken cooked on a vegetable pillow. These dishes will perfectly decorate any table!

Chicken on a vegetable pillow in a frying pan

If you have homemade chicken, use it for cooking. The store, of course, is both larger and fatter, but the fact is that its meat is not fat at all and does not have a pronounced taste. A home chicken (the main thing is that it is not old), even if it ran a lot and because of this it became thin and muscular, it still worked up some fat for itself, which will give juiciness to the dish, and its meat will be tastier due to the variety of feeds.

You will need:

• chicken carcass weighing 2 kg;
• 3 medium carrots;
• 4 large onions;
• 1 young zucchini;
• 500 g of champignons;
• 4 potatoes;
• vegetable oil for frying;
• green onions, other greens optional.

1. Rinse the chicken thoroughly in cold running water. Cut it into large portions. It is not necessary to separate the meat from the bones.

   

   Butcher chicken into large pieces

2. Now proceed to the vegetables. First, wash and dry them well. Onions, carrots, potatoes need to be peeled, but young zucchini does not need peeling. Cut everything: zucchini and carrots - into long thin strips, onions - into thick rings, potatoes - 2-3 cm thick slices across the width.

   

   Cut vegetables into thin slices for better stew

3. Heat some vegetable oil in a skillet, add chicken pieces and fry on all sides until the surface turns golden. But not to full readiness!

   

   Fry the chicken just a little, just until it is crusty on the surface

4. Transfer the chicken to a plate. In the oil that remained in the pan after frying it, simmer the onions, potatoes and carrots a little, again not until cooked, but literally for a couple of minutes. remove them and transfer to a deeper skillet or broiler.

   

   Also fry the vegetables a little.

5. Fry the mushrooms in the remaining oil. They can be whole or cut in half. If there is little oil left, add a little more.

   

   If the mushrooms are not large, they can be fried whole

6. Arrange the chicken pieces in random order over the vegetables in the roasting pan. Spread the fried mushrooms on top.

   

   Now stack the vegetables, chicken and mushrooms in layers

7. Cut the tomatoes into wedges and spread over the chicken. Sprinkle with coarsely chopped herbs, pour in 100 g of water (can be replaced with any broth), cover and place on the stove. At first, the fire should be strong, and when the contents of the brazier boil, screw it down to a minimum and let it simmer for an hour. During this time, you do not need to open the lid and stir.

   

   It remains only to add the tomatoes with herbs, and you can bake

8. After an hour, remove the brazier from the stove and serve the dish.

   

   The chicken is ready, help yourself!

Oven baked chicken legs on a vegetable pillow

Of course, oven-baked chicken is in no way inferior to pan-fried chicken. Perhaps it will be even more useful. It is not difficult to prepare it, and the products can be the same or slightly different, for a change. We are using chicken legs in this recipe.

You will need:

• 1 kg of chicken legs;
• 200 g tomato sauce or ketchup;
• 6 tbsp. l. olive oil;
• 2 medium carrots;
• 2 large stalks of celery;
• 2 large onions;
• 1 large eggplant;
• 2 medium zucchini;
• 1 large apple;
• dry spices for chicken - to taste.

Let's start cooking.

1. Prepare the legs: rinse them well, dry them, remove the bone. Place in a deep bowl.

   

   Chicken legs are ideal for baking with vegetables

2. Now you need to make the marinade. Combine tomato and soy sauces along with spices, add olive oil and some balsamic vinegar. Mix the mixture thoroughly.

   

   For the marinade, you can use any of your favorite spices.

3. Pour the sauce over the legs so that each is completely covered. Leave to marinate for 1 hour.

   

   Lubricate the legs thoroughly with the marinade so that they are completely covered

4. In the meantime, get busy with vegetables. Wash them, cut into equal small pieces. Place in a deep baking sheet or baking dish. You can lay them out in layers, but it is better to mix them - this way the vegetables are faster and better saturated with each other's juice when baked.

   

   Better not lay out the vegetables in layers, but mix with each other

5. Spread the chicken legs in the marinade sauce on top of the vegetables. You can arrange them tightly to each other.

   

   Chicken legs can be stacked as tightly as possible to each other

6. Cover the mold with foil and place in an oven preheated to 200 ° C. Leave there for 40-50 minutes, depending on how large the legs are.

   

   Be sure to cover the baking sheet with foil so that all ingredients are stewed well.

7. Take out the form, remove the foil. Place the open dish in the oven again at the same temperature for another 15 minutes to form a crispy, golden brown crust. After that, you can serve the chicken on the table.

   

   It remains only to wait for the crispy crust, and you can serve the dish on the table

Video: recipe for chicken on a vegetable pillow in the oven

We are sure that you and your family will enjoy such wonderful dishes, and these recipes will become some of your favorites. After all, chicken, baked and fried, is very tasty, and together with vegetables, it acquires an extraordinary aroma and juiciness. How would you cook a chicken with vegetables? Share with our readers in the comments. Enjoy your meal!