When composing, many people prefer to use recipes where the simplest ingredients are turned into restaurant-quality dishes. Others believe that for a home holiday the food needs to be truly homemade. But both of them often opt for a product such as chicken - for the New Year it can be prepared in a variety of ways.
Entirely
To cook a whole chicken carcass, you need to have some culinary experience. However, if you follow the recipe step by step, a beginner can try his hand. You shouldn’t immediately take on complex recipes for stuffed chicken; first, you can try cooking the bird without stuffing. It is believed that the easiest way is to bake the carcass in the oven, but this can be done in different ways.
First way
Very tasty chicken meat is obtained if it is marinated in advance. For the marinade (for a carcass weighing about 2 kg) you will need:
- garlic - 4 cloves;
- 1 head of red onion;
- juice of ¼ lime;
- dry white wine - ½ bottle;
- ground paprika and salt - 2 tsp each;
- pepper and dried basil - ½ tsp each.
Finely chop the onion and garlic, mix all the ingredients. Place the chicken carcass in the marinade for 60 minutes, then remove and dry a little. The bird is brushed with olive oil, placed in a baking dish and placed in the oven. The chicken is baked for about 60 to 90 minutes at 180°C. During this time, it should become ruddy, but not dark brown.
Second way
Chicken dishes for the New Year can be perfectly prepared in a cooking sleeve or a special baking bag. If you want to bake a whole bird, then you should take a not very large carcass (about 1.3-1.5 kg). It is lubricated with the mixture:
- 2 tbsp each sour cream, mayonnaise and olive oil;
- a mixture of black and white peppers, ground basil and rosemary - ½ tsp each;
- 1 tsp salt.
You can put a sprig of rosemary inside. Then carefully transfer the carcass into a sleeve or bag, close it and make several small holes at the top. Preheat the oven to 200°C and place a baking sheet with the carcass in the sleeve for about 50 minutes. Then open the sleeve (package) and leave it like that for some more time (10-15 minutes) to form a crispy crust.
Chicken for the New Year, the recipes of which involve cooking it entirely in the oven, looks very festive and, as a rule, occupies a central place on the table. The bird is served on a bed of vegetables and herbs with baked potatoes.
In the test
Tender poultry goes well with puff pastry. As a rule, it is not cooked, but frozen layers are bought in the store. What do they do with them then?
"Legs in a bag"
Many housewives love to prepare this portioned dish for the holiday because it is done quickly and looks original. How to make it?
- 6 pieces of chicken drumsticks need to be fried and cooked in a frying pan.
- A package of puff pastry (usually 400 g) is thawed, the dough is rolled out into a layer about 5 mm thick, and cut into 6 equal squares.
- A spoonful of butter and a prepared drumstick are placed in the center of each square, and then the dough is molded around the bone. If the dough does not stick together properly, it can be tied with white cotton thread, which is removed after cooking.
- Place baking paper on a baking sheet and “bags” on it. They should be in the oven for 20-25 minutes at 180°C.
Sometimes, to make the dish more festive, small cuts are made in the dough in a checkerboard pattern. Then the “bags” become openwork.
"Tangles"
It's not just chicken drumsticks that are used in the dough. Even minced meat can end up in a rosy and fragrant “bag”. You can prepare the minced meat yourself or buy it in a store - in this case you will need to add a few more ingredients to it. In general, for the dish you will need:
- 1 onion;
- minced chicken - 300-350 g;
- salt, pepper, seasonings - to taste;
- egg - 1 pc.;
- puff pastry - 200 g.
Finely chopped onion, salt, pepper and seasonings are added to the minced meat. If it turns out to be quite thick, then you can put a whole raw egg in it; if it is liquid, then it is better to limit yourself to only the yolk. Roll out the dough and cut into strips half a centimeter thick. Form the minced meat into balls, wrap with strips of dough and place on a baking sheet covered with special baking paper. Place in an oven preheated to 180°C for 40-50 minutes. Having prepared chicken for the New Year in this way, you can get very unusual photos with it, because it will not be immediately clear what this dish is made of.
