Chicken in a pot with potatoes
In the old days all the national dishes were prepared in Russianbut they turned out to be of excellent quality. But where now to find such an oven? Today, this problem is solved with the help of an oven. In it you can cook the same dishes, but with one condition - they need to be cooked in clay pots. Why in them? Because they keep their heat for a long time and evenly warm up, because the surface area of the pot is much smaller than that of the pot. Very tasty it turns out in pots such originally Russian dish, as a roast. Some mistresses mistakenly believe that in such pots you can cook only meat dishes. Chicken in a pot with potatoes or garlic is a specialty for many. But vegetarians also widely use this method of cooking, because even the simplest dishes cooked in pots are obtained by some special and unusually tasty.
Prepare a chicken with garlic is not difficult. First, the chicken is cooked to half-cooked, and then cut into large pieces. After that, the pieces are salted, covered with mayonnaise mixed with garlic and placed in pots. On top of everything you need to fill with eggs, salt and put in the oven. Another popular and all favorite recipe is chicken in a pot with potatoes. Usually, several portions are prepared at once, and it is convenient to take pots by 0.5 liters.
To prepare four servings will be neededthe following ingredients: 600 grams of chicken meat, 12 medium potatoes, one pod of sweet pepper and one small onion, 4 small cloves of garlic, it would be good to have 4 teaspoons of sweet paprika, and salt and black pepper to taste will also be needed. You can also add red hot pepper. In principle, when a chicken is cooked in a pot with a potato, then the proportions can definitely not be observed. For frying, any vegetable oil is suitable, but it is better to take olive oil. For pouring, you can take chicken broth or just water. The pots on top are covered with lids from the dough. To make it, you need half a glass of water and half a spoonful of salt, as well as an incomplete glass of flour and one tablespoon of so-called "lean" oil.
And now tell you how the chicken is cooked in a pot of potatoes.
First, knead the dough for the lids. To do this, add vegetable oil and salt to the water and gradually pour in the flour. The dough is kneaded until elasticity is achieved. Then the dough is covered with a towel and left for about 20 minutes. While the dough is resting, cook the chicken. It is cut into pieces and for about three minutes they are fried in a skillet until golden, then they are salted, sprinkled with paprika and removed from the plate.
Vegetables should be thoroughly washed, peeled and cut: Small cubes - onions, peppers - straws, garlic - rings, and potatoes - if desired. In a frying pan pour a little vegetable oil and lay out first garlic, then almost immediately onions, two minutes later add pepper, and after another three - chopped potatoes. All vegetables are fried over a period of three to four minutes on high heat, at the end, you need to add a little salt, ground pepper and paprika. Everything mixes well and is removed from the fire.
Fried chicken is laid out on pots,then lay the fried vegetables and pour for juiciness with broth or water. If desired, a chicken in a pot with potatoes can be stacked in layers. Then the pot is half filled with water or broth, but you can pour it and one third - depending on which option you like. After all the ingredients have been laid out, the pots' necks are coated with an egg, loosened with water and covered with flat cakes of dough. The edges of the flat cakes are pressed tightly to the neck, and in the cake for the steam exit, several holes are made. Pot should be put in a cold oven and turn on the heat 180 degrees. After one hour, the heating is switched off. but the pots are soared in the oven for another thirty minutes or more.
Now you know how to cook chicken in pots. Try, maybe for you this dish will also become branded.
