Chicken fillet baked in the oven

Fast and simple, delicious and flavorful, healthy and easy! Chicken fillet baked in the oven is another option for cooking white meat. The fillet is cooked in foil, which leaves it soft and juicy. Such meat can be served as a hot dish, and used for making salads or sandwiches.
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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 70 % 21 g
Fats 27 % 8 g
Carbohydrates 3 % 1 g
161 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to bake chicken fillet in the oven? Prepare the products. This recipe is suitable for chicken breast fillet, but in general, you can bake any part of it this way, you will only need to change the cooking time. Take any vegetable oil that you like or that is available. I took olive oil. Take a set of spices to your liking, you can increase or decrease the amount of salt.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    First of all, prepare the marinade for the fillet. How to make marinade? Take a small bowl, pour all the spices and salt into it. Pour in the vegetable oil and mix the mixture thoroughly.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Wash and dry the meat with paper towels. Put the chicken fillet in a deep dish and pour the marinade. Rub the marinade into the meat with your hands from all sides. Leave the chicken on the table to stand for 20 minutes so that it is soaked in marinade. If you have time, you can cover the bowl with meat with a film and put it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours — it will be even tastier.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Tear off a long piece from the foil, put one fillet on the short side. Turning the edges from the sides, wrap the meat in foil. Do the same with the second piece. For reliability, I wrapped each piece in another layer of foil. Thus, the juice will not exactly pour out when baking.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Put the meat in foil in a heat-resistant baking dish. Preheat the oven to 190 ° C, if it is electric, then select the top-bottom mode.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Bake the fillets for 30-40 minutes, depending on their size and the characteristics of your oven. After a while, remove the meat form from the oven and let it cool directly in the foil. This is if you want to use it cold. For a hot dish, serve the fillet immediately with a side dish.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Such meat turns out very juicy, it is perfectly cut and does not crumble. I often use it to make Caesar salad. Bon appetit!

Do not bake the fillet longer than the specified time, it may become dry.

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.

How to cook properly in foil? The answer to this question, as well as useful tips and life hacks for cooking different dishes, read the article Aluminum foil is an assistant in the kitchen and at home .

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

  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Paprika - 289   kcal/100g
  • Chicken breast (fillet) - 113   kcal/100g

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