Fillet
Chicken fillet, namely white meat, is considered dietary, so it is often prepared by those who adhere to a diet and do not want to deviate from it even during the holiday. Fillet is most often used to make rolls. There are a great variety of recipes, because a variety of products are used for the filling - some people like tender ham, while others prefer vegetables and herbs. You can often find a roll with prunes and cheese:
- To ensure that the prunes are soft and cut well, they are soaked in boiling water for 40-60 minutes (you will need 100 g of prunes and 2 glasses of water).
- Place 2 chicken fillets between two layers of cling film and beat.
- Then the fillet is salted, peppered and sprinkled with any spices to taste.
- Remove the prunes from the water, squeeze and place on the meat, along with grated cheese (100 g).
- Make a roll by wrapping it tightly in cling film and tying it with thread.
- Boil water in a large saucepan, reduce heat to low and cook the roll in this water for 40-60 minutes. Then remove, cool, remove the film and cut crosswise.
The combination of prunes and cheese gives the roll a piquant flavor. And to ensure that the finished dish contains as few calories as possible, it is better to take low-fat varieties of cheese.
Instead of cheese and prunes, they put in the roll half-cooked asparagus, bell peppers, herbs, nuts and even bacon, but in the latter case the dish will be more nutritious than the rest. The roll is not only boiled, it is wrapped in foil, steamed or baked without oil in the oven.
Poultry meat is pliable, it is not difficult to make a real culinary masterpiece from it, but before you cook chicken for the New Year, you need to choose it correctly. It should be dry, clean, elastic, light pink in color and with a neutral odor. If you have the slightest doubt, it is better to refuse the purchase.
Chicken meat is tasty, dietary, healthy and simply loved by everyone. Various chicken dishes are very popular in Slavic countries. Each country boasts hundreds of recipes for preparing this meat. But which recipe to choose for the New Year's table?
Everyone knows how to cook chicken for the New Year; you need to put the meat in the oven and wait until it is ready. But such simplicity of preparation only at first glance seems like a way to serve chicken on the New Year's table. To get the meat juicy and appetizing, with a wonderful crust and unusual flavor notes, you need to choose a recipe and strictly follow all the recommendations. This article is about how to cook chicken in the oven for the New Year and not only in the oven.
Baked chicken for the new year. Main stages of technology:
It is best to buy chilled poultry, not frozen. Its meat will have a richer flavor and will also be more tender when cooked;
It is best to cook a chicken weighing up to one and a half kilograms of one year old or even less;
A fresh and delicious chicken will have a domed breast with no protruding bones. The color of the skin should be even, without any stains or smudges. Also, before buying, do not be shy, and you should smell the bird. Fresh and tasty will have a pleasant sweet smell;
It is best to bake in cast iron or ceramic dishes. It tends to heat up gradually, which will prevent the meat from burning. But they are also suitable for baking metal or glass molds;
If you fry meat, you need to strictly monitor the temperature. It should not be more than 85 degrees in thickness of the meat;
Before placing the prepared carcass in the oven, it must be preheated. The most optimal temperature regime is around 180-200 degrees. Meat is cooked at the rate of forty minutes per kilogram;
You can determine readiness using a toothpick. If you pierce the breast and clear juice comes out, then the dish is ready;
You should not leave meat in an oven that has just been turned off, because it will quickly become dry and acquire an unpleasant smell of fat;
To get a crispy golden brown crust, 10 minutes before the end, you need to grease the carcass with a thin layer of sour cream or honey. You can also cook the bird in grill mode if your oven allows it;
It is better not to rub the chicken with store-bought mayonnaise, because it will give the bird a vinegar smell and also add excess fat to the product, which will reduce the dietary quality of the product.
How to cook chicken for the New Year: recipes
If you cook meat correctly, you will always get delicious chicken for the New Year. But our recipes will help you serve chicken in an unusual way and add new, sometimes unexpected, combinations to the familiar taste. The ingredients you will need are a kilogram of chicken, two oranges and cloves of garlic, salt and a mixture of peppers (two teaspoons), two tablespoons of soy sauce, two teaspoons of honey, one tablespoon of olive oil. Wash the chicken and salt the inside. Grate the garlic and also grate the chicken from the inside, under the skin on all sides. Wash the oranges and pour boiling water over them, then cut into thin slices. Place three slices of citrus fruit under the skin of the bird and place the rest inside. Secure the hole with toothpicks. Now you need to mix honey, oil and soy sauce. Rub the chicken very well on all sides with this mixture. Sprinkle with pepper. Place the carcass on a baking sheet or in a greased form. Cook for about one and a half hours. If the ends burn, they should be wrapped in foil.
