The classic version of the kurnik is quite laborious and time consuming. A traditional pie consists of several layers of filling and dough - yeast, puff or shortbread. But, armed with simpler recipes, you can please loved ones with a quick option of an equally tasty chicken pot.
The basic principles of cooking a lazy chicken
We can say that a lazy chicken is prepared according to the principle of charlotte - the filling is filled with batter. Only apples are not put in the pie, but meat, most often chicken, in combination with potatoes, mushrooms, onions, sometimes cabbage and tomatoes are also added. Initially, this is a chicken pie, but today you can find its various options with pork, minced meat, fish.
The dough for a lazy chicken house can be kneaded on kefir or sour cream. In addition, mayonnaise is often added, it makes the dough very tender and soft. Below is also a recipe with a very simple and tasty curd dough. At the bottom of the mold, in which the cake will then be baked, first a small amount of dough is poured, the filling is laid out in layers, and the remaining mass is poured on top of it. A lazy chicken is baked at 170-180 degrees.
If desired, the filling can be seasoned with various spices, put finely chopped dill or feathers of green onions, there are recipes with the addition of grated cheese.
Lazy chicken with potatoes and chicken
Chicken fillet for this pie can be taken both from the breast and from the legs. White meat is more dietetic, darker is juicier.
Ingredients
Filling:
a pound of potatoes;
two chicken thighs and ½ chicken breast;
salt, spices.
dough:
four tablespoons with a slide of sour cream;
four tablespoons with a slide of mayonnaise;
a glass of flour;
a pinch of salt;
two eggs;
half a teaspoon of soda.
Cooking method
1. Prepare the filling. We cut potatoes in circles, onions in half rings. Separate the meat from the chicken thighs, cut it and the chicken breast into small pieces. Season with salt and optionally any spices.
2. Now the dough. We spread mayonnaise and sour cream in a bowl, add eggs, mix. Sift the flour into a bowl, knead the liquid creamy dough.
3. Oven such a cake can be in the form or suitable for use in an oven pan. Oil the bottom and sides. We fill the bottom with a piece of dough. Put layers of filling on it: potatoes, onions, chicken, again potatoes. You can add additional layers of potatoes.
4. At the end, fill everything with dough. And we send our lazy chicken in the oven. Temperature 180, time - about 45 minutes.
Lazy kefir on kefir
The dough kneaded on kefir gives magnificent pastries. In the filling - chicken and boiled eggs, traditional for this pie.
Ingredients
Filling:
a pound of chicken;
large onion;
three eggs;
salt;
vegetable oil;
ground black pepper;
dried thyme.
Dough:
half a packet of kefir;
200 grams of mayonnaise;
one and a half cups of flour
three eggs.
Cooking method
1. First of all, for filling the pie, you need to boil the eggs. Fill with cold water, set on fire, after boiling, cook for ten minutes. Pour the finished eggs with cold water, remove the shell, cut into small cubes.
2. Peel the onion, chopping finely.
3. Chicken meat washed, dried with a napkin, cut into pieces.
4. Fry onions and fillets in vegetable oil until golden. At the end, season with spices and salt.
5. The test has come. Beat eggs, mayonnaise and kefir together. Gradually sift the flour, continue to mix everything thoroughly. The dough in the end should not be too liquid, like sour cream.
6. In a greased form, pour a little dough on the bottom. We put a layer of fried fillet with onions, then eggs, pour the main part of the dough on top.
7. Our cake will be baked until golden brown: forty minutes, temperature -180.
Lazy chicken with mushrooms and grated potatoes
Another win-win combination is chicken, mushrooms, potatoes. You can take champignons for this pie, oyster mushrooms are also suitable, and in the autumn mushroom season - white, boletus, boletus.
Ingredients
Filling:
350 grams of chicken;
two onions;
one large potato;
200 grams of mushrooms;
half a teaspoon of ground pepper;
a teaspoon of Italian herbs;
salt.
Dough:
glass of water;
450 grams of flour;
salt;
half a glass of sour cream and mayonnaise;
three eggs.
Cooking method
1. Using a whisk, beat the eggs. Add mayonnaise and sour cream to the bowl. We combine the ingredients. We add water, it should have room temperature. Mix everything until smooth.
2. Now add flour to the dough: sift it in portions through a sieve, immediately mix well, otherwise there will be lumps in the dough. Add a pinch of salt. As a result, we get a mixture of approximately the same consistency as for the preparation of pancakes.
3. We are engaged in the filling. Cut the peeled onions into thin rings. Mushrooms are not cut too finely, for example, champignons can be cut into plates.
