How to surprise your guests? The first question that housewives ask themselves before a festive feast. I would like to put on the table original and tasty dishes that people can appreciate. But not every housewife spends a lot of time and effort preparing such dishes.
In this case, you can put chicken legs in puff pastry on the table. Such a dish will not only please everyone, but will also save the hostess time. Simple recipes will help you create masterpieces that will decorate the holiday table. After all, the chicken drumsticks inside will be very juicy, and the outside will have a fragrant and crispy crust.
I offer several simple recipes that can be prepared for any holiday feast, decorate the table and surprise all guests. Perhaps they will even ask you later how you prepared them.
Chicken legs in puff pastry in the oven - step-by-step recipe
What could be tastier than juicy chicken meat baked in puff pastry? These legs will appeal to everyone, even the most sophisticated gourmets. And they are very easy to prepare and require little time. And most importantly, no exotic products, everything is available.
Grocery list:
- 8 chicken legs, thawed;
- 50 g olive oil;
- Salt and pepper to taste;
- 7 g dried garlic;
- 400 g puff pastry without yeast.
Cooking process:
1. Chicken legs need to be washed, then add salt and pepper, mix and put in a cool place for 35 minutes to marinate.
2. The dough must be rolled out into a layer no more than 1 cm thick and cut into long strips, about 2.8-3 cm wide.
3. Now the pickled cones should be wrapped in dough. To do this, take a drumstick and a strip of dough, which is wound from the bone and upward in a spiral. When wrapping, you need to give the dough a small ripple, then all the juice will remain inside.
4. Grease a baking tray with olive oil, place the legs on it, and put everything in the oven. This dish must be baked for at least 40 minutes at a temperature of 190C.
The finished dish is served hot; onions or herbs can be used as decoration. Can also be served with garlic sauce.
How to cook “Chicken leg in a bag”
Chop and fry the onion in vegetable oil.
Add grated carrots to the pan
Place finely chopped mushrooms there. Add salt and pepper to taste and fry until the liquid evaporates.
In another pan, fry the chicken legs until golden brown.
Roll out the dough and cut into squares. On each square, place some fried vegetables, one leg and gather the dough around the leg into a pouch. To prevent it from falling apart, tie it with a green onion stem.
Place the legs in the dough in a baking dish and place in an oven preheated to 190 degrees for half an hour. The finished legs can be served immediately.
Chicken drumsticks in a puff pastry bag with potatoes and mushrooms inside
Chicken drumsticks can be served with any side dish. But you can combine meat and side dish and wrap everything in dough to get a great taste and an original dish. Therefore, I propose to prepare chicken legs, but not according to the usual recipe, but wrap them in a dough bag, adding potatoes and mushrooms. A wonderful dish for a holiday table.
Required Products:
- 8 thawed chicken legs;
- Salt and pepper to taste;
- 40 g sunflower oil;
- 250 g fresh champignons;
- 1 onion;
- 300 g peeled potatoes;
- 50 g chopped greens;
- 400 g yeast-free puff pastry.
Cooking process:
1. The meat should be washed, skin removed, and placed in a deep bowl. Then add salt and pepper, mix and marinate for 20 minutes.
2. The onion should be peeled and cut into medium-sized cubes.
3. Champignons should be cut into medium pieces.
4. Onions and champignons are fried in oil in a frying pan for 10-12 minutes, stirring regularly.
5. The marinated drumsticks must be fried in a frying pan for 3-4 minutes on each side in sunflower oil.
6. Boil the potatoes, drain the broth, and grind them to a puree. Then mushrooms fried with onions are added to it and everything is mixed. The potatoes need to stand for 10-12 minutes so that they cool down a little.
7. The dough is rolled out into a layer to a thickness of 0.7 mm. Then you need to cut identical squares measuring 15 x 15 cm, and additionally make thin flagella from the dough.
8. Place a tablespoon of potatoes in the middle of each square, sprinkle with herbs and place a fried chicken leg.
9. Now all the cuts need to be raised to the base of the leg, and the dough must be pulled together with thread. Do not tighten too much so that the thread does not cut through the dough. Lately I’ve been cutting a strip from a baking bag and using it to tighten the dough, instead of thread, it seems to me more practical and easier.
10. The top of the drumstick is covered with foil, and a rope of dough is attached to the place where the dough is pulled together with a thread.
11. The bags are placed on a baking sheet, the dough can be additionally greased with egg yolk, and placed in the oven for 30 minutes at a temperature of 190C.
This is the dish you can decorate your holiday table with. It turns out not only very tasty, but also satisfying, since both the side dish and the meat come in one bag.
Home cooking
If cooking is not part of your creative interests, but sometimes you really want to show off your delicious masterpieces, this recipe is for you! Chicken drumsticks with potatoes, onions and mushrooms, baked in the oven in puff pastry bags. It is impossible to spoil this dish. Due to its simplicity, effectiveness, excellent taste and availability of products, chicken legs in puff pastry are very popular - upon request on the Internet you will see a thousand recipe options. Thank you very much to whoever came up with such an original design! I offer my own, 1001 options. Ready-made puff pastry can be used either with yeast or without yeast. The yeast-free variety flakes better, but is fattier. A selection of simple, delicious recipes using ready-made puff pastry can be found at this link.
Ingredients: for 4 servings
- Ready puff pastry – 500 grams
- Chicken drumsticks - 4 pieces
- Eggs - 1 yolk, optional
- Potatoes - 4 small ones or 2 large potatoes
- Mushrooms - 150 grams
- Onion - 1 piece
- Unscented vegetable oil - 2-3 tablespoons
- Butter - 1 tablespoon
- Salt, pepper - to taste
How to cook chicken legs with potatoes and mushrooms (champignons fried with onions) in puff pastry bags in the oven. A simple recipe for a beautiful and tasty dish
All products are prepared separately. Fully cooked chicken legs and mashed potatoes mixed with mushrooms fried with onions are wrapped in a puff pastry bag. Trim large cartilages from chicken legs. I have 3 medium-sized pieces and two very small ones, I will wrap them in one bag.