It will also be perfect for the New Year's table.
This is the easiest way to cook chicken for the New Year. Open the breast like a book and rub with ground black pepper. Pour a kilogram of salt onto a dry baking sheet and evenly distribute it. Place the carcass in it with its back down. Bake until fully cooked. With this recipe, the chicken will never be over-salted, because it will absorb exactly as much salt as it needs for good taste. A quick dish that will help you set the New Year's table without much hassle and with minimal time spent on preparation.
To prepare this dish, take a kilogram of different parts of the bird, one carrot and onion, three tomatoes, half a can of pitted olives, three teaspoons of tomato paste, one hundred ml of chicken broth and dry red wine, dried basil. The bird must be fried until golden brown. Then put it in a saucepan and add broth and wine, boil for five minutes, and then add onions, carrots and tomatoes, tomato paste and olives. Simmer for an hour, ten minutes before cooking, sprinkle with dried herbs.
Stuffed chicken for the New Year is a great option for a quick and very tasty hot dish that both children and adults will really like. This is a very good combination of products. You need to heat three tablespoons of butter in a frying pan, add two finely chopped pieces of bacon and one chopped onion, two cloves of garlic, grated. Fry for about two minutes, then add 200 grams of Brussels sprouts and spices. Simmer for another ten minutes. Then grind the cabbage a little in a blender. Wash the chicken carcass and rub it with salt and pepper, stuff it with minced cabbage and put it in a mold. Place in the oven for an hour. Sprinkle with lemon juice before serving.
The ingredients for this festive poultry dish include one chicken, 400 grams of tomatoes canned in their own juice, 200 grams of dried apricots, two onions and two cloves of garlic, and spices to taste. Wash the chicken and cut into portions. Fry in vegetable oil in a frying pan until fully cooked. Place the chicken and in the same frying pan fry the onion (cut into half rings), garlic (pass through a press), and tomatoes. Then wash and cut the dried apricots and place them in the pan. Fry the mixture for ten minutes, then add the chicken to it and simmer for another twenty minutes.
You need to take a chicken carcass. Rub with a mixture of two tablespoons of paprika, brown sugar, a tablespoon of salt, a teaspoon of red and black pepper, garlic powder and dry mustard. Warm a can of beer to room temperature and make several holes in the lid. Pour off some of the beer, leaving a little more than half. Place the chicken on the jar and place in the oven for an hour and a half. Simply remove the finished chicken from the jar and let it sit for ten minutes. Then serve immediately.
The queen of the New Year's table is baked chicken. It looks especially appetizing whole, cooked in the oven, with a fragrant and crispy crust. That is why chicken for the New Year is always relevant. It will decorate the holiday table, make it richer and diversify the New Year's menu. It is enough to follow the step-by-step recipes exactly, and even novice cooks can easily prepare chicken dishes for the New Year 2019, without spending a lot of time and effort.
Chicken with lemon for New Year
As a rule, the New Year comes so quickly that not everyone has time to properly prepare for it. Thus, there is no time left to carefully think through the holiday menu. But if you use this chicken recipe for the New Year, the problem of a hot dish will be solved. A bird baked in the oven turns out to be appetizing in appearance, pleasant to the taste, and the cooking process does not take much time.
Cooking time – 2 hours.
Number of servings – 6.
Ingredients
So that the New Year's chicken turns out excellent. You need to stock up on the following ingredients:
- chicken – 2 kg;
- lemon – 1 fruit;
- garlic – 5 cloves;
- butter – 50 g;
- rosemary, salt, ground paprika, ground pepper to taste.
On a note! To make the New Year's chicken less or more spicy, you can use less or more garlic.
Recipe
Just a few steps and delicious chicken for the New Year will be served at the festive table:
- Wash the chicken carcass, dry it with paper towels, and remove excess fat, if any. Rub salt, pepper and paprika inside and out. Based on your own taste, the set of spices can be supplemented.
Rinse the lemon and grate the zest. White skin should not be rubbed. Divide the lemon into several parts.
