Stuffed legs

The composition of the dish:

Method of cooking:

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).

Fried meatballs

The composition of the dish:

Method of cooking:

Ingredients:
- Chicken fillet - 300 g
- Butter - 200 g
- Ham - 20g
- Peeled prawns - 20 g
- Marinated mushrooms - 20 g
- Finely chopped beer's onion - 40 g
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Corn starch - 1 tbsp.
- Sodium glutamate - 1/4 tsp.
- Vegetable oil - 5 tbsp.
- Salt
- Parsley

Mince chicken, add salt, egg, diluted starch and mix well.
Mince ham, mushrooms and prawns, add beer's onion and stir. Add the softened butter, stir until smooth and chill for 30 minutes. Make walnut size balls from the mixture.
Make small cakes from chicken mince, put butter balls on them and roll this in the form of meatballs. Fry the meatballs in a preheated 180°C oil until tender.
Serve with greens and vegetables.

Pilaf "Assorted"

The composition of the dish:

Method of cooking:

Ingredients:
- Chicken - 2 pieces.
- Rice - 250 g
- Sausage - 100 g
- Ham - 100 g
- Smoked pork loin - 100 g
- Tomatoes - 100 g
- Onions - 50 g
- Stock - 0.5 liters (1 stock cube)
- Vegetable oil - 4 tbsp.
- Butter - 4 tbsp.
- Chopped cilantro - 3 tbsp.
- Saffron - at the tip of a knife
- Salt

Directions:

Cut ham, onion, loin and chicken meat into cubes, slice sausages and fry in a mixture of butter and vegetable oil. Add diced tomatoes, salt, saffron, then add the rice. Pour in the broth, cover and simmer until cooked, without any stirring. Stir the pilaf and add some greens over it before serving.

Chickens with golden eggs

The composition of the dish:

Method of cooking:

Ingredients:
- Chicken - 2 pcs.
- Lemon - 2 pcs.
- Grounded ginger - 1 tsp.
- Run butter - 2 tsp.
- Vegetable oil - 6 tbsp.
- Onions - 8 pcs.
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Chicken stock cubes - per 200 ml of stock
- Saffron - 1/4 tsp.
- Grounded cloves - 1/2 tsp.
- Egg - 4 pcs.
- Black pepper, salt

Clean and wash chickens, dry, season with salt inside and out. Put half a lemon inside the chicken, sprinkle with black pepper, half the rate of ginger, cloves, sew up the abdomen. Heat the run butter and 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil, fry the chicken on all sides and put them to another bowl. Clean and chop finely onions and garlic, saute in the oil remaining after roasting the chicken, add stock, salt, put the chicken back. Squeeze juice of one lemon. Beat up saffron, ginger and remaining vegetable oil, gradually adding the lemon juice. Pour over the chicken and stew covered over low heat for 25-30 minutes. Boil hard boiled eggs. Shell, put in a roasting pan with the chicken 10 minutes before ready. When serving pour the chicken sauce, remaining after the fire, decorate with eggs. Serve on rice.

Hot snack with almonds

The composition of the dish:

Method of cooking:

Ingredients:
- Chicken breast - 350 g
- Egg albumen - 1 pc.
- Salt - 1/2 tsp.
- Sugar - 1/2 tsp.
- Black pepper - 1/8 tsp.
- Flour - 75 g
- Water - 3/4 cup
- Corn starch - 2 tbsp.
- Baking soda - 1 tsp.
- Almonds - 250 g
- Vegetable oil


Remove bones and skin from the chicken, cut the flesh into cubes. Mix egg albumen, salt, sugar and pepper. Put chicken into the mixture and chill for 20 minutes in the refrigerator.
Mix flour, water, starch, salt, baking soda and chopped almonds. Roll the chicken in the resulting mixture.
Dip chicken pieces in hot oil for 2-3 minutes (until golden). Serve this hot appetizer with sweet-and-sour sauce.

Chicken salad with pineapple

The composition of the dish:

Method of cooking:

Ingredients:
- Chicken (cooked meat) - 100 g
- Canned pineapple - 60 g
- Lemon juice - 1 tbsp.
- Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp.
- Sour cream - 2 tbsp.
- Walnuts (kernels) - 20 g
- Parsley and dill - 20 g

Cut the flesh into large cubes, cut pineapple into slices. Place on a platter, alternating pineapple and chicken meat.
Grate walnuts (keep 2 whole cores for decoration). Chop herbs (2 sprigs leave for decoration).
For sauce, mix sour cream, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Serve the salad, water with sauce, sprinkle with grated nuts, herbs and decorate with a whole walnut kernels and sprigs of greenery.

