It's no secret that the New Year holidays are a time of table gatherings and gastronomic delights. The time when every lady strives to surprise guests and be known as a skillful hostess. The Internet is replete with a variety of holiday recipes for every taste and budget. But the most democratic and popular dish at a Russian buffet table invariably remains chicken.
If you decide to use chicken as the main dish of your New Year's table, then this article is for you. Many people are accustomed to thinking of dishes made from this bird as relatively easy to prepare and even traditional for many families.
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We will try to prevent common mistakes in cooking chicken and share tips and tricks from experienced chefs. You will also find in this article ways to make familiar recipes more original and cook chicken for the New Year so that guests ask for the recipe!
Ingredient Selection
Quality meat is the key to your success
Of course, the most important ingredient is the chicken itself. Here are a few universal rules that will help you not waste a lot of time near store shelves:
- The most important thing is that the meat is fresh. Preference should be given to products in transparent bags. Fresh poultry is always pale pink in color with a slight yellowish tint.
- Pay attention to the integrity of the chicken. There should be no mechanical damage on the carcass: muscle tears, blood stains and other visual imperfections that deprive the bird of its aesthetic presentation.
- It is recommended to purchase chilled rather than frozen poultry.
Spices. We turn everyday life into exotic
Spices are a very important ingredient in cooking. Timely added spices make the dish piquant and juicy. By ignoring these seemingly simple rules, you risk hopelessly ruining even a correctly chosen and high-quality product.
Here you can give free rein to your imagination and preferences. We offer universal combinations:
- Ground black pepper/paprika/thyme/garlic/rosemary/salt;
- Chili/garlic/lemon juice/cumin/ginger/coriander/salt;
- Ground black pepper/paprika/onion/adjika/salt;
- Dried dill/curry/honey/garlic granules/salt;
- Ground black pepper/chili/coriander/ginger/mustard seeds/salt;
- Ground black pepper/nutmeg/Italian herbs/thyme;
- Basil/sage/oregano/mint/lemon juice/salt.
Please note: each spice carries a special aroma and emphasizes the taste of tender chicken meat in its own way.
Spices are a very important ingredient in cooking. Of course, cooking is a creative process for any housewife. And the New Year holidays are a great time for culinary experiments. Therefore, if you decide to combine a whole bunch of spices, think about whether their aromas will overshadow each other. Well, if there are any doubts, we have collected win-win options for you!
Preparation
Bake? Fry? Put it out?
There are an incredible variety of ways to cook delicious chicken.
If you are a fan of a healthy diet, then we recommend stewing the bird in pots. Chicken meat goes well with vegetables, herbs and mushrooms. A good solution would be to grate hard cheese and sprinkle it on top of the chicken. When baked with the addition of cheese, a crispy crust is formed. You just need to remove the lid from the pot a few minutes before it’s ready.
Ways to prepare delicious chicken It is recommended to bake the chicken in foil after marinating it. A special baking bag is also an excellent option. They can also be found in any supermarket. The chicken remains juicy, and the flavors of the spices are revealed more vividly.
When frying chicken, the meat is traditionally marinated. This will make the meat softer and will not require long-term heat treatment. Honey and soy sauce have proven themselves to be good for pickling. They help achieve the perfect golden crust.
Original recipes for the holiday table
Chicken in openwork
Chicken in openwork - Grate hard cheese on a fine grater (Kostromskaya, Rossiyskiy, Maasdam are suitable) and mix the resulting mass with finely chopped parsley.
- Remove the skin from the chicken breast and cut the meat into thin strips.
- Fry the meat in a dry frying pan for 3-5 minutes. Note that it is best to add spices at this stage!
- Grate several raw potatoes on a coarse grater. Squeeze the pulp to release excess juice. Add the egg, two tablespoons of flour, and salt. Stir.
- Pour vegetable oil into a preheated frying pan, and then add the potato mixture to the frying pan - about half of the total amount. The mass should look like a pancake. After a few minutes, when the potatoes are fried, turn them over.
- Place the fried chicken on the potato mixture and sprinkle it with cheese and herbs.
- After a couple of minutes, when the cheese has melted, spoon the rest of the potatoes onto the chicken.