If the butter was stored in the freezer, it must first be removed and defrosted at room temperature. It should not become liquid, but simply soften. Mix softened butter with lemon zest, add garlic, passed through a press. Mix all ingredients.
Stuff the chicken carcass with lemon and a sprig of rosemary.
Gently lift the skin of the chicken using a spoon. Fill the opened cavity with the garlic-oil mixture. It is advisable to distribute it evenly throughout the breast.
Coat the top of the carcass with the remaining mixture.
Tie the chicken legs with rope or strong thread. This will help maintain the shape of the bird while baking. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Bake the chicken for about 1.5 hours. To brown the bird on both sides, it is recommended to turn it over to the other side during cooking. You can also increase the temperature to 200 degrees 15 minutes before cooking.
Serve the finished chicken on the New Year's table, garnished with lemon and herbs.
Chicken in pomegranate sauce for New Year
This chicken recipe for the New Year allows you to fully enjoy the taste and aroma of chicken meat. The pomegranate sauce makes it soft and slightly sweet. The festive table will become even richer if you complement the menu with delicious chicken.
Cooking time – 2 hours.
Number of servings – 6.
Ingredients
To cook chicken in the oven for the New Year you will need:
- chicken – 1.5 kg;
- onion – 150 g;
- soy sauce – 60 ml;
- pomegranate sauce – 100 ml;
- olive oil – 30 ml;
- paprika – 1 tbsp. l.;
- pepper mixture – 1 tsp;
- granulated garlic – 2 tsp;
- salt to taste.
Recipe
To make the New Year's chicken worthy of a festive table, use the following recipe:
- You can use any part of the chicken to prepare the dish. It needs to be washed and pre-cut into pieces. Then mix the pomegranate sauce, onion, soy sauce, paprika, garlic and olive oil in a blender. Add salt.
Cover a baking sheet with foil, lay out the chicken pieces and pour over the resulting sauce. Place in a cool place for 1 hour. Then place in the oven, preheated to 190 degrees, and bake for about 1 hour.
During baking, you can turn the chicken over to the other side for even frying.
New Year's chicken should be served hot. It is combined with potatoes or vegetables.
New Year's chicken in the oven with ginger
Delicious and aromatic New Year's chicken with ginger will especially appeal to those who are watching their figure. People who are losing weight have been familiar with the beneficial properties of ginger for a long time. Overall, the result is a low-calorie dish that will be the highlight of the holiday table.
Cooking time – 2 hours 30 minutes.
Number of servings – 6.
Ingredients
To prepare delicious and healthy chicken for your holiday dinner, you should use the following ingredients:
- chicken – 2 kg;
- ginger – 1 root;
- garlic – 3 cloves;
- spices and salt to taste.
On a note! To prepare juicy and crispy chicken for the New Year, you can include sour cream or mayonnaise in the list of ingredients, which is used to coat the carcass. But you should understand that the dish in this case will become more caloric.
Recipe
If you want to prepare a beautiful and appetizing holiday dish without spending a lot of time, it is recommended to use this chicken recipe for the New Year:
- First of all, you need to turn on the oven, setting the temperature to 180 degrees. At this time, you can start preparing the carcass for further baking. The chicken should be thoroughly rinsed under cold water, cleaned of any remaining feathers and films, and dried with a paper towel.
Peel the ginger root and grate it on a fine grater.
Separately mix spices, salt, chopped ginger root. If mayonnaise or sour cream is used, they should also be added to the general mixture at this stage.
Rub the chicken carcass with the prepared mixture and leave for 30 minutes to marinate the meat.
In half an hour, the chicken will absorb the marinade, which will permeate even the deepest layers of meat.
Line a baking tray with baking paper, place the carcass and bake in the oven for approximately 1.5 hours. Periodically you need to baste the chicken with juice from the baking sheet.
When the chicken has cooled a little, you can transfer it to a beautiful dish and serve it to the holiday table. To give it a more attractive appearance, you can decorate it with vegetables or herbs.
New Year's chicken with potatoes
Using this recipe, you can get baked chicken and a side dish at the same time. Delicious chicken meat goes well with potatoes, so guests won’t even have questions about the culinary abilities of the hostess. This dish is suitable for both New Year and a regular dinner.
