How to cook chicken to make it juicy: a very budget-friendly ingredient
Chicken is most often chosen for baking because it cooks quickly enough and has a nice crispy crust. But to make the meat tasty and flavorful, you should supplement it with the right ingredients. And these are not always multi-component marinades, but just plain garlic.
The idea of cooking baked chicken with garlic was published on the page of food blogger Vita with the nickname v.vanilinka on Instagram. The baked garlic cooked with chicken can be used to make a spread.
Baked chicken with garlic
Source: Screenshot of a post on Vita's Instagram page
Ingredients:
- hen or chicken
- garlic – 3 heads
- thyme (preferably fresh, but dry is also good)
- bay leaves – 2-3 pieces
- ground black pepper, salt
- oil (preferably olive)
- a casserole dish or baking sleeve
- you can add a few sprigs of rosemary and 1/2 celery root
Garlic for cooking
Source: Screenshot of a post on Vita's Instagram page
Method of preparation:
1. Brush the chicken with oil, sprinkle with pepper and salt, and rub well.
Thyme for cooking
Source: Screenshot of a post on Vita's Instagram page
2. Salt it in the middle, put bay leaves and a small bunch of thyme.
3. Wrap in plastic wrap and leave to marinate for an hour, two, three, or overnight.
Adding salt to chicken
Source: Screenshot of a post on the Instagram page of food blogger Vita
4. When the chicken is marinated, cut off the top of the garlic heads, and season with salt and pepper.
5. Put a few cloves of garlic in the middle of the chicken, and put the whole heads (without the tops) in the baking sleeve with the chicken and garlic.
Garlic to be stuffed with
Source: Screenshot of a post on the Instagram page of food blogger Vita
6. Tie the sleeve and put it in a preheated 180-degree oven for 1.5-2 hours.
7. The larger the chicken, the longer it takes to bake.
Baking chicken
Source: Screenshot of a post on Vita's Instagram page
8. After an hour and 15 minutes, cut the sleeve, brush the chicken with the juice that came out during baking, butter, and finish baking until tender.
9. Prepare a delicious garlic spread for the baguette: crush it with a fork, add 1-2 tbsp of butter, salt, pepper, and mix.
Ready baked chicken
Source: Screenshot of a post on Vita's Instagram page
10. Serve the chicken with a baguette, garlic butter, and salad.
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