Let's say you decided to cook a chicken in the oven , and you want it to turn out juicy and tender, and you do not have any suitable dishes (ceramic pots or glass deep forms with lids) at hand, or it's busy. But there is a way out.
You can cook chicken in the oven in an ordinary glass jar. The basic requirements for the bank: the main thing is that the jar should be without cracks and chips and that there are no bubbles in the glass.
Tell you how to cook chicken in a glass jar.
Banks of what capacity to use for this?
It is possible to use one-liter, one-and-a-half or two-liter cans, these are most suitable for ovens in standard gas and electric cookers. In three-liter cans, it is better not to cook chicken in the oven , since the jar should be placed on the grate, and not at the bottom of the oven, and the three-liter ones are somewhat high. If you are preparing for a large company, you can cook at once in several banks.
Chicken in a jar can be cooked simply with the addition of spices, or it is possible with vegetables, so it turns out especially tasty.
It is better to buy a chicken than a whole, but some parts of a carcass. The hips and the breast are the most suitable for us, we can also have the upper parts of the wings and shins.
The recipe for cooking stewed chicken with potatoes and vegetables in a jar
Calculation of the proportion of products per 2 liter jar.
Ingredients:
- chicken meat (breast, thigh, drumstick) - about 1 kg;
- potatoes are not large - 5-8 pcs.
- onion small - 3 pcs .;
- carrots - 1 piece;
- bay leaves - 4 pcs .;
- fragrant pepper peas - 8 pcs .;
- cloves - 3 inflorescences;
- coriander seed - optional;
- garlic - 3 cloves.
Preparation
If the chicken meat is frozen, it must be thawed, washed and cut into pieces of such size that it will be easy to lay and remove them from the jar. Cleaned carrots narem not too finely, potatoes can be pawned entirely, larger cut with large slices. Bulbs are cleaned so that they do not exfoliate when extinguishing, then they can be thrown away. At each bulb we will cut the bottom part and stick it into the inflorescence of a carnation.
The bank should be dry and clean, the chicken should be dried with a napkin. We put all the ingredients in the jar alternately, it is better that the pieces of the breast, potatoes and onions are closer to the bottom, and on top was pieces of juicy meat. We fill the jar approximately by 2 / 3-3 / 4, no more, otherwise the juices that are released during the preparation from the chicken can pour out of the jar (the volume of substances increases when heated). Cover the jar with a lid leaky - it can be a glass lid or tin without gum. You can use foil. Tightness should not be in any case, otherwise the bank may burst.
The basic principle of making chicken in a jar
Avoid sudden temperature changes, only gradual slow heating.
We put the jar filled with vegetables in a cold oven, first the heating should be minimum, warm the filled jar within 20 minutes. Then, it is better in 2 doses, gradually increase the temperature to about 200 ° C.
We keep the can with chicken in the oven for another 30 minutes. Turn off the fire or stop heating. But we do not immediately remove the jar, but wait for another 20 minutes, then lightly when opening the oven door, wait another 10 minutes and only now we extract
Before serving, we will decorate this wonderful and delicate dish with herbs.
In a jar with a chicken instead of potatoes and carrots (or with them) you can lay other vegetables: broccoli, sliced pumpkin, zucchini, sweet pepper, young string bean, turnip.
If you cook chicken in a separate pot, it can be served with any side dish.