Chicken breast with pumpkin. Baked pumpkin with chicken and cheese

In autumn, the main vegetable is a pumpkin, you can cook desserts and main dishes from it. Chicken with pumpkin in the oven is a hearty, healthy and dietary dish that is perfect for dinner.

The pumpkin turns out tender, fragrant and spicy, because garlic gives sharpness, lemon juice gives an incredible aroma and sourness. The chicken is very tender and cuddly. You can use any part of the chicken: drumstick, wings, chicken breasts. It is prepared quite quickly and simply.

You will be surprised, but salted pumpkin is even tastier than sweet, the main thing is to fill it with spices correctly. Such spices go well with pumpkin: hot pepper, paprika, nutmeg, garlic, ginger. Be sure to pour over the finished dish with the gravy, which will turn out from the juice of chicken and vegetables, it will add a bright shade. This dish can be served even to small children, because it turns out to be light and dietary.

Pumpkin is very useful and low-calorie, it consists of 90% of water. It is very useful for digestion, non-allergenic, so it can be eaten by children and people on a diet.

Chicken with pumpkin in the oven recipe with photo

Ingredients

• Pumpkin - 300 g.
• Chicken fillet - 300 g.
• Onion - 1 pc.
• Garlic - 2 tooth.
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp
• Water - 1 glass
• Salt - 0.5 tsp
• Spices - to taste

How to cook pumpkin with chicken

Rinse the pumpkin under running water, peel, cut into small cubes. Onion cut into thin slices. Do not chop the onion large, it should have time to bake.

We cut the chicken breast into pieces 1-1.5 cm wide, do not cut it very thinly, because the pumpkin is cooked for a long time. Season it with spices: salt, ground black pepper, turmeric. Put the chicken fillet in a hot frying pan with vegetable oil and fry for about 1 minute on each side. If you want more dietary meat, you can not fry the meat.

Pour water into a bowl, add salt and crushed garlic. It is advisable to pour warm water so that the salt dissolves quickly and the vegetables cook quickly.

Pour the fat from the pan, which remains from the chicken, into the baking dish, then put all the vegetables on the bottom of the dish, and then the meat. Be sure to salt a little and mix so that the salt is evenly distributed. Fill with spicy water, it should cover all the vegetables, then they will quickly cook. Put in the oven for 30 minutes at 180C.

We take out the chicken with pumpkin and serve it hot. This is an excellent dish for children and adults, especially for those who adhere to proper nutrition. Bon appetit!

And if you want to make a pumpkin dessert, then it is

Adviсe

1. To make the side dish delicious. You must buy a ripe pumpkin. The vegetable should be without damage, the peel is thin and light orange in color. The color of the pulp should be bright.
2. Cut the pumpkin into small pieces so that it cooks quickly, it does not take long to cook, usually 30 minutes is enough. Check with a knife for doneness, if it breaks easily, it is ready.
3. Garlic gives the dish a taste and aroma, if you do not like it, you can add sour cream or tomato paste to the filling, then it will not be bland.
4. Salt is added to water and vegetables, so be careful not to over-salt.
5. Water is added so that the vegetables cook quickly, at the end of cooking it turns into a delicious gravy, which can be poured over the meat.
6. Fresh greens refresh the dish, I did not add it, since not all family members like it. But you can sprinkle with parsley, dill, cilantro.
7. In addition to pumpkin, you can add the following vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, bell pepper, green peas, zucchini, eggplant. Then you get a super vitamin dish.

Do you know how delicious it is, if not, then be sure to cook it at home before the pumpkin season is over. It's no secret that they are often baked with vegetables or on a vegetable pillow. Thanks to the vegetables, you get a very tasty side dish that complements the meat.

Most often, potatoes are baked with chicken meat, although in addition to it, there are a very large number of tasty and healthy vegetables that can be used to diversify numerous types of meat. These include asparagus, green beans, eggplant, sweet peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, onions, artichoke, pumpkin.

I love pumpkin very much and most often I cook sweet desserts and pastries from it. Soups and main courses are somewhat less common, but you never had to bake pumpkin with chicken. This year I decided to make this dish. Chicken with pumpkin turned out very, very tasty. If you love this vegetable, be sure to cook with pumpkin in the oven. Take sweet varieties of pumpkin for baking.

It is such a pumpkin that is sold in suparmarkets, while in the market they can also sell fodder varieties of pumpkin. Regarding chicken, I would like to add that for baking, you can take one or another part of it or even a whole carcass. Today I want to show you how delicious and quick to bake chicken thighs in the oven in a spicy marinade with spices.

This marinade is also suitable for roasting a whole chicken carcass, but in order for it to bake accurately, I recommend using a baking bag. Pumpkin can be placed both in the middle of the chicken carcass and around it. In addition to vegetable chicken, I used only onions, but you can add potatoes, carrots, prunes, mushrooms, dried apricots, bell peppers, grated cheese to the dish.

Ingredients:

• Chicken legs - 1 kg.,
• Pumpkin - 300-400 gr.,
• Spices - 1 teaspoon,
• Balsamic vinegar - 3 tbsp. spoons,
• Apple cider vinegar - 2 tbsp. spoons,
• Salt - 1 coffee spoon without a slide,
• Garlic - 3 cloves,
• Onions - 2 pcs.,
• Sunflower refined oil - 80-100 ml.

Chicken with pumpkin in the oven - recipe

Any parts of the chicken for roasting, whichever you choose, should be checked for the presence of feathers, and then be sure to rinse with cold water. Before marinating, it is advisable to blot the meat with napkins or paper towels. Whole chicken legs, consisting of a thigh and a drumstick, it is advisable to cut into two parts at the joint. Today I will bake chicken thighs with pumpkin.

