Chicken on the spit without spit!

If you like a crispy grilled chicken here is an alternative way to prepare it in the oven at home. Remains crisp and soft inside.

Ingredients for 4 people

• 1 chicken, about  35 OZ
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 sprig of rosemary
• 3 bay leaves
• 3 sage leaves
• 1 tablespoon of table salt
• pepper
• 1 lemon BIO
• ½ cup of dry white wine
  

Time: 1 hour cooking + 1 Hour
Oven: 356° F

Thoroughly clean the chicken, lay it in a baking dish and rub the skin with salt and pepper.
Season the inside with a bit of salt, the garlic and the aromas finely chopped, preferably with a ceramic knife.
Put the other flavors and the lemon juice in the pan and let stand at room temperature for an hour, making sure to cover it with plastic wrap.
After the interval turn on the oven at 356° F, filling the drip pan of the oven with water and position ourselves above a grid (or that of the oven or another) so that it does not touch the water.
Add the white wine in the water.
Place the chicken on the grill and cook for 1 hour - 1 ½ hours depending on the size.
I have cooked for 1 hour and 15 and it was perfect.
During cooking turn it 3-4 times and add the hot water (which should never touch the chicken) if you consume too much.
Turn on the grill in the last 10 minutes of cooking.
Serve hot and crispy with the baked potato or salad. The meat will be particularly flavored by the herbs and thin, as all of the fat will be cast into the water below.

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Rolled chicken

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 whole chicken breast
• 2 slices of ham
• 3 OZ (80 gr.) Parmesan2 OZ (50 gr.) breadcrumbs
• 100 gr. spinach
• 2 eggs
• 1 sausage
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 pinch of nutmeg
• salt
• ½ glass of white wine

Time: 15 minutes + 30/45 min. for cooking
Oven : 400 ° F

Start by boiling the spinach in a salt water.
Meanwhile, prepare a thin omelet with two eggs and then taking care to remove it from the pan.
Take the chicken breast and open it in a single slice (you can also do it from your butcher).
Add salt inside and out.
Drain spinach, squeeze and mix in a bowl with the bread crumbs and nutmeg.
Cook a sausage.

Lay the chicken breast open, put on  slices of ham, omelet, spread on a state of spinach and bread crumbs, place in the center of the sausage and roll it all.
Tied tight with a kitchen string.
Put it in a lightly greased baking pan and add the white wine.
Bake in oven at 400 ° F for 30 minutes, depending on the size of the roll.
Once cooked cut into slices with a sharp knife, making sure the filling and served on a hot serving plate. If you wish, you can heat the sauce with ½ tablespoon of flour and sprinkle the slices cut.

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Chicken Salad

Chicken Salad

Ingredients for 4 people:

• 1 red sweet pepper,
• 3 tomatoes
• 8 fresh or pickled onions
• 1 whole chicken breast
• 2 hard boiled eggs
• 80 gr. salad like lettuce
• ½ lemon
• salt
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• mayonnaise if you want

Time: 30 minutes

Boneless chicken breast and cut into cubes of about 1 inch.
In a frying pan  put a little oil and cook the chicken and sprinkle it with  a  lemon juice.
Add salt after cooking.
Cook the eggs.
Meanwhile, it cools the chicken, wash the peppers, remove seeds and cut into squares
Clean and wash the tomatoes, remove seeds and cut into four pieces and then in half again.
Wash the lettuce.
Put in a dish or into a large bowl:
lettuce, peppers and chopped tomatoes, finely sliced ​​onions, the chicken  and boiled eggs into slices.
Dress with extra virgin olive oil, salt and if you want a little mayonnaise.
The salad will be tasty if allowed to stand at least half an hour.

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Summer menù

Do you want a dinner with friends to eat something simple?
Here is the menu for you!

Little sandwiches

Omelette's rolls

Chicken skewers

Pot of summer vegetables

Chocolate’s swivels  or  Coconut’s Bavarian cream

You can prepare this menu in two hours.
For dessert you can choose the Coconut’s Bavarian cream or Chocolate’s swivels if you like to turn on the oven!
Begin preparing the cake.
In the case of the Coconut’s Bavarian cream you can also prepare it the night before.
The Chocolate’s swivels are pretty quick to do, especially if filled with a creamy chocolate ready like Nutella or jam.
Then prepare the Chicken skewers, that if you want you can also cook on the plate or in the oven and the Pot of summer vegetables.
Finally, prepare the appetizers so they stay fresh longer: so the Little sandwiches and Omelette's rolls, that you can fill also with tuna and mayonnaise.
Dinner is ready!
If you want you can add “pasta” and prepare Rolls of italian pasta, even the night before, prepare them the day before and then cook them the night of the dinner.
Bon appetit!

Chicken skewers

Chicken skewers on the grill

Ingredients for 6 skewers:

• 1 sweet pepper
• 3 tomatoes
• 2 courgettes
• 12 small spring onions
• 1 whole chicken breast
• 2 sausages like chicken or pork
• salt
• pepper
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• Extra virgin olive oil
• 1 lemon

Time: 20 minutes + cooking

Boneless chicken breast and cut into cubes of about 1 inch.
Wash the peppers, remove seeds and cut into squares
Clean and wash the tomatoes, remove seeds and cut into four pieces and then in half again.
Wash the courgettes and cut into wheels of 0.80 inch.
Wash the small onions .
Cut the sausages in order to have 12 pieces.
Take the skewers  and compose the skewers alternating elements.
Put them in a large bowl, add salt and pepper, add 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce, olive oil and lemon. Cover and let stand in refrigerator for an hour.
Cook on hot grill, or alternatively in the oven (390° F/ 200° C) directly on the plate covered with greaseproof paper, for 8/10 minutes from all sides.

the elements of the chicken skewers

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