Chicken in kefir marinated for at least two hours, and then baked in the oven for about 1 hour. Can you tell me how long? But you are doing other things at this time!
The cooking process does not require your constant supervision or direct participation. And then you eat a ruddy juicy chicken with pleasure. A minimum of effort (products, by the way, in addition to the chicken itself, is also a minimum) and an excellent result!
Need:
- Chicken (you can buy a whole chicken and cut it into pieces, you can buy any parts: legs, legs, thighs - this time we had breasts in the form of a fillet) - about 1.5 kilograms (of course, you can change the quantity, make half a portion or a quarter, not forgetting to reduce the amount of kefir and other ingredients accordingly)
- Kefir (fat content at your discretion, we had 1%) - 0.9-1 liter
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- Spices (we had a seasoning for chicken, which includes salt, sweet red pepper, white mustard, garlic, coriander, turmeric, fenugreek, hot red pepper, ginger, cinnamon, zira, cloves, nutmeg) - 3-4 teaspoons spoons
- Onion - 1 small onion (optional)
- Fresh garlic - 2-3 cloves (optional)
- Greens (dill, cilantro) - 40-50 grams (optional)
Cooking:
The chicken or its parts must be washed and cut into portions. Salt and pepper the chicken pieces on both sides, sprinkle with spices (chicken seasoning), if desired, lightly rubbing it all into the chicken meat. It is difficult to specify the amount of salt and pepper, we lightly sprinkle ( check out our video recipe!
), literally shaking the salt shaker 2-3 times and spinning the mill with pepper the same number of times.
Put the chicken pieces in a container suitable for marinating, for example, in a sufficiently large pot with a lid, enameled or stainless steel is suitable. If you want to add onions, garlic or greens (we did not add this time when we photographed and filmed a video for this article), then you need to add at this stage of cooking. Onions and garlic should be peeled and finely chopped (garlic can be passed through a special “crusher”), the greens should be washed, dried and also finely chopped. Putting chicken pieces in a saucepan, sprinkle layers of chicken with chopped onions, garlic, herbs.
Pour kefir over the chicken in a saucepan so that it covers the entire chicken. We also recommend mixing so that the kefir can be guaranteed to penetrate between the heavy pieces of chicken. We close the pan with a lid and put it in the refrigerator to marinate for at least two hours, or more, you can marinate in the evening, leave it overnight, and cook the next day for dinner (we usually do this, that is, our chicken is marinated in kefir sometimes for 15 hours). 16, we remind you, IN THE REFRIGERATOR).
About an hour or so before the expected serving of the chicken to the table, turn on the oven, let it warm up for 10-15 minutes. We spread our chicken along with kefir marinade in a baking dish (the form can not be lubricated, kefir is enough).
We put the form with chicken in the oven on a baking sheet or on a wire rack to a medium height. We bake at a temperature of 190-200 degrees (this is the average level of heating if your oven does not have a thermometer) for about 1 hour. ATTENTION! We have already written warnings about the correct use of glass heat-resistant molds many times, you can read this, for example, or
Chicken in kefir in the oven- One of the options for delicious baked chicken. Kefir, as a marinade for meat, has justified its trust over the years, which is clearly evidenced by a large number of recipes for meat marinated in it. Kefir is widely used both for marinating chicken for baking it in the oven, and for shish kebab on the grill of pork or beef. Probably, you will also be interested to know why this product has received such an honor.
Kefir does not so much affect the smell and aroma of baked meat as it makes it soft and juicy thanks to the acids it contains. If you just take a chicken or any other meat, fill it with kefir and keep it in it for about a few hours, then do not expect to get tasty meat or. Without additional components, in particular, without a set of spices and herbs, you will not be able to get really tasty meat.
Chicken in kefir in the oven, recipe with photo, which I want to offer you, will turn out very tasty, juicy and fragrant thanks to the successful combination of marinade ingredients. In addition to kefir for the marinade, I suggest using a large amount of spices, ketchup, garlic and olive oil. Each of the marinade ingredients will perform its function and role in the taste and appearance of the dish. So, thanks to spices and garlic, it will acquire a rich aroma. In addition, spices together with ketchup will give it a bright color, and kefir with olive oil will make the meat juicy, soft and tender.
