Creamed chicken in the oven and 3 recipes with milk, kefir, sour cream

In cuisines of different nations, cream is used traditionally. The Finns add them to most fish dishes and soups, the French prepare thick white sauces based on them. In Russian cuisine, cream took root only as an ingredient for desserts, and their closest "relatives" kefir and sour cream are used only as final products. Today we will try to find a better application for them.

The choice of products and features of their combinations

Which variant of dairy products is better for chicken? Culinary experts advise formulating this question in a different way. What dish do you cook, chicken legs or a whole breast? And what goal are you pursuing? Depending on the answer, your choice may be this.

• High fat cream - from 33%. You can cook in the oven, in a pan. The product tolerates heat treatment and does not curl. Therefore, chicken in cream in the oven will receive a sauce with a uniform structure and harmonious taste.
• Low fat cream - from 10 to 22%. The structure of the product is unstable, therefore it is better to use it in combination with other ingredients for the preparation of sauces and dressings. Combine them with sour cream and yogurt and are not subjected to heat treatment. They are not suitable for baking, only for dressing salads.
• Milk. Typical fat content on sale is 1-3.2%. This does not mean that the product was diluted, but only that the bulk of the fat from it was removed during processing. Such milk is suitable for baby and diet food, because it is well absorbed by the body. And also for cooking stews: chicken in the oven with milk will turn out to be very tender and juicy, but will not please a crisp.
• Kefir. A fermented milk product is considered valuable for a healthy diet. But it is absolutely not suitable for meat dishes subjected to heat treatment. Moreover, its sourness can play a cruel joke with the taste of the final product. And the benefits of sour milk bacteria are completely eliminated by heating. However, you can use kefir for another, no less important purpose - pickling meat. In it, the chicken turns out to be soft and soft, because in the process of pickling the fiber, active lactic acid corrodes. Hold the carcass in such a marinade for at least 2 hours, and then carefully remove it with a paper towel. In a similar way, chicken is cooked in yogurt in the oven, but this product is much more useful as a salad dressing with tender poultry.
• Sour cream. Another lactic acid product, which, regardless of fat content, coagulates when heated. Sauces cooked on sour cream get a heterogeneous texture, white "flakes" float in them. Therefore, in its pure form it is not added to meat. But divorced - yes. On its basis, sour cream sauces are prepared in which garlic, nutmeg, tomato paste, greens, and other ingredients are put. Chicken with sour cream in the oven is well stewed, and due to the minimum amount of liquid it gets a beautiful crust.

Cream Recipes

We offer you several recipes in which chicken meat goes well with fat cream. With garlic and spices, it will diversify the daily menu. And chicken with potatoes in the oven in cream will allow you to deliciously feed a large family and will be a good decision for the holiday. Fried chicken in garlic sauce is a delicious dish.

With garlic and spices

For this dish, you can use diet fillet or more fatty thigh meat. The latter will give a rich taste, and the fillet in this combination will be very popular with children.

You will need:

• chicken fillet - 1 kg;
• garlic - 5 cloves;
• cream 33% - 200 ml;
• nutmeg, coriander - ½ teaspoon each;
• salt pepper.

Cooking

1. Beat off the fillet, cut into strips.
2. Mix chopped garlic with vegetable oil, salt and pepper, spices.
3. Lubricate the resulting mixture with meat, leave for an hour.
4. Put in a baking dish on parchment paper.
5. Whip the cream into foam. Put on top of the meat.
6. Bake for 25 minutes at 180 °.

Thanks to cream, a luxurious crust is formed on the meat, and it becomes tender, soaking in a creamy taste.

With potato

A dish for a large company, hearty, fragrant and very tasty. In it, a delicate smack of cream is exquisitely combined with the sweetness of paprika and sharp notes of turmeric.

You will need:

• chicken legs - 1 kg;
• potatoes - 800 g;
• red onion - 150 g;
• cream 33% - 150 ml;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• paprika and turmeric - 1 teaspoon each;
• salt and pepper.

