Juicy chicken drumstick cooked without adding excess fat in the sleeve.

More often on our tables you can find a variety of dishes with chicken. It is cheaper than pork or beef and cook faster and is great for those who count calories. One of the dishes that can rightly be classified as fast, hearty and low-calorie is the chicken drumstick cooked in the sleeve.

This seemingly ordinary plastic bag is a real find for the modern world. After all, thanks to its properties, the sleeve withstands high temperatures, which is an excellent option for baking a wide variety of dishes, both vegetable and meat. Another of its undeniable advantages is that it is possible to cook in the sleeve without adding excess fat, and the products are cooked in their own juice, which preserves the aroma and juiciness of the prepared dish. That is why the chicken drumsticks in the sleeve are juicy and aromatic, while they are quite dietetic and very tasty.

In order to start the preparation of the chicken drumstick to the subsequent baking, take the chicken legs and carefully wash them under running water. Then dry with a kitchen waffle towel. Lovers of mayonnaise can pickle the shin in mayonnaise with garlic and spices for half an hour. Those who do not use mayonnaise during cooking, you can simply rub shin with salt, pepper, garlic, paprika and other spices of your choice. You can also use ready-made bags with seasonings for chicken. After that, our chicken drumstick is ready for baking.

Next, I can offer three options for the subsequent preparation of this dish. First: just bake the shin and serve with a separately made garnish. The second: bake chicken legs with potatoes, which will act as a side dish. And the third: bake shanks with vegetables, which greatly diversifies and adds a wealth of taste to the dish.

So, let's start with the first option. Wiped chicken legs gently folded into a sleeve, carefully close it from two sides, put it on a baking tray. Bake in a well-heated (about 200 °) oven. The time it takes for a dish to cook is between 40 and 60 minutes. Depending on the number and size of the shin.

Chicken drumstick, baked with potatoes, will undoubtedly become a sort of bailout, if there is absolutely no time and energy for cooking. For this recipe we take potatoes, clean it, cut it in small slices, then salt and pepper, if desired, sprinkle with dry or fresh greens of dill or parsley. Then we spread potatoes in a sleeve, we put salted, peppered or pre-marinated chicken drumsticks on top, we top up a little water or broth. If desired, add onions cut into rings. Carefully close the sleeve so that no liquid leaks. We put it on a baking tray. Oven should be well heated and at a temperature of 180-200 degrees we bake our legs with potatoes. If you want the calf and potatoes to lightly brown after 40-50 minutes. You can cut the sleeve and in this form bring the dish to readiness.

The third option is a baked chicken drumstick with vegetables. On the basis of eight chicken legs, we need such vegetables: sweet pepper (3 pcs.), One large carrot, medium sized onion (who likes, can take two), one glass of tomato juice, salt, pepper and other spices depending on tastes Cooking. The washed and dried chicken legs are pressed into a large bowl (so that it is convenient to mix), we make out the onions cut into rings. Cut a large straw carrots and pour into a bowl, we also send the chopped sweet pepper. A ready-made dish will look more interesting if you take a multicolored pepper. After all the ingredients are in a bowl of salt, pepper and sprinkle with other spices. Then mix everything thoroughly and pour tomato juice. We put the ready weight in a sleeve, which is well closed. After an hour in the oven at a temperature of 180-200 degrees, our chicken drumstick with vegetables is ready. A perfect side dish for her will be rice or puree from potatoes.