How buckwheat is cooked with chicken in the oven
Buckwheat with chicken in the oven is a tasty, satisfying, easy-to-prepare dish, and most importantly, healthy. In addition to proteins, fats and carbohydrates, it has a high content of vitamins B6, PP, phosphorus, manganese, cobalt and copper.
At the same time, the energy value is only 142 kcal, which allows you to include food in diet rations and children's menus. It is not contraindicated in pregnant women, lactating women, diabetics and elderly people.
Buckwheat with chicken in the oven
To prepare it, you will need to take:
- chicken drumsticks - 6 pcs.;
- carrots - 1 pc.;
- onions - 1 pc.;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- fresh mushrooms - 200 g;
- buckwheat - 300 g;
- water - 600 ml;
- mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. l .;
- seasonings for chicken, salt, pepper - to taste.
The process of cooking buckwheat with chicken in the oven consists of the following steps:
- First, you need to marinate the chicken legs - salt and sprinkle with special chicken seasoning. If the latter is not at hand, then it can be replaced with a mixture of curry, basilica, hops-suneli, various peppers, paprika. Add chopped garlic, mayonnaise, stir and marinate for a while.
- Then, to cook buckwheat with chicken in the oven, coarsely grate the carrots, chop the onions and mushrooms (champignons, oyster mushrooms, any forest mushrooms).
- Fry the mushrooms in a little oil. Add onions, carrots to them, fry, at the very end, salt, lightly pepper. Put buckwheat, vegetables with mushrooms in a refractory container, add a little salt, pour boiling water. Put the chicken on top.
- Turn on the oven at 190 degrees and send the buckwheat with chicken to the oven for 40 minutes until cooked. As soon as the legs are browned, the buckwheat swells, the oven should be turned off, but it is better to get the dish after 20 minutes so that the porridge is completely cooked.
Instead of mayonnaise, you can take mustard and soy sauce, and replace hot spices with any spicy herbs.
Baking food in the oven is very convenient because there is no need to constantly be at the stove.
Buckwheat with chicken in pots in the oven
Buckwheat porridge cooked in a pot turns out fragrant and crumbly. The chicken is very juicy and tender. Since ceramic pots create a languishing effect, the dish is like from a Russian stove.
To complete this recipe for buckwheat with chicken in the oven, you need to take (for 2 servings):
- chicken fillet - 250 g;
- buckwheat - 1 tbsp.;
- carrots - 1 pc.;
- tomatoes - 1 pc.;
- sweet pepper - 1/2 pc.;
- onions - 1 pc.;
- butter - 40 g;
- Italian herbs, salt to taste.
First, the fillet is cut into small pieces and evenly distributed over the pots, spices are put there, mixed and left for 10 minutes.
Then coarsely rub the carrots and add to the chicken, randomly chop a small onion and put half a head in each pot. Tomato is chopped with a sharp knife and also sent in half for onions. In the last turn, add chopped bell peppers and half a glass of buckwheat. Pour all the ingredients with a glass of salted water.
Before cooking buckwheat with chicken in the oven, cover the pots with lids. Put in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 40-50 minutes. After the specified time, the buckwheat is taken out, a piece of butter is added to each bowl and put back to simmer for 10 minutes.
The finished dish is mixed, it can be served both in pots and laid out on a plate.
Buckwheat pilaf with chicken
This dish is very tasty and cooks faster than classic pilaf.
For him you need to take:
- chicken fillet - 350 g;
- carrots 2 pcs.;
- onions - 2 pcs.;
- garlic - 1 head;
- vegetable oil - 60 ml;
- cumin, salt, pepper - to taste.
The preparation is as follows:
- First, you should prepare the products - cut the chicken into small pieces, into strips - carrot, optionally a bow. Rinse buckwheat.
- Pour vegetable oil into a cauldron and heat up strongly. Fry the onions, then add the carrots, stir and cook for 5 minutes with the lid open.
- Then lower the chicken. As soon as it is slightly browned, salt and pepper well, add buckwheat, level and pour boiling water so that the water level is 1 cm higher than the cereal level.
- Now the fire should be reduced to a minimum, close the cauldron tightly with a lid.
- When the cereal absorbs most of the liquid, buckwheat should be raked to the center with a small slide, the unpeeled head of garlic should be buried in it, rubbed with cumin in the palm of your hand and sprinkled with pilaf. If there is not enough water, then it should be added at this stage.
When the buckwheat is ready, mix the contents of the cauldron and serve hot on a flat dish. Separately, offer a salad of fresh vegetables.
Garlic is optional. It acquires a specific taste and many people like it.
Chicken with buckwheat in the sleeve
This recipe will be appreciated by those who follow a healthy diet and a variety of diets.
It will require:
- buckwheat groats - 1 tbsp.;
- chicken meat - 300 g;
- onions - 1 pc.;
- vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l .;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
First, the cereals are washed, poured with boiling water (400 ml), and allowed to swell for 30 minutes. Then the chicken (any part) is cut or chopped into small pieces. Fry chopped onions in well-heated oil until golden brown and mix it with chicken, buckwheat and spices.
Then the mixture is distributed in the sleeve, tied and pricked from above in several places. Send in an oven heated to 190 degrees for 30 minutes. Serve with herbs and any sauce.
Buckwheat with chicken legs, sour cream and cheese
This recipe is higher in calories than the previous one.
For him, the legs are rubbed with salt and dry spices, for example, hops-suneli, greased with sour cream or mayonnaise. Buckwheat is poured onto a greased baking sheet, half-rings of onion are spread on it, then - chicken, salted water is poured, sprinkled with grated cheese. Bake in the oven at 210 degrees for 40-50 minutes. Can be browned for 10 minutes under the grill.