Chicken with sour cream in a double boiler
Chicken with sour cream in a double boiler - Cut the prepared chicken fillet and onion into cubes.
- Peel and chop four raw potatoes.
- Break two eggs into a bowl. Whisk. Add a glass of sour cream and two tablespoons of flour to the eggs.
- Mix all ingredients.
- Pour the resulting mixture into a steamer container.
- Sprinkle everything with cheese.
- Cook for an hour in the “baking” mode.
Julienne
Julienne - Remove the skin from the leg and boil it in salted water.
- After cooking, separate the meat from the bones and chop it finely.
- Chop and fry two medium onions in sunflower oil.
- Chop a pound of fresh mushrooms and fry. It is recommended to fry until the moisture has evaporated.
- Add chicken meat, spices, and a few tablespoons of sour cream to the mushrooms.
- Cover with a lid and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
- Prepare several buns - store-bought or homemade. It is advisable to use round-shaped baked goods. Cut off the tops of the baked goods and remove the crumb.
- The buns should be filled with filling and sprinkled with grated cheese on top.
- Bake in the oven until golden brown.
Chicken casserole with cottage cheese
Chicken casserole with cottage cheese - Grind 500-700 grams of chicken fillet in a meat grinder.
- Dice the onion and fry it in sunflower oil.
- Mix two yolks with two teaspoons of sunflower oil.
- Mix the prepared ingredients, adding about two hundred grams of cottage cheese (it is recommended to take it with a fat content of 5%), chopped herbs, a heaping tablespoon of starch and spices.
- The whites should be whipped into a foam and added to the rest of the products.
- Place the ingredients in a special form and sprinkle with grated cheese.
Chicken wings in garlic marinade
Chicken wings in garlic marinade - For the marinade, mix 4 tablespoons of soy sauce, a teaspoon of honey, grated ginger root, three cloves of garlic, spices (salt, pepper, basil) and a few tablespoons of sunflower oil.
- Chicken wings should be cut at the joints and dipped in the marinade. Leave them for a couple of hours.
- Then place the wings on a tray and bake in an oven preheated to 220 degrees Celsius for thirty minutes.
Serving
Decorating a holiday dish is a real art!
The New Year's mood does not appear by itself; it is created by an experienced housewife. The presentation of a dish not only makes it more appetizing, but also turns what would seem to be the simplest set of products into a creation of culinary art.
It is important to consider not only the compatibility of products for serving with poultry. A creative approach to choosing colors is also important. The rich colors of fresh herbs, cherry tomatoes and small bowls with various sauces will not leave any guest indifferent.
Fruits as decoration For exotic lovers, we can recommend using fruits as decoration. Citrus fruits and pineapples, twigs of sour berries are especially suitable.
Cooking deliciously and quickly is the motto of the modern housewife. We aimed to bring together in this article many tips to make your culinary fantasies come true. We hope that you will be able to surprise your guests with the extraordinary presentation and unique taste of your dish.
Happy New Year!
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You always want to prepare something special for the holiday table. Chicken in this regard is optimal in terms of price-quality ratio. Even an ordinary chicken baked in the oven is already a holiday, but what if you try a little and add some zest? For example, fill it with mushrooms or dried fruits or prepare a special sauce, marinate it in wine or an Asian-style spicy mixture, or bread it in rye breadcrumbs. What about chicken roll? You can wrap almost anything in it - from minced meat to dried fruits and nuts. Even banal legs can claim to be a festive dish: place a slice of lemon (or orange) or tomato on each leg, sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake until done. 10 minutes before the end of cooking, sprinkle the legs with a thick layer of grated hard cheese and bake until golden brown.
To prepare a chicken dish for the New Year, it is best to buy chilled poultry. If you bake the whole chicken, soak it overnight in brine - the chicken will be evenly salted. If you want a particularly crispy crust, remove the chicken from the brine, pat it dry and place it in a cool, ventilated place (not the refrigerator!) for 6-8 hours.
Ingredients:
1 chicken,
1 kg fresh champignons,
2-3 onions,
2 carrots,
greens, mayonnaise, salt, pepper, spices - to taste.
