I invite you all to attend the tomato festival in our city of Syzran. This holiday has been celebrated here since 2001; it usually falls on one of the weekends in August. A huge number of people gather in the city square, both residents of our city and guests from other cities of Russia. The most memorable thing is the carnival procession from the Kremlin to the main square of the city near the Drama Theater. Guests from other countries also come to this holiday, most often these are guests from France, Brazil and Mexico. They perform for city residents: some play musical instruments, others dance. All this happens during the procession.

The main hero of the holiday is the Syzran tomato, which leads the carnival procession along the main street of the city. Senor Tomato, of course, has his own retinue, which consists of little tomato girls. It’s not for nothing that they say that we grow some of the most delicious tomatoes; they even invented a holiday in honor of it.

Near the city square, in the park, various competitions are held for both children and adults. Here, the craftsmen of our city exhibit their crafts, as well as culinary masterpieces, mainly from tomatoes and other seasonal vegetables (zucchini, watermelons, eggplants, etc.)

The holiday ends with a festive concert on the main square of the city. This year the 15th Syzran Tomato holiday will be celebrated. The holiday program promises to be very interesting, bright and exciting for any age.

I hope you found it tasty and interesting.

Warm days are already calling us out of town for barbecue picnics, so we need to prepare recipes for marinating meat.

This recipe is universal not only as an excellent way to marinate any(!) meat, but also in terms of heat treatment methods. Of course, the most delicious meat will be cooked on an open grill - kebab, but it will also be great in a home indoor grill, oven, fried and stewed.

There are a lot of ways to marinate meat, but this marinade is very soft, it is distinguished by the complete absence of vinegar or aggressive citric or tartaric acid, because tomato juice already contains acid. The meat turns out incredibly juicy, aromatic and appetizing. Try cooking meat in this marinade, it’s tasty, healthy and very easy and quick.

Ingredients:

• 1 medium chicken
• 1 large onion
• 400 g tomato juice
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp all-purpose chicken seasoning

Preparation:

1. Cut the chicken into portions, rinse, remove fat.

2. Chop the onion in a processor or grind in a meat grinder. Mix chicken with seasonings and onions. Leave for 15 minutes.

3. Pour the meat with tomato juice or chopped tomatoes in a blender.

Leave for at least 2 hours, but preferably overnight. Any marinating should take place in the refrigerator!

The meat is ready for heat treatment. For kebabs and frying, remove the meat from the sauce, allow excess liquid to drain and cook. For stewing and baking, meat can be cooked together with marinade.

4. I will bake the meat. To do this, you need to preheat the oven to 200-220 degrees, lay out the meat in one layer, pour in the sauce and put in the oven.

Bake for about an hour. Take out the mold 1-2 times and pour the sauce over the pieces of meat so that the top does not burn and the meat is not dry on top.

The finished meat can be served with sauce, or can be used to prepare other dishes.

A good marinade can improve the taste and aroma of any meat, making it more tender and juicy, and chicken is no exception. It's hard to believe, but a good marinade can make chicken even tastier than beef and pork. Do you have any doubts? Then our article is for you.

Chicken marinade is an integral component of cooking meat if you want it to be truly tasty and 100% soft. Moreover, using a new marinade each time, you will always get dishes that are different from each other, so you will certainly never get tired of chicken. Since chicken meat has a neutral taste, almost any marinade is perfect for it, but marinades based on soy sauce, mustard marinades, citrus marinades, marinades with honey, marinades based on fermented milk products, tomato marinades and marinades with using wine. If you really want something exotic, marinating chicken in coconut milk will infuse it with the aroma of the tropics. Chicken marinade is a great way to enrich the taste of meat, making it sweet-spicy, tender-creamy, sour or “sparkly” at your discretion.

Chicken meat is very tender, so it usually does not involve the use of “aggressive” components in marinades, such as vinegar or fruits with high acidity. If they are added, then in limited quantities to give the meat certain flavor notes. Spices and herbs that go well with chicken include ground black pepper, paprika, turmeric, curry, cumin, ginger, oregano, basil, thyme and rosemary. The average marinating time for chicken is 2 to 4 hours. It is best to marinate a whole bird for about 8 hours, leaving it in the refrigerator overnight. The longer the chicken marinates, the more tender and juicy the meat will be. Marinades using soy sauce, which are so popular when preparing chicken, should be salted especially carefully, since the sauce already contains salt. Do not forget that the meat must be marinated in glass or enamel containers - aluminum and plastic are not suitable for such purposes.

