Fried chicken in the oven with a crispy crust

Fragrant, rosy on the outside and with a juicy filling inside! It is impossible to resist fried chicken in the oven with a crispy crust and stuffed with apples, prunes, nuts! It is perfect for a holiday and a Sunday lunch with the family. The rich taste is complemented by a crispy poppy.
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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 37 % 15 g
Fats 46 % 19 g
Carbohydrates 17 % 7 g
257 kcal
GI: 75 / 0 / 25

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 2 hours
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make a delicious fried chicken in the oven with a crispy crust? Any vegetable oil will do. I have sunflower oil. Spices can be supplemented or replaced according to your taste.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the chicken, dry it. Rub inside and out with a mixture of paprika, curry, salt and pepper.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    In a bowl, mix vegetable oil, honey and lemon juice until smooth.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Now prepare the filling with which you will stuff the chicken.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Wash the prunes, dry them and cut into pieces. Prunes are better to take pitted, soft. If the prunes are too hard and over-dried, you can pour boiling water over them and leave for 10 minutes.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Pierce walnuts in a dry frying pan and chop with a knife.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Wash the apple thoroughly, dry it. If desired, you can peel, remove the core with the seeds and cut into small cubes. If the apple starts to darken quickly, sprinkle it with lemon juice.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Combine apples, prunes, walnuts, poppy seeds and lemon zest in a bowl. Mix everything thoroughly.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Stuff the chicken with apple filling and sew up the abdomen with thread or skewers. Tie the legs.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Coat the chicken with honey mixture.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Put the bird in a baking dish or on a baking sheet. If you have any stuffing left, spread it on the sides of the chicken. Put the chicken in a preheated 180 ° C oven and bake for about 1 hour and 20 minutes, periodically watering the bird with the released juice. The exact time depends on your oven and the size of the bird. To prevent the wings from burning, wrap them with foil.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    Remove the finished bird from the oven, cut into portions and serve to the table. Enjoy your meal!

Chicken can be replaced with turkey or any other type of meat at your request. But keep in mind that in this case, the cooking time and calorie content of the dish will change.

Since the degree of salinity, sweetness, bitterness, sharpness, acid, burning is individual for everyone, always add spices, spices and seasonings, focusing on your taste! If you put some of the seasonings for the first time, then keep in mind that there are spices that it is especially important not to shift (for example, chili pepper). 

Keep in mind that everyone's ovens are different. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those specified in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use useful information about the features of ovens !

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
  • Apples - 47   kcal/100g
  • Dried apples - 210   kcal/100g
  • Canned apple mousse - 61   kcal/100g
  • Honey - 400   kcal/100g
  • Walnuts - 650   kcal/100g
  • Black Walnut English Walnut - 628   kcal/100g
  • Black Persian Walnut - 651   kcal/100g
  • Walnut oil - 925   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Curry - 352   kcal/100g
  • Prunes - 227   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Poppy (seed) - 556   kcal/100g
  • Mac - 556   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Lemon juice - 16   kcal/100g
  • Paprika - 289   kcal/100g
  • Lemon zest - 47   kcal/100g

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