Chicken jelly with gelatin

Healthy, dietary, appetizing, for a festive table! Chicken jelly with gelatin is in no way inferior in taste to the meat version. It is also prepared for the holidays as a snack. Chicken jelly turns out to be more tender and at the same time less caloric.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 50 % 7 g
Fats 43 % 6 g
Carbohydrates 7 % 1 g
84 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 2 h 15 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to cook chicken jelly with gelatin? Prepare the ingredients. Any parts of the chicken are suitable for the jelly, I took the thighs and shins. Wings, paws and other parts with bones are also suitable. It is in them that substances with gelling properties are contained. You can also cook jelly from the breast, as a more dietary option. In this case, gelatin should be taken 2 times more, since the breast practically does not contain gelling substances.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the chicken, put it in a suitable saucepan, pour cold water. Put the pan on a low heat, wait for it to boil.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Use a skimmer to remove the foam. Turn down the heat and cook the chicken for 1 hour.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Wash and peel the carrots and onions. You can put ordinary onions without peeling, right in the husk, this will give the broth a beautiful golden hue. I have a purple bulb, I peeled it.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Put the whole onion and carrot in the broth. Cook it for another 15-20 minutes.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Then add salt to the broth and add spices: ground black pepper, sweet peas, bay leaf, peppers. Cook for another 10-15 minutes. The chicken should be cooked very well so that the meat is easily separated from the bones. Pierce it with a knife to check readiness.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Remove the chicken from the broth, cool. Strain the broth through a sieve. I partially removed the fat from the broth with a spoon, as it turned out to be quite rich. Discard the onion, and you can use carrots to decorate the finished jelly.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Gelatin pour 50 ml of cold boiled water, leave for 10 minutes to swell.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Then put the gelatin in a moderately hot broth. Mix the broth thoroughly until the gelatin is completely dissolved.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Peel and chop the garlic. You can cut it, grate it or pass it through a press.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Free chicken meat from bones, divide into fibers or pieces. You can cut it with a knife. Put it in the prepared jelly form. If you are preparing a jelly for a holiday, then you can put on top of the figuratively chopped carrots, boiled eggs, greens.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    Spread the crushed garlic evenly on the meat. Carefully pour the broth into the mold. Stir the meat into the broth with a fork so that it is evenly distributed over it. Allow the jelly to cool completely, then put it in the refrigerator for further solidification. It will take several hours, it is even better to leave it overnight. Serve the chicken jelly chilled, with mustard or horseradish. Enjoy your meal!

To make a dish using gelatin work, be sure to pre-soak the gelatin in cold boiled water. The colder the water, the better. Leaf gelatin can simply be put in a bowl of water. Before soaking the powdered gelatin, first rinse the dishes with cold water so that the crystals do not stick to the bottom. It is important to pour powdered gelatin with water, and not pour it into the water. Otherwise, lumps cannot be avoided. Then allow time for the gelatin to swell (the exact time is indicated on the package).
Swollen gelatin is heated to 70-80 degrees. It should never be brought to a boil!. At a temperature of 100 ° C, the mass becomes fibrous and viscous, collagen protein is destroyed and gelatin loses its jelly-forming properties.

The liquid with which the dissolved gelatin is mixed should be about the same temperature as the gelatin solution. With a temperature difference, gelatin can instantly curdle, forming lumps and so-called gelatin filaments. If subsequent heating according to the recipe is undesirable, carefully make sure that there is no such temperature difference.

For cooking, it is better to use filtered or bottled water that is neutral to taste. If you use tap water, keep in mind that it can give the dish an unpleasant characteristic taste.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Category I chicken - 238   kcal/100g
  • Category II chicken - 159   kcal/100g
  • Chicken, flesh without skin - 241   kcal/100g
  • Chickens - 140   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Bay leaf - 313   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Black pepper peas - 255   kcal/100g
  • Gelatin - 355   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Allspice - 263   kcal/100g

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