Chicken breast is cooked quickly and easily.
It is combined with a variety of seasonings, spices, suitable for preparing many dishes, it will satisfy both an ordinary lover of food and an admirer of gourmet cuisine.
Among the common and favorite cooking options, chicken breast in sour cream sauce occupies a worthy place. It can be served both on weekdays and included in the holiday menu.
Chicken breast in sour cream sauce - general principles of preparation
The main thing in cooking any dish is not to save on the quality of the ingredients: they must be of the highest grade.
Chicken breast You can cook both on the bone and use only the filet portion.
As a rule, the meat is first fried in a pan or baked a little in the oven with the addition of a variety of seasonings, spices, traditional vegetables.
Sour cream sauce in most cases, prepared separately. The basis of it is, of course, sour cream. According to the recipe, the sauce may contain butter, mayonnaise, seasonings, wine, etc.
Cooking in the oven involves the use of foil or baking paper. A so-called baking sleeve is also useful.
Heat-resistant glassware, a baking sheet, ordinary deep pans (stewpan) are used.
Recipe 1. Chicken breast in sour cream sauce in the microwave
Microwave - the most efficient cook. The dish will cook much faster than in the oven or on a regular stove.
Thick sour sauce will give the dish originality, white pepper - a slight spiciness and rich aroma.
The taste of chicken breast, cooked in sour cream sauce, will favorably complement the salad of fresh tomatoes and lightly toasted champignons.
Ingredients
Breast - 250 g
Oil - 25g.
Wine - 75 g.
Sour cream, milk - 100 g each.
Fresh parsley.
A glass of cognac.
Ground white pepper.
Salt.
Cooking method
Prepared meat sprinkle with salt and pepper.
On the stove in a skillet, melt the butter and lightly fry the chicken breast.
Sprinkle fried meat with cognac.
Burn it, following the rules of personal safety. The flame goes out quickly.
Place the chicken breast in a heat-resistant dish.
Pour milk and cover the pan with a lid.
Cook for 10 minutes by setting the microwave to full power.
Fresh chopped parsley.
Remove the finished meat, put it in the dish and leave for a few minutes.
Add wine and sour cream to the sauce and boil a little.
Chicken breast sprinkled with sour cream sauce. Sprinkle parsley on top.
Recipe 2. Chicken breast with prunes and apples in sour cream sauce (in pots)
A healthy and tasty dish containing plum and apple flavors. Prunes add spicy sweetness to chicken breast in sour cream sauce, and apples - a pleasant sourness. Seasonings - the minimum quantity. The dish is served without a side dish.
Ingredients
Chicken Breast - 500 g.
3 apples.
Prunes - a pound.
Sour cream - 450 ml.
Salt pepper.
Fresh parsley.
Cooking method
The meat is divided into four pieces.
Salt a little. Sprinkle with pepper.
Fry the meat in sunflower oil, not forgetting to turn.
Peel the apples by removing the peel, middle and seeds. Cut into slices (large).
Cut steamed prunes into small pieces.
Roasted meat put in pots.
Add apples, prunes, pour sour cream.
Place the pots in the oven (180 degrees) and hold there for 15 minutes.
Ready chicken breast can be served in pots or pour their contents on a plate, garnished with fresh parsley.
Recipe 3. Foil-baked chicken breast in sour cream sauce with mustard and curry
Tender chicken breast is perfect for vegetable salads and olives. You can cook it for lunch and in the evening for dinner, enjoying a pleasant combination of the taste of hot curry and sweet and sour apple.
Ingredients
2 breasts.
Sour cream - 200 ml.
Dijon mustard - 1 teaspoon.
Garlic - 4 cloves
2 apples.
Curry.
Salt.
Greenery.
Cooking method
Free the chicken breasts from the bone, rinse and lightly dry.
Cut into oblong pieces of medium size.
Sauce
Finely chop the garlic or crush it with the help of a garlic shove.
Pour it into sour cream, add mustard, curry, salt.
All mix well.
Place the chicken breasts in the sauce and grease them on all sides.