Chicken marinade makes the meat incredibly tender and simply outrageously tasty, so it’s time to use the marinade recipes that Culinary Eden has compiled for you. The marinade recipes presented are perfect for both baking chicken in the oven and for cooking barbecue.

Simple marinade for chicken with mayonnaise and onions

Ingredients:
150 g mayonnaise,
2 large onions,
3-4 cloves of garlic (optional)
1 teaspoon salt,

1 kg of chicken meat.

Preparation:
Place chicken in a large bowl. Add mayonnaise, onion cut into rings or half rings, chopped or pressed garlic (if used), salt and pepper. Mix everything thoroughly with your hands, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator to marinate. The chicken will be ready to cook after 1 hour, but it is best to let the meat marinate for 5 hours or more.

Mustard chicken marinade with honey

Ingredients:
1/3 cup mustard,
1/4 cup honey
1 tablespoon vegetable oil,
1/2 teaspoon ground paprika,
1/2 teaspoon turmeric,
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder,
1/2 teaspoon salt,

1/4 teaspoon chili pepper,
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger,
700-800 g chicken meat.

Preparation:
In a large bowl, combine all marinade ingredients. Place chicken meat into the marinade and mix thoroughly with your hands. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight.

Apple marinade with mustard and garlic

Ingredients:
1/2 cup apple juice or cider
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup grainy mustard,
2 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil,
1 tablespoon sugar,
4 cloves of garlic,
salt and ground black pepper to taste,
700-800 g chicken meat.

Preparation:
Pass the garlic through a press and combine all the ingredients for the marinade in a bowl. Pour the resulting marinade over the chicken, cover the bowl and refrigerate for 4 hours.

Asian Style Soy Sauce Chicken Marinade

Ingredients:
1/2 cup soy sauce,
1/4 cup sugar
60 g ginger,
2 cloves of garlic,
2 teaspoons vegetable oil,
1 teaspoon ground black pepper,
500 g chicken meat.

Preparation:
Finely chop the ginger, pass the garlic through a press. Mix all the ingredients for the marinade and marinate the chicken in it for 2 to 4 hours.

Soy marinade with honey

Ingredients:
1 glass of vegetable oil,
1/2 cup soy sauce,
1/3 cup honey (or more to taste)
1/4 cup lemon juice,
3 large cloves of garlic,
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper,
1 pinch chili pepper (optional)
1 kg of chicken meat.

Preparation:
In a bowl, mix the oil with soy sauce, honey, lemon juice, minced garlic, black pepper and chili pepper. Place the chicken in a bowl and stir to coat the chicken evenly with the marinade. Cover the bowl and place in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.

Kefir marinade for chicken with garlic

Ingredients:
1.5 cups of kefir,
3-4 cloves of garlic,

2 teaspoons dried oregano,
1 teaspoon cumin (optional)
1 teaspoon salt,
1 kg of chicken meat.

Preparation:
Pass the garlic through a press and add to kefir along with vegetable oil, oregano, cumin and salt. Marinate the chicken in the mixture for 8 to 24 hours.

Spicy marinade with rosemary

Ingredients:

1/2 cup balsamic vinegar, wine vinegar, or apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce,
1/3 cup lemon juice,
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons mustard,
2 teaspoons dried rosemary,
2 teaspoons garlic powder,
1 teaspoon salt,
1.5 kg of chicken meat.

Preparation:
Mix all ingredients for marinade. Place the chicken in a resealable plastic bag, pour in the marinade, seal the bag and shake well. Marinate the chicken for 4 to 24 hours in the refrigerator, but if you have limited time, the chicken will absorb the marinade perfectly after just 30 minutes. It is recommended to turn the bag of chicken periodically during marinating.
This marinade can also be used to prepare a delicious sauce for chicken by simmering it over low heat until thickened. An important rule in this case is that you should never use the marinade that contained the chicken to prepare the sauce. Either pour out half a cup of the prepared marinade for the future sauce, or increase the amount of ingredients when cooking if you need more sauce.

Beer marinade with onion and cumin

Ingredients:
1 1/2 glasses of beer,
1/2 cup vegetable or olive oil,
1 onion,
5 cloves of garlic,
1 teaspoon salt,
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper,
1/2 teaspoon paprika,
1/2 teaspoon cumin,
1/4 teaspoon chili pepper,
1/2 bunch of fresh parsley
2 kg chicken.