Preparation:
Mix the chicken spices with a little vegetable oil, salt and pepper and coat the chicken with the mixture inside and out. Leave to marinate for 1 hour. Chop the mushrooms, fry in a dry frying pan until the liquid has completely evaporated, then add vegetable oil, grated carrots and diced onions and fry until tender. Chop more greens (to taste), mix with mushrooms and add a little mayonnaise so that the mixture does not fall apart. Stuff the chicken, sew up the cut and place in a roasting bag or foil. Bake for an hour in a medium-heat oven, then cut the sleeve (or unroll the foil) and keep the chicken in the oven for another 15 minutes, basting with the juices to create a delicious crust.
Ingredients:
1 chicken,
4-5 tomatoes,
3-4 onions,
½ cup 9% vinegar,
½ cup water,
1 tbsp. Sahara,
1 bunch of greens,
mayonnaise for binding minced meat,
Preparation:
Prepare the chicken as in the previous recipe. Cut the onion into half rings. Mix vinegar, water and sugar and soak the onions in this marinade for 1 hour. Cut the tomatoes into cubes, mix with chopped herbs, pickled onions, add a little mayonnaise and mix. Stuff the chicken, sew it up and wrap it in foil. Bake for 1 hour at a temperature of 180-190°C, then unfold the foil and bake until golden brown.
Ingredients:
1 chicken,
100 g sweet mustard,
1 tsp mustard beans,
1-2 tbsp. liquid honey,
2 tbsp. vegetable oil,
1 orange,
10 medium sized potatoes
salt, pepper - to taste.
Preparation:
Salt and pepper the chicken outside and inside. Combine mustard, vegetable oil, juice of half an orange and mustard beans. Lubricate the chicken with the resulting sauce outside and inside. Place in a greased pan or on a rimmed baking sheet and place the halved potatoes around the chicken. Sprinkle the potatoes with salt and pepper, pour in some oil and place the pan in the oven preheated to 250°C for 40-45 minutes. Baste the chicken with the juices to get a golden brown crust. When serving, garnish with herbs.
Ingredients:
1 whole chicken or 1.5 kg breasts with skin,
1 stack light beer,
1-2 tbsp. tomato paste,
salt, pepper - to taste.
Preparation:
Divide the chicken into small pieces, salt and pepper to taste. Place the chicken in a baking dish. Dissolve tomato paste in beer, pour this mixture over the chicken, cover the pan with foil and place in a hot oven for 30-35 minutes.
Ingredients:
1 chicken,
100 g butter,
1 pack of gelatin,
1 apple
200 g prunes,
salt, sugar,
pepper - to taste.
Preparation:
Cut the skin along the back of the chicken and separate the meat and skin from the bones. Place a layer of chicken meat skin side down, lightly beat it into a rectangular shape, add salt and pepper, cover with dry gelatin and grease with butter. Peel the apples and cut into cubes. Sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent browning. Chop the soaked prunes. Place apples and prunes on the layer and sprinkle with a little sugar. Roll into a tight roll and wrap in several layers of foil, trying to close it as tightly as possible. Place the roll on a baking sheet with boots and bake in the oven. Cool, place under slight pressure and place in the refrigerator overnight. To serve, cut into 1 cm thick slices.
Ingredients:
1 chicken,
3 onions,
1 stack cream,
100 g prunes,
½ cup walnuts,
salt, pepper, spices - to taste.
Preparation:
Cut the chicken into small pieces, roll in flour and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown. Place in a baking dish. Place the soaked prunes on top of the chicken. Cut the onion into cubes, fry until golden brown and add to the chicken. Pour in cream, salt, pepper, add spices to taste and sprinkle with chopped walnuts. Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
Chicken legs, thighs and drumsticks are best suited for treating a large company. A whole chicken is, of course, great, but, unfortunately, it only has two legs, and everyone loves legs! Therefore, it is more advisable to cook them - in sauce or crispy breading, wrapped in dough or cabbage leaves, or even simply fried or baked in the oven with spices.
Ingredients:
6 chicken drumsticks (or thighs),
1 tbsp. liquid honey,
1 tbsp. lemon juice,
¼ cup water,
½ tsp. dried rosemary,
salt, pepper, spices - to taste.
Preparation:
Remove the skin from the chicken legs and fry them in vegetable oil until golden brown. Stir honey and lemon juice in warm water, add rosemary and pour over the legs. Salt, pepper, add spices and simmer under the lid over low heat for 10-15 minutes.
