Kholodets is one of the most beloved dishes of our country, which is also an unspoken symbol of national cuisine. You can cook it with any kind of meat, and today our hero is chicken jelly. Detailed step-by-step instructions will help you master these recipes quickly.
Chicken jelly with gelatin
Beef jelly is a traditional recipe, but we suggest making chicken jelly, which is also high in protein and very nutritious, but at the same time has a more delicate taste.
Ingredients for the pot of chicken jelly:
- 1 kilogram of chicken
- 1.8 liters of water
- 1 head of onion
- 1 carrot
- 20 grams of gelatin
- salt to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
- 2 allspice peas
- 5 pieces of black peppercorns
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 cloves garlic
Chicken jelly with calories
The energy value of 100 grams of chicken jelly with gelatin is about 85 kilocalories. Nutrient content: 7 grams of protein, 6 grams of fat and 1 gram of carbohydrates.
Chicken jelly cooking time: about 2 hours
Chicken jelly: a step-by-step recipe with a photo
- Wash the selected parts of the chicken, put them in a deep saucepan, cover with cold water.
- Put a pot of water on the fire and bring to a boil.
- Remove the foam from the broth.
- Boil the poultry meat over medium heat for about an hour.
- Wash the carrots and peel them, also peel the onion.
- Without cutting, put the whole onions and carrots in the broth, cook for 15-20 minutes.
- Salt and pepper, add the bay leaf.
- Cook another 10 to 15 minutes so that the meat separates easily from the bones.
- Remove the chicken from the broth and let cool.
- Pass the broth through a sieve. If you want to make the broth lighter, skim off the fat.
- Pour gelatin with 50 milliliters of cold boiled water and leave to swell for 10 minutes.
- Place the gelatin in the slightly cooled broth, mix well until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
- Peel the garlic and pass it through a grinder. If there is no such device, chop it finely.
- Remove the chicken meat from the bones, divide it into fibers.
- Pour into the mold you have chosen for the gelatin chicken jelly.
- Spread the minced garlic evenly over the chicken. Pour the broth over the meat.
- Wait until the broth cools completely, put it in the refrigerator so that the jelly freezes.
- Leave on for a few hours or overnight. When ready to serve, season the jelly with horseradish or mustard.
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