Chicken with apples on the table - holiday in the house

Chicken meat - the most common in the world, and it is not surprising that in many countries in the center of the festive table is dominated by baked chicken. It contains practically all the vitamins of group B, vitamin E, a lot of phosphorus and potassium, trace elements of iron and magnesium. Dietary meat contains surprisingly many useful substances and elements. Therefore, you must be able to choose the right bird and cook it deliciously, so that the baked chicken with apples in your house many, many times gathered close and native people at the table.

For baking, the chicken should be quite well-nourished and not old: its meat is softer and juicy, and the skin is thinner and lighter. It is better to choose the medium or large-sized carcass of a bird. It is better to start cooking for 36-48 hours before the appointed holiday date, and that's why: that the bird is thawed, it takes 12-18 hours to get well marinated - 12 more hours. Here and plan. If the chicken is frozen, then it must be thawed, not allowing sharp changes in temperature. It is better that it thaws on the bottom shelf in the refrigerator. Then there will not be a sharp dehydration of chicken meat, and it will not look ugly, meat will not break up into fibers, and the skin will not look flabby. It is necessary to wash carefully the carcass under cold water and to dry up with napkins.

That the chicken with apples turned out fragrant and with a crisp, we will start its marinating. For the marinade, the following ingredients are needed: 200 grams of high-calorie mayonnaise (usually it does not include stabilizers and thickeners), salt and pepper add to taste, corrected for the spice of mayonnaise, a few cloves of chopped garlic. All components are mixed, and we soak the carcass of the chicken well, lubricating it with the marinade from above and inside, paying attention to the abdomen and wrinkles. For good impregnation it is necessary to maintain the carcass for several hours at room temperature, and the remaining 7-8 hours - it is possible in the fridge, then the meat will become more juicy and fragrant.

To the chicken with apples was a success for the glory, we must correctly choose the apples. Preferably for cooking in general and for our dishes in particular, sour and sour-sweet (Antonovka, Elena, Topaz). We choose juicy apples, with a solid peel of hard varieties, otherwise they will lose their form and become puree when baked. My apples, we clean from the stems and cores. The best option is to cut a large apple into 8-12 slices 1-1.2 cm thick, so that they do not fall apart under the influence of temperature.

Chicken with apples in the sleeve is delicious, but now it's practical. Culinary sleeve - a novelty of the 20th century for housewives. Thanks to him, the products are juicy and tender, do not dry up. It is also used for the quick preparation of healthy food, that is, without adding oil and fats. But, like every adaptation, there are several aspects to consider when preparing dishes. The choice of the length of the sleeve depends on the size of the dish that you will place in it, plus the place for a free fit, which will be used up by clamps to fasten and tighten the ends of the sleeve. The seam is best placed on top: if the sleeve bursts, it will be easier for you to shift the contents onto a baking tray. But if you comply with the temperature regimes that are indicated on the sleeve packaging, it will remain intact and intact. Before setting the dish in the oven, make several punctures with a thin needle: through them, steam will exit. The pan should be installed in the oven, assuming that the hose is filled with steam and heated when heated, so ensure that it does not rest against the walls and the heating element to prevent ignition. The undoubted advantage of the sleeves is that when cooking the juice does not splash on the oven, and we do not have to expend time and energy to wash it.

We fill the marinated chicken with apples and fix the edges on the carcass with skewers or sewn with a string so that the apples do not fall out. Cut off the desired length of the sleeve, fasten the clip end, put the chicken with apples and clamp the free end. We put it on a baking sheet and put it in the oven. We cook at a temperature of 180 ° C for 30 minutes. Due to the pressure created in the sleeve, the cooking time will be shortened. We cut the sleeve and get the skewers or thread, put the chicken on a large flat dish, and on the sides - apples and set it on the center of the table. That's where the place of honor, which should occupy the chicken with apples.