Ingredients:
- Chicken drumsticks - 5-7 pcs.,
- Garlic - 3-4 cloves,
- Ketchup - 100 ml.,
- Kefir - 1.5 cups,
- Olive oil - 3 tbsp. spoons,
- Spices: paprika, dried Provence herbs, spices for chicken - 15-20 gr.
Chicken in kefir in the oven - recipe
Having prepared all of the above ingredients, you can start cooking chicken in kefir in the oven. First, prepare a spicy marinade on kefir. Peel the garlic. In a small bowl, add paprika, herbs de Provence, chicken spices. If chicken spices are not available, add a pinch of coriander, nutmeg, curry and black pepper instead.
In a bowl of spices, pass the garlic through a press.
All ingredients for kefir marinade - ketchup, spices and garlic, mix thoroughly.
Add olive oil to the resulting sauce and mix again.
Instead of olive oil, you can take a simple sunflower oil. Stir the sauce again.
Pour kefir into a bowl.
Pour the prepared tomato sauce over it. Stir marinade on kefir.
Chicken in kefir in the oven. A photo
What you need to marinate chicken in kefir:
Chicken - 1 pc;
Kefir - 1 pack. 400ml
Orange - 1pc;
Carrot - 1 pc.
Salt, spices to taste;
Sunflower oil for frying;
To begin with, wash the chicken well under running water, and cut it into portions, put it in a saucepan. Pour the chicken with kefir, cover with a lid and leave in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.
Make sure that the kefir is well wrapped around the chicken pieces on all sides, in which case it will be marinated with high quality. After 2 hours, we take the chicken out of the refrigerator, peel the carrots and grate them, send them to the marinade. Add salt to taste, mine is ½ tbsp. spoons and put seasonings to taste (coriander, ground black pepper, rosemary and paprika). Mix the entire marinade with chicken pieces well and send it to the refrigerator for the remaining time.
When the time comes, heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan and put the chicken pieces on it.
We leave the marinade in a saucepan, we still need it. I love that the color of the meat is not just light, but golden. Therefore, I fry the chicken on all sides until golden brown. After frying the chicken meat until half cooked for about 20 minutes, I put it in a container that can be put in the microwave. It is desirable that this container be with a lid, but in the absence of the latter, you can replace it with a simple plate. I pour the remaining marinade on top of the meat, if it is enough to the top of the meat, then I leave it like that. And if there is less marinade, then I add boiled water to equalize the amount of liquid with the height of the meat. Now I cover the container with a lid and send it to the microwave for 30 minutes at high power. After the time has passed, I take out the chicken and add orange slices to it, if necessary, add some water, and cover it with a lid and send it to the microwave for another 30 minutes, at the same maximum power.
During this time, the chicken should be completely cooked, but you need to take into account the power of the microwave oven for everyone is different, therefore, from time to time test the meat with a fork, if it is soft and easily pierced, then the chicken marinated in kefir is ready. Usually I cook this dish for the holiday, because it takes a lot of time for it, but for weekdays you can cook
It's no secret that in the process of preparing this or that dish, the cook must be in a good mood, he must be completely positive and think only about the good. No one has yet proven how products are able to feel all this, but it has been proven that the final result depends on the mood.
But it often happens that we are very tired at work, we got into traffic jams on the way home and, accordingly, we cannot say that we are in a great mood. However, dinner needs to be cooked, and preferably tasty. It’s good who at such a moment will use the slow cooker, where the cooking process depends a little on you. And if you don’t have this miracle device, or do your loved ones love food that is prepared only by your own hands? Then, naturally, we begin to remember easy recipes, quickly come up with some simple dish, although there is no desire to cook at all.
Among such simple cooking recipes, chicken cooked in kefir takes pride of place. Indeed, this dish requires a minimum of ingredients, but the result is maximum. The only thing is the process of pickling meat, for which you need to set aside a certain time. But every cloud has a silver lining - while the meat is marinating, you will already have time to relax a little. And then, the mood will rise a little, especially when you see this beautiful ruddy and appetizing miracle on the table.
