You can find various ways to roast chicken in the oven, but the unusual recipes for cooking lime breast or chicken with honey are unlikely to leave anyone indifferent. Dishes are prepared quickly and easily, and even connoisseurs of the finest restaurants can enjoy their taste.
Lime chicken breast with assorted vegetables
To cook delicious and tender breast in the oven, you will need the following products:
- 4 chicken breast fillets;
- 600 grams of young potatoes;
- 350 grams of carrots;
- 350 grams of young pea pods;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of lime juice;
- 1 teaspoon lime zest;
- 80 grams of butter;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 4 sprigs of basil;
- salt;
- ground pepper.
First, start preparing the vegetables for the platter. Rinse the potatoes, peel and boil. Peel the carrots and cut into slices, blanch them with the young peas in lightly salted water for four minutes. Then put the vegetables in a colander and immediately pour over them with cold water.
You can now start preparing the chicken breasts. To do this, grate the fine lime zest and squeeze the juice out of the fruit. Mix the required amount of these ingredients with 50 grams of oil, add garlic passed through a press to them and salt the dressing.
Rub the chicken fillet with salt and pepper, brush with lime oil dressing and place on a baking sheet. Top with lime juice again. Grill the chicken in the oven for five minutes on each side.
Simmer the prepared vegetables in the remaining oil, salt. Rinse basil sprigs and chop finely, sprinkle vegetables with basil. Before serving, place the vegetables on a baking sheet with the breasts and roast them in the oven for another 3-4 minutes.
Arrange the cooked grilled meats and assorted vegetables on plates and serve.
It will take you no more than half an hour to prepare this delicious dish. The calculation of the products is given for four servings.
Delicate chicken with honey, baked in the oven
Another chicken dish that can be roasted in the oven. To prepare it, you need the following products:
- 500 grams of chicken fillet;
- 1 apple;
- 1 pinch of oregano;
- 100 grams of shelled nuts;
- 6-7 sprigs of red currant;
- 50 ml of olive oil;
- pepper;
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey;
- salt.
Peel the apple, remove the core and grate the pulp. Crush the nuts in a blender. Rinse and dry the currant berries. Stir the ingredients in a bowl.
Rub the chicken fillet with salt and pepper, then sprinkle with dried oregano. Make a long pocket-shaped cut in the breast, fill it with the prepared filling. Fasten the edges of the pocket with a wooden skewer or tie the breast with culinary thread.
Preheat the oven to 200 ° C, brush the top of the chicken breast with honey, then wrap the meat in oiled foil and place on a baking sheet. Bake the breast for an hour. Before serving, cut the meat into slices, decorate the dish as desired.
