Chicken and pork legs jelly

Correct, transparent, very tasty and festive! Jelly is the main snack not only on the New Year's table, but often on many other holidays. Cooking takes a lot of time, but it's worth it. We will cook it from chicken and pork legs, and serve it with horseradish or mustard.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the recipe composition
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 53 % 9 g
Fats 47 % 8 g
Carbohydrates 0 % 0 g
108 kcal
GI: 0 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 6 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make a jelly from chicken and pork legs? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Peel the carrots. Rinse the onion well right in the husk. Peel the onion from the husk or not, decide for yourself. If you add it in the husk, the broth will get a beautiful golden color.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the pork legs, thoroughly scrape with a knife. Especially carefully check that there are no areas with bristles. If they are, then it is better to burn them or cut them off. Put the legs in a container, pour cold water so that they are completely covered with liquid and leave overnight.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Put the pork legs in a large saucepan, and pour 2 liters of water.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Put the pan on medium heat and bring to a boil.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Cook, periodically removing the foam, for 4 hours on low heat under the lid.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Wash the chicken. If you have a whole carcass, cut it into portions. I had ready-made parts - 3 fillets and 2 legs.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Add the chicken to the legs and cook all together for another 40 minutes.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Add a whole carrot, a whole onion, bay leaves, peppercorns and salt to the pan. Cook for another 40 minutes.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Remove the chicken and pork legs from the broth. In chicken, separate the meat from the bones and disassemble into fibers or cut into small pieces with a knife.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Strain the broth through a sieve. Taste the broth and add salt if necessary.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    If desired, boiled carrots can be cut into flower circles to decorate the jelly. Put carrots and small sprigs of parsley in serving molds.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    Spread the chopped chicken meat on top.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13.

    Pour all the broth. Wait until the broth has cooled to room temperature, then put the jelly in the refrigerator for 4-6 hours to solidify. If you are going to keep the jelly on the balcony, then you do not need to pre-cool it.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14.

    Turn the finished jelly from the molds onto a dish, garnish with herbs and serve immediately to the table. Enjoy your meal!

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). 

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
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Bay leaf - 313   kcal/100g
  • Parsley greens - 45   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Pork leg - 234   kcal/100g
  • Allspice - 263   kcal/100g

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