Chicken on a bottle in the oven whole

6 servings
3 hours 30 min

How to bake chicken on a bottle? Prepare all the ingredients. The taste of the finished dish depends heavily on which chicken you choose. I usually bake chicken under 1. 5kg. It is advisable to buy chilled, since it is difficult to judge the freshness and quality of meat by frozen carcass. The chicken should be a light pink color, with a neutral smell. If you take poultry, it should be young (less than a year) or it won't be suitable for baking.

If the chicken is frozen, defrost the chicken beforehand. It is better to remove the packaging and put it in the container on the lower shelf of the refrigerator a day before cooking. To marinate, take a deep bowl or saucepan in which it will fit freely. The material from which it is made should not be oxidized. Enameled, ceramic and glassware are ideal. I picked up an enameled bowl.

Rinse the chicken under running water, remove all insides and feathers, if any. Wipe the carcass with a paper towel so that there is no moisture left and it is better seasoned. Rub the chicken thoroughly with salt and a mixture of peppers inside and outside. Leave to pour for a while while you make the marinade.

Peel the garlic. Rinse, dry and grind in a garlic digester. To make the marinade in a deep container, mix the sour cream, tomato paste, curry, hot pepper and garlic.

Rub the chicken with the resulting marinade inside and out, cover the dishes in which the chicken will marinate with cling film or towel. Leave for at least an hour. The longer the chicken will marinate, the tastier and juicier it will turn out.

To bake, the chicken must be put on the bottle and then put on a deep baking sheet. Any glass is suitable for baking chicken. The main thing, before putting chicken on it, check that the entire structure fits into the oven. I have a bottle of juice 22cm high. Take a baking tray so that it is larger than the surface under the chicken, so that fat flows down there when baked. Pour warm water into the bottle, leaving 4-5cm to the neck.

Fill the baking sheet with half cold water. Put the chicken to bake in a cold oven so the water heats evenly and the bottle e bursts. Turn on the oven to 200 degrees. After half an hour, reduce to 180 and bake for 1. 5 hours. During this time, pour water over the chicken from the baking sheet so that it does not dry out. If you see it bake unevenly, darker parts can be covered with foil.