Cooking time – 1.5 hours.
Number of servings – 6.
Ingredients
To cook chicken with potatoes in the oven you will need the following products:
- chicken – 2 kg;
- potatoes – 6 pcs.;
- onions – 2 pcs.;
- sour cream – 1 tbsp. l.;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.;
- salt and pepper to taste.
Recipe
The most delicious and aromatic chicken with potatoes in the oven is obtained according to this recipe:
- In a bowl, mix sour cream, salt and pepper, squeeze out the garlic. Stir the sauce until smooth.
Cut the chicken carcass along the breast and rinse thoroughly. Coat with prepared sour cream sauce on all sides. Leave for half an hour to soak the meat.
Spread foil on a baking sheet, grease it with vegetable oil. Peel the potatoes, rinse and cut into strips. Place it on foil. Add salt to taste.
Place chicken carcass in sauce on potato bed. Sprinkle with onion, cut into half rings, around.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and place the baking sheet with the chicken for 1 hour. During baking, you can turn it over to the other side so that the meat cooks evenly.
Chicken in foil for the New Year
Another recipe for preparing delicious holiday chicken in the oven, which does not require the use of a large amount of ingredients. The main thing is to marinate the chicken meat thoroughly and wait until it is cooked. It is worth noting that in the process of baking the bird you can do other dishes, so this recipe is considered simple and quick.
Cooking time – 3 hours.
Number of servings – 6.
Ingredients
To cook chicken in foil for the New Year, you need to prepare the following:
- chicken – 2 kg;
- onion – 1 pc.;
- mayonnaise – 2 tbsp. l.;
- pepper and salt to taste.
On a note! If desired, mayonnaise can be replaced with sour cream.
Recipe
To prepare delicious and juicy chicken, use the following step-by-step recipe:
- Rinse the chicken under water.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Rub them well with your hands. Peel the onion and chop into half rings. Mix with mayonnaise. Coat the chicken with this mixture outside and preferably inside.
Wrap the chicken in foil and leave to marinate for 1.5 hours. Then place it in the same form on a baking sheet and place it in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Bake the chicken for about 1 hour or a little more. 20 minutes before cooking, remove the foil and put the baking sheet back in the oven, which will allow the chicken to get a golden crust.
When the New Year's chicken is ready, it can be decorated and served.
Video: how to cook New Year's chicken
The following videos will help you prepare New Year's chicken.
It’s great that our supermarkets haven’t run out of chicken carcasses yet! They and only they help us out on weekdays, on holidays, and on the holiday of holidays - on the New Year. After all, what is chicken? This is both meat and rest (comparative, of course) for our stomachs. To assimilate such food, the body does not need to strain too much.
How to cook chicken for the New Year so that it looks decent? Standard, using only classic recipes, or in a new way, with unusual seasonings and original presentation? Every creative housewife is looking for her only correct answer to this question. We can recommend one thing - it is better to conduct experiments with chicken in advance, otherwise what to serve to guests if the dish according to the new recipe does not turn out to be very successful? After all, chicken for the New Year is most often the highlight of the holiday menu, even if you prefer recipes for inexpensive dishes.
Rules for "good chicken"
To ensure a successful chicken dish in any case, adhere to the mandatory rules for selecting and preparing a bird carcass. These tips should not be neglected even by experienced cooks who are confident that they know everything about chicken.
Rule #1. It is advisable to buy a chilled carcass rather than a frozen one, thus ensuring tender meat after cooking with a richer flavor bouquet.
Rule #2. The tastiest birds are those weighing up to 1.5 kg and under one year of age. Therefore, do not chase after big carcasses. If you plan to cook for many guests, buy 2-3 chickens, but maintain the weight standard.
Rule #3. When choosing a “chicken”, pay attention to its appearance - a high-quality bird does not have any bones protruding from under the skin, no “bruises” or smudges. The skin color is even, pleasantly yellowish.
Rule #4. Chicken cooked in ceramic or cast iron cookware is very tasty. The material from which the mold is made heats up gradually, protecting the meat from burning.
Rule No. 5. Experienced chefs know how to allocate time for preparing a carcass - 40 minutes per kilogram of meat. Readiness is determined using an ordinary toothpick - pierce it, see what quality of juice comes out of the hole, if it is transparent, then the dish is ready.