Recipe 1: Kefir Chicken
The taste of this dish is simply amazing and you, without risking anything, can immediately begin the preparatory process.
Required Ingredients:
- chicken - 1.2-1.5 kg;
- kefir - 0.75 ml;
- seasoning for chicken and salt.
Cooking method:
Let's start the preparatory process. Rinse the chicken well and cut it into portions. Sprinkle the meat with seasoning and salt, mix and place it in a deep bowl. Spread the meat in an even layer and pour it with kefir. Pay attention - kefir should completely cover the pieces of meat! Only in this way, each piece of your chicken is well and properly marinated. Well, that's probably all - the main thing you have already done. It remains only to wait 2 hours so that the meat can absorb the kefir marinade well.
Now you can relax after work. And those who are not tired and just decided to cook this dish, you can start preparing a side dish for chicken, delicious sauce, etc. while marinating the meat.
So, the time is up, the oven has already warmed up to a temperature of 180 degrees. We move the chicken together with the marinade into a refractory form for baking meat and send it to bake until a beautiful appetizing and crispy crust is formed. The cooking time for this dish is 1 hour.
Recipe 2: Kefir Chicken
This recipe is designed for those who want to cook a full lunch or a hearty dinner. Together with chicken in kefir, we will bake potatoes.
Required Ingredients:
Chicken - 1 pc.;
- kefir - 0.75 ml;
- Cherry tomatoes;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- a mixture of Italian herbs;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- potatoes per family member.
Cooking method:
First, wash the chicken and cut it into portions. The chicken can be successfully replaced with thighs or other parts of the chicken.
Let's prepare the marinade. Pour kefir into a bowl. Finely chop the garlic cloves and send to kefir. Add salt, ground black pepper and a mixture of Italian herbs (you can use your favorite herbs). Mix kefir and pour over chicken pieces. The marinade should completely cover the meat. We will send the meat to marinate for about half an hour.
While the meat is marinating, take on the potatoes. Clean it, wash it, dry it and cut it into beautiful longitudinal slices. Take a fireproof baking dish and put the prepared potatoes in it. Pour a little olive oil, salt and pepper the potatoes, you can still put basil leaves on top.
Now take a few pieces of cherry tomatoes, cut them in half and spread them over the potatoes. Lay the pieces of marinated meat on top and pour over the marinade.
Preheat the oven to a temperature of 200 degrees and send the chicken and potatoes to bake. After about 40 minutes, turn on the grill and leave the dish for another 5 minutes in the oven so that the pieces of meat are nicely browned.
Recipe 3: Chicken in kefir with basil
The spices in the marinade add a special piquancy to this dish.
Required Ingredients:
- chicken legs - 4 pcs.;
- kefir-gatykh - 175 ml;
- vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons;
- fresh chopped basil - 2-3 tablespoons;
- dry mustard - 1 tsp;
- garlic cloves - 2-3 pcs.;
- pepper and salt to taste.
Cooking method:
First, wash the chicken legs and remove the skin - we do not need it. Let's prepare the marinade. To do this, pour yogurt, chopped basil and dry mustard into a deep bowl. Let's mix. Grind the garlic cloves and send it to the sauce. At the end, add vegetable oil. Mix the sauce thoroughly with a spoon and lower the prepared chicken legs into it. If you are a fan of spicy dishes, you can also add hot red pepper to the marinade. Tighten the bowl with cling film and send it to the refrigerator to marinate for 8 hours. During the marinating process, it is recommended to turn the pieces of meat several times.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Put the marinated meat on a baking sheet and pour it with marinade. We bake the dish for about 1 hour, and in the process of cooking we turn the pieces of meat over 2 times. After 1 hour, move the baking sheet to the top shelf of the oven and turn on the grill. Continue cooking for another 15-20 minutes depending on the power of your grill. The readiness of the meat can be checked by puncturing with a toothpick.
As a side dish for such chicken legs, you can cook the original form of pasta. Before serving, sprinkle them with chopped herbs and grated cheese - a very appetizing dish.
The longer your meat stays in the marinade, the better and juicier it will taste.
- You can add spices to the kefir marinade at your discretion. It can be thyme, basil, Provence herbs, chili, etc.
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