Chicken soup with buckwheat

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Ingredients:
- Chicken back - 200 g
- Potatoes - 3 pc.
- Buckwheat - 1/2 cup
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Carrots (small) - 1 pcs.
- Sunflower oil (for frying)
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Bay leaf
- Greens
 
Boil the chicken back for 40 minutes with the onion and bay leaves in 1.5 liters of water.

Prepare the vegetables: Cut the carrots and onions, saute it with a little of vegetable oil. Cut potatoes cut into smooth and small cubes and add to the soup. Put the buckwheat just after the soup begins to boil. Then add the sauteed onion and chopped greens. Cook for 15 minutes. Add sour cream.

Stuffed legs

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Ingredients:
- Chicken legs - 4 pcs.
- Prunes - 100-150 g
- Walnuts - 50-70 g
- Cheese - 100-150 g
- Greens
- Garlic
- Salt and pepper


Use a sharp knife to remove the skin of chicken legs like a stocking so the lower part remains on the bone. Chop off the bone. Carefully cut the flesh and mince it. Steam prunes with hot water. Remove stones and chop the prunes. Grate cheese with a coarse grater. Crush walnuts and garlic, chop herbs.
Mix all the ingredients, add salt and pepper to taste.
Stuff the chicken skin with the mix, sew up (or fill the skin inside and put a "seam" down).
Coat the chicken legs with mayonnaise.
Oil the baking sheet and put legs "seam down".
Bake in a well-heated oven (200-220 degrees) until tender (about 30 minutes).

Chicken and mushrooms pie

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Ingredients:
- Cake wafer - 3-4 pcs.
- Chicken fillet - 800 g
- Mushrooms - 400 g
- Onions - 200 g
- Butter - 200 g
- Cheese - 150 g
- Rich cream - 100 g
- Nutmeg
- Black pepper, salt
- Parsley

Cut chicken fillet into pieces, fry with onion chopped to semi-rings.
Slice mushrooms and saute in butter, add some nutmeg, salt, pepper, cream, mix well with chicken and onion and rub it all in a food processor.
Interlay wafer cakes with the mix, apply a thin layer on top, dredge with grated cheese. Bake in the oven until golden brown. Decorate with greens when serving.

Hunter's Chicken

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Ingredients:
- Chicken - 2 pieces.
- Butter - 50 g
- Mushrooms - 100 g
- Onions - 2 pcs.
- Ketchup - 120 g
- Dry white wine - 100 g
- Brandy - 15 g
- Sprigs of parsley and cilantro - 5-6.
- Salt, pepper, lettuce

Directions:

Rinse chickens, wet and cut into portions. Season with salt and pepper and roast on a gridiron for 15-20 minutes, rotating regularly. Peel and chop mushrooms and onions. Add butter, wrap in foil and grill for 10 minutes. Mix wine, ketchup, 2-3 tbsp. of water and boil for 3-4 min. Add chopped herbs and brandy. Mix in bowl with mushrooms and onions. Place ready-made chicken out onto a plate and pour the cooked sauce. Serve with lettuce.

Chicken roast

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Ingredients:
- Chicken breast - 400g
- Eggplant - 3 pcs.
- Onion - 3 pcs.
- Bell pepper - 3-4 pcs.
- Lettuce leaves (for decoration)
- Vegetable oil
- Thyme, salt and pepper

Cut chicken breast lengthwise and tenderize slightly. Rub the chicken with salt and pepper and place on a well heated pan and fry for 5-7 minutes. Fry cut into thin strips vegetables in a separate pan in the following order: eggplant (2-3 minutes), onions (3-4 minutes) and bell pepper. Stew it all for about 20 minutes, stirring regularly. When all ingredients are ready, place salad leaves on a plate, lay over fried onions, eggplant, bell pepper, fried chicken.
The dish can be decorated with sprigs of dill and parsley. Mashed potatoes or buckwheat crumbly fit well as a side dish.

