Properly cooked chicken in the oven will not leave anyone indifferent. After all, there are many variations of dishes from this meat.

Oven baked chicken fillet

This is the easiest way to cook chicken. Other spices can be added if desired.

Required Products:

  • half a small packet of butter;
  • about a teaspoon of salt;
  • chicken fillet - 700 grams.

Cooking process:

  1. While you are preparing the chicken, turn on the oven 200 degrees so that it has time to warm up to the desired temperature.
  2. Melt the butter. Apply a small amount of it to the baking dish, and dissolve the salt in the rest so that there are no crystals.
  3. In the resulting sauce, first grease the breasts, and then pour them liberally.
  4. Put in a pan and bake for about 30 minutes. You can check the readiness by piercing the meat: transparent juice should flow.

The whole bird in the oven

The whole chicken in the oven always comes out delicious. And it doesn’t matter what size it will be - small by 500 grams or large, weighing about 3 kilograms.

Essential Ingredients:

  • whole chicken or chicken;
  • mayonnaise or sour cream - three large spoons;
  • garlic and herbs;
  • salt.

Cooking:

  1. To cook chicken in the oven, you need to gut it, clean it from feathers that could remain, remove excess pieces of fat. Wash thoroughly with cool water and allow to dry.
  2. After that, turn on the oven to warm up 180 degrees.
  3. Salt and pepper the whole carcass, both on top and inside. Grate with sour cream or mayonnaise and crushed garlic. A few cloves can be put inside.
  4. Prepare the form, lay the meat on it and bring to readiness until the chicken is covered with a golden crust.This usually takes at least an hour, but the time depends on the size selected.

Sleeve recipe

You can bake chicken in the oven in the sleeve. Then it will turn out as juicy and low-calorie due to the small amount of fat.

Ingredients:

  • chicken carcass;
  • one lemon;
  • garlic, salt and pepper to taste;
  • sleeve for baking

Cooking process

  1. Inspect the carcass: it should not have feathers. Wash it under cold water and wait until it dries.
  2. Grate it well on all sides with salt, pepper, other selected spices and lemon juice. And then crushed garlic.
  3. Put the meat in a baking bag and tie it so that it is possible to escape air. Some already have special holes for this.
  4. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and cook the chicken for about an hour and a half.

Oven in chicken foil

If you want really tender meat, then try cooking it in foil.

Required Products:

  • whole chicken;
  • a few cloves of garlic;
  • ground black pepper and red;
  • sour cream or mayonnaise;
  • salt and other spices as desired.

Cooking process:

  1. If the meat is frozen, then, of course, it needs to be thawed, then rinsed with water and dried. You can cook as a whole, or dividing into parts.
  2. Rub the meat well with salt. If you decide to cook whole, do not forget to add spices inside.
  3. Make small cuts over the entire surface of the chicken and place small pieces of garlic in them.
  4. Spread it with sour cream or mayonnaise, pepper.
  5. Next, start wrapping in foil. It is best if it is in two layers, so that the juice does not leak. Do this carefully so that all parts are wrapped.
  6. Put the meat in a mold or on a baking sheet and place in a preheated oven. The temperature for cooking should be at least 180 degrees, and better if all 200. It will take about two hours to do everything, and if the carcass is very large, then at least three.
  7. In order to get a golden crust you need to bend the edges of the foil when the chicken is ready, put it back in the oven for 10-15 minutes, turning on the maximum temperature.

How to cook chicken in a jar of water?

Another interesting recipe for those who like to bake whole chicken.

Ingredients:

  • whole or chicken;
  • can - 700 grams;
  • mayonnaise or sour cream;
  • pepper, salt, other spices to your taste;
  • garlic, bay leaf, peppercorns.

Cooking process:

  1. Rinse the meat under water and wait until it dries. This can also be done with napkins or paper towels.
  2. Prepare the garlic: it can be finely chopped or garlic cloves can be used.
  3. Rub the carcass thoroughly with salt, pepper, and seasonings. Then sour cream and garlic.
  4. Take a can, pour water into it on a third of the volume. Dip a few leaves of parsley and peppercorns in water.
  5. Seat the chicken on top of the can and thread the wings and legs together.
  6. Under a jar, use some form, such as a frying pan, so that the fat does not get to the bottom of the oven and into the water.
  7. Meat should only be put in a cold oven, without pre-heating.
  8. Set 180 degrees and cook the chicken for about 70 minutes. If during cooking the meat starts to burn up, but it is still raw, try to cover the top with a piece of foil.

Bake in the oven in pots

Dishes in pots are always unusual and tasty. In this way, you can cook chicken.

Ingredients:

  • chicken, best fillet;
  • half a liter of beer;
  • bulb;
  • salt, pepper, bay leaf.

Cooking process:

  1. The selected parts of the chicken must be cut into pieces, and then mix well with salt, pepper and spices, which you decide to apply. Also add here a few leaves of parsley.
  2. Put the prepared chicken in the pots and fill it with beer, so that everything is covered with liquid. Instead of beer, you can use broth, water or diluted sour cream, but the beer option is the most delicious.
  3. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and put chicken pots in it, remembering to cover them with lids.