Meat is soaked with sauce (marinated) for at least 50 minutes.
Dice apples with peel. Remove the middle.
Marinated breasts put on the foil, carefully pour apples on top.
Foil tightly wrapped and placed on the baking sheet.
The meat is cooked in the oven (200 degrees) for about an hour.
Sprinkle the finished dish with greens and eat hot.
Recipe 4. Chicken breast with broccoli in sour cream sauce "Guess what's inside?"
The dish tastes delicate with an unusual aroma. Crimean onion gives it sweetness, a mixture of curry with peppers - sharpness and piquancy.
Ingredients
Chicken breast (pitted, but with skin) - 400 g.
Crimean onion.
Sour cream - 100 ml.
Cheese - 100 g
Baked milk - 300 ml.
Broccoli - 200 g.
Cognac - 30 g
Mayonnaise "Provence" - 50 ml.
Bay leaf.
Curry, a mixture of peppers.
Cooking method
Cut the prepared meat (along with the skin).
Fry well in a heated skillet. We do not regret the oil and add it on time.
We clean the onion, cut in half, cut into half rings, send it to the chicken and fry thoroughly.
We salt, we pepper. Pour in cognac and very carefully ignite.
Put the fried chicken on a baking sheet.
Sour cream sauce:
Pour the flour into the pan in melted butter, stir it.
Fry flour so that it smelled of cookies.
Spread sour cream, mayonnaise.
Pour milk, not forgetting to mix everything.
Add spices: bay leaf, curry, salt, pepper. Cook a few minutes.
Spread broccoli on the chicken and fill it with fragrant sauce.
Sprinkle generously on top with hard grated cheese.
Place the pan for 15 minutes in the oven. Done!
Recipe 5. Chicken breast in spicy sour cream sauce with sweet tomatoes
A simple dish will make lunch tasty and satisfying. Complement chicken with rice or mashed potatoes. It is appropriate to add vegetable salad, sprigs of parsley.
Ingredients
Chicken breast (pitted) - a pound.
Red tomatoes - 2 pcs.
Seasoning for chicken (to your taste).
To make the sauce:
Classic sour cream 25% - 200 g
lemon.
garlic - 4 cloves.
salt.
a mixture of peppers.
Cooking method
Cut the meat into thin pieces (1 cm) and make small cuts-pockets. Notches can be 3 or 4.
Sprinkle the meat with seasoning, grind evenly and leave to soak.
The washed tomatoes are cut into small slices (you can half rings and divide them in half).
Cooking sour cream sauce:
Let's start by peeling the garlic. After freeing it from the husks, grind it with the help of the garlic.
Put sour cream in a prepared bowl.
Squeeze the juice from the lemon. We introduce it into sour cream, not forgetting to mix.
Add garlic to the bowl; salt, pepper, mix. The sauce is ready.
Fill the incisions in the chicken fillet with tomatoes. Put the meat in a baking dish.
Pour the chicken breasts with sour cream sauce and cover with foil.
The dish is cooked in the oven for 45 minutes. The oven warms up to a temperature of 200 degrees.
Remove the dishes from the finished chicken breast from the oven and open the foil. The dish should stand a little.
Recipe 6. Chicken breast with watercress in sour cream sauce "It’s easier than that"
It’s easy to prepare a dish, a novice cook can cope. Chicken breast, cooked in sour cream sauce, juicy and tender. Watercress will give the dish an unusual sharp taste, similar to the taste of horseradish.
Ingredients
Chicken Breast - 300 g.
Sour cream - half a glass.
Vologda oil - 70 g.
Watercress - 100 g.
1 tsp crackers.
Salt.
1 egg.
Cooking method
Salt the prepared chicken breast, place in a saucepan and pour with melted butter.
Bake in the oven until half cooked.
We take the stewpan out of the oven, sprinkle the chicken breast with breadcrumbs, pour sour cream on top.
Cover the stew pan and simmer on the stove until ready.
Hard-boiled egg, cool and crumble.