Preparation:
Pour oil into a bowl. Mix salt, black pepper, paprika, cumin and chili pepper, add spices to the oil. Add chopped or pressed garlic, chopped onion and chopped parsley. Mix everything well, then slowly pour the beer into the bowl.
Pour marinade over chicken placed in a zip-top plastic bag. Shake the bag well so that the entire chicken is completely covered with the marinade. Place the bag in the refrigerator for 1 hour or overnight.

Orange marinade with tomato paste and oregano

Ingredients:
5 tablespoons orange juice,
2 tablespoons vegetable oil,
1 tablespoon orange zest,
1 tablespoon of tomato paste,
1 tablespoon turmeric,
1 teaspoon dried oregano,
1/2 teaspoon salt,
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper,
500 g chicken meat.

Preparation:
In a large shallow bowl, combine all marinade ingredients. Add chicken meat and mix thoroughly with your hands. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for about 4 hours.

Lemon-garlic marinade with pepper

Ingredients:
3 tablespoons lemon juice,
3 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil,
4 cloves of garlic,
1 tablespoon lemon zest,
1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper,
1/2 teaspoon salt,
500 g chicken meat.

Preparation:
In a large bowl, combine lemon zest, oil, minced or pressed garlic, pepper and salt. Place the chicken in a bowl, stir to coat the meat evenly with the marinade, and marinate in the refrigerator for 4 hours or overnight.

Wine marinade with onions

Ingredients:
1 glass of dry white wine,
1/4 cup lemon juice,
1 small onion
1/2 teaspoon salt,
a few sprigs of dill or parsley,
500 g chicken meat.

Preparation:
In a bowl, mix wine, lemon juice, chopped onion, chopped herbs and salt. Pour the prepared marinade over the chicken, cover the bowl and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Turn the meat periodically during the marinating process.

Tomato marinade with onions and herbs

Ingredients:
500 ml tomato juice,
3 onions,
1/2 bunch of dill,
1 tablespoon dried basil,
1 tablespoon dried oregano,
1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper,
1 teaspoon salt,
1 kg of chicken meat.

Preparation:
Pour tomato juice into a bowl. Add onion, chopped into half rings, chopped dill, dried herbs, salt and pepper. Pour the resulting marinade over the chicken, cover and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 5 hours. It is advisable to periodically stir the meat in the marinade.

Chicken marinade is an excellent opportunity to experiment with ingredients, changing them at your discretion, because strictly adhering to recipes is not at all necessary, especially if your imagination is raging and your hands are eager to go into battle. We wish that your marinated chicken turns out to be the most delicious and tender! Bon appetit!

Cooking dinners for your family is a real pleasure, because watching them devour your culinary creations is the most precious reward. But from time to time, routine cooking gets tiring, then you need to have on hand a recipe for how to marinate chicken for the oven quickly and, of course, very tasty.

In our arsenal there are several absolute options that will be useful to you more than once in preparing poultry dishes.

How to properly prepare marinade for chicken in the oven

To properly reveal and make the taste of chicken meat more interesting, you can use a marinade. To prepare a good version, you need to know a few tricks, and then you can easily prepare signature marinades.

• To give the meat a special flavor, you must use natural spices and seasonings. Curry, turmeric, rosemary, paprika, basil, oregano and tarragon are best suited for these purposes. Choose only those spices that best suit your taste.
• You can also use fresh herbs as a seasoning. Fragrant basil, fennel, mint, cilantro, etc. will transform the taste of chicken meat and make it much juicier.

The only condition is to use one or two types of herbs when preparing the marinade so that the meat is not too rich.

• An acidic component must be added to every marinade. The acid perfectly softens chicken meat and makes it extremely tender and soft. For these purposes, you can use vinegar, lemon juice and fruits that have a pronounced sourness, such as plums or kiwi.

Also, mayonnaise sauces are mainly used for marinating meat, and such dishes, it is worth noting, are very popular. But there are also a lot of other options - you can marinate the meat with onions and spices. Honey, soy sauce, olive oil and fruit juices make an excellent base for a marinade.

