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Classic tobacco chicken

Learn how to make Classic tobacco chicken with 6 ingredients and 10 clear steps.

Classic tobacco chicken recipe
PrepNot statedCook60 minServes3LevelMedium
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Before you start

A quick setup makes the method easier to follow and keeps important steps from being missed.

Preparation checklist

  • Read all 10 method steps from beginning to end.
  • Measure and arrange all 6 listed ingredients.
  • Set aside about 60 minutes, based on the time recorded by the source.

Recipe notes & preparation tips

Read the full method before you begin and prepare all ingredients in advance.

Taste near the end of cooking and adjust the seasoning before serving.

Adapted from the source recipe's notes.
Step by step

Method

  1. 01

    Chicken ready. To do this, you need to trim the excess fat, wash it, dry it with napkins. Prepared chicken spread along the ridge bone.

  2. 02

    Prepare spices: adzhika, coriander, Utsk-suneli (Georgian set of spices). Crush the garlic with garlic.

  3. 03

    Stir all the spices and smear the whole chicken carcass with the resulting gruel. After that, you can send the chicken to a cool place and let it soak up with all the spices, or you can fry immediately.

  4. 04

    Heat vegetable oil in the pan and move the chicken carcass into hot oil. Fry on one side for about 15 minutes (it all depends on the size of the chicken).

  5. 05

    Important point: it is advisable to fry such a chicken under a heavy lid, which will press on top and maintain the flattened appearance of the chicken. Those who do not have a special heavy cover, he can use the usual lid, putting on top of it something heavy.

  6. 06

    In the process of frying the chicken, the lid can be opened and checked the degree of roasting.

  7. 07

    When one side of the chicken is roasted, flip and roast on the other side. Also covered with a heavy lid. Chicken tobacco is fried to a good rosy, to the crust.

  8. 08

    When the chicken is ready, pull it out of the pan and put it on a dish.

  9. 09

    Cut the greens for the side dish.

  10. 10

    Add greens to the chicken and serve it on the table.

Ready to serve

Serve the dish as directed and enjoy it while it is at its best.

Bon appétit — enjoy your meal!
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Source & licence

This recipe was adapted and reformatted from Osiyo.ru / Аймкук . Text: Used with permission. Image: Used with permission, credited to Татьяна Алексеевна; view original image record .