It is a mistake to think that chicken breast is dry lean meat for losing weight and athletes. There are many dishes based on this product that turn out to be surprisingly tender, juicy and tasty. One of them is chicken in the oven with various sauces and additions.

Oven-baked chicken breast in foil

Choosing such a recipe, the main thing is not to regret aromatic herbs. In addition to your favorite spices, you need to use: 1 large chicken breast, 3-4 medium tomatoes, a large onion, 180 g of hard cheese, salt, 70 g of sour cream, 1 small spoon of mustard.

  1. Sour cream mixed with mustard, salted. You can sprinkle the sauce with granulated garlic.
  2. Chicken breast is washed, carefully gets rid of the skin and is cut across the surface so that it is well saturated with sour cream and mustard sauce.
  3. The meat is salted, after which it is covered with a prepared aromatic mixture. You can grate it with any selected seasonings.
  4. If you have time, you should leave the breast for a couple of hours to marinate.
  5. The meat is laid out on the foil.
  6. Onions are cut into thin rings and laid out on the breast. Top off slices of tomatoes.
  7. The foil is wrapped, and the bird goes to a well-heated oven for 45-55 minutes.
  8. Then the “wrapper” is cut, thin slices of cheese are laid on top of the vegetables, and the chicken breast in the oven in the foil continues to be baked already open until it is ready.

In addition to onions and tomatoes, you can lay on the breast and any other juicy vegetables.

Sleeve recipe

A very interesting recipe for chicken baked in a sleeve suggests combining breast with sour apples. The result is an unusual tasty dish for the festive table.It includes: 2-3 chicken breasts, salt, 230 g mayonnaise, 2-3 cloves of garlic (or a granular product), 2 apples, 1 small spoon of mustard, aromatic herbs.

  1. Meat is removed from the bones and cut into oblong pieces.
  2. Mayonnaise is mixed with garlic, salt, mustard and any seasoning passed through the press.
  3. The meat slices are generously greased with the resulting sauce and left for about an hour.
  4. Next, chopped pickled breasts are laid out in a baking sleeve, sprinkled with apple cubes, tied and sent to a hot oven for 55 minutes.

You can untie the bag 10 minutes before the end of cooking and leave the meat open. This will allow you to get a delicious golden crust.

Curry yogurt fillet

Recipe published below taken from the popular Ducan diet. Therefore, anyone who chooses the right nutrition and monitors their own weight should take it into service. For the dish used: 4 fillets, 1 tbsp. low-fat yogurt (without sugar and other additives), salt, 3 small tablespoons of curry. How to cook chicken baked in the oven with yogurt and curry is described below.

  1. Sauce is made from yogurt, curry and salt. You can season it with ground black pepper.
  2. The resulting mass is smeared with fillets and allowed to marinate in cold for 60-70 minutes.
  3. It is best to cook the grill or regular grill in the oven.
  4. Fillet baked until tender. In the process, you need to periodically water it with the remaining marinade.

If you do not need to monitor calories, you can use yogurt of any fat content.

Cooking in Spanish with Pineapple

This recipe will definitely appeal to gourmets who love a combination of meat and sweet sauce. Pineapples are best taken canned (1 jar), as well as: 2 breasts, salt, onion, olive oil and a couple of star anise.

  1. The meat is cut off from the bone, washed, dried and cut into cubes. Pieces should not be too small.
  2. Olive oil is poured into a pan, heated, salted, and then chicken slices are fried on it.
  3. Then, for a couple of minutes, the meat is cooked in the same bowl with chopped onions. The vegetable should acquire a golden hue.
  4. Pineapples get rid of the juice from the can, finely cut and sent to the pan to the rest of the components.
  5. Stew together products for 7-9 minutes.
  6. Last of all, star anise stars are added to meat and fruit.

The dish is served hot with white or brown rice as a side dish, decorated with sprigs of greenery.

In honey and soy sauce

A special marinade made from natural bee honey and soy sauce will help to add oriental notes to the dish. Chicken fillet (850 g) goes well with these components. The recipe includes: 1 tbsp. liquid honey, 7 g of white sesame seeds, a pinch of a mixture of peppers, 2 tbsp. classic or garlic soy sauce, salt.

