Chicken gravy is an excellent addition to almost any side dish. Juicy and unusually tasty, it makes it a truly finished full-fledged dish. Depending on the set of additional components, gravy can be prepared in different ways.

Pasta Chicken Gravy

If pasta is planned for a side dish, then chicken gravy can be made using the simplest products.

For this option, you will need:

  • 350 grams of chicken;
  • 60 grams of flour;
  • 1 carrot;
  • 2 leaves of laurel;
  • salt;
  • 1 onion;
  • pepper;
  • vegetable oil.

How is such a gravy prepared:

  1. To start, the chicken should be cut into small cubes.
  2. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the meat in it until tender crust. Transfer the finished pieces to the pan.
  3. Finely chop the onions, and carrots, either cut into cubes or rub on a grater with large cells. Slightly fry the workpieces in the same pan, and then add them to the meat pan.
  4. Pour cold, but boiled water. The fluid level should be at least 3 centimeters from the bottom.
  5. Put the pan on the fire and slowly bring its contents to a boil.
  6. Make the flame minimal and simmer for about 45 minutes.
  7. Separate flour separately in water. Pour this mixture into the pan and continue to simmer. In just 10 minutes, the gravy will be ready.

After that, it remains only to pour on top of freshly cooked pasta.

To mashed potatoes

Getting started, it is necessary to correctly evaluate the compatibility of certain products. For example, Chicken milk sauce is ideal for mashed potatoes. It turns out tender and at the same time very juicy.

Products in this case will require a little:

  • 3 chicken fillets;
  • 0.5 liters of whole milk;
  • 2 onions;
  • 60 grams of wheat flour;
  • spice;
  • some oil.

The process of preparing this sauce is also not particularly difficult.

You just have to:

  1. Rinse the fillet thoroughly, and then crumble it with cubes or medium cubes.
  2. Fry them in preheated oil.
  3. Peel and chop the onion as small as possible.
  4. Add it to the pan as soon as all the moisture has evaporated in it.
  5. To prevent food from burning, put a little more oil.
  6. Sprinkle everything on top with flour and mix thoroughly.
  7. Introduce milk. The mass must be constantly stirred so that it does not form lumps. If this does happen, add a little water and stir well again.

From this moment, you can count down 20 minutes and safely turn off the fire. Delicate milk sauce for mashed potatoes is ready.

With tomato paste

To make chicken gravy more flavorful, you can add a little tomato paste to the recipe. The finished dish will benefit from this.

There is one very simple recipe for which you just need:

  • 1 carrot;
  • 1 chicken carcass;
  • 1 onion;
  • 50-60 grams of tomato paste;
  • some fresh or dried dill.

To prepare this sauce, a completely different technology is used:

  1. First, put the chicken in a pan with water and boil it until tender.
  2. At this time, finely chop the onions and carrots, and then fry them in a pan until the vegetables get a pleasant golden hue.
  3. Remove the finished chicken from the pan and refrigerate. After that, gently separate the meat from the bones with your hands.
  4. Transfer the fried vegetables to the broth.
  5. Add pasta to them and cook a little over low heat.
  6. Chop the chicken meat arbitrarily and fry it a little in a pan.
  7. Add it to the saucepan, sprinkle with dill, mix and bring to a boil.

This sauce is suitable for any side dish, be it potatoes, pasta or porridge.

Tasty gravy with chicken and mushrooms

According to many experts, gravy from poultry meat with the addition of mushrooms is considered one of the most delicious.

There is one interesting recipe, the list of the main components for which is quite small:

  • 0.4 kilograms of chicken;
  • 200 grams of any mushrooms (better than champignons);
  • 40 grams of butter;
  • 60 grams of flour;
  • salt;
  • 1 glass of water and the same amount of cream;
  • pepper and a teaspoon of "Provencal herbs".

How to make chicken and mushroom gravy:

  1. Finely chop the mushrooms and onions.
  2. Melt the butter in a pan.
  3. First, pour onion and fry for 5-6 minutes until it becomes transparent.
  4. Add mushrooms. Continue cooking until all moisture has evaporated.
  5. Insert the fillet into the pan, previously washed and cut into small pieces.
  6. As soon as the chicken and mushrooms are sufficiently browned, add salt, all spices, flour and mix. Fry after that for another 2 minutes.
  7. Constantly stirring, pour in a thin stream of cream. If the mass is too thick, it can be slightly diluted with water.
  8. Stew under the lid for half an hour over low heat.

This sauce is ideal for boiled rice or buckwheat. Yes, and with mashed potatoes it will also be very tasty.

Cooking in a slow cooker

Those who have a crock-pot in the kitchen will definitely like the original and very easy recipe for gravy made from tender chicken meat.

To work, you will need the following components:

  • 800 grams of fillet;
  • 3 tablespoons of BBQ sauce and the same amount of soy sauce;
  • salt and favorite spices;
  • fresh greens.

How to cook gravy from these products in a slow cooker:

  1. The first step is to carefully cut the meat into small pieces with a sharp knife.
  2. The remaining components (except greens) are mixed in a bowl.
  3. Pour the meat with the prepared mass, mix well and leave for 20 minutes for marinating. At this time, you can do your own thing.
  4. Put the meat with the marinade in the multicooker bowl. Set the quenching mode and set the timer for 40 minutes. 5 minutes before the end of the process, throw chopped greens into the bowl.

Gravy is very fragrant, moderately spicy and unusually tasty. It will be an excellent addition to boiled spaghetti.

How to make sour cream

For novice housewives, you can offer a recipe according to which chicken sauce is very simply prepared with sour cream.

In this case, you will need to take:

  • 0.7 kilograms of chicken (any part of the carcass);
  • 150 grams of sour cream;
  • 60 grams of wheat flour;
  • 3 onions;
  • 15 grams of salt;
  • 2 pinches of ground pepper;
  • 100 milliliters of sunflower oil.

For work, you will also need an ordinary frying pan and a cauldron.

To prepare the gravy, you need:

  1. Cut the chicken carcass into portions.
  2. Fold them in a cauldron and lightly fry with the addition of oil.
  3. Separately, fry finely chopped onions in a pan.
  4. As soon as it becomes a little transparent, introduce flour and sour cream. Stir all this and simmer for 5 minutes over low heat.
  5. Pour the prepared sauce into the cauldron. Salt the contents, add spices and cook for about 30 minutes. For flavor, you can add a couple of cloves of garlic.

If chicken fillet is not at hand, then this option for gravy for dinner is a real find.

Chicken Gravy with Mayonnaise

Chicken is a versatile product. If you just boil it, you get a light diet dish. And along with a fragrant complex sauce, it will be an excellent chicken gravy.

Fans of experiments can be offered an interesting option, for which you need:

  • 1 chicken carcass weighing no more than 1.3 kilograms;
  • 1 carrot;
  • some water (250 milliliters);
  • 1 red onion;
  • 50 milliliters of soy sauce;
  • 30 grams of olive oil;
  • 50-60 grams of mayonnaise;
  • spice.

How to make such gravy:

  1. Arbitrarily chop the chicken into pieces.
  2. Transfer it to a pan with boiling oil and fry for 5-6 minutes.
  3. Dice the onion in half rings and grate the carrots finely.
  4. Send the vegetables to the skillet with the stew, which by this time should already let the juice go.
  5. Introduce spices and, if necessary, slightly salt.
  6. Dilute mayonnaise with sauce in a glass of water.
  7. Pour the chicken with this mixture and simmer it over low heat for about another 20 minutes.

The result is gravy with an amazing taste and pleasant unique aroma. Garnish in this case, you can add any.

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