Cooking

1. Remove the oily skin from the hips, if the pieces are larger, cut into small ones.
2. Peel the potatoes, cut into large pieces. Sprinkle with turmeric and paprika, salt, pepper.
3. Peel the onion, chop into half rings.
4. Fry the meat pieces in a pan for a couple of minutes on each side. Remove from heat.
5. Fry the potatoes, let it lightly brown.
6. Put the chicken and potatoes in a baking sheet, then put a layer of onion.
7. Pour in cream, sprinkle with chopped garlic.
8. Cover with foil and put in the oven at 180 °. Bake for 40 minutes.

If you want the top of the dish to become golden crust, remove the foil from the pan 10 minutes before cooking.

Dairy Recipes

Each time, the neutral taste of chicken can be interpreted in a new way, simply using different dairy products. We suggest you try to cook chicken in the oven on kefir, with milk, sour cream.

In milk

During the preparation of chicken in milk in the oven, a very tasty creamy gravy is obtained, which can be used to serve meat. It is good to season them with pasta, porridge.

You will need:

• chicken fillet - 500 g;
• butter - 30 g;
• milk - 400 ml;
• garlic - 3 cloves;
• curry - ½ teaspoon;
• bay leaf - 2 pcs.;
• salt pepper.

Cooking

1. Turn on the oven 200 °.
2. Cut the fillet into pieces, sprinkle with salt, pepper.
3. Melt the butter in a pan, fry the slices of fillet.
4. Put the garlic in the baking dish, then the meat.
5. Warm the milk in a pan, add curry, pepper, salt, bay leaves. Boil and remove from heat.
6. Pour the meat into the sauce and place in the oven.
7. Bake for 30 minutes.

In this dish, any parts of the chicken carcass will be appropriate. If they protrude strongly over the sauce in the form, do not forget to water them with the milk mixture during baking.

In kefir

A simple recipe that allows you to cook deliciously the toughest carcass. Kefir chicken with potatoes in the oven is hearty, tender and attracts with the aroma of herbs.

You will need:

• kefir - 500 ml;
• thighs - 1 kg;
• potatoes - 800 g;
• Provencal herbs - 1 teaspoon;
• cherry tomatoes - 10 pcs.;
• garlic - 4 cloves;
• salt pepper.

Cooking

1. Chop the garlic, add it to the kefir. Put herbs, pepper, salt and mix there.
2. Put the thighs in the marinade, leave for an hour.
3. Peel the potatoes, chop, place in a baking dish. Drizzle with oil, add salt, pepper, crushed garlic cloves.
4. Cut the tomatoes into 2 pieces, lay on top.
5. Put the chicken, cover with foil.
6. Place in oven at 200 ° for 50 minutes.

The meat will get a beautiful crust if after 40 minutes you remove the foil from the pan.

In sour cream

Chicken in sour cream in the oven is obtained with a side dish of vegetables and cheese crust.

You will need:

• chicken fillet - 600 g;
• Bulgarian pepper - 3 pcs.;
• paprika - ½ teaspoon;
• cheese - 50 g;
• butter - 30 g;
• sour cream - 200 ml;
• garlic - 4 cloves;
• lemon juice - 1 tbsp. spoon;
• salt pepper.

Cooking

1. Cut pepper into thin rings.
2. Make cuts in the fillet, sprinkle with paprika, grate with salt, pepper. In the cuts, put pieces of pepper.
3. Grind garlic, mix with sour cream, black pepper, salt, lemon juice.
4. Put the fillet in a form, fill with sauce, sprinkle with cheese.
5. Bake for 30 minutes at 180 ° under the foil and another 10 without it.

For those who do not like baked bell peppers, you can replace it with slices of tomato.

Try to cook a dish with cream, chicken in kefir in the oven, in milk and sour cream. And each time you will be surprised at the new taste of the familiar meat.