Chicken baked with chestnuts turns out to be very juicy, as it is constantly poured with juice. This dish is perfect for special occasions or simple gatherings with friends and family.
It is necessary
- relatives.
- - 1 whole chicken
- - 3 tbsp. sunflower oil
- 15- peeled chestnuts
- - 2 medium onions,
- - 2 cloves of garlic,
- - 120 ml sherry a,
- - 2 tsp dry thyme,
- - 1 tbsp. ground coriander,
- - pepper and salt to taste.
Instructions
Step 1
First you need to wash and dry the chicken. Then rub it inside and outside with salt and pepper.
Step 2
Finely chop the onion and garlic.
Step 3
2 tbsp is heated in a frying pan. sunflower oil. Chestnuts and bay leaves are placed in it, everything is fried for 5-7 minutes, then onions and garlic are added there, everything is sprinkled with salt and pepper, and it is fried again for 3-5 minutes. Then add sherry and 1 tsp. thyme. It is fried further for 4-5 minutes, then removed from the heat and the mixture cools down.
Step 4
The remaining thyme is mixed with the coriander.
Step 5
Between the skin and meat of the chicken, you need to carefully stick your fingers and smear there with a spicy mixture.
Step 6
A chestnut filling is placed inside the chicken. As a result, the chicken is stabbed with toothpicks or sutured.
Step 7
Next, the chicken is placed in a baking dish and placed in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. It is baked for 1, 5 hours, every 15 minutes it is poured with juices that stand out.
Step 8
The finished chicken should be allowed to lie down for 20 minutes at room temperature. Then remove the filling and cut into portions.
Step 9
Before serving, the chicken is watered with a chestnut-onion mixture.
