Smoked chicken

Quite often, enjoying another portion of a delicious dish, we begin to think about how much harm or health benefits we thereby bring to the body. All smoked foods, in particular smoked chicken, are no exception in this case. With its characteristic bright, rich and memorable taste, smoked chicken is quite often present in the diet of most of our fellow citizens. Although not many people know how it is made and what the nutritional value of this product is.

According to the traditional historically established method of smoking meat, a prerequisite is the presence of a special smoking chamber in which the product is treated with wood smoke for a long time. In addition to equipment, this process requires a large amount of time and fuel, and therefore not all manufacturers follow this path. Most of them try to find an opportunity to save labor, time and material costs, so they prefer another type of smoking.

The modern smoking method owes its appearance to the appearance of a substance called liquid smoke. It is noteworthy that its progenitor is a scientist from Russia, and the production process of this substance is a high-temperature treatment of smoldering wood crumbs, as a result of which smoke is combined with water

. Thus, to obtain smoked chicken lying on most shelves, the poultry carcass is first subjected to a temperature treatment, for which high-voltage chambers are used, after which it is placed for a while in liquid smoke, "trimmed" with all kinds of preservatives. Within reasonable limits, smoked chicken undoubtedly occupies a completely legal place in the diet of a modern person, but frequent consumption of this tasty, but not particularly useful product is not recommended for people with gastrointestinal diseases and those who suffer from various kinds of allergies.

In addition to an industrial product, you can cook smoked chicken at home. So you guarantee yourself and your loved ones the maximum preservation of beneficial properties and the excellent quality of chicken meat. As a rule, many hunters, fishermen, as well as adherents of suburban recreation have a smoking machine. With a minimum of costs, in this case, you can achieve an unforgettable taste of a natural smoked product. By the way, the calorie content of smoked chicken is 184 kcal per 100 grams of meat.

In cooking, smoked chicken acts as an excellent and sometimes indispensable ingredient in the preparation of many dishes. Any hostess in stock has a signature recipe with this product, be it a salad, snack or main course. If you have not yet had time to acquire such, you are not afraid to experiment - prepare the usual dishes using smoked chicken, which will sound new due to the taste of smoked meat. For example, make the popular Caesar or classic Olivier, taking smoked chicken as a basis. And when you decide to once again prepare the solyanka team, also try to trim it with a small portion of chicken - believe me, you will not forget these taste sensations.

Interestingly, the calorie content of smoked chicken is largely lower than the nutritional value of unprocessed poultry meat. This is due to the fact that during the cooking process, the chicken "loses" a considerable part of its fat reserves, and the percentage of protein increases due to this.