Self-prepared chicken fillet, as well as minced meat dishes based on it, almost always turn out a little dry. To smooth out the deficiency, they try to cook the fillet in combination with those components that will add juiciness to the dishes and make the chicken pieces softer and more tender.
Mayonnaise is a universal sauce that goes well with tender chicken. By adding it even in small quantities you can significantly change the taste of any dish. Don't know what to cook with chicken fillet? A selection of proven recipes and useful recommendations have been collected especially for you.
General principles for preparing chicken fillet with mayonnaise
• When we talk about chicken fillet dishes, we mean the chicken breast without the skin. You can always buy chicken fillet already separated from the bone, usually these are breast halves.
• It is best to use chilled chicken. Frozen fillets are usually coated with an icy glaze. By purchasing such chicken, you risk paying part of the money for water or simply for a poor-quality product. Under the thickness of the ice, it is difficult to determine the color of the fillet, and it is simply unrealistic to assess it by smell.
• If you know how to make mayonnaise yourself, use it instead. After all, it’s not only about quality, but also about taste.
• There are many variations of chicken dishes that use mayonnaise. Pieces of chicken are stewed with sauce in a frying pan, and it is used to cover slices of fillet baked in the oven to avoid drying out. Mayonnaise is often added to minced chicken for juiciness, and chicken fillet is also marinated in mayonnaise before baking. You can find recipes for dishes made from chicken fillet in mayonnaise for cooking in a slow cooker.
• Despite the fact that chicken fillet is a dietary meat, dishes made from it, thanks to mayonnaise, are high in calories. To reduce fat content, it is better to use low-fat sauce.
Chicken in mayonnaise in a frying pan, fried with garlic and potatoes
I really like to cook this dish when I don’t want to bother with the side dish. Everything will be in one pan. Spices that work well here include a mixture of peppers, chicken seasoning, turmeric or Italian herbs. You can add vegetables to your taste, for example, bell pepper.
You will need:
- 1 carrot;
- 1 onion;
- 3 legs;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- fresh dill;
- 1-2 tbsp. vegetable oil for frying;
- favorite seasonings and salt;
- 1-2 tbsp. mayonnaise;
- 250 ml broth or boiled water;
- 1 tsp tomato paste;
- 600 g potatoes.
How to do:
1. Cut the legs into pieces (no need to remove the skin), salt and rub with seasonings to taste. You can use 1 tbsp. seasoning for chicken, 1/2 tsp. mixture of peppers and 1 tsp. ground paprika. Mix the meat with your hands. Leave to marinate for 15 minutes.
2. Chop the onion into cubes, cut the carrots into large pieces or grate.
3. Cut the potatoes into large slices, chop the dill.
4. Pour oil into the frying pan and let it heat up. Add the chicken and fry over medium heat on both sides until golden brown. This will take approximately 15 minutes.
5. Add vegetables to the meat and fry them for 3-4 minutes. Then add tomato paste with mayonnaise. Stir.
6. Add potato slices, salt it, sprinkle with seasonings. Add water or broth so that the liquid takes up half the volume of the pan. Stir everything and reduce heat to low. Simmer for about 20 minutes covered.
7. A couple of minutes before cooking, add garlic and chopped dill to the dish, passed through a press. You can sprinkle with more parsley or cilantro if desired.
Serve hot. This dish can be stored in the refrigerator for several days and reheated for lunch. Bon appetit!
Tips and tricks
To make the finished chicken tasty and healthy, you need to be careful when choosing it. Often, manufacturers, in order to improve the presentation of the product, add dyes to it and treat it with chlorine. When chickens are raised, they are pumped full of hormones and antibiotics. Because:
- if the color of the chicken fillet is unnaturally red, it may be hazardous to health;
- You should also avoid a dull yellow product: this indicates the use of dyes or treatment with chlorine;
- look at the date on the package: individual parts of the chicken should not be stored longer than 6-7 days;
- if the shelf life is longer, it means that the semi-finished product was treated with preservatives and other chemicals;
- choose a medium-sized or even small-sized chicken; the impressive size of the bird indicates that it was fed growth hormones to accelerate weight gain.
Want to get the most delicious chicken? Follow these simple tips:
- To prevent chicken meat from becoming tough and tasteless, it must be cooked with some kind of sauce.
- Instead of store-bought mayonnaise, you can make homemade mayonnaise. Why beat 1 egg with 200 ml of unrefined sunflower oil, after adding a teaspoon of lemon juice, a little mustard and salt.
- If you decide to prepare a dish from smaller chicken parts, then the baking time will be reduced by 10-15 minutes.
- To diversify the menu, complement the chicken with vegetables: potatoes, eggplants, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini, etc. are perfect for baking.
- If chicken with mayonnaise seems too high in calories, you can fix it by doing the following:
- take low-calorie sauce;
- dilute it with kefir;
- skin the bird.