Ingredients:
12 chicken drumsticks,
1 egg,
2 stacks finely grated Parmesan cheese,
1 tsp ground black pepper,
1 tsp salt.
Preparation:
Rinse the drumsticks and dry with a napkin. In a bowl, lightly beat the eggs. In another bowl, combine cheese, salt and pepper. Dip each drumstick in the egg, then roll in the cheese. Place on a baking sheet and bake at 190-200°C for 40-45 minutes until golden brown.
Ingredients:
8 chicken drumsticks,
¼ cup hot sauce,
1/3 cup flour,
2 tbsp. corn flour,
½ tsp. salt,
vegetable oil for frying.
Preparation:
Remove the skin from the drumsticks, place them in a plastic bag, pour the sauce over them, seal the bag and marinate in the refrigerator for 1 to 12 hours. The longer the chicken is marinated, the sharper its flavor will be. Combine the flour, cornmeal and salt in a bag, add the marinated drumsticks and shake to coat the drumsticks evenly. Fry in plenty of vegetable oil until golden brown.
Ingredients:
6 chicken drumsticks,
½ cup water,
1/3 cup ketchup,
1/3 cup 6% vinegar,
¼ cup brown sugar,
50 g butter,
2 tsp soy sauce,
2 tsp dry mustard,
2 tsp hot pepper,
1 tsp salt.
Preparation:
Place the drumsticks in a baking dish. Whisk all the other ingredients until smooth and pour over the drumsticks. Cover the pan with foil and place in the oven preheated to 200°C for 30 minutes. After this time, remove the foil, turn the drumsticks over, cover with foil again and cook until done (about 30 minutes).
Chicken thighs with apples in milk sauce
Ingredients:
6-7 chicken thighs,
2-3 apples,
100-150 g hard cheese,
250-300 ml milk,
mayonnaise, salt, pepper - to taste.
Preparation:
Peel the apples and cut into thin slices. Sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent browning. Salt the thighs, place them in a mold, lift the skin and spread mayonnaise underneath. Place the apple slices in a thin layer under the skin, smooth and fill with milk so that the thighs protrude 1/3 from under the milk. Salt, grease with mayonnaise and cover the pan with foil. Place in a hot oven for 30 minutes. Then remove the foil, sprinkle the dish with grated cheese and put it back in the oven. Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown.
Ingredients:
4 chicken legs,
4 cloves of garlic,
½ tsp. salt,
1 tsp hot red pepper,
¼ tsp. ground cumin,
2 tbsp. olive oil,
½ cup dry wine,
1 tsp dried oregano.
Preparation:
Mix pressed garlic, oregano, salt, red pepper, cumin, a little ground black pepper and olive oil with a fork until smooth. Dry the chicken legs, trim off excess fat and place in a baking dish. Brush each leg with garlic paste, pour wine over it and place in an oven preheated to 200°C. Bake for 40-50 minutes.
Ingredients:
1 chicken,
½ cup soy sauce,
¼ cup brown sugar,
3 tbsp. grated fresh ginger,
5 cloves of garlic,
2 tsp sesame oil,
1 tsp ground black pepper.
Preparation:
Pass the garlic through a press, combine with the rest of the marinade ingredients and whisk until smooth. Cut the chicken into pieces, pour in the marinade, cover with a lid and refrigerate for 12 to 24 hours, turning it occasionally. After this, remove the chicken from the refrigerator and leave at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 220-250°C. Place the chicken pieces on a baking sheet, skin side up, and bake for 40-45 minutes until the chicken is golden brown.
Chicken legs in dough. Take a package of ready-made puff pastry and roll it out into a layer 0.5 cm thick. Cut the dough into strips. Chicken drumsticks, pre-marinated in a marinade or sauce to taste, or simply sprinkled with salt and pepper, fry in vegetable oil until golden brown and place on paper towels to absorb excess fat. Wrap the drumsticks with strips of dough, overlapping them, starting from the bone. Secure the dough by brushing the end of the strip with egg white and pinching it to prevent the dough from unfolding during baking. Place the drumsticks in the dough on a baking sheet and place in a hot oven. Bake until golden brown.
