Hello my dear readers. Agree that oven-baked chicken is one of the most delicious and delicious dishes. It can be prepared both for a solemn feast and for a family dinner. And you don't have to be a top-notch chef. You can easily cook an incredibly tasty dish yourself at home. I'll help you with this - I'll tell you how to marinate chicken for the oven.

1. How much to marinate a chicken depends on the weight of the carcass. If the meat will remain in the sauce for more than 2 hours, send it to the refrigerator. But small pieces of chicken are saturated with aromatic spices quite quickly - in 1-1.5 hours.
2. The easiest way to marinate meat is to send it into a mixture of spices and vegetable oil. Seasonings can be used according to your taste. As for the oil, olive, corn or sunflower oil will do.
3. Most recipes assume there is salt in the marinade. But do not rush to add it there. It is better to add salt to the meat 10 minutes before the end of cooking. Otherwise, the chicken will turn out to be dry and harsh.

What spices are best to use

Do you want to cook a real culinary masterpiece? Then get serious about your seasoning choices.

Peppers - chili, allspice or black. The latter is added to many dishes, so its use is, in fact, unremarkable. It's another matter if chili is added along with black pepper. The dish immediately takes on a Mexican flavor. Or try replacing it with a scented one. It turns out very tasty.

Nutmeg... If you will cook chicken with cheese or mushrooms, be sure to add this spice.

Curry... It is a great addition to grilled chicken. By the way, my friends, curry is a "combined" spice. It consists of several spices: mustard, nutmeg, cumin, coriander and hot pepper.

Turmeric... This spice will give the dish an original taste and a beautiful bright crust. Just do not overdo it with spice - add it in small quantities at first.

Aromatic herbs- mint, sage, thyme, basil, marjoram. You can use them singly or in combination. They will give the chicken a divine taste.

Marinade recipes

There are many options, from simple (in mayonnaise or vinegar) to exotic (in orange juice). I'll introduce you to some of them today.

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See recipes for chicken marinades with mouth-watering photos. And you can get acquainted with one of the most original in the article - "grilled chicken on beer".

Step-by-step recipe for marinade chicken legs in the sleeve

A very easy recipe to prepare. Baked chicken legs are juicy and aromatic. They go well with potatoes and any salad. At the end of baking, cut the sleeve to create a golden crust.

• 4 chicken legs;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 1 tsp provencal herbs;
• a pinch of red hot pepper;
• a pinch of sweet pepper;
• black pepper and salt to taste;
• 40 ml of olive oil.

Wash and dry the legs with paper towels. Chop the garlic with a garlic press. Pour oil into a bowl, add chopped garlic and spices. Mix everything well. Rub the chicken legs with the marinade, cover the bowl with cling film and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Sleeve the chicken and tie. Place the bag in a baking dish. Or you can use the oven rack for this. Place a baking sheet with cold water underneath. Pierce the sleeve with a knife in several places.

Bake for about 1 hour at 180 degrees. At the end of baking, cut the sleeve so that the chicken is golden brown. Serve with potatoes and vegetable salad.

How to marinate chicken in soy sauce

Do you like sweet meat? I just love it. Such yummy! I will share a classic recipe for combining meat in a sweet and sour marinade with the addition of honey. The dish is easy to prepare and incredibly tasty.

• 8 pcs. chicken drumsticks;
• 5-6 tsp honey;
• 4 tsp soy sauce;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 1 lemon;
• hot pepper to taste.

Wash your shins and pat dry with paper towels.

In a bowl, combine honey, soy sauce, and a pinch of hot ground pepper. Peel the garlic clove and cut into slices. Squeeze out the juice from half a lemon. Add garlic and lemon juice to the marinade. Stir. Place the meat in a bowl with marinade, mix the drumsticks with your hands. Place the bowl in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

Heat the oven to 160 degrees. Place the drumsticks in a heat-resistant dish, pour over the remaining marinade. Cut the other half of the lemon into slices and cover the shins on top.

Place the forum in the oven for about 40 minutes. Serve with baked potatoes. Bon Appetit!

How to make honey soy marinade

For 800 grams of thighs, take:

• 4 things. potatoes;
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil;
• 2 tbsp. liquid honey + soy sauce;
• ground pepper;
• a pinch of coriander and the same amount of basil.

Combine soy sauce, spices, butter and honey in a bowl. Dip the thighs in this spicy mixture and leave for a couple of hours. Marinated chicken takes on a honey flavor and a beautiful brownish hue.

We put the thighs in the sleeve. Cut the potatoes into several pieces, season with spices. You can add 4 cups of orange. Pierce the sleeve with a knife a couple of times. Put everything in a bag and cook at 200 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Try making a chicken this way - it's quick and easy. And my husband loves this dish.

Honey marinade for chicken legs

I bring to your attention a special Asian version of the spice mix. Combines the contrast of sweetness and pungency, plus will give the chicken an incredible taste. You can cook chicken legs or drumsticks in this way.

For a kilo of chicken legs you need to take:

• 6 tbsp soy sauce;
• 3 tbsp honey;
• a couple of garlic cloves;
• 3 tbsp sesame oil;
• black pepper (crushed);
• ginger root (about 4 cm).

Chop the garlic. Grate the ginger. Next, in soy sauce, mix all the components of the marinade. We immerse the chicken in the fragrant mass and leave it here for 1-1.5 hours.

