Why gherkins?

The term "gherkin chicken" appeared quite recently, two or three years ago. This is the same broiler, but did not reach the required weight for its category. Such specimens are pulled by only 350 grams, and in size they overtake only a quail. That's why they were called gherkins - in honor of small cucumbers, collected before full ripening. It is believed that their meat has less growth hormones, and this, they say, is better for the health of the people who eat them. It seems that this is a simple marketing ploy to sell the "undersized", because such dwarfs are not pampered with special food during their lifetime. But we will not penetrate the secrets of poultry farms here, but consider how to cook gherkin chickens. Here are some proven recipes.

Provencal bird

Both broilers and chicken gherkins are suitable for this dish, the recipe is identical. It is necessary to rinse the carcass, move the skin on the neck (but do not damage it) and put softened butter mixed with Provencal herbs under the skin. Try to spread this mixture over the entire surface, how much you get with your finger. Squeeze one head of garlic through a press. Mix with sliced ​​lemon. Stuff the belly of the bird with this mass. The baking sheet should be greased with any fat, put the chicken carcasses there, overlay them with chopped potatoes (8-10 small tubers will be enough for two gherkins). Salt and pepper and put in a preheated oven to medium temperature. Chicken gherkins, the recipe for which we have outlined, ripen in 40 minutes or an hour.

Surprise on the grill

Defrost three or four carcasses, rinse, dry. We cut, as for the dish "Chicken Tobacco", that is, along the sternum. Squeeze the head of garlic into a deep bowl, put half a teaspoon of grated ginger and nutmeg each. Pour the juice of half a lemon, a quarter cup of soy sauce and the same amount of olive oil. Add spices and salt. We put the chickens in this container and set to marinate in the refrigerator overnight. After that, we place the carcasses on a baking sheet with the skin down and put them in the oven for 20 minutes at 220 C. We shift them to another barrel and set them for another 20 minutes. Chicken gherkins, whose recipe resembles barbecue, can be tried out at a picnic when the coals have burned through enough.

How to cook gherkins in pots

Finely chop 4 cloves of garlic, parsley and dill, mix this with 3 tablespoons of lemon juice and a spoonful of coarse salt. Grate two carcasses with the mixture outside and inside and leave for two hours in a warm place. Bulgarian pepper and carrot cut into strips, and two potatoes into cubes. Saute the onion in 3 large spoons of butter, add vegetables, salt, send spices there, stew a little. Put carcasses with vegetables in pots, pour a quarter cup of water, cover with a lid. Then put in a cold oven at 200 C for an hour.

Chicken gherkins - modified recipe

This is a variation on the theme of chickens in pots. Together with bell pepper, you can send baked eggplant or zucchini. Tomatoes add color to the dish, but they must first be scalded and peeled.

Variation with bacon

The only problem with gherkins is that their meat is lean, and therefore, when baked in the oven, it can dry out. To prevent this from happening, try wrapping the portions in...thin slices of bacon. This technique will not only preserve juiciness, but also give the dish the aroma of smoked meats. It will be useful to wrap scalded pitted prunes in this roll.

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Cornish birds are native to England. Cockfights were popular in the country. Breeders were given the task to breed a good fighting breed of chickens. Crossing was carried out between Indian females of the Azil breed and Malaysian fighting cocks. The result did not live up to expectations. The birds were not aggressive, but had good muscles.

Further breeding work was designed to improve the meat quality of chickens. In 1990, a new breed of Cornish appeared. It is also called Cornish and Cornish. Birds have meat and egg productivity. What are the characteristics of Cornish? What care do they require?

Description of the breed

Cornish birds are white in color. The feathers are close to the body. The physique is massive: a wide back and chest. Muscles are visible on the limbs. Chickens are undersized. The height of the roosters is higher, the neck is longer, the limbs are strong, widely spaced. Metatarsus massive, bright yellow. The head is in proportion to the body. Roosters have a large leaf-shaped comb on their heads, with teeth. Males have well developed wattles.

