A real decoration of the holiday table, of course, is tasty meat with a beautiful ruddy and delicious crust. The decoration is not in the sense of decor, but from the point of view of professional cooking, because, unfortunately, not every housewife can even achieve a uniform level of roasting meat. Especially when the meat is fried in batter. Here you need to take into account several factors that may prevent you from achieving a certain goal.
The most common in modern cooking are chicken chops. Why from chicken meat? First, it is tender and tasty. And secondly, such chops can literally eat all the guests of your feast, without fear of abuse of a large number of calories. And thirdly, it is in the process of roasting chicken meat in batter, even an aspiring cook can achieve real success by bringing a really golden and delicious crust to the table.
You can learn about all this and many other things from our article, learn how to cook chops using several recipes, and learn some secrets from culinary professionals.
Recipe 1: Chicken Chops
Ingredients Required:
- chicken legs - 3 pcs .;
- pickled gherkins, pickle - 1 bank;
- lemon - 0.5 pcs .;
- corn flakes - 100 g;
- egg - 1 pc .;
- Sesame seeds - 2 tbsp.
Cooking method:
Place the chicken legs on the work surface and carefully separate the bones from the meat. We place each chicken legs separately in bags and with the help of a culinary hammer, gently beat them off. Put the meat in a container and pour it with lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper, close the container and set aside meat for 30-40 minutes.
Brine pickles together with all the spices that were in it, pour the pickled meat and still set aside for 1 hour.
Then, separately in a bowl, beat the egg and add sesame seeds to it. Stir with a spoon. Pour the cornflakes in a separate plate or on baking paper (as you prefer).
Take the meat out of the pickle, dip each piece in the egg-sesame mixture, and then roll in cornflakes.
Pour corn oil into the pan, heat it well and put the pieces of meat in it. The oil should immediately get stuck - do not be alarmed, this is correct !!! It should be so. Immediately we lower the fire above the minimum and, without covering the pan with a lid, fry the meat first on one side, and then turn the meat over, and continue to fry it on the other side. Make sure that the crust on both sides is fried to the same level of roasting. Only in this case they will have a delightful look.
Now spread a paper towel on a wide plate, and move the ready chops to it - in 5 minutes it will absorb all the excess fat. Serve on a beautiful green pillow, and delight your loved ones with culinary art.
Recipe 2: Chicken Chops with Cheese
The original taste, beautiful appearance, crisp golden crust - all this you get as a result, when cooking chops according to this recipe.
Ingredients Required:
- chicken fillet - 0.5 kg;
- Dutch cheese - 100 g;
- white ground pepper and salt.
Ingredients for batter:
- mayonnaise - 3 tbsp .;
- eggs - 3 pcs .;
- flour - 3 tbsp. l .;
- salt and ground white pepper.
Cooking method:
We will wash the chicken fillet, dry it carefully, remove all the veins and cartilage. If you come across a well-fed fillet, that is, not flat, then you can cut it by the method, as when you are cutting sausage. The chops you get smaller, but it will look beautiful. In the event that you are a lover of large chops, then cut the fillets into 2-3 pieces. Place the sliced pieces of meat between two layers of film or in a plastic bag and beat them a little on both sides. Do not hit hard with a hammer, so as not to break the fibers.
Now salt and pepper each piece of meat. Lay them one by one in a column and set aside for 20 minutes - let them marinate.
Prepare a batter. Beat the eggs in a bowl and whisk well. After that, add mayonnaise and a little salt and pepper to the eggs. Stir with a spoon. Now add flour to batter until your batter forms a consistency as for a pancake dough. Set aside - the klyar also needs a little rest))
On a large grater rub Dutch cheese.
Place a teflon pan on the stove, pour oil into it and heat it well. Dip a piece of meat in one side and put it on the butter with the batter down. Put a handful of grated cheese on top of a piece of meat and pour batter on it with a tablespoon so that it completely covers the cheese. Fry chops on the fire below average, without covering the pan with a lid. When the underside is beautifully browned, gently turn over each piece of meat and continue to fry.
You will get beautiful, curly golden chops, and most importantly - incredibly tasty.
Recipe 3: Pineapple Chicken Chops
Another festive recipe for baking chicken chops, this time in original cheese and pineapple batter. Interested?
Ingredients Required:
- chicken fillet - 01.5 kg;
- Bank of canned pineapple rings;
- Dutch cheese - 200 g;
- black olives - a jar and greens for decoration.
Cooking method:
This time, the washed and dried breast is cut into approximately such chunks, what size is the pineapple ring. We place them under the film and beat off slightly with a hammer. Sprinkle with salt and white pepper and set aside for 15-20 minutes.
Turn on the oven and heat it up to 160 C. Pour the corn oil at the bottom of the pan. We extract a pineapple ring and black olives from the jar - exactly as much as we have pieces of meat. Grate cheese. Now we will lay out the meat on a baking sheet, put a pineapple ring on each piece, and 1 piece in the middle. pitted black olives. Sent in the oven for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, sprinkle each piece of meat with grated cheese and again send it to the oven for another 7-10 minutes. Put chops on a plate, decorate them with greens, and - woo-ala. Enjoy your meal.
Chicken chops - secrets and tips from the best chefs
- Often it happens when the next batch of chops does not form a beautiful golden color in the frying process. Therefore, after each subsequent batch, it is recommended to look at the oil in a skillet. If the oil is not transparent, and you can see pieces of batter from the previous batch, it is better to transfer it through a sieve, wash the pan, pour the oil again and continue the process.
- To make the meat tender and pleasant to the taste, we recommend sprinkling salt and pepper pieces of meat to hold for 15-20 minutes, and only then proceed to roasting.