To prepare this festive dish, you will need ready-made puff pastry, a cheese-braid for tying bags and any filling that suits the taste of the chicken. Fry chicken drumsticks in vegetable oil until golden brown. Prepare the filling: mashed potatoes or boiled rice, fried mushrooms, vegetables or dried fruits, lemon or orange slices, nuts - combine the filling to your liking. Roll out the dough into a layer 0.5 - 0.7 cm thick and cut it into squares. Place the filling in the middle of each square, place the drumstick vertically and lift the edges of the dough towards the bone. Tie a bag with a strip of braided cheese, brush it with yolk and place it on a greased baking sheet. Bake until golden brown. You can prepare such bags with a surprise: on pieces of paper, write “fortune predictions” for the coming year (only happy ones, of course!) and wrap them in thick cling film. Place a prediction in each bag. Not only children, but also adults will be delighted with such surprises.
Chicken drumsticks in cabbage leaves. You can prepare this dish like regular cabbage rolls, stewing them in sauce, or bake them in the oven - the choice is yours. Take a head of Chinese cabbage (it is more tender) and disassemble it into leaves. Wrap the drumsticks, fried until golden brown, in cabbage leaves and tie with thick threads or strips of braided cheese. Place a wire rack in a thick-bottomed pan or line the bottom with rough parts of cabbage leaves (this is necessary to prevent the cabbage rolls from burning). Place the prepared drumsticks in a saucepan and pour in tomato-sour cream sauce (or just sour cream, or tomato juice - to taste). Add bay leaf and peppercorns and put on fire. Once boiling, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Along with the drumsticks, you can wrap some rice or pitted prunes in cabbage leaves. If stewing doesn’t appeal to you, bake the drumsticks in cabbage leaves on a baking sheet, just first fry the wrapped drumsticks in vegetable oil until golden brown. Place the drumsticks on a baking sheet, cover with foil and bake in a hot oven for 30 minutes until cooked through.
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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.
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 festive 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.
Oven-baked chicken for the New Year is a real holiday! This chicken always turns out flavorful, with a crispy crust; it will certainly decorate not only any holiday, but also an everyday family table. However, the New Year is a special holiday; everyone prepares for its celebration in advance, thinking through the menu, table settings, looking for or inventing original and bright dishes. Of the main hot dishes, baked chicken looks great on the table; for the New Year it is a universal meat dish. Appetizing in appearance, juicy and tender in taste, New Year's chicken will always please most guests, both adults and children.
No overseas treats will break our tradition of baking chicken for the New Year. Before cooking New Year's chicken in the oven, you need to marinate it and then grease it with sour cream or mayonnaise. First, it is better to bake the chicken in foil so that its meat becomes more tender and juicy, and 15 minutes before the end of cooking, you can remove the foil and brown the chicken on all sides. And let baked chicken for the New Year 2019 be present on your table. After all, this is so natural, we must please the new mascot of the coming year, the yellow earthen Dog. Recipes for baked chicken for the New Year's table are numerous, but differ mainly in the use of various marinades. Here there is a large field for the imagination and ingenuity of culinary specialists. Many people like the spicy taste, while others like the sweetish or spicy taste of meat. All of these options are great for chicken too. Recipes for the New Year of these dishes are on our website, choose and cook with pleasure
Some useful tips on how to prepare chicken for the New Year's table:
Before cooking, the chicken is thoroughly cleaned of any remaining feathers, washed with water, and dried with a paper towel. The bird carcass is rubbed with salt, coated with marinade on all sides, and placed in a sleeve;
In order for the chicken to bake with an appetizing golden brown crust, you need to pour sour cream over it, and then fry it in portions on all sides in a hot frying pan.
To marinate chicken, you can use dry wine instead of vinegar if the recipe calls for it;
A number of common marinade options: mayonnaise and ketchup, tomato dressing or adjika, any sauce with crushed garlic, soy sauce with mustard, vegetable oil and honey;
You need to make several punctures in the top of the sleeve so that it does not burst during cooking and the chicken is browned;
In the sleeve, the chicken is first cooked at 120 degrees, and then at 150 until toasted and golden brown;
The open version assumes first a temperature of about 200 degrees, and then 180-150 until ready;
Baked New Year's chicken can be festively decorated with mayonnaise, paper figures, etc.