• Males always guard females. They start feeding only after his family moves away from the feeders. A family is usually formed from 20 females and 1 male. 2 roosters do not get along in the same family. They always get into fights over chicken.
• Layers sit well in the nest.
• In a year, 150 eggs can be obtained from them, weighing 62 g.
• The breed belongs to the late-ripening. The laying hen makes the first laying at 8 months.
• The young are growing rapidly. At 2 months, a chicken normally weighs 1.3 kg. Chickens are raised for meat. They are slaughtered at the age of 4-5 months.
• The mass of an adult rooster is 5 kg, the chicken weighs 4.5 kg.
• Both males and chickens are used to obtain meat. Some females, which are distinguished by high egg production, are left to produce offspring.

Chickens in their color differ by gender. Chickens have dark stripes on their backs. Cockerels have yellow down. At 10 days, individuals can be distinguished by plumage if you examine the feathers on the wings. In chickens, they have different lengths. Cockerels have the same feathers.

Experts advise buying young animals at the age of 10 days. They are already accustomed to food, and to certain conditions of detention. The survival rate for Cornish chickens is 98%. The indicator is considered high.

How to care for chickens?

The young are kept in boxes. The floor is covered with oilcloth or cardboard. Clenka is washed every day before feeding. The cardboard is thrown away, changed to another coating. Chickens love warmth. The optimum temperature for them is +30 C. They begin to reduce it from the 3rd week: minus 2 degrees weekly. An infrared lamp is used to heat the young. Additionally equip lighting for chicks. The lights are on all day long. Closer to 3-4 weeks, chickens begin to accustom to the dark. Lamps are turned off for 4 hours at night. Gradually, the duration of daylight hours is adjusted to 16-18 hours.

Chickens need fresh air. The box is taken out for a short time if the ambient temperature is above + 25 C. The room is ventilated at this time. Birds do not tolerate drafts. All cracks in windows and walls must be sealed. Otherwise, even with good heating, the livestock will get sick.

Cornish chickens are not picky about food. Experts say that they need less food than other breeds of meat. Attracts the efficiency of the use of feed units. Veterinarians warn that chicks are prone to obesity, so it is better for them to balance their diet in terms of proteins, carbohydrates and nutritional supplements.

They begin to feed the chickens when their fluff dries out, after 4-6 hours. A newborn chick is able to live without food for a day. Water is offered immediately. Veterinarians recommend giving a 5% glucose solution on the first day. Water temperature room. Young animals will not drink hot water. Cold will lead to hypothermia of the chicks.

The best food for newborns is compound feed, the starter version. It is used up to 30 days after birth. Further, the chickens begin to gain weight intensively. They need a dry mix line "for growth". Compound feed is given up to 2 months. Next, use the finishing version of the dry mix.

Housekeepers often prefer to make their own feed mixes. The diet includes crushed grain, cake, vegetables, food additives.

• Day 1-3 - boiled egg 2 g, millet, oatmeal, cottage cheese 1 g. They give yogurt 5 g, corn 2 g, greens 1 g. Feed portion 10-11 g. A mash is made from products.
• 4-10 days - eggs 2 g, curdled milk 8 g, corn 2 g, oil cake 0.3 g, greens 3 g, boiled potatoes 3 g, eggshell crushed into flour 0.3 g, meat and bone meal 1 g.
• 11-20 days - do not give eggs. Corn 15 g, vegetables 7 g, potatoes 4 g, curdled milk 15 g. They give meat and bone meal and chalk.
• 21-30 days - 20 g of curdled milk, 3 g of corn, 0.6 g of cake, 10 g of vegetables or green grass. Potatoes can be no more than 4 g. Meat and bone meal should be 1.5 g, chalk 1 g.
• 31-40 - curdled milk 30 g, corn 4 g, vegetables 13 g, potatoes 20 g. If the young are not obese, then the portion of cake is increased to 1.6, meat and bone meal 3 g, chalk 1.5 g.
• 41-50 - sour milk 30 g, 5 g corn, 15 g vegetables, 30 g potatoes. Meat and bone meal needs 3.5 g, chalk 2 g, cake 1.6 g.
• 51-60 - curdled milk 30 g, corn 5 g, vegetables 18 g, potatoes 40 g. Meat and bone meal - 4 g, chalk 2 g, cake 2 g.
• Vitamin supplements are required. It is better to purchase them from the manufacturer.

