Chicken aspic can be prepared for a festive table or a regular dinner. It will turn out fragrant, not too high in calories and not fatty. To prepare this dish, you can choose any part of the chicken, you will also need vegetables: carrots, onions, green peas, tomatoes, garlic, etc.
It is necessary
- chicken legs or breasts - 2 kg;
- chicken paws - 15 pcs.;
- water - 1.5-2 liters (the liquid should cover the meat a little);
- carrots - 2 pcs;
- onions - 2 pcs;
- spices to taste (peppercorns, mustard seeds);
- salt;
- Bay leaf;
- 3-4 boiled eggs;
- canned green peas;
- lemon - 2 slices;
- 7 cloves of garlic;
- greens to taste (parsley or dill).
Instructions
Step 1
Some housewives add gelatin to the aspic to make the dish harden better and faster. But you can do without this ingredient if you know the correct proportions of meat and water. It is also best to use chicken parts with a lot of gelling agent. For example, chicken legs and wings.
Step 2
Before cooking, the meat must be properly prepared, especially for chicken legs. With the help of large scissors, cut off all the nails, and then pour the product with boiling water and leave for 2-3 minutes, then remove the rough skin. The hot water makes it much easier to remove the top layer from the legs.
Step 3
All the meat is put into a saucepan, soaked in water for 1 hour, then all the liquid is drained and a new one is added so that it covers the meat a little. Put on fire and bring to a boil, constantly remove the foam so that the broth is transparent. Then add 2 carrots and onions, salt a little. The meat is boiled for 4-5 hours, and 30 minutes before turning off the fire, put all the spices and bay leaf, remove the fat from the top, pour chopped garlic.
Step 4
The meat is taken out of the broth and allowed to cool. And at this time, all the chopped vegetables, peas, herbs and eggs are laid out in the form. The chicken is disassembled and the meat is laid out on vegetables, poured with strained broth, the liquid is allowed to cool and placed in the refrigerator until it solidifies.