Peel a piece of pumpkin from the peel and seeds. Cut the pumpkin pulp into cubes about 2 by 2 cm in size.

Peel the onion and cut it into rings. Cut the onion rings in half. And in half again. The result should be quarter rings.

We proceed to the next stage - the preparation of the marinade. To do this, pour sunflower oil into a bowl.

Pour in the spices.

There are no strict rules for choosing them for marinating chicken. You can buy ready-made spices for chicken or chicken, or mix your favorite spices. Most often I cook spices for meat and fish on my own. In this recipe for baking chicken with pumpkin in the oven, I used a mixture of spices from paprika, black pepper, curry, dry adjika.

Pour in the balsamic vinegar, but don't confuse it with plain grape vinegar. Balsamic vinegar is very sweet and thick, while ordinary grape vinegar is very similar in texture and taste to table vinegar, but at the same time differs from it in ruby ​​color and a characteristic smell of grapes. If you do not have it, then replace it with a teaspoon of honey.

In the chicken marinade, peel and squeeze the garlic through a press.

Pour in apple cider vinegar.

Pour in the salt.

Mix the marinade.

Pour the resulting spicy marinade with vegetable oil, vinegar and spices chicken legs (drumsticks, wings or breast). Keep a little marinade for marinating vegetables. Using your hands, rub the marinade over the chicken pieces until they are completely covered. In a bowl, combine pumpkin and onion. Pour marinade over them. Stir.

Place the chicken thighs in a baking dish.

Arrange pickled vegetables around them.

Heat the oven up to 180C. At this temperature with vegetables in the oven should be baked for at least 35 minutes. chicken and vegetables during baking must be watered with the juice formed at the bottom of the mold. Make sure the chicken is ready by piercing it with the tip of a knife. If clear juice appears instead of blood, then it is already well baked and you can safely take it out of the oven.

Chicken with pumpkin in the oven. Photo

Wonderful juicy lean meat in a citrus marinade, what could be better? Treat yourself to a sunny lunch on rainy autumn days…

Ingredients

(for 3 servings)

1.5 chicken breast (skinless and boneless, 3 fillets)
- 2 oranges
- 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
- 500 g pumpkin
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 tsp spice mixes (chili, paprika, cinnamon, oregano)
- 1 tsp dry thyme (optional)

Recipe

Prepare the marinade for the chicken. In a bowl with chicken fillet, add sunflower oil, zest and juice of one orange, 2 tsp. spice mixes. Mix well. Leave overnight (or at least 3-4 hours). Do not salt.

Cut the zest from the second orange and, using the tip of a knife, remove the slices, separating them from all films and membranes. Collect the orange fillet and all the juice in a bowl.

Put the chicken fillet in a baking dish and pour the remaining marinade (I have a special foil dish, but you can use any heat-resistant form). Bake in an oven preheated to 240 C for about 50 minutes.

In the meantime, peel the pumpkin from the peel and seeds, cut the flesh into small cubes. Crush the garlic clove with the blade of a wide knife. In a frying pan, heat 1 tbsp. olive oil, fry the garlic in it until golden brown and remove. Put the pumpkin in garlic oil and fry on all sides over medium heat until golden brown. Add orange juice and fillet, salt, pepper, add thyme. Simmer until the pumpkin is soft over low heat for about 15 minutes.

Serve chicken breast with warm pumpkin sauté, garnished with thyme.

The meat marinated in this way is incredibly juicy and soft. The main thing is not to overdo it in the oven. if you are calm about salt, then it is better not to salt the meat at all, so you will be able to fully enjoy its spicy citrus note. A wonderful addition to such a saute dish, which will add satiety and piquancy. If you can't find thyme, don't worry, you can replace it with a sprig of thyme.

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The oil from the marinade and during frying is not completely absorbed into the product.

Chicken breast with pumpkin in the oven. Unusual dish

I have some butternut squash left.
Butternut squash is one of the most delicate and fragrant types of pumpkin.
The good thing is that there are no seeds in the narrow part (neck) of the pumpkin. It is very convenient for cooking.
And since I just had a cup with seeds left, it was decided to bake something interesting in it.
The choice fell on chicken with prunes.
The dish will be sweet.
Almost dessert, cinnamon will give the dish an unusual savory flavor.

Ingredients:

● Chicken breast -1\2 pieces
● Pumpkin -1 piece
● Apple -1 piece
● Prunes - a generous handful
● Cinnamon -1 tsp.
● Salt, sugar, pepper - to taste

1. We free the pumpkin from seeds. I have a very small pumpkin.
This is easily done with your hands and a spoon.
Our pumpkin bowl is ready to be stuffed.

2.Cut the apple and chicken breast fillet into cubes. You can take any apples. I didn't peel the skin off the apple, but you can do that if you want.
So it will be softer.
But be careful so that the apples do not turn into porridge.
Cut prunes into pieces.
Now sprinkle the ingredients with cinnamon, sugar, salt and pepper to your liking.
Mix everything thoroughly and put in a bowl of pumpkin.
I baked the pumpkin in foil, so it will not burn and bake well.

We wrap the chicken breast with pumpkin in foil and put it in the oven preheated to 180-190 degrees.
Approximate baking time is 1 hour.
The readiness of the pumpkin depends on its size and density.
Butternut squash cooks pretty quickly, but it's better to overdo it.
In the end, no one canceled the toothpick check.

3. 10 minutes before the pumpkin is ready, unfold the foil so that the top layer is baked and looks more appetizing.
You can sprinkle grated cheese on top, then there will be an appetizing crust.

If desired, you can cut the pumpkin into pieces, but it is advisable to let it cool a little beforehand.

Pig and chicken breast with pumpkin in the oven

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