Rule #6. We do not recommend leaving the meat in the switched-off oven “to finish cooking” - the carcass will quickly become dry and absorb the smell of fat.
Rule #7. To achieve a golden crispy crust, 10-15 minutes before cooking, brush the chicken with a layer of honey or sour cream. In this case, it is better to avoid mayonnaise, as it will give the dish an unpleasant vinegary taste.
Chicken recipes for the New Year
Chicken baked with Brussels sprouts. Dietary meat and vegetables are the very combination that all nutritionists consider the most useful and which the body so lacks during the long New Year holidays. And it’s also very tasty and elegant.
Ingredients:
- chicken carcass;
- 200-300 g (as much as will fit in the chicken) Brussels sprouts;
- 100 g butter;
- bacon (2-3 pieces);
- 1 small onion;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- salt and spices, as always - to taste.
First, make the filling - fry the onion in oil with chopped bacon and garlic, after the onion is golden, add cabbage and spices. Cook for 10 minutes. Cool the resulting minced meat and grind it in a blender.
Stuff the prepared carcass (washed, dried and rubbed with salt and pepper) with cabbage and bake until done.
Chicken & potatoes. It would seem that what could be more ordinary than chicken baked with potatoes? But what could be tastier and more festive than it?
If you include as many aromatic herbs and spices in the recipe as possible, the dish will turn out even more unusual. This has a direct path to the New Year's table.
Ingredients:
- poultry carcass (1.5-1.6 kg);
- potatoes – 1 kg;
- garlic - a few cloves;
- thyme – fresh (2-3 sprigs) and dried (1 tsp);
- salt and spices;
- olive oil, hot water (approximately 300 ml).
Prepare the chicken for baking as usual, but this time add thyme sprigs and chopped garlic inside the carcass. Place the bird breast side down on a large baking sheet. Peeled potatoes, preferably the tubers should be approximately the same size, cut into oblong slices and place around the chicken. Season the potatoes with salt, pepper, lemon juice and olive oil. Then sprinkle the contents of the baking tray with half the dried thyme and pour hot water into the bottom.
After half an hour of baking (but in general - focus not on time, but on the color and condition of the chicken), turn the bird over, salt, pepper and “thyme” its other side, and bake until cooked.
"Orange" chicken. This will be a small but very effective culinary bomb on the holiday table. Firstly, because chicken is always delicious, and secondly, because oranges are always New Year's Eve. For a greater New Year's accent, you can also take tangerines, but they are somewhat inconvenient to cut for this dish.
Ingredients:
- gutted chicken weighing 1-1.5 kg;
- oranges – 2 pcs.;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- pepper mixture - 2 tsp;
- soy sauce -2 tsp;
- honey - the same amount;
- olive oil (or refined sunflower).
Rub the inside of the washed and dry carcass with salt and crushed garlic; it’s also a good idea to “introduce” the garlic slices under the skin of the “bird.” Pour boiling water over the oranges and cut into thin disks, three of which are also placed under the skin, the rest - inside the carcass.
Combine honey, soy sauce and vegetable oil and coat the chicken on all sides with the resulting mixture. Secure the hole with toothpicks so that the oranges do not fall out of the chicken during baking, and after an hour and a half you can enjoy the finished dish.
Foil will serve as an excellent protection against burning the tips of the legs and wings.
Chicken stewed with tomatoes and olives. This dish has a great taste of Greece. For an exotic “monkey” New Year - just what you need.
Ingredients:
- chicken – 1 kg (any parts of the bird);
- carrots and onions – 1 pc.;
- tomatoes – 3 pcs. (fresh or from a jar, marinated in its own juice);
- pitted olives - about 5 cans;
- tomato paste – 3 tsp;
- broth and dry wine - 100 ml each;
- basil;
- salt.
First of all, fry the chicken, put it in a saucepan, pour in wine and broth, and boil for five minutes. Then add onions, carrots, tomatoes, pasta and olives. Simmer for 60 minutes, and when the dish is almost ready, sprinkle with basil or a mixture of herbs that you prefer.
Usually meat cooked with olives is not salted, but if you find it a little bland, add a pinch of salt.
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