Then we put the legs in a baking dish, pre-lined with foil. Next, we send it to an oven preheated to 180 degrees. The meat is baked for about half an hour. Do not forget to turn the legs over a couple of times during cooking.

What flavor will fill your kitchen! I think that even those who live in the next house smell it ???? Well, and your household will simply not be discouraged from the kitchen. Every now and then they will look here, hoping to hear the words: "Served to eat."

How to make kefir marinade

The meat prepared according to this recipe will turn out to be very tender and juicy. For 1.5 kg of chicken (we will cook the thighs), take:

• 2 tbsp not too hot mustard;
• 500 ml of 1% kefir;
• 4-5 garlic cloves;
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil;
• slightly ground hot pepper;
• a pinch of dried basil.

Chop the garlic. Then we mix it with the rest of the marinade components. We immerse the meat in this mixture and send it to the refrigerator overnight.

Then we shift it into a greased form and pour it with kefir marinade on top. It is advisable that the thighs are completely covered with this aromatic mixture. To make it softer, close the top of the form with foil, piercing it in several places with a knife. Next, we send the baking dish to an oven preheated to 180 degrees. We set the cooking time for 30-40 minutes.

How to marinate a bird in mayonnaise

This option is very quick and easy. A kilogram chicken will need 120 g of mayonnaise, 3-4 garlic cloves and salt + ground black pepper.

Chop the garlic peeled from the skin with the help of a garlic. Mix it with mayonnaise and pepper. Cut the chicken into 10 pieces. Separate the thighs, legs and wings. Next, we disconnect the breast from the back. Then we cut the breast into 2 parts and the back into 2 parts. We immerse pieces of chicken in the fragrant mass for 1-1.5 hours. Then put them in a slightly oiled baking dish and place them in a preheated oven.

The temperature in the oven during the roasting process of poultry should reach 200 degrees. Cook the chicken for about 20 minutes, then add a little salt and turn it over. We continue to bake the meat for another 15 minutes.

Honey mustard marinade for whole chicken

In this way, we will cook the whole bird. For a carcass weighing 1.5 kg you will need:

• 2 tsp liquid honey;
• 4 tablespoons whole grain mustard;
• 7 cloves of garlic (or a couple of tablespoons dry);
• 4 tablespoons oils (preferably olive oil);
• ground black pepper + salt.

Mix honey with 3 cloves of garlic crushed into gruel, butter and mustard. Season the mixture with pepper and salt, and then mix well. In this case, I advise you to salt the sauce immediately. I think that evenly adding a whole carcass at the end of cooking is unlikely to work. As a result, one part will come out too salty, and the other - not salted.

We arrange the bird in a baking dish and thoroughly coat it with the prepared sauce. We wash the remaining unpeeled garlic and place it in the inner cavity of the carcass. We send the chicken to the oven and bake it at 190 degrees for 20 minutes. Then we gently turn it over to the other side. And we continue to bake at the same thermal mode for another 30 minutes. Before removing the poultry from the oven, check the meat for readiness.

Grilled chicken marinade at home

The bird prepared according to this option will turn out like in a store. No one will suspect that you did this dish for the first time. For him, you will need the following products:

• chicken (weighing up to 1.5 kg);
• 2 tbsp vinegar or apple cider;
• 1 tbsp lemon juice;
• 4 cloves of garlic;
• 3 tbsp liquid honey;
• 1 tbsp sesame oil;
• fresh ginger root (up to 4 cm);
• salt;
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds.

Chop the garlic, finely rub the ginger root. Then we combine honey with ginger and garlic gruel. Add vinegar with juice and oil there.

I advise you to marinate the chicken in a bag. Pour the fragrant gruel here and place the carcass. Then close the bag and shake it well. This is necessary so that the spicy mass is evenly distributed over the entire surface of the bird. Place the meat in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.

Then remove the bird from the bag, salt it evenly and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Next, skewer the carcass. Use culinary string to secure the wings and legs. Place a baking sheet in the oven under the spit - the fat from the chicken will drain there. Otherwise, after cooking the grilled chicken, you, like Cinderella, will rip out the oven. And your family will gobble up the whole chicken at this time, without leaving you a piece ????

So that the meat does not turn out to be overdried, I advise you to cook it in two stages. First, grill it for 30-40 minutes. Then switch the oven to normal mode. And continue to cook the poultry for another 30-40 minutes at 200 degrees.

I am sure that chicken lovers will appreciate another recipe - “chicken tobacco”. Quite possibly it will become your signature dish ????

Additional tricks

If you decide to bake chicken in foil, remember that tightness is important in this cooking method. Otherwise, the meat juice will leak out, and the meat will turn out to be dry. Therefore, do not save foil - wrap the pieces generously with it.

You can also use a roasting sleeve for oven frying. In this case, be sure to make punctures in the sleeve with a toothpick. This must be done to allow steam to escape. Otherwise, the sleeve will begin to inflate and how it will bang. By the way, with potatoes and other vegetables, you will immediately make a ready-made dish with a side dish. I am now adding another half of the orange, cut into wedges. It turns out very tasty.

Do not use fresh herbs for making the marinade. During the baking process, it will turn black and ruin the appearance of the dish. The best option is to replace the greens with dried herbs. And if you don't like the smell of burnt garlic in the oven, replace it with dry one. It is sold in any store.

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