Provencal herbs give the chicken a special Mediterranean flavor. It is easy to cook chicken with such herbs for an ordinary dinner, and for some kind of celebration.
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You will need
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- For chicken drumsticks:
- 1 kg of drumsticks
- 50 ml dry white wine
- 3 cloves of garlic
- salt
- pepper
- a teaspoon of a mixture of provence herbs
- For roasting chicken with Provencal herbs whole:
- chicken carcass
- 2 tsp provence herbs
- salt
- pepper
- bird stand or grid with foil
- butter 30-40 g
- For chicken in a vegetable "coat":
- pieces of chicken (about 600-700 g)
- 2 medium onions
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 5 medium tomatoes
- 2 tsp provence herbs
- 100 g pitted olives
- salt
- pepper
- 2 tbsp. l vegetable oil
Instruction manual
1
For quick cooking chicken drumsticks are suitable. Wash and dry them. Prepare the sauce: mix grated garlic with herbs, salt and pepper. Add wine and vegetable oil. Rub the calves with the sauce, then put them in a baking dish. Pour the rest of the sauce on top of the chicken. Bake chicken in the oven at 180-200 ° C for 40-45 minutes. Garnish the finished dish with fresh basil, serve with baked potatoes or vegetable salad.
2
For the festive table, you can bake whole chicken with Provencal herbs. With this cooking method, excess fat flows down. Washed and dried chicken carcass grate inside and out with salt, pepper, garlic and Provence herbs. If you want the breast to be juicier, place a little butter under your skin. Put the carcass on a tripod, cover with foil on top and place the ovens down. If there is no tripod, place the chicken on a wire rack and place it on a pre-foiled baking sheet so that the dripping fat does not burn and does not stain the oven. In this case, you will have to turn the chicken 2-3 times during baking.
Open the foil at the end of cooking. If the top is not browned, remove it and bake it until golden brown. Calculate the full cooking time based on the weight of the chicken, 30-35 minutes per 0.5 weight at a temperature of 180 ° C. Readiness is determined by the color of the flowing juice, if it is transparent - remove the chicken from the oven and cover with foil for 10 minutes. During this time, she finally comes to readiness and soaked in juice. After that, it can be cut into portions and served.
3
Chicken with Provencal herbs can be baked in a vegetable "coat". Wash the carcass and cut it into portions. Prepare vegetables for baking: chop the onions in half rings, olives into quarters, pour the tomatoes with boiling water, peel and cut each 4-6. Cut the garlic cloves in half. Mix vegetables, salt and add a teaspoon of provencal herbs. Make Chicken Sauce: Combine the butter, garlic, and a spoonful of Provence herbs. Stuff chicken pieces in the sauce. Put half the vegetables in a baking dish and drizzle them with oil. Place the chicken on top and the rest of the vegetables on it. Cover the top with foil to prevent the vegetables from drying out. Bake chicken in a vegetable "coat" for 60-80 minutes at a temperature of 180 ° C. Ready meals can be served without a separate side dish.