Tea chicken

Description

I want to introduce you to a rather unusual recipe for cooking Christmas Turkey. Yeah, yeah, I'm not mistaken, just before Christmas is still far away, and to check and test the offer on the chicken, which may even need to prepare for the New year. So what, who cares, you are invited to visit.

Ingredients

Chicken

1700 g
Black pepper
Olive oil

2 Tbsp
Mineral water

1.5 l
Tea bags

4 pack
Brown sugar

100 g
Salt

70 g
Red onion

1 piece
Orange

2 piece
Lemon

1 piece
Black pepper

0.5 tsp
Garlic

2 tooth
Ice

300 g

Cooking

The ingredients for the marinade (except onions and garlic!) this according to the weight of a bird if it more, it is necessary to increase the amount of marinade ingredients. Bring water to a boil and brew in her tea.

Add salt and sugar and stir well until dissolved last. In warm water, put pepper and garlic, sliced into 4 pieces onions, oranges and lemon. Let the marinade cool completely, and then strongly cooled, by placing it in the refrigerator.

Ready to cook, put the chicken breast down and top with two hands with force to press to broke the cartilage of the breast, then it will not perform and burn while cooking, Remove the chicken fat that is on the inner side of the thigh, if not, you can use lard and beat it. Lifting the skin on the breast, beneath her fat, which protects the breast from drying out, and it will remain juicy. If you want you can put the fat fragrant weed.

Pour the marinade in a suitable size container, add ice and put the chicken breast down for at least 12 hours (be sure to turn the chicken a couple of times to marinade visited and back). Send the chicken in the fridge. If you have a cold, it is possible to leave her on the balcony.

A couple of hours before cooking remove the chicken and all the ingredients from the marinade, rinse under running water, allowed to drain, and wipe dry.

Place the garlic, lemon slices and orange chicken (as will fit).

Stab farshirovanaya hole culinary pin (toothpick).

Wrap tips of wings and legs with foil. Tie the legs together. Whole chicken, pepper and brush with olive oil.

Put on a baking tray, covered with baking paper, grate for roasting. On top place the chicken and bake in pre-heated to 190"C oven until tender. Do not forget to grease the chicken released when baking juice.

I did not specify exact cooking time, because we all have different oven, but I baked at a temperature of 190"C - 20 min., then lowered the temperature to 160"C and bake another 25 minutes, and at the end put the chicken on for 5 minutes under the grill. Be guided by your oven.

Here's a tanned beauty turned out.

Summary: the Chicken turned out very juicy and flavorful, with crispy tanned skin. The taste of the tea does not feel. Salt normal, I was even a little doselevel. Absolutely no sweets. Conclusion - for Christmas to cook the Turkey for this recipe!!! And I recommend you to run a test on the chicken, hope the recipe will take root in your home! Piece.

Very tasty serve this chicken with your favorite rice. And I have my beloved Jasmine! P. S. I foresee a question - what does the tea? I was looking for an answer, but... is not found. Most likely, tea+sugar improve the fermentation process. The chicken is very evenly covered with a beautiful tan, I didn't need to put her under the grill and are best left in the oven for another 15 minutes. So add the tea or not - you have to decide.

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