A classic recipe for a delicious tobacco chicken

Necessary ingredients

• chicks - 2 pcs or about 600-800 g


• olive oil - 50 ml


• coriander (dried coriander) - 1 tsp.


• dried basil - 1 tsp.


• wine red dry - 150 ml


• black pepper powder - ½ tsp.


• garlic - 1 slice


• sour cream - 100 g


• salt of sea - ¾ tsp.

Cooking method

• Take small chickens, gut the carcass, wash it with water and drain it. Then cut them along the middle of the breast.


• Turn the carcases upside-down with the hammer for meat to give a flat shape. This is necessary to soften the meat and to fry it evenly.


• Then proceed to prepare the marinade. Despite their great variety, the choice is better to stop on the classic version of wine and spices. To do this, mix together the wine, basil, coriander, pepper and a half teaspoon of salt.


• We put the chickens in a bag, pour the marinade on top and leave for 1.5-2 hours.


• A little warm up the frying pan, pour oil on it. The chicken should be laid down. After this, it is absolutely necessary to press down the meat with some load and fry for 15 minutes on a small fire.


• After the peel is browned, turn the meat over and fry the other side for another 10-15 minutes. Remember about cargo and small fire.


• After cooking the meat, proceed to sour cream sauce. To do this, rinse the garlic in a mortar with the rest of sea salt, add the sour cream and mix these ingredients.


• Tasty chicken tobacco is ready to serve!

Recommendations

• Remember that fry the chickens on a small fire. Then the meat and inside will be roasted.


• For sour cream sauce served to chickens, it is best to choose fatty sour cream. It turns out an excellent combination of it with tender and dietary poultry meat.


• In the sauce made of sour cream, you can add finely chopped dill and parsley. The dish will play with new shades of taste!


• Those who do not like wine taste, you can choose another version of the marinade. For example, marinade from balsamic vinegar, olive oil, lemon peel, black pepper, salt, coriander seeds.


• In order to get a refined taste, black pepper can be grinded by yourself.


• If there is no desire to tinker with marinade, you can choose your favorite spices and rub them, chopped garlic and salt of chicken carcass from both sides.


• The dish can be served on the table as a separate dish or together with a garnish. As a side dish, potatoes are cooked more often, more rarely - rice.


• Tobacco chicken can be cooked in advance, and before serving, heat it in the oven.


• This dish is Georgian, that's why it's necessary to serve it in the classical version accordingly - with ajika, garlic sauce, sliced ​​lemon, lavash, an abundance of greenery and fresh vegetables.


• Some gourmets claim that rubbing chicken with garlic is necessary after frying, and not before it.


• If you do not have chicken at hand, you can use a chicken weighing up to two kilograms, but it's necessary to increase the frying time.


• If there is no special frying pan, the so-called. tapaka, oppression is made from a pot, a kettle or jars with hot water to avoid temperature changes.


• To preserve crispy crust, meat should not be poured with liquid sauce. In this case, it is better to serve the sauce separately in an outlet or a bowl.

Enjoy your cooking and appetite!