Feed is required for a livestock of 2 kg per 1.5 kg of live weight of the chicken. At 1 month, the weight is normal 655 g. At 2 months - 1260 g. By 5 months, the mass of an individual is 2.4 kg. If the weight exceeds the specified norms, then the meat will be fatty, the taste will be unsatisfactory. Cake, meat and bone meal are excluded from the diet. Corn is replaced with crushed oats.

As a preventive measure against obesity, young animals are walked in an aviary, but individuals cannot stand low temperatures. Exercise stops if the temperature is below zero degrees. Aviaries and chicken coops are made spacious. No more than 5 individuals are located per 1 m 2. Attracts the quality of the meat of Cornish chickens. Gherkins are made from small chickens. This is a new dish that has become popular among restaurateurs. To obtain a gherkin, chickens are used for 30 days.

Everyone knows small cucumbers, which are called gherkins. Small broiler chickens have the same name. In English, it sounds like Cornish hen, which means "Cornish chicken." Currently, gherkins are called chickens weighing from 350 g. Their meat is juicy and tender. These qualities allow you to quickly and easily prepare delicious dishes from them.

Components and benefits of the product

The nutritional value per 100 g of the product is:

• proteins - 18 g;
• fats - 7 g;
• carbohydrates - 0 g;
• dietary fiber - 0 g;
• water - 0 g.

The calorie content of the product is 140 kcal. The composition of poultry meat is distinguished by a valuable set of vitamins and minerals. Among them, vitamins of group B, A, E, PP and minerals - magnesium, calcium, iron, sulfur, copper, zinc should be noted.

Beneficial effect on the human body:

• improving the activity of the heart muscle, increasing the elasticity of blood vessels;
• normalization of blood pressure indicators, prevention of strokes, heart attacks;
• maintaining a normal level of cholesterol in the blood, preventing atherosclerosis;
• strengthening the immune system.

Chicken meat has a beneficial effect on the nervous system, prevents depression, anxiety disorders and insomnia.

How to cook?

Gherkin chickens can be cooked in many ways: fry in a pan or grill, stew in a slow cooker. Still, the best option is to roast the bird in the oven. In this case, the meat shows itself from the best side. A particular advantage is that it does not take much time to cook such chickens in the oven, since they have young, tender meat.

There are certain subtleties of preparing gherkins for direct cooking, which makes the bird even tastier, and cooking easier.

• Soaking in brine. This process allows you to give the dish juiciness. To do this, take 2 liters of water and add 3 tablespoons of salt and 2 tablespoons of sugar to it. Keep the chickens in this solution for about 30 minutes.
• Application of spices. Seasonings create a unique spicy taste. You can choose any spice of your choice. The choice is quite wide and varied. You can take pepper, dry adjika, suneli hops, paprika, Provence herbs, thyme, garlic, ginger.
• Use of the marinade The basis of the marinade is kefir, tomato or oil.

Gherkin chickens in the oven are especially beautiful and tasty, with a fried skin and juicy pulp. Their size allows you to cook a whole chicken, in portions for one person. This option is suitable not only for dinner in the family circle, but also for treating guests at the festive table.

Most often, gherkins are sold frozen.

It is best to defrost them in a natural way, for which you need to put the bird carcasses on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator for several hours.

When they are ready to be cooked, they should be washed with clean running water and immersed in brine. Immediately before cooking, take out the chickens, dry them with a paper towel, rub with salt. Salt must be used with care, given that the bird will absorb a small amount of it from the brine.