Chakhokhbili Chicken

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Ingredients:
- 1 chicken - 1.2 kg (chicken can be replaced by a similar number of thighs)
- Tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- Onions - 2 pcs.
- Cilantro (or parsley) - one batch
- Basil - one batch
- Khmeli suneli - 1 tsp
- Small red pepper 1 pc.
- Salt to taste
- Garlic - 3-4 cloves
- Butter

Cut chicken into small pieces of about equal size, wash, dry with paper towels. Fry in a dry frying pan for 15 minutes, turning constantly, until golden brown. Reduce the heat.
Slit tomatoes skin crosswise, pour over boiling water, dip into cold water and remove the skins. Cut into small cubes, add to chicken. Stew for 10 minutes.
Cut onions into half rings and fry with butter until golden brown.
Add to the pan, stew covered for 30 more minutes. At the end add the finely chopped garlic, herbs, salt and spices, stir and stew for 7 more minutes.
Serve with rice or mashed potatoes.

Chicken wings in beer

The composition of the dish:

Method of cooking:

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.

Mexican Chicken

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Method of cooking:

Ingredients:
- Chicken - 1 pc.
- Tomatoes - 5 pcs.
- Onions - 3 pcs.
- Chicken stock - 1 cup
- Butter - 4 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil - 4 tbsp.
- Ketchup - 4 tbsp.
- Hot peppers - 1 pod
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Cinnamon - 1 stick
- Ground black pepper
- Salt

Wash and dry the chicken, salt and pepper it, fry in a mixture of butter and vegetable oil until golden brown, then remove from fat.
Fry the onion and garlic in the same fat, add chopped tomatoes, ketchup, cinnamon, hot pepper, put the chicken, add stock and stew covered until tender.
Pull the cooked chicken out, drain the sauce. Wipe vegetables and mix with the sauce.
Serve chicken with this sauce, garnish with fried potatoes or boiled rice.

Tender cutlets of chicken hearts

The composition of the dish:

Method of cooking:

Ingredients:
- Chicken hearts - 0.5 kg
- Salt and pepper
- Stale white bread - 2 slices
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Mayonnaise - 3 tbsp.
- Flour - 2 tbsp.
- Egg - 1 pc.


Mince hearts, onions and soaked in water (milk or cream) bread, add the eggs, mayonnaise, flour, salt and pepper. Put patties in a hot pan with oil wit a spoon to spread. Fry until golden brown. If the cutlets are not ready in 5 minutes put them into the oven.
Obtained cutlets are very tender and juicy.

Chicken leg stuffed with mushrooms and cabbage

The composition of the dish:

Method of cooking:

Ingredients:
- Chicken legs - 4 pcs.
- Mushrooms - 400 g
- Cabbage - 60 g
- Ham - 50g
- Cheese - 80 g
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Butter - 4 tbsp.
- Wheat flour - 2 tbsp.
- Salt

Skin the legs in form of "stocking", remove the flesh and chop it well.
To make the stuffing shred cabbage and fry it in butter with finely chopped mushrooms, ham, chicken flesh and onion, chill, then add some grated cheese.
Stuff the leg skin with the mixture, give it the shape of a whole leg, fix with a skewer, cover with a beaten egg, bread with flour and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes.
Garnish with fresh or pickled vegetables.

Chicken in wine

The composition of the dish:

Method of cooking:

Ingredients:
- Chicken - 1 pc.
- Seed onion - 250 g
- Mushrooms - 250 g
- Bacon - 100 g
- Ground red pepper - 2 tbsp.
- Run butter - 2 tbsp.
- Dried thyme - 1 tsp.
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Dry red wine - 250 ml
- Chicken stock cubes - per 1.5 cup of stock
- Brandy - 3 tbsp.
- Potato starch - 1 tsp.
- Wheat flour - 2 tbsp.
- Salt

Cut the chicken into 6-8 portions. Rub each piece with salt and pepper.Bread it with flour. Fry all sides in hot oil. Put the chicken in another bowl. Cut bacon into small pieces, Peel onions, blanche mushrooms and cut into slices. Stew the onions and mushrooms in melted bacon for 15 minutes. Then put the fried chicken, thyme, wine, and pour 1/2 cup of stock, stew covered on over low heat for 40 minutes, then add the chopped garlic and cook another 15 minutes. Boil the remaining stock down by half, season with brandy, salt and pepper. Dilute in 2 tablespoons of water, pour in the sauce, stirring occasionally. When serving put the chicken on a plate with onions and mushrooms, pour over sauce.