The mayonnaise marinade can be supplemented with chopped garlic. But before baking, its particles must be removed from the skin, otherwise the garlic will quickly burn and the meat will have a bitter taste. The same goes for fresh herbs.
Recipe for fried chicken "Tabaka"
The dish belongs to traditional Transcaucasian cuisine, but is also very popular among Slavic peoples. It is prepared not only at home, but also in reputable high-status restaurants. The main requirement is to use young chickens for frying, and not the large broilers familiar to everyone.
Required ingredients:
Step-by-step instruction
- Rinse the chicken under water, inside and out, then dry very thoroughly with paper towels.
- Cut the carcass in the center of the breast, spread it out and gently beat it on the inside with a kitchen hammer so that the joints and bones soften. Rub with a mixture of black pepper and salt and marinate in the refrigerator for 10 hours.
- After the allotted time has passed, pour sunflower oil into a thick-walled frying pan (it should completely cover the bottom with a thin layer) and heat it thoroughly.
- Fry the chicken, first pressing it under pressure, until a crispy, golden brown crust appears (about 15-20 minutes on each side).
- Serve the finished dish with adjika, fresh vegetables and aromatic sauce.
Ingredients
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- dill and parsley;
- 3 tbsp. l. sour cream;
- salt pepper.
Many people are switching from meats such as beef or pork to more tender and refined chicken. It comes out much cheaper in price, is also easier to digest and brings many benefits. But sometimes, even if you follow a diet and eat exclusively dietary meat, you want to pamper yourself a little. This is the reason why fried chicken is so popular these days. But for the taste to really meet all expectations, you need a marinade for chicken in a frying pan.
A simple recipe for chicken breast in soy sauce
Fillet dishes are welcomed by nutritionists for their low fat content. This advantage of the breast is partly its disadvantage, since it can be overdried during cooking and it will lose its juiciness.
But if you have a good recipe on hand, chicken breast will not disappoint.
I suggest one of these recipes:
- chicken fillet - 1 pc.
- paprika - 1 tsp.
- soy sauce - 3 tbsp. l.
- salt, sugar, black pepper
Cooking method:
- First, prepare the marinating sauce. Pour soy sauce into a deep bowl, add sweet paprika, salt, sugar, ground black pepper. Mix well.
The amount of salt, sugar and pepper is not indicated in the recipe, add them as you wish. Everyone has different tastes, some like it spicy, some like it sweet and sour. You should like the sauce.
- Cut the chicken breast into small pieces and place in the marinade. Leave for 1 hour.
- Quickly fry the marinated pieces of meat in a frying pan over high heat. The finished dish can be served with any side dish.
How to marinate chicken for frying?
For chicken to be tasty and juicy, you need to know how to marinate it properly. Garlic, all types of peppers and herbs are excellent as spices for poultry meat. Moreover, for the marinade, the greens are usually cut coarsely and are usually removed from the meat before frying.
If the chicken will subsequently be cooked in the oven or on the grill, marinades based on sour cream or mayonnaise are well suited for soaking it.
For frying chicken in a frying pan, a marinade based on vegetable oil, soy sauce, lemon juice, hot and spicy spices is best suited.
For barbecue, chicken is usually marinated in wine, vinegar, beer, kefir or lemon juice with the addition of regular onions. In this case, the prepared marinade is usually supplemented with black pepper and barbecue seasonings.
Examples of marinade recipes for each case will be given below.
Description of preparation:
Here is a simple and beloved recipe for chicken breast in mayonnaise.
The ingredients offered in it are always on hand (or in the nearest store). It does not require any special financial costs. Due to the fact that white chicken meat is cooked in mayonnaise, it does not turn out fatty. After all, everyone knows that the breast is the leanest part of the chicken (especially when it is skinless). Wonderful recipe: fast, simple and delicious! Purpose: For lunch / For dinner Main ingredient: Poultry / Chicken / Chicken breast Dish: Hot dishes Geography of cuisine: Russian cuisine
Chicken legs in batter - quick and tasty!
Cooking chicken legs in a frying pan is a real pleasure. There is absolutely no hassle. And the result always pleases the whole family. Try frying them using this recipe. I think you'll like it too.
Ingredients:
- Chicken legs - 0.7 kg
- Salt - 1 teaspoon (or to taste)
- Ground black pepper - 0.5 teaspoon
- Ground paprika - 0.5 teaspoon
- Turmeric - 0.5 teaspoon
- Flour - 1 tablespoon
- Vegetable oil
Preparation:
1. Wash the chicken and dry it with paper towels. Then put it in a plastic bag. Add salt, pepper, paprika, turmeric and flour. Wrap the bag and shake well so that everything inside is mixed and each piece is covered with this mixture.
2. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and heat thoroughly. Then place the legs on it and start frying over high heat. Once one side turns golden, flip to the other. Fry until the same result. Then reduce the heat, cover with a lid and simmer for 20-30 minutes. After this, the chicken can be served. That's all the wisdom.