Then the carcass of the gherkin should be greased with spices or marinade prepared in advance and placed on an oiled baking sheet. Bake in the oven at a temperature not exceeding 200 degrees for 30 minutes. Together with chickens, you can put boiled vegetables on the table, for example, any kind of cabbage. Such a dish will be both tasty and healthy.

Recipes

There are a huge number of chicken recipes, among which everyone can find a dish to their liking. Let's consider some of them.

Baked bird with potatoes

Ingredients for 1 serving:

• gherkin chicken - 1 piece;
• potatoes - 2 medium-sized tubers;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• vegetable oil - 1 teaspoon;
• lemon juice - ½ teaspoon;
• thyme - ½ teaspoon;
• salt - to taste.

The cooking process is quite simple.

1. Rinse the gherkin, dry it and grease with a marinade of vegetable oil, lemon juice, chopped garlic and salt. The chicken can be left to marinate in a cold place for several hours or baked right away.
2. Peel clean potatoes, cut into large slices and mix with a mixture of vegetable oil, salt and thyme.
3. Place the potatoes on a greased baking sheet and place the chicken on top.
4. Put the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 200 degrees.
5. Bake for about 30 minutes. Checking the readiness of the meat is simple - just pierce the breast with a wooden skewer or an ordinary knife. If clear juice stands out, you can be sure that the dish is ready.

When the potatoes and chicken are ready, do not immediately remove them from the oven. It is better to let them stand there for about 10 minutes. After that, you can serve.

If desired, potatoes can be replaced with bell pepper. In this case, you get a new dish, no less attractive than in combination with potatoes.

stuffed bird

Stuffed chicken is an excellent healthy and satisfying dish. It harmoniously combines poultry meat and garnish.

To prepare the dish, you will need the following products:

• gherkin - 1 piece;
• rice - 70 grams;
• pumpkin - 150 grams;
• soy sauce - 2 tablespoons;
• honey - 1 teaspoon;
• vegetable oil - 1 teaspoon;
• salt, pepper - to taste;
• brine - for 1 liter of water, 3 tablespoons of salt and sugar.

Consider step by step how to cook stuffed chicken.

1. Rinse chilled or defrosted chicken under running water and place in brine.
2. Boil washed rice until half cooked.
3. Cut pumpkin into small cubes.
4. Mix rice, pumpkin, add half a serving of soy sauce.
5. Prepare the marinade by combining the second half of the soy sauce with honey, vegetable oil, salt and pepper.
6. Remove the chicken from the brine, pat dry with paper towels and brush with the prepared marinade.
7. Stuff the bird's belly with a mixture of rice, pumpkin and soy sauce.
8. Pour 1 cm of water into a baking dish and place the chickens in it.
9. Put the mold in the oven, the temperature in which should be about 170 degrees.
10. Bake for 30 minutes, basting the gherkins with the resulting juice from time to time.

Stuffed chicken gherkins are juicy, fragrant and satisfying. They are able to decorate any feast, give it originality and piquancy. Gherkin chicken meat is used in both children's and adult menus. It is indispensable for dietary nutrition and for the restoration of the body after illnesses. The beneficial properties of gherkins are beyond doubt.

But, as with everything, when eating them you need to know when to stop. Subject to this rule and with proper preparation, such dishes will give you a lot of pleasure and bring considerable benefits.

Oven-baked chicken gherkins are a delicious addition to a side dish. You can find the recipe in the video below.

Gherkin chickens are named this way not because they are small in size. In fact, the name comes from the English Cornish hen, which means Cornish chicken. Poultry meat of this breed has a great taste, as well as dishes prepared according to the recipes below.

How delicious to cook chicken gherkins?

If you have young broiler carcasses weighing from 400 to 600 g in your hands, it's time to learn how to cook them correctly. A proven recipe and true recommendations will help you get the perfect delicacy in every respect and fully enjoy its excellent taste.