Watercress sorted, kept in salt water and washed.
We put half the salad in the chicken stew and pour the crumbled eggs on top.
After a few minutes, remove the dish.
Chicken breast is laid out on a dish and poured from a stewpan with sour cream sauce.
We decorate the dish with leaves of the remaining watercress.
Recipe 7. Chicken breast with turmeric in sour cream sauce "Simple dinner"
Another simple recipe for a delicious dish that is suitable for lunch and dinner. The combination of sweet onion, dill and fresh, slightly burning turmeric will give it an exotic flavor. You can add fresh tomatoes to the dish.
Ingredients
Chicken breast bone - 800 g
Crimean onion - 3 pcs.
Turmeric.
Salt.
Oil for frying.
For the sauce:
Sour cream of average fat content - 150 ml.
Purified water - 150 ml.
Flour - 1 tbsp. spoon
Dill.
Cooking method
Wash the breast thoroughly and dry slightly.
Grate the meat with salt and turmeric.
Pour a little oil into the pan and lightly fry the breast. She should be a little brown.
Peel the onion from the husk, wash, cut into half rings.
Fry it in a separate skillet, add a spoonful of flour, stir and turn off the heat.
Cooking sauce:
In a blender, pour sour cream and water. Add chopped dill, salt. By turning on the blender, achieve a uniform consistency.
Pour the contents into a pan with onions and flour, cook over low heat until the sauce is thickened completely.
In a thick and boiling sauce lay out the chicken, stir. After half an hour the dish is ready, it must be removed from the heat and serve until it has cooled.
Recipe 8. Delicate chicken breast in cream sauce in a European way
Provencal herbs are perfectly combined with chicken breast, emphasizing the already expressive taste of the dish. It can be prepared for a family holiday.
Ingredients
Chicken breast on the bone - 600 g
Peasant oil - 30 g.
Nutmeg.
A mixture of provence herbs.
Garlic.
Salt.
For the sauce:
Fat sour cream - 450 ml.
Champignons - 120 g.
Cheese, butter Vologda - 100 g. Each
Black Truffles - 100 g
3 garlic cloves, onions.
Cooking method
Wash the breast, add plenty of salt, grate with garlic, and then with a mixture of Provence herbs. Put in a deep dish and send to the fridge. During this time, the smell of herbs and spices will become more intense and vibrant.
Prepare a baking sheet: spread out the foil and rub with plenty of oil.
Put the chicken breast on a baking sheet, lightly cover with foil and send to the oven for baking. Bake until a light crust appears on the chicken. At a temperature of 200 degrees, cooking will take about twenty minutes.
Bake the pan from the oven and put on the table: let the chicken breast cool slightly.
Sauce:
Chop onions and champignons into small pieces.
Finely chop the garlic.
Cut truffles into thin flakes.
Fry onions, mushrooms, truffles a little. Then add the garlic, mix. Cover the stewpan with a lid for a couple of minutes, let the future sauce steam a little.
Then pour the mixture with sour cream and let it steam again.
Add a piece of cheese, constantly stirring the sauce with a wooden spoon. Cheese should be melted in a sauce so that it turns out homogeneous.
Pour chicken into hot sauce. Pour a little nutmeg.
Cover again with foil and send for half an hour to the oven.
Remove the foil from the chicken and leave to cook another quarter of an hour.
Chicken breast cooked for this recipe in sour cream sauce should be served with a green salad.
Chicken breast in sour cream sauce - tricks and tips
- If the breast in the oven is lightly browned, but not yet ready, cover it with parchment on top.
- Sour cream sauce can be mixed in a blender to make its consistency tender and uniform.
- Nutmeg is added in small amounts for flavor and light spice.
- Using cognac and setting it on fire (flaming) helps create a delicacy with a crispy crust and a wonderful aroma.
- Chicken breast is a dietary meat, it is better to cook it without a skin that contains not only a significant amount of calories, but also a lot of useless substances.
- Rapid stirring slows the cooking. Therefore, the sauce must be stirred by slow circular movements.