Prepared chicken drumsticks
Fry chicken drumsticks in vegetable oil until cooked. Poke it with a toothpick in the thickest part, the juice should flow out completely clear.
Fry chicken legs in vegetable oil
Remove from the pan. Chop the onion and fry in the same vegetable oil for about 5 minutes.
Fry onions until creamy
When the onion becomes creamy, add butter and sliced champignons. Fry over medium heat until all the liquid has evaporated and the champignons have reduced in volume and become an appetizing golden color. (Today, instead of champignons, I have delicious mushrooms - fried in butter and frozen forest morels, I took them out of the freezer and added them to the prepared onions).
Add and fry champignons or other fully cooked mushrooms
Boil the potatoes in salted water until tender. Drain the water completely and mash the potatoes with a fork.
Boil and mash the potatoes
Mix mashed potatoes and mushrooms fried with onions. Salt and pepper to taste. The filling is ready. To prevent the dough from tearing, the filling must be completely cooled.
Filling - potatoes and mushrooms fried with onions for chicken legs in puff pastry
Defrost the finished puff pastry at room temperature (I used yeast-free dough). Roll out to about 3mm thickness. Cut into squares approximately 15x15cm. Roll out the scraps again, divide into 4 parts and place in the middle of each square. This is not necessary, just an additional safety net so that the dough does not tear.
Thaw, roll out and cut puff pastry into squares
Place a couple of tablespoons of filling on each piece of dough and place the chicken leg vertically.
Place the filling and place a leg vertically on each square of prepared puff pastry
Form a bag of prepared puff pastry around the chicken leg. Secure with thick thread or ties from a baking sleeve.
Wrap the dough around the chicken leg and secure
The tops of the legs can be wrapped in foil so that they do not burn; it will not affect the taste, but it will be more beautiful.
Wrap the tops with foil if desired.
Place puff pastry bags filled with chicken legs, potatoes and mushrooms fried with onions on parchment. Also, for beauty, grease the bags with yolk (beat it with a fork and a tablespoon of water). Protein can always be added to protein cream, meringue or omelet.
For a beautiful color of the finished baked goods, brush with beaten yolk and water.
Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes until deliciously golden brown.
Chicken drumsticks in puff pastry bags with potatoes and fried mushrooms
Chicken legs baked in puff pastry with potatoes and mushrooms are ready. Remove threads or ties and place each bag on a pie plate.
Chicken legs in puff pastry stuffed with potatoes and mushrooms
Serve chicken legs baked with potatoes and mushrooms in puff pastry with fresh vegetables, with salads. When serving, garnish with fresh herbs.
Chicken drumsticks with potatoes and fried mushrooms, baked in puff pastry
Here is a cutaway bag of ready-made puff pastry with chicken leg, potatoes, onions and mushrooms.
Chicken legs in puff pastry with potato and mushroom filling, cut into sections
Eat chicken legs in puff pastry while they are hot, fresh and aromatic; you should not cook them for future use; when heated, they lose their taste.
Chicken drumsticks with potatoes and mushrooms, baked in puff pastry bags in the oven
Chicken drumsticks with potatoes and mushrooms, baked in puff pastry bags - a simple, tasty, spectacular dish made from the most affordable ingredients for a family dinner and for a festive feast. Bon appetit!
Delicious chicken drumsticks in a dough bag with cheese
I offer another recipe for chicken legs in bags. It is surprising in that it is prepared very simply and quickly, and will always help out the hostess if guests are coming or she needs to prepare a quick but tasty dinner. Cheese is used as a filling, which means the dish will be very juicy.
Required Products:
- 5 thawed chicken legs;
- 250 g puff pastry;
- 65 g of any hard cheese;
- Salt and chicken seasonings to taste;
- 1 chicken egg.
Cooking process:
1. The cheese should be cut into strips about 0.5 mm thick.
2. The legs need to be washed in water, then dried with a paper towel.
3. On each drumstick, carefully separate the skin with a knife to create a pocket and insert a strip of cheese into it.
4. Now each drumstick needs to be salted and sprinkled with seasonings.
5. The dough must be rolled out to a thickness of 0.4 mm and cut into long triangles of the same size.
6. Each leg is wrapped in a triangle of dough, brushed with egg yolk and placed on a baking sheet. Bake at 190C for about 45 minutes.
This is a dish that can be prepared very quickly. And the result will amaze everyone with its taste. Melted cheese will add piquancy and juiciness to chicken meat.
Chicken legs in a slow cooker in soy sauce - a simple and tasty recipe
An easy option, minimum time, maximum quality dish!
Components:
- soy sauce - ¼ tbsp.;
- drumsticks – 1 kg;
- mayonnaise – 20 g;
- garlic – 5 cloves;
- buckwheat – 1 ½ tbsp.
Performance:
- In a bowl, mix chopped garlic cloves, soy sauce and mayonnaise. Bring the composition to homogeneity.
- Place the chicken in the marinade and refrigerate for an hour.
- Set the multicooker to the “Baking” mode for 40 minutes, let it warm up for 3 minutes, pour in the oil.
- Place the legs in the marinade. Turn over after a quarter of an hour.
- Place buckwheat, pour 1 ½ tbsp. boiling water, cook under closed lid.
A meat dish in a juicy sauce with a ready-made side dish in an hour!