1. Pre-soaking carcasses for 30 minutes in brine from 1.5 liters of water, 3 tbsp. spoons of salt and 2 tbsp. spoons of sugar.
2. After soaking, the carcasses need to be rinsed, dried and marinated, choosing the appropriate recipe.
3. Gherkin chicken dishes can be cooked in a pan, in the oven, on the grill, in an air grill or using a slow cooker.

Chicken gherkins - recipe in the oven

Even a laconically baked gherkin chicken in the oven is many times tastier, juicier and softer than ordinary broiler chicken, and if you add an exquisite marinade or original accompaniment to the carcass, there will be no limit to the delight of eating such a delicacy. A little garlic and rosemary will make the taste of the bird inimitable.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 2 pcs.;
• garlic - 5-6 cloves;
• sprigs of rosemary - 5-6 pcs.;
• butter - 50 g;
• salt pepper.

Cooking

1. Rub chicken carcasses with salt and pepper.
2. Fry a couple of cloves of garlic and two sprigs of rosemary in oil.
3. Lubricate the chickens with fragrant oil, and put the remaining garlic and rosemary inside.
4. They send a baking sheet with carcasses to an oven heated to 200 degrees, from time to time water the bird with juices.
5. After 30-40 minutes, the ruddy gherkins chickens will be ready.

Chicken gherkins stuffed in the oven

Even more tender and juicier will be chicken gherkin stuffed with stuffing. In fact, you can take any mix of ingredients as filling: fried mushrooms with onions and vegetables, steamed raisins with prunes, or other ingredients. The following is a poultry recipe with rice, pumpkin, herbs and spices.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 2 pcs.;
• sweet pumpkin - 150 g;
• rice - 150 g;
• soy sauce - 4 tbsp. spoons;
• grain mustard and honey - 2 teaspoons each;
• tangerine - 1 pc.;
• curry, paprika, pepper, dill - to taste;
• oil - 20 ml.

Cooking

1. Mix mustard, honey, tangerine juice, oil, seasonings and 2 tbsp. spoons of soy sauce.
2. Rub chicken with marinade and leave for an hour.
3. Boiled rice is mixed with chopped pumpkin, soy sauce, spices and herbs, filled with a mass of poultry carcasses.
4. The preparation of gherkin chickens is completed in an oven heated to 170 degrees, placing them in the device for 40 minutes.

Chicken gherkin in the sleeve

Chicken gherkins, the recipe of which will be outlined below, are cooked in the sleeve, thereby keeping the oven and baking sheet clean. Another indisputable advantage of this method of oven heat treatment is the magnificent tender and juicy taste of the meat obtained. Even individuals larger than average will turn out tasty and soft.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 2 pcs.;
• spices for poultry, oil and lemon juice - 1 teaspoon each;
• garlic - 4 cloves;
• soy sauce - 30 ml;
• salt pepper.

Cooking

1. Rub the chickens with a mixture of soy sauce, garlic and spices, leave for 30-60 minutes.
2. Carcasses are placed in a sleeve on a baking sheet and sent to an oven heated to 200 degrees.
3. Baked chicken gherkins will be ready in 30 minutes.

Chicken gherkins - recipe in a pan

Chicken gherkins fried in a pan, in fact, are nothing more than a Georgian dish of tobacco chicken. The delicacy is prepared simply and quickly, and the taste overshadows all other poultry cooking options. Delicate in taste, surprisingly piquant and appetizingly ruddy meat is worthy of serving to any, even to a festive, table.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 2 pcs.;
• spices - to taste;
• garlic - 4-6 cloves;
• oil - 50 ml;
• salt, black ground pepper.

Cooking

1. The bird is cut along the abdomen, unfolded and beaten off.
2. The carcasses are rubbed with a mixture of salt, pepper, spices, squeezed garlic, left for 30 minutes.
3. Next, gherkin chickens are fried in hot oil in a frying pan under pressure, browning on both sides.

