Chicken legs - a lifesaver for the hostess. Quickly prepared, satisfying, affordable. They are suitable for preparing both a gala dinner and a casual one. According to doctors, chicken should be eaten twice a week. The vitamins and trace elements contained in the legs are beneficial for the skin and hair, improve the functioning of the nervous system and metabolic processes in the body. Prepare chicken legs in a sauce, a delicious fragrant dish.
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You will need
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- 4-5 chicken legs;
- 2 onions;
- 1 tablespoon flour;
- 1.5-2 glasses of water;
- 1 tablespoon of tomato paste;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- black pepper peas;
- Bay leaf;
- salt;
- 2 tablespoons of 9% vinegar;
- cooking oil for frying.
Instruction manual
1
Carefully inspect the chicken legs. Remove from them all feather stubs remaining after processing. Cut off excess fat, you will not need it for cooking. Rinse the chicken legs under a stream of cool water. Dry them lightly with a paper towel and cut each into three parts.
2
Heat vegetable oil in a pan. Fry pieces of chicken legs on both sides until golden brown. Do not put meat in a cold pan. In this case, it will turn out less juicy. Fry the chicken legs in a thick-walled pan.
3
2 onions, peel, wash and cut into half rings. Lightly fry the onions in vegetable oil. Transfer it to the meat pan.
4
In a clean, dry frying pan, fry 1 tablespoon of flour until a brownish tint appears. Cool the flour. Then dilute it with half a glass of cold water, mix everything until the lumps of flour disappear. Put there 1 tablespoon of tomato paste, 3 minced cloves of garlic, 10 peas of black pepper, bay leaf and, stirring, bring everything to a boil.
5
Pour the hot sauce from the pan into the pan to the legs and onions, add 1.5 cups of hot water and put everything to simmer on a small fire until the meat is ready. 10 minutes before the end of cooking pour 2 tablespoons of 9% vinegar, mix the contents of the pan.
6
Put the side dish and chicken on a plate. Pour all over with fragrant sauce and serve hot. If desired, you can sprinkle the dish with chopped herbs.
Bon Appetit!
note
When buying chicken legs, pay attention to the skin. It must be non-sticky, free from damage and an unpleasant odor.
Useful advice
Serve mashed potatoes, boiled rice, pasta or buckwheat with chicken legs in sauce.
If a more dietary meal is required, skin can be removed from the legs before cooking.
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