Chicken stuffed with mushrooms in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to bake a chicken stuffed with mushrooms in the oven? There is nothing easier! First, prepare all the necessary ingredients according to the list. Instead of fresh garlic, you can use 2 tablespoons of dry powder. This is especially true of the garlic that needs to be rubbed on the chicken, because pieces of fresh garlic can burn in the oven.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel the garlic. Pass five cloves for marinating chicken through a press, and finely chop the remaining two cloves for filling with a knife.

3. Step 3:

   

   Wash the chicken, dry it. Lubricate the bird inside and out with vegetable oil and rub with garlic and spices passed through the press. If you use ready-made spice mixes, be sure to read the composition on the package. Often, salt is already present in such mixtures, take this into account, otherwise you risk over-salting the dish. Leave the chicken to marinate for 1.5 hours in the refrigerator.

4. Step 4:

   

   While the chicken is marinating, prepare the filling. Wash the champignons, dry them and cut them into plates. If the mushrooms are small, you can leave them whole.

5. Step 5:

   

   Cut the onion into half rings.

6. Step 6:

   

   Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, put the mushrooms and fry until excess moisture evaporates.

7. Step 7:

   

   Add butter, onion and chopped garlic to the mushrooms. Stir-fry for another 4-5 minutes. At the end, lightly season the filling with salt, pepper and mix.

9. Step 8:

   

   Stuff the chicken with the prepared filling.

10. Step 9:

    

    Fasten the seam with toothpicks. Tie the legs. Wrap the tips of the wings with foil so that they do not burn.

11. Step 10:

    

    If desired, you can cook a side dish of potatoes together with chicken. Peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes.

12. Step 11:

    

    Put the potatoes in a baking dish in an even layer.

13. Step 12:

    

    Lay the chicken on top. Bake the chicken for about 1.5 hours in a preheated 180 ° C oven, periodically greasing the bird with juice from the bottom of the mold. Determine the exact time and temperature of baking according to your oven.

14. Step 13:

    

    Serve the finished chicken with a side dish, garnished with berries, broccoli, slices of fried mushrooms. Bon appetit!