Chicken ham at home - budget and very tasty

Kitchen appliances and utensils: knife, cutting board, garlic press, disposable bricks (or small bread baking tins), press (home-made, see the recipe).

Ingredients

Step cooking

1. Turn on the oven at 160 ° C. Cut the meat from six chicken legs. It will be nice if the meat can be removed from the bone without damage, but even if it doesn’t work out - it's okay, the taste will not change.
   
2. Skin the chicken breast and legs. If you are not an opponent of peels in ham, then skip this step. We cut the meat into thin strips about a centimeter thick.
   
3. Salt the meat and pepper. Add seasonings for chicken. Pour Italian herbs. Here you can add any other seasonings that you like. French mustard also goes well to taste with chicken.
   
4. Peel three large cloves of garlic. Using a garlic press, squeeze it into the meat.
   
5. All mix well. Each piece should be salted and boned in seasoning. We divide all the chopped meat in half, while in one part let only the meat from the legs, and in the second from the legs and brisket. This is done so that later you can compare which part of the chicken you like ham better from. If it is difficult for you to distinguish between brisket meat and leg meat, then we transfer this step above - salt and pepper in different bowls.
   
6. We put the meat in two disposable "brick" tins (they are usually used for baking small loaves of bread). Evenly distribute the meat and squeeze a little, ramming with a spoon.
   
7. We cover the molds with lids, for example, from hard cardboard wrapped in foil. Such "caps" are often found in packs of cookies or sweets. Put the molds on a baking sheet and pour a glass of water in it. Caution so that water does not get into the molds.
   
8. Bake meat for 1 hour 30 minutes. When the meat is ready, we will oppress. You can trim the lids so that they fall into the mold, and put on top any heavy clean object - a rolled up jar, a glass with nuts, screws, an iron mug with water. We send the molds together with the oppression in the refrigerator for 10-12 hours.
   
9. After the set time, we take out the ready-made ham from the mold and cut off the excess “jellied meat”. Chicken meat ham is ready! It should come out quite dense, very tender and fragrant. Enjoy your meal!
   

Video recipe

Watch a video of homemade chicken ham. You will see that this is really a very simple process, in which you will take an active part literally in the first 5-10 minutes. The rest of the time, the ham cooks itself! Have a nice view.

Everyone loves ham! And now you know how to cook it at home with just a few simple ingredients. Such an elementary recipe can be mastered even by a beginner. But an experienced housewife will enjoy the simple cooking process.

Only 10 minutes of your time in the evening (to cut the meat, season it, put it in the molds, put it in the oven, take it out of the oven and put it under oppression), and in the morning you have the most delicious breakfast - sandwiches with homemade (and, therefore, natural) ham. Why buy shop ham on the festive table if you can make it yourself?

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