  1. The meat is thoroughly washed, dried and cut into small pieces. Each of them needs to be salted.
  2. From soy sauce, a mixture of peppers, a marinade is prepared, which pours the meat for 40-50 minutes.
  3. Next, honey is heated in a pan with oil. As soon as the product begins to caramelize, pickled chicken slices can be laid out in it.
  4. The meat is fried until golden, after which a small amount of marinade and sesame is added to the pan.
  5. After another 5-7 minutes of frying, the treat can be served to the table.

The dish goes well with any vegetables as a side dish, except for potatoes.

Tender fillet in the oven with kefir

Many chefs believe that fatty kefir is the ideal marinade for chicken breast. After all, he makes the meat tenderest, soft, especially tasty. For such a dish you need to take: 2 pcs. chicken fillet, a handful of Provencal herbs, 1 tbsp. fatty fermented milk product, salt.

  1. The fillet is washed and dried thoroughly with paper towels. Next, the meat is rubbed with salt, herbs and any selected seasonings.
  2. The chicken is poured with kefir and left to stand for 20-25 minutes. If possible, it is worth letting the meat marinate all night.
  3. The fillet is laid out in a heat-resistant container, poured with the mixture in which it was infused, covered with foil and sent to bake at 200 degrees.

If you want the chicken breast baked in the oven to get a golden crust, you need to free it from the foil 5-7 minutes before being ready.

Holiday Chicken Breast Stuffed with Mushrooms

According to this recipe, you can cook an excellent hearty hot, which will surprise all guests with its excellent taste. The composition of the treat includes: 2 chicken breasts, salt, 2-3 garlic cloves, 270 g of champignons, ¼ kg of ready puff pastry, 70 g of hard cheese, 1 tbsp. ordinary and 2 times less than French mustard, 1 tbsp. fat cream, yolk.

  1. Mushrooms are chopped and fried together with finely chopped garlic in any fat until cooked.
  2. When the prepared mushrooms cool slightly, they can be salted, mixed with any spices and grated cheese, and seasoned with two types of mustard.
  3. The breast is washed, dried with napkins and cut horizontally so that a “pocket” appears.
  4. Inside the meat, the filling goes, is tamped, after which the pocket closes.
  5. You can additionally spread chicken over with salt and put it in the cold.
  6. Puff pastry is thawed and rolled to a thickness of about half a centimeter. Next, it is cut into strips about 40 cm long and about 12 cm wide.
  7. Chilled fillet with filling is wrapped in strips of dough and smeared with egg yolk.
  8. Baked treats in a hot oven for 35 minutes.

Served without side dish.

With lemon and spices

This is a great option for a healthy, hearty meal. Be sure to supplement the meat with a couple of sprigs of rosemary. The composition includes: 1 breast, lemon, salt, any seasonings, potatoes (2-3 tubers), butter.

  1. The breast is freed from the skin, rubbed with salt and seasonings.
  2. Lemon juice is squeezed on top of the meat, and squeezed slices of citrus are also laid out.
  3. The sleeve for baking inside is smeared with butter.
  4. A breast is placed inside the bag, cut into thin slices of potatoes and sprigs of rosemary.
  5. The treat is prepared in a tightly tied sleeve for about 45-50 minutes in the oven.

Chicken breast in the oven with potatoes is especially tasty with any garlic sauces.

With the addition of tomatoes

Tomatoes add special juiciness to the chicken. You need to choose ripe soft vegetables. In addition to chicken breast (2 pcs.), You need to prepare: 2 tomatoes, salt, 2 white onions, a mixture of ground peppers, 120 g of hard cheese, 1 red bell pepper.

  1. Fillet is cut into thin slices, beaten, salted, greased with seasonings.
  2. Onion is crumbled on top of the meat, then circles of tomatoes and strips of sweet pepper are laid out.
  3. Vegetables are also sprinkled with salt and to taste any aromatic herbs.
  4. Oven baked chicken breast with vegetables in the oven.
  5. A few minutes before cooking, the dish is generously sprinkled with grated cheese with the largest cells.

A treat is served with mashed potatoes, boiled broccoli, beans and any other side dishes.

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