Chicken gherkin in aerogrill

Airfryer is the best way to cook poultry. And if you are the happy owner of such a device, it's time to cook delicious and ruddy gherkins in it. As a marinade, you can use your favorite spicy set or use the mix proposed in this recipe.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 2 pcs.;
• mayonnaise - 100 g;
• lemon - 0.5-1 pc.;
• garlic - 3 cloves;
• curry and paprika - 1 teaspoon each;
• sugar - a pinch;
• salt, pepper, herbs.

Cooking

1. Mix mayonnaise with garlic, spices, sugar, salt and pepper, rub the bird with the mixture, leave for an hour.
2. Lubricate the carcasses with lemon juice, put lemon slices and sprigs of greens in the abdomen.
3. Each gherkin chicken is placed on the grill, on the middle grate, pouring a little water on the bottom of the device and preparing the delicacy for 30 minutes at 250 degrees.

Chicken gherkins on the grill

The following recipe will help you cook a delicacy over coals on the grill. In this case, the marinade for gherkin chickens is prepared on the basis of sunflower or olive oil with the addition of black pepper, paprika, thyme and garlic passed through a press. Optionally, you can add ground chili.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 3 pcs.;
• oil - 100 ml;
• paprika, pepper and thyme - 0.5 tsp each;
• salt.

Cooking

1. Chicken carcasses are cut along the abdomen, unfolded and beaten a little.
2. Mix the ingredients for the marinade and rub the bird with the mixture.
3. After 30 minutes, you can start frying the bird over the coals, laying it on the grill.
4. In half an hour, a delicious appetizer with a smoky flavor will be ready.

Gherkin Chicken Soup

The classic gherkin chicken broth turns out to be as dietary as possible and is suitable for use as a base even for children's first courses. However, hot dishes can be cooked using more sophisticated technologies, and thus provide your lunch meal with an unusual original dish.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkin - 1 pc.;
• smoked sausage and brisket - 150 g each;
• oil - 40 ml;
• beans - 200 g;
• water - 3 l;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• garlic - 3 cloves;
• paprika, pepper and salt - to taste;
• greenery.

Cooking

1. Soak the beans, leave for 12 hours.
2. The chicken is rubbed with salt, pepper and browned in the oven for 20 minutes.
3. Together with beans and smoked meats, the bird is sent to a pot of water.
4. They also add roasted onions and garlic, cook hot with barely noticeable languishing until the beans are soft.
5. Salt the soup, season, warm for a couple of minutes.

Chicken gherkins - recipe in a slow cooker

Frying a gherkin chicken in a slow cooker is especially simple. As a marinade, you can use the proposed mix of spices and spices, or take a set of ingredients that best suits individual preferences. Half an hour is enough for the meat to be saturated with aromas and become piquant.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 3 pcs.;
• soy sauce - 50 ml;
• oil - 50 ml;
• lemon - 0.5 pcs.;
• garlic - 2-3 cloves;
• salt pepper.

Cooking

1. The carcasses are rubbed with a mixture of salt, pepper and garlic.
2. Oil is mixed with lemon juice and soy sauce, poured over chicken with a mixture and left for 30 minutes.
3. Put the chicken in a bowl, pour the rest of the marinade and cook on the "Baking" for 40 minutes.

Chicken gherkin boiled-smoked

The next recipe is for smoked meat lovers. By implementing it, you can make an amazing appetizer with a smoky flavor with your own hands. In this case, it is important to determine how much to cook the gherkin chicken before smoking in order to achieve the right balance between the required degree of readiness of the pulp and its elasticity.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 3 pcs.;
• salt - 30 g;
• pepper - 1 teaspoon;
• laurel - 2 pcs.;
• clove buds and allspice peas - 3 pcs.;
• garlic - 5 cloves;
• salt for cooking.

Cooking

1. The chickens are rubbed with a mixture of salt and pepper and placed in a bag in the refrigerator for a day.
2. Pour 3 liters of water into the pan, add salt to taste, add spices and garlic, boil for 3 minutes.
3. They cool the brine to 80 degrees, lay the chickens and reduce the heat to the very maximum.
4. The chicken is simmered at 60 degrees for 40 minutes, after which it is dried and smoked at 90 degrees for 30 minutes.
   