4. The meat is washed and dried. We cut it into small pieces. Season with salt, herbs and pepper.
5. Peel the potatoes and rub through a grater. We leave this ingredient in the end, otherwise the potatoes will quickly become dark.
6. Lubricate the mold well with oil. At the bottom - about a third of the test. Then the filling: the chicken will go first, then gently and evenly distribute the onion rings. Then come the mushrooms, which should be slightly salted. Finish with a layer of grated potatoes, salt and pepper a little. Slowly, to save the layers, pour the dough.
7. It remains to put the lazy henhouse with mushrooms for about an hour in the oven. When the cake is well browned, you can check the readiness with the help of a toothpick: it leaves the henhouse dry - it is ready. Before cutting and serving, let the cake cool slightly.
Lazy chicken with cheese and chicken
Baking with cheese always pleases with taste. Varieties are best chosen brackish and those that melt well.
Ingredients
Filling:
chicken breast;
200 grams of grated cheese;
three onions;
two eggs;
75 ml of chicken stock.
Dough:
half a packet of butter;
a teaspoon of soda and salt;
a glass of sour cream;
flour;
five eggs.
Cooking method
1. Boil chicken breast. Let cool slightly and cut into cubes. We’ll leave the broth; it will also be useful to us.
2. Fry the onion. Mix it with pieces of chicken, season with pepper, salt.
3. Five eggs need to be beaten. We add soft butter, sour cream, soda and salt to them. Now add flour - as much as you need to knead the dough with a creamy consistency.
4. Cover the bottom of the mold with about half the dough. Further layers of the filling: chicken and onions, grated cheese. Beat two eggs, mix with chicken stock. Pour this mixture over the filling. And then fill the dough.
5. In the oven at 180 degrees, the cake will spend about half an hour.
Lazy chicken with minced meat
For the filling of a lazy chicken house, you can take pork or ground beef, and the dough in this recipe is kneaded again with kefir.
Ingredients
Filling:
350-400 grams of minced meat;
three onions;
salt and pepper.
Dough:
a glass of kefir;
two eggs;
a glass of flour;
a teaspoon of soda;
half a teaspoon of salt.
Cooking method
1. Pour soda into kefir, leave for five to seven minutes. Then break the eggs and mix with kefir. Add flour and salt, mix, get the dough.
2. We chop the onion very, very finely. Mix it with raw minced meat, which is also seasoned with pepper and salt
3. We smear the form with oil. Pour part of the dough to the bottom. Spread the stuffing. It remains to fill it with dough and send it to the oven - 170 degrees, 40 minutes.
Lazy chicken on the curd dough
From this test, very tender pastries are obtained, it is best to knead it with chilled ingredients. The baking powder will help to give airiness to the finished product.
Ingredients
Filling:
Seven potatoes;
600 grams of chicken breast fillet;
a pound of onion;
vegetable and butter;
100 grams of grated cheese;
two tomatoes.
Dough:
600 grams of cottage cheese;
1.5 cups flour;
tablespoon of salt;
four eggs;
60 ml of vegetable oil;
bag of baking powder.
Cooking method
1. Boil potatoes in their uniforms, cool and peel. We cut it into circles.
2. Boil chicken. Cut it into small cubes.
3. Peel the onions, cut them into quarters, chop. Then fry in vegetable oil. At the very end, add a little butter to the pan with onions.
4. Cut the tomatoes into slices.
5. The filling is ready. Now let's get down to the dough. To begin, beat the eggs. Add cottage cheese, salt, vegetable oil to them. Mix.
6. Start adding flour. Gradually sift it through a sieve directly into a bowl with future dough. Then we send the baking powder there. We mix it all. The dough is ready.
7. We take a suitable form, spread the parchment, grease it with oil. At the bottom we place part of the dough, level with a spatula.
8. Lay out the filling in layers: chicken, potatoes, onions, grated cheese, slices of tomato. We distribute the remaining dough from above, cover well the whole filling.
9. Now in the oven - 40 minutes, 170 degrees. Having taken out the kurnik, let it stand in the form for another ten minutes, then, together with parchment paper, transfer it to the dish. You can chop and serve.
Lazy Kurnik - secrets and tricks
· Dough for a lazy chicken house can be used for other jellied pies with a variety of fillings: meat, vegetable or even sweet.
· The key to a successful test for a chicken coop is wheat flour of the highest grade, and it is better if the grinding is thin.
· If you use a silicone mold or a detachable, covered with parchment, a gentle lazy chicken will be easier to remove from it.
