Chicken in a double boiler. Tips for cooking

In recent years, people are trying to lead a healthy lifestyle: moving more, doing sports, watching their diet. Now the steamers are very popular. They can cook anything: meat, vegetables, cereals.

For example, a chicken in a double boiler is prepared the same time as in a skillet, only the benefits of such a dish are much greater.

Read on, and you'll learn how delicious and healthy it is possible to cook chicken dishes in a double boiler with vegetables and greens.

Recipe # 1

Marinated chicken in a double boiler with vegetables

Composition:

• Chicken (breast) - two pieces;
• Walnuts - one hundred and fifty-two hundred grams;
• Soy sauce - one (can be more) a tablespoon;
• Greens (parsley, basil, dill) - a few twigs;
• Curry - a teaspoon (one);
• Coriander (ground) - a little (a couple of small pinches);
• Potatoes - four to six pieces;
• Cabbage color - two hundred grams;
• Beans asparagus - one hundred and fifty-two hundred grams.

How to cook chicken in a double boiler? Read on.

First you need to make a marinade for chicken and vegetables. For this, all the greens are taken and chopped small enough. After that, the walnuts are cleaned and crushed. Greens and nuts are laid out in a bowl (deep), there is added soy sauce, curry and coriander. Everything is thoroughly stirred. A column of half a liter of water pours in. This chicken is placed in the marinade. While she marinades, vegetables are cleaned and washed, and also placed in the marinade for ten, fifteen minutes can be.

After that, put the vegetables in the bottom pan of the steamer, and the chicken into the top, lightly sprinkle it with the sauce. Cook this dish you need about twenty-thirty-five minutes.

Recipe # 2

Chicken in a double boiler in foil with potatoes. The dish is designed for a steamer with three tiers.

Composition:

• Chicken (legs) - six knocks;
• Potatoes - twelve pieces;
• Salt, seasoning - according to your taste;
• Mayonnaise - six tablespoons;
• Greens (dill, onions).

This chicken in the double boiler is prepared this way:

First, potatoes are cleaned and washed. Then takes the foil, cut off from it six identical pieces (thirty-five centimeters). A chicken leg is inserted in the center, which is pre-seasoned and salted, next to it is placed potatoes (a pair of pieces), which is cut into eight pieces and also seasoned. All this is smeared with half a tablespoon of mayonnaise and covered with greens. The foil is wrapped. So it is necessary to do with each leg. The dish is cooked in a steamer for about fifty minutes.

Recipe # 3

Chicken in a double boiler with potatoes, carrots, peppers and other vegetables

Composition:

• Chicken (breast) - two (if small - three) pieces;
• Pepper (Bulgarian) sweet - three or four pieces;
• Potatoes - eight or ten pieces;
• Onion (onion) - two onions;
• Carrots - two (medium) pieces;
• Cabbage (color) - two or three handfuls;
• Seasoning (salt and spices) - to taste.

Cooking:

Preliminary need to clean and wash all vegetables.

Then they need to be cut:

- potatoes - in large circles;

- onions - rings;

- carrots - circles. If young, then it is possible to be thick (like potatoes), and if it has been lying for a long time, it is better to cut it in thin circles, since it can not be heated to the end;

- pepper - each for eight to ten pieces (like thick straws).

The potato is salted and laid out in the lower container. Remaining - placed in the upper. Above it, cabbage is laid out, then carrots and onions with pepper (all salt). A chicken is put on top, salted and seasoned.

It takes about an hour to cook a dish.

You can serve chicken with vegetables with your favorite sauce, chopped greens and fresh vegetable salad.

Light salad to the main course.

Composition:

• Lettuce - ten leaves;
• Cherry tomatoes - five to six pieces;
• Cucumbers - two;
• Bow (feather) - if desired.

Preparation:

Salad to tear. Cherry cut into four pieces (each). Cut the cucumbers into circles. Chop onion. Season the salad with lemon juice or salt and olive oil.

Bon Appetit!