Chicken with pumpkin: a delicious dish for dinner

Many housewives undeservedly avoid a dish such as a chicken with pumpkin. But in vain. This vegetable in combination with the bird is very useful. Pumpkin has been used in cooking for a long time. We offer a few simple recipes.

Chicken with pumpkin. Method 1

You can prepare the dish using the following products:

• Chicken (or its parts: legs, breasts, thighs) weighing about 1.5 kg;
• Pumpkin pulp weighing about 800 grams;
• Bulb - 1 medium-sized head;
• Cinnamon, nutmeg;
• Vegetable oil - a couple of spoons;
• salt pepper.
• Milk - a glass (about 200 grams).

Technology of preparation. Step-by-step instruction

1 step

Cut the chicken into portions. Rinse them and dry them. Preheat a spoonful of vegetable oil in a frying pan. Fry the meat on all sides for several minutes. Transfer the prepared pieces into a deep, heat-resistant saucepan, season with pepper and salt.

Step 2

Pumpkin flesh into small cubes. Peel the onion, cut it into thin rings / half rings. Propaskeruyte in oil. The onion became transparent - so it's time to lay the pieces of pumpkin pulp. Fry for a few more minutes. Pour a glass of milk and wait for the boil. Salt the mixture, add a little cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir. Continue to simmer for 5-10 minutes.

Step 3

Put cooked vegetables in a heat-resistant pan with chicken. Stir, cover and put in the oven for 20 minutes and 180 degrees.

Step 4

Chicken with pumpkin is ready. Place the dish on plates. Sprinkle with herbs. You can fill with sour cream. Garnish does not have to be cooked, since chicken with pumpkin is an independent dish. Bon Appetit!

Pumpkin with mushrooms and chicken

A hearty, tasty and unusual dish will turn out according to the following recipe.

Necessary ingredients:

• Chicken fillet weighing about 800 grams;
• Mushrooms (champignons or any other varieties) - 300 grams;
• Pumpkin pulp weighing 300 grams;
• Bow - 2 heads of medium size;
• A glass of washed rice (about 200 grams);
• A few spoons of soy sauce;
• A packet (200 grams) of cream;
• Salt, pepper, saffron.

Technology of preparation. Step-by-step instruction

1 step

Wash pieces of chicken fillet, dry. Cut into cubes. Heat the oil, throw the chicken into it and fry until it rusty. The bird should be roasted, and not protrusion. Put the pieces on a plate.

Step 2

Pour the washed rice onto the same frying pan. Fry it for a couple of minutes. Pour saffron over with boiling water. Let it last for 10 minutes. Rice fill with water and cook as usual. After boiling, pour saffron into it.

Step 3

In a separate bowl, fry onion and chopped mushrooms. After 5 minutes, add to them a pumpkin, cut into pieces. Cook for another 10 minutes. Add the chicken fillet to the ingredients . Fill sauce with soy, cream, pepper. Stew meat for 20 minutes. Focus on pumpkin readiness. Dish sprinkle over the dish.

Chicken with pumpkin in his sleeve

It's easy to prepare a dish in the sleeve for baking. To do this, take pieces of chicken, chopped pumpkin pulp. Ingredients season, season with seasonings. If the chicken is lean, then you can add a little oil. Chicken and pumpkin evenly distribute in the sleeve, fix the edges and put in the oven. The time is 40-50 minutes. The temperature is 180 degrees. To form a crust, a few minutes before the finish, rip the sleeve. Bon Appetit!