Tasty as always - a recipe for a tobacco chicken in the oven

Dishes from a chicken decorate a festive table practically in all countries of the world. This is the most common meat from which solemn meals are prepared. Chicken fillet contains a large number of vitamins of different groups, micro- and macroelements, and is the supplier of essential amino acids in the human body. The recipe for tobacco chicken in the oven is known to every hostess, and everyone has long learned the wisdom of his cooking.

To prepare the dish, choose a bird carcass. If the company is 3-4 people, you can take a large chicken broiler . The best option, of course, is the village chicken, nurtured on an ecological diet. But if the company of guests is more than four, then based on the culinary experience, it is better to take the average size of chickens on each individually. If the carcass is frozen, then they must be unfrozen. Thawing is best done gradually, at a temperature of 5-7 ° C or on the bottom shelf in the refrigerator, then the meat will retain its structure and appearance. Therefore, 12 hours before the holiday date, get the carcass from the freezer. The best option, of course, is chilled chicken.

The recipe for tobacco chicken in the oven has changed a little over the years of its existence. Now he has become more adapted to our dynamic lifestyle, where the cooking time of the dish is also reduced to a minimum. The carcass of the chicken must be gutted and washed under running water, dried with napkins until the moisture is completely removed. Before you cook the chicken in the oven, you need to perform the following manipulations: on the carcass make cuts on the brisket and abdomen. To keep the kitchen in order and not to break the sterile cleanliness, the chicken should be placed in a plastic bag and a kitchen hammer to beat off the meat. Particular attention is paid to articular surfaces and grinding them, so that the carcass could be densely located on the frying surface in one plane. Now remove the packet and rub the chicken on both sides with a mixture of large salt, fragrant and black pepper, well lubricating the inner surface and the folds. Leave for 20-30 minutes for better impregnation, make a fork with frequent prongs on the carcass, so that the fat is released, and the spices are absorbed as best as possible.

The original, that is classical, recipe of a chicken of tobacco in an oven meant also a special technology of preparation. For this purpose, a frying pan with a thick bottom was used and a lid that pressed and pressed the chicken carcass to the bottom, so that it was, as it were, spread out on the bottom of the dishes. Alternatively, the recipe for the tobacco chicken in the oven has undergone some changes only in the method of preparation. Actually, we are considering it. Spread the chicken carcass on a baking sheet, smeared with butter, and over it we set for pressing the cargo. This can be as a special dish, and sinker from improvised means (for example, a pot of water or a weigher). Preparation of chicken in the oven will take 30-40 minutes. On a baking sheet, if the chickens are young and not very fat, add a piece of chicken fat or pork. This juice should periodically water the cooking carcass. On one side fry the chicken at a temperature of 150-170ºС for 15-20 minutes (depending on its size), then turn over and on the other side fry as much. 10 minutes before the end of baking, the carcass is sprinkled with chopped garlic, which will add a pleasant aroma and savory flavor to the chicken of tobacco. Garlic is added in the final stage, if sprinkled with them initially, it just charred in the oven and lost flavor.

We take the chicken out of the oven and put it on the dish, over the lettuce leaves. We decorate the dish with cherry tomatoes and slices of brynza.