Gherkin chickens are named this way not because they are small in size. In fact, the name comes from the English Cornish hen, which means Cornish chicken. Poultry meat of this breed has a great taste, as well as dishes prepared according to the recipes below.

How delicious to cook chicken gherkins?

If you have young broiler carcasses weighing from 400 to 600 g in your hands, it's time to learn how to cook them correctly. A proven recipe and true recommendations will help you get the perfect delicacy in every respect and fully enjoy its excellent taste.

1. Pre-soaking carcasses for 30 minutes in brine from 1.5 liters of water, 3 tbsp. spoons of salt and 2 tbsp. spoons of sugar.
2. After soaking, the carcasses need to be rinsed, dried and marinated, choosing the appropriate recipe.
3. Gherkin chicken dishes can be cooked in a pan, in the oven, on the grill, in an air grill or using a slow cooker.

Chicken gherkins - recipe in the oven

Even a succinct gherkin in the oven is many times tastier, juicier and softer than an ordinary broiler chicken, and if you add an exquisite marinade or original accompaniment to the carcass, there will be no limit to the delight of eating such a delicacy. A little garlic and rosemary will make the taste of the bird inimitable.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 2 pcs.;
• garlic - 5-6 cloves;
• sprigs of rosemary - 5-6 pcs.;
• butter - 50 g;
• salt pepper.

Cooking

1. Rub chicken carcasses with salt and pepper.
2. Fry a couple of cloves of garlic and two sprigs of rosemary in oil.
3. Lubricate the chickens with fragrant oil, and put the remaining garlic and rosemary inside.
4. They send a baking sheet with carcasses to an oven heated to 200 degrees, from time to time water the bird with juices.
5. After 30-40 minutes, the ruddy gherkins chickens will be ready.

Chicken gherkins stuffed in the oven

Even more tender and juicier will be chicken gherkin stuffed with stuffing. In fact, you can take any mix of ingredients as filling: fried mushrooms with onions and vegetables, steamed raisins with prunes, or other ingredients. The following is a poultry recipe with rice, pumpkin, herbs and spices.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 2 pcs.;
• sweet pumpkin - 150 g;
• rice - 150 g;
• soy sauce - 4 tbsp. spoons;
• grain mustard and honey - 2 teaspoons each;
• tangerine - 1 pc.;
• curry, paprika, pepper, dill - to taste;
• oil - 20 ml.

Cooking

1. Mix mustard, honey, tangerine juice, oil, seasonings and 2 tbsp. spoons of soy sauce.
2. Rub chicken with marinade and leave for an hour.
3. Boiled rice is mixed with chopped pumpkin, soy sauce, spices and herbs, filled with a mass of poultry carcasses.
4. The preparation of gherkin chickens is completed in an oven heated to 170 degrees, placing them in the device for 40 minutes.

Chicken gherkin in the sleeve

Chicken gherkins, the recipe of which will be outlined below, are cooked in the sleeve, thereby keeping the oven and baking sheet clean. Another indisputable advantage of this method of oven heat treatment is the magnificent tender and juicy taste of the meat obtained. Even individuals larger than average will turn out tasty and soft.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 2 pcs.;
• spices for poultry, oil and lemon juice - 1 teaspoon each;
• garlic - 4 cloves;
• soy sauce - 30 ml;
• salt pepper.

Cooking

1. Rub the chickens with a mixture of soy sauce, garlic and spices, leave for 30-60 minutes.
2. Carcasses are placed in a sleeve on a baking sheet and sent to an oven heated to 200 degrees.
3. Baked chicken gherkins will be ready in 30 minutes.

Chicken gherkins - recipe in a pan

Chicken gherkins fried in a pan, in fact, are nothing more than. The delicacy is prepared simply and quickly, and the taste overshadows all other poultry cooking options. Delicate in taste, surprisingly piquant and appetizingly ruddy meat is worthy of serving to any, even to a festive, table.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 2 pcs.;
• spices - to taste;
• garlic - 4-6 cloves;
• oil - 50 ml;
• salt, black ground pepper.

