Smoked chicken at home

Chicken for many because of its wonderful taste and lightness - a favorite type of meat. A smoked chicken - one of the most beloved by children and adults ways to cook the bird. Make smoked chicken house is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. Reveal the secrets and subtleties of smoked chicken at home.

To smoke meat and poultry people began in ancient times, it is true, then woodsmoke products were treated to suppress the proliferation of harmful bacteria. Today, the purpose of smoking - give the product a distinctive flavor and taste.

Smoked chicken can be seen on the shelves of many stores, and it is tempting with its spicy flavor and delicate aroma. However, there are even more delicious smoked chicken, rather than one that is sold in stores - is home smoked chicken. For its preparation, of course, something that is required - first of all it elektrokoptilnya, which today can easily buy everyone to enjoy smoked delicacies prepared with their own hands.

Bloating chicken can be as a whole or its individual parts - wings, legs, breast, etc. It is important to choose a good "source material", note: the chicken in any case should not be tainted the - if there is at least a hint of stickiness and mucus abstain from buying a chicken for smoking. More delicious - females, their meat is softer, moreover, it is better to choose only young females.

Before smoking carcass rinse under running water. Further methods of preparing birds for smoking depend solely on the taste and wishes chefs:

• Boil the chicken a few minutes, dipped in boiling salted water, then dry it (better suited for the whole carcass);
• Soak chicken in brine (1 cup salt to 1 liter of water): Put in a large container, pour the brine and leave for 3 days, and then rinse under running water, dried (for individual parts of the carcass);
• Soak the chicken in the marinade (for 1 kg of chicken boiled 1.5l unheated water, 4 tablespoons of salt, 3 tablespoons vinegar): whole carcass or parts of the chicken and pour the marinade for 12 hours to remove a cold, covering the yoke, after get this out of the marinade, pat dry, rub with salt, lightly boil the chicken (so the meat will be more tender) - prepared in this way need to smoke chicken 3-5 minutes, then leave for an hour in the draft.

Recipe chicken smoked

You will need: 1 chicken carcass, brine (300 g of meat 2 onions, 3 tablespoons spicy sauce and butter, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, parsley, salt).

Chicken rub with salt, remove to 4-5hours in the cold. Bring to a boil the water with spices (1 liter of water is necessary to take a specified number of lemon juice, onion, parsley root, oil, spicy sauce), onion and parsley in the water before adding finely chopped. Boil for a few minutes all, let cool, put the chicken in the brine and 3-4ch leave, then for the same time dry them by hanging. Smoke the chicken until cooked in the smokehouse.

For a chicken can be cooked sauce: take 100 grams of butter and the same walnut, 3 onions, 10 g of vinegar, 5 g of cilantro, 1 tablespoon flour, 1 head of garlic, saffron, spices to taste, salt. Onions need 10 minutes to fry, chopped, put the flour, gradually dissolve all the water, add vinegar, salt, herbs. Cut chicken, boil cooked sauce for 10 minutes, add the crushed nuts, saffron infusion. Served such as smoked chicken cold snacks.

Of course, eat smoked chicken can not just "pure form". Options salads Smoked chicken weight. For example, blends smoked chicken with pineapple, prunes, mushrooms, Korean carrots, mushrooms, beans, croutons, cheese and many other products. The main thing to remember when you make a salad of smoked chicken, do not overdo it with the dressing to the aroma and flavor of smoked poultry is not interrupted. In general, smoked hen can be combined with both vegetables and fruit - this is another field for experimentation, which is often true masterpieces are born!

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