Chicken with pita bread

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Ingredients:
- Chicken
- Lime zest - 1/2 tsp.
- Lime juice - 1/4 cup
- Tequila - 2 tbsp.
- Honey - 2 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.
- Minced garlic - 1/4 tsp.
- Starch - 2 tbsp.
- Tomato - 1 pc.
- Avocado - 1 pc.
- Pita - 4 pcs.
- Lime - 2 pcs.
- Black pepper, salt to taste

For sauce, mix lime zest, lime juice, tequila, honey, vegetable oil, starch, and garlic, season with salt and pepper, bring to boil, stir untill the sauce thickens.
Grill chicken for 10-15 minutes. 5 minutes before the end of cooking pour the cooked sauce part.
Before serving, lay a folded pita bread on a platter, place the fillets, slices of tomato and a few slices of avocado.
Pour remaining sauce to the chicken and decorate wit a wedge of lime.

Legs in a puff

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Ingredients:
- Chicken legs - 4 pcs.
- Cheese - 4 slices
- Puff pastry - 500 g
- Seasoning for chicken - 1 tsp.
- Mustard - 1 tsp.
- Honey.
- Salt

Remove the bone from the legs, rub the legs with a mixture of mustard and honey, leave on for 30 minutes. Gently lift the skin and stuff formed pockets with the cheese slices.
Roll puff pastry a 5 mm thick, cut into long narrow strips and wrap the legs tightly. Bake in oven at 200°C until golden brown.
When serving garnish with salad. Decorate with greens.

Chicken in a melon

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Ingredients:
- Chicken - 1 kg
- Melon (larger than a chicken) - 1 pcs.
- Dessert wine - 2 tbsp.
- Salt to taste
- Greens

Rinse the chicken and boil in a small amount of salted water with wine over low heat for 30 minutes. Remove the skin, draft the stock.
Wash and dry the melon, cut off the top, remove the pulp with a spoon to fit the chicken. Place the chicken into the melon, pour in the stock, cover with the removed top fixed with wooden skewers, place the melon in a pan. Cook with a small amount of water tightly closed for an hour. Remove the chicken, divide into portions and arrange on a platter.
Serve on rice, decorate with greens.

Chopped chicken cutlets

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Ingredients:
- Chicken fillet - 600 g
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Garlic - 4-5 cloves
- Dill
- Flour - 1 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil
- Salt to taste


Cut fillet into cubes.
Chop greens.
Add the the greens, squeezed garlic, flour, salt and egg to the meat. Mix it all thoroughly.
Pour the oil into the pan so that it is to be on par with the cutlets. Spread a tablespoon of minced meat onto a tepid pan one by one. Flatten it. You should get a form of a burger, steak-like.
Fry over medium heat until golden brown.

Chicken wings in beer

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Ingredients:

- Chicken wings - 1 kg
- Light beer - 0.5 liters
- Salt to taste
- Curry (powder) - 1 tsp.
- Black pepper (ground) - to taste
- Garlic - to taste

Peel and grate the garlic on a small grater. Then, mix it with salt, pepper and curry.
Then brush wings with garlic mixture and let them soak for 30-40 minutes.
When the time comes, pour beer to the wings (wings must be completely covered with beer) and put them to bake in a preheated to 220 C oven until completely cooked.
Beer is better to be light, because dark beer gives a stronger taste to the meat.

Hot chicken sandwiches

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Ingredients:
- Boiled white chicken meat (estimated at an average chicken breast for 4 sandwiches)
- 4 slices of white bread
- A few slices of cheese durum
- Vegetable oil
- Salt
- Spices
- Greens

Put bread in a frying pan with a well-heated oil, fry a little on one side. On the unroasted side put chicken, salt, pepper to taste and cover the meat with cheese. Close the pan with a lid and cook over low heat until cheese melts. Place ready-made sandwiches on a plate and decorate each one with sprigs of dill.

Skewer with chicken and pineapple

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Ingredients:
- Chicken breast - 3 pcs.
- Soy sauce - 75 ml
- Vinegar - 75 ml
- Honey - 2 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp.
- Mushroom - 10 pc.
- Bunching onion
- Bacon - 150 g
- Pineapple

Mix soy sauce, vinegar, honey and vegetable oil in a large bowl. Add medium-chopped chicken breast, mushrooms and chopped green onions to the mixture. Mix it all thoroughly, then put into the fridge for at least 1 hour.
Put chicken pieces on skewers. Alternate with mushrooms and slices of pineapple. Wrap chicken with of bacon strips and secure with a thread. Grill skewers for 15-20 minutes, rotating on a regular basis and pouring marinade from time to time. Serve hot chicken skewers with fresh vegetables and herbs.