Cooking

1. The bird is cut along the abdomen, unfolded and beaten off.
2. The carcasses are rubbed with a mixture of salt, pepper, spices, squeezed garlic, left for 30 minutes.
3. Next, gherkin chickens are fried in hot oil in a frying pan under pressure, browning on both sides.

Chicken gherkin in aerogrill

Airfryer is the best way to cook poultry. And if you are the happy owner of such a device, it's time to cook delicious and ruddy gherkins in it. As a marinade, you can use your favorite spicy set or use the mix proposed in this recipe.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 2 pcs.;
• mayonnaise - 100 g;
• lemon - 0.5-1 pc.;
• garlic - 3 cloves;
• curry and paprika - 1 teaspoon each;
• sugar - a pinch;
• salt, pepper, herbs.

Cooking

1. Mix mayonnaise with garlic, spices, sugar, salt and pepper, rub the bird with the mixture, leave for an hour.
2. Lubricate the carcasses with lemon juice, put lemon slices and sprigs of greens in the abdomen.
3. Each gherkin chicken is placed on the grill, on the middle grate, pouring a little water on the bottom of the device and preparing the delicacy for 30 minutes at 250 degrees.

Chicken gherkins on the grill

The following recipe will help you cook a delicacy over coals on the grill. In this case, gherkins are prepared on the basis of sunflower or olive oil with the addition of black pepper, paprika, thyme and garlic passed through a press. Optionally, you can add ground chili.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 3 pcs.;
• oil - 100 ml;
• paprika, pepper and thyme - 0.5 tsp each;
• salt.

Cooking

1. Chicken carcasses are cut along the abdomen, unfolded and beaten a little.
2. Mix the ingredients for the marinade and rub the bird with the mixture.
3. After 30 minutes, you can start frying the bird over the coals, laying it on the grill.
4. In half an hour, a delicious appetizer with a smoky flavor will be ready.

Gherkin Chicken Soup

Gherkin chicken turns out to be as dietary as possible and is suitable for use as a base even for children's first courses. However, hot dishes can be cooked using more sophisticated technologies, and thus provide your lunch meal with an unusual original dish.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkin - 1 pc.;
• smoked sausage and brisket - 150 g each;
• oil - 40 ml;
• beans - 200 g;
• water - 3 l;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• garlic - 3 cloves;
• paprika, pepper and salt - to taste;
• greenery.

Cooking

1. Soak the beans, leave for 12 hours.
2. The chicken is rubbed with salt, pepper and browned in the oven for 20 minutes.
3. Together with beans and smoked meats, the bird is sent to a pot of water.
4. They also add roasted onions and garlic, cook hot with barely noticeable languishing until the beans are soft.
5. Salt the soup, season, warm for a couple of minutes.

Chicken gherkins - recipe in a slow cooker

Frying a gherkin chicken in a slow cooker is especially simple. As a marinade, you can use the proposed mix of spices and spices, or take a set of ingredients that best suits individual preferences. Half an hour is enough for the meat to be saturated with aromas and become piquant.

Ingredients:

• chicken gherkins - 3 pcs.;
• soy sauce - 50 ml;
• oil - 50 ml;
• lemon - 0.5 pcs.;
• garlic - 2-3 cloves;
• salt pepper.

Cooking

1. The carcasses are rubbed with a mixture of salt, pepper and garlic.
2. Oil is mixed with lemon juice and soy sauce, poured over chicken with a mixture and left for 30 minutes.
3. Put the chicken in a bowl, pour the rest of the marinade and cook on the "Baking" for 40 minutes.

Chicken gherkin boiled-smoked

The next recipe is for smoked meat lovers. By implementing it, you can make an amazing appetizer with a smoky flavor with your own hands. In this case, it is important to determine how much to cook the gherkin chicken before smoking in order to achieve the right balance between the required degree of readiness of the pulp and its elasticity.