Chicken with salt in a cauldron

An unusual, non-standard solution for cooking chicken! Dietary meat and ease of cooking equals an ideal dish for the whole family. According to this recipe, it is very convenient to bake poultry meat in the conditions of nature or a picnic.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 45 % 5 g
Fats 55 % 6 g
Carbohydrates 0 % 0 g
70 kcal
GI: 0 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 2 h 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    At the beginning of cooking, you need to mix all the spices together with the oil.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Grease the chicken with spices, stuffing basil and rosemary inside

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Wrap the chicken in foil so that there are no holes. Very tight.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Put 2 kg of salt on the bottom of the cauldron and level it along the bottom.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Place the chicken in foil on top, so that it does not come into contact anywhere with the walls of the cauldron.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Cover with the rest of the salt. Completely submerging the chicken in salt.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Put the cauldron on the formed coals and throw some chips for a minimum fire to simmer the chicken in the cauldron for about 1 h. 20 min. After this time, the dish will be ready.

Chicken according to this recipe can be cooked not only in a cauldron, but also in an ordinary oven in your ordinary home kitchen. Pour and level a layer of salt about one centimeter thick on the bottom of the baking sheet, and then pour the chicken packed in foil on top with salt on top. Set the oven temperature to one hundred and eighty degrees for two hours. The final product turns out to be very tasty and dietary. Steamed meat turns out to be very soft and tender, dietary. It is worth noting that there should not be a single hole in the foil. In my experience, I recommend using only the meat of domestic chicken, as it is more tasty, dense and does not fall apart like a chicken from a poultry farm. This recipe is very convenient for cooking outdoors, on a picnic. Before the trip, we prepare everything necessary in the kitchen, and in nature we just put it in a cauldron and make a fire. The very process of cooking in a cauldron does not require constant attention, it is enough to infrequently put planks for minimal fire. After the chicken is immersed in salt, do not forget to sprinkle water on top. So it will be better to form a crust on top. According to exactly the same recipe, you can cook a duck, a leg of lamb or just a piece of loin with ribs. But the time for cooking lamb or pork should be increased by half an hour. Instead of rosemary, you can use cumin, thyme or parsley with dill. The herbs will steam up in the process and create an amazing fragrance for the bird. 

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Category I chicken - 238   kcal/100g
  • Chicken of the II category - 159   kcal/100g
  • Chicken, flesh without skin - 241   kcal/100g
  • Chickens - 140   kcal/100g
  • Fresh basil - 27   kcal/100g
  • Dried basil - 251   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Rosemary - 131   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Spices dry - 240   kcal/100g

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