Grilled chicken

Delicious crispy chicken can be cooked even if you don’t have a grill. An ordinary oven will do.

Essential Ingredients:

  • whole carcass of chicken;
  • a few tablespoons of olive oil;
  • salt, pepper, paprika and oregano;

Cooking process:

  1. While you are preparing the carcass, you need to turn on the oven at 230 degrees so that it has time to warm up.
  2. Wash the chicken under cold water, wipe with paper towels.
  3. Put the meat in the mold you will use for cooking. Rub it on all sides with salt and pepper. And mix the other seasonings separately with olive oil and grate the meat with this mixture.
  4. Cook the carcass at high temperature for about 20 minutes, and after that time lower it to 200 degrees and bake for another forty minutes. After the end of the time, remove the meat and let it brew for about 15 minutes.

Potato recipe

Chicken in the oven with potatoes is a quick and satisfying dish. It can be used both for every day and for a special occasion.

Ingredients:

  • chicken carcass;
  • dry spices, pepper, salt - to taste;
  • kilogram of potatoes;
  • a few cloves of garlic;
  • two tablespoons of mayonnaise.

Cooking process:

  1. Rinse and dry the meat. Make small cuts on the surface and place garlic cloves in them.
  2. Spread the carcass with salt, pepper, mayonnaise. Sprinkle with herbs and other seasonings.
  3. Put the meat in a baking dish. It should be large enough so that there is enough room for potatoes.
  4. Prepare the potatoes: cut it into small pieces, salt, you can add some herbs and cover it with a carcass.
  5. Remember to bring the oven to the right temperature while preparing the ingredients. The temperature should be 180 degrees.
  6. Bring the chicken to readiness. This usually takes at least an hour. If it is very large, you will have to wait about two hours.

With vegetables in the oven

Chicken in the oven with vegetables is a juicy and low-calorie dish that does not take much time. You can cook with any vegetables, including mushrooms.

Products for cooking:

  • whole chicken weighing about 1.5 kg;
  • Bulgarian pepper - a few pieces;
  • four potatoes;
  • a few tablespoons of mayonnaise;
  • eggplant;
  • two medium onions;
  • five tomatoes;
  • seasonings for chicken, salt, pepper;
  • a few tablespoons of vegetable oil.

Cooking process:

  1. Prepare chicken and vegetables. To do this, rinse and dry the meat, and cut the vegetables into small pieces.
  2. All you need to salt, pepper, add herbs and seasonings to your liking. Smear the chicken with mayonnaise, and add a little vegetable oil to the vegetables.
  3. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and place the pan with chicken and vegetables. They will have to be mixed periodically so that they do not burn. Cooking time is approximately one hour.

Cooking Tobacco Chicken

Tobacco chicken is a tasty, flavorful meat with garlic, seasonings and a delicious crust.

More materials: Roasted Tobacco Chicken

Necessary products for cooking:

  • small chicken, preferably up to 1 kg;
  • salt, garlic;
  • spice.

Cooking process:

  1. Cooking meat according to this recipe begins with cutting it. This must be done by dividing the carcass in half.
  2. Rinse the meat well and grate with spices, including salt and garlic.
  3. If you want the meat to be more juicy, then leave it in the refrigerator for several hours before you start cooking.
  4. Put the pieces of chickens on the wire rack and place them in the very middle of the oven. It’s better to put a container down, for example a pan, into which fat will drain.
  5. Turn on the baking mode from above and below, and the temperature by 200 degrees and cook the dish for about 30 minutes, so that a crust appears on top.

Chicken marinade: the best recipes

If you want to get an unusual taste, then it's time to cook the chicken marinade.

There are five options for the most successful marinade:

  1. Honey. To prepare it, you will need soy sauce and honey, which must be melted. All this is mixed, then vegetable oil, ground pepper is added and you can put a little coriander.It is the last component that will give a special charm to meat.
  2. Sharp option. For those who want something hotter, this recipe will be to their liking. Lemon juice is mixed with sugar, oil is added, preferably olive, everything is salted, mixed. Then garlic is finely chopped, ginger root is chopped and added to the mass. If desired, you can pour a little lime juice and do not forget to pepper. The taste is very spicy.
  3. Wine. If you like wine and a tangy taste, then take apple cider vinegar, mix it with mustard, preferably spicy and breed it all in wine. It is better to use dry white wine - this is the most suitable option. Salt and pepper are added here.
  4. Another option is with lemon. Very easy to prepare: juice squeezed from lemon is mixed with olive oil and seasoned with spices. It is recommended to put rosemary for a special taste.
  5. An unusual option using kefir. It is better to take it with the lowest percentage of fat. Garlic, lemon juice and spicy Tabasco sauce are placed in kefir. Then a little pepper, thyme and finely chopped onions. And only at the very end, salt is added to the resulting marinade.

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