Soy-ginger marinade for chicken: step-by-step recipe

Ingredients

• — 50 ml + -
• — 30 ​​g + -
• — 0.5 pcs. + -
• - taste + -
• — 30 ​​ml + -
• — 1 small bunch + -

How to prepare soy-ginger marinade for chicken step by step

Soy sauce is an excellent seasoning for chicken, because it enhances the taste of tender meat one hundred percent. To make the dish especially tasty, you should marinate the meat in soy-ginger sauce.

The marinade recipe can be classified as Asian cuisine, but all its ingredients allow you to prepare the marinade at home.

• Wash the fresh ginger root well and grate it on a fine grater or grind it in a blender (along with the peel).
• Squeeze all the juice out of half a lemon and grate a pinch of lemon zest from the peel.
• Wash fresh parsley thoroughly under running water and shake off. Finely chop the greens with a sharp knife.
• Combine all crushed ingredients in one bowl. Add soy sauce and olive oil to them. Season the sauce with salt and pepper and stir well with a whisk.

• Take chicken meat (any part or the whole carcass), generously rub the product with marinade. Place the chicken in a bowl and place in the refrigerator for 40-50 minutes. Turn the meat several times during the marinating process. Then start preparing the treat.

For best results, it is better to cut the chicken carcass into pieces and soak in the ginger-soy marinade for 3 hours.

Plum marinade for chicken: a simple recipe at home

If you want to prepare a special meat for dinner, then you definitely need to have a plum marinade recipe on hand. It can be prepared at any time of the year if you freeze the berries for the winter. Meat baked in plum sauce will pleasantly surprise you with its taste - it will turn out very soft and with a sweetish aftertaste.

Ingredients

• Chicken quarter - 4 pcs.;
• Plums - 300 g;
• Olive oil - 30 g;
• Salt, pepper - to taste;
• Blue onion - 2 pcs.;
• Oregano - 1 tsp. (dried).

How to make your own plum marinade for chicken

1. Wash the chicken meat thoroughly in cool water and dry with paper towels. Place chicken in a large bowl.
2. Now prepare the marinade: wash fresh (or frozen) plums well, remove the seeds. Grind the plums in a blender or pass through a meat grinder. Place the paste in a small bowl.
3. Season the plum mixture with salt, pepper and dried oregano, stirring well.
4. Peel the sweet blue onion, wash and cut into small cubes. Add the onion to the plums and mix well.
5. Add the resulting mixture to the meat, mix well with your hands and marinate the meat.
6. Refrigerate the meat and marinade for at least 30 minutes and then cook in the oven.

You can marinate the chicken in plum marinade in advance - this will only improve the taste of the meat. You can also freeze the chicken along with the marinade for several days, and simply prepare a treat at the right time.

Tomato and basil chicken marinade: original recipe

In order to prepare a decent meat treat for a holiday dinner, you need to at least have high-quality meat. But if you first marinate the product and then bake it in the oven until golden brown, then even sophisticated gourmets will not be able to refuse this delicious delicacy.

For the marinade in this recipe you need to use tomatoes and fresh herbs. When prepared, chicken in tomato marinade can be considered a treat of Italian cuisine.

Ingredients

• Tomatoes - 4 pcs.;
• Olive oil - 50 ml;
• Fresh basil - 1 bunch;
• Onions - 30 g (small bunch);
• Vinegar - 2 tbsp. l.;
• Garlic - 3-4 cloves;
• Salt, pepper - to taste.

How to make a special marinade for chicken using tomatoes and basil

1. Place fresh tomatoes in a bowl and pour boiling water over the fruits. Carefully remove the skin and cut the vegetables into small pieces. Grind the tomatoes in a blender or pass through a meat grinder.
2. Peel the onions, wash and cut into half rings. Wash and shake fresh greens well, chop finely with a sharp knife. Also peel and chop the garlic in a way convenient for you.
3. Combine all chopped ingredients in one bowl and season generously with salt and pepper. Mix the mixture well and pour olive oil into it. Stir the marinade again and place in the refrigerator.
4. Place clean and fresh meat in a bowl, add salt and vinegar. Using your hands, thoroughly rub the vinegar into the chicken meat (be it a whole chicken or wings, legs, etc.). Place the chicken in the vinegar in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
5. Then remove the container of meat and season it with marinade on all sides. Cover the bowl or pan with a lid and return it to the refrigerator.
6. Marinate the chicken for 2 hours, and then bake in the oven (in a sleeve or in foil).

Among our recipes you will find a great option on how to marinate chicken for the oven. Feel free to make your own adjustments and make the dishes even tastier.