Grilled fillet is distinguished by its usefulness, naturalness and special taste.
It is this method of cooking that is chosen by supporters of a healthy lifestyle, athletes and people who follow their figure.
The grill can be different: a frying pan, shades in the oven or in the microwave, air grill, barbecue.
But in any of them you can make a tasty and healthy fillet.
Grilled chicken fillet - general principles of preparation
Grilled fillets can be used clean or with skin. It can be baked in a whole piece, cut into plates, cooked in small pieces. Often grilled fillet is used for making barbecue, using the product on its own or in combination with vegetables, mushrooms and even fruits.
Before laying the fillet on the grill, they must marinate it or simply rub it with spices. It goes well with chicken lemon juice, mustard, various types of pepper and garlic. Often use fragrant caraway seeds, rosemary, soy sauce. And to give juiciness to white meat, chicken is greased with a small amount of vegetable oil.
Fillet preparation time for the most part depends on the unit used and can range from a few minutes to half an hour. But in any case, it is very important not to overexpose the chicken, otherwise it will become tasteless and dry.
Recipe 1: Grilled chicken fillet with rosemary (in a pan)
To cook such a chicken fillet, you need a grill pan. A dish can be classified as very fast, it all takes no more than 12 minutes. It does not require dressings and sauces, chicken does not lose its inherent taste.
Ingredients
• 2 fillets;
• 1 tsp rosemary;
• salt;
• some olive oil;
• black pepper.
Cooking
1. Take both fillets and rinse well under the tap. Then dry. Now we cut along with a sharp knife. You should get four flat pieces.
2. Rub the chicken pieces with salt and pepper on all sides.
3. Preheat the grill pan, do not add oil. But evenly pour out dried rosemary. If you use fresh twigs, then you can crumble them.
4. We do not wait until the rosemary begins to fry, and immediately put slices of fillet on top of it.
5. Fry the slices for exactly two minutes, this time we do not touch the chicken and do not lift it.
6. Turn over to the second side and grease the toasted top with olive oil. Just a little, use a few drops. It is convenient to do this with a silicone brush.
7. After a couple of minutes, turn over again and now lubricate this side. Repeat this two more times. That is, on each side we fry two more times for 2 minutes and remove.
Recipe 2: Grilled Chicken Fillet with Lemon
You can use any grill to cook such chicken fillet, even the simplest pan is suitable. The whole secret of this recipe is hidden in a fragrant marinade, in which you need to hold the fillet for at least 30 minutes.
Ingredients
• 4 fillets;
• 1 lemon;
• 20 ml of oil (olive);
• 1/3 teaspoon salts;
• 0.5 tsp pepper;
• 2 cloves of garlic.
Cooking
1. Through the press we pass the peeled cloves of garlic.
2. Add juice squeezed from a whole lemon of medium size.
3. Put salt and pepper, rub the marinade with a spoon until the salt dissolves. Add olive oil at the end.
4. Wash the fillet, then each cut in half into two plates. We take a hammer and gently tap. Enough several times on each side.
5. Rub the cooked marinade over the chicken, and simply pour the leftovers on top.
6. Cover the dishes and forget about it for at least half an hour. It is advisable to turn over to the other side over time. If you marinate the fillet in advance, it is better to put it in the refrigerator.
7. Preheat the grill.
8. Take out the fillet pieces and shake off the marinade droplets.
9. Fry on each side for five minutes. Serve with fresh vegetables.
Recipe 3: Grilled chicken fillet with onions and peppers (on skewers)
Recipe for chicken fillet with amazing serving. On small skewers, the breast, slices of onions and sweet pepper are harmoniously located.
Ingredients
• 1 breast;
• 4 tablespoons of lemon juice;
• 1 yellow pepper;
• 1 red pepper;
• 2 small onion heads;
• 3 tablespoons of soy sauce;
• 1 spoon of vinegar;
• some oil.
Cooking
1. Mix lemon juice and soy sauce.
2. Cut the breast into slices and pour over the prepared mixture. Leave to marinate for thirty minutes. Turn over periodically.
3. We cut onions into ringlets and pour vinegar with three tablespoons of water. Let it marinate for now.
4. We clean the peppers from the internal contents and cut into large cubes so that their size matches the chicken.
5. Remove the chicken from the marinade and sprinkle the slices with butter, just a little bit.
6. Drain vinegar from the onion.
7. String pieces of pepper, onion and chicken on wooden skewers. Spread on the heated grill.
8. Turn over alternately to other sides every minute. Bring the chicken to readiness.
Recipe 4: Filipino Adobo Fillet Chicken
An elementary dish with a very interesting name. Classic adobo is prepared by stewing the ingredients. This is also an improved version of cooking dishes with grilled chicken.
Ingredients
• 0.4 kg fillet;
• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice;
• 1 tablespoon olive oil .;
• 1 spoon chopped cilantro;
• 1 onion;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• a pinch of oregano;
• salt pepper;
• a pinch of zira.
Cooking
1. We take a plastic container or just a tight bag. In the second case, it is important that it be whole.
2. Grind the garlic and throw in a container. Add cilantro and onion chopped into small pieces. We put oregano and other spices, pour oil with lemon juice and salt.
3. Cut the chicken fillet into slices one centimeter thick and send to the rest of the ingredients.
4. Vigorously shake the container or package for several seconds and send it to the refrigerator for four hours. Shake periodically.
5. Take out the pieces, shake off the remains of the marinade and vegetables from them.
6. Spread on the heated grill and cook for 6-7 minutes, periodically turning to the other side.
Recipe 5: Oven-Grilled Chicken Fillet
Many ovens are equipped with a grill, but how to cook chicken in them? Many people mistakenly believe that the chicken will turn out dry. In fact, everything is very simple and it will turn out juicy if you use a suitable marinade. The dish is quite sharp, if necessary, you can reduce the amount of pepper.
Ingredients
• 4 fillets;
• 1 pod of chili;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 1 bunch of cilantro;
• 2 tsp brown sugar;
• 0.5 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp salts;
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil;
• 0.5 lemons.
Cooking
1. Grind the cloves of garlic and combine with chopped cilantro very finely chopped.
2. Add chili peppers to the marinade, which you also need to chop. Cut the tail, the seeds can be left.
3. Add the remaining spices, salt and squeeze the lemon juice.
4. Now take the pestle and grind the cooked mixture to squeeze the juices out of the pieces of pepper and garlic.
5. Pour in the olive oil, stir and the marinade is ready.
6. Wash the chicken and cut into small cubes of 3-5 centimeters. Pour the marinade, stir well and cover. Let the chicken stand for at least an hour.
7. Preheat the oven with the grill 180 degrees.
8. Take the chicken out of the marinade and lay it on the wire rack.
9. Fry the fillet pieces for about 20 minutes. During this time, we turn 2 times to the other side.
Recipe 6: Grilled Chicken Skewers
For this version of the chicken, you can use the grill in the oven or barbecue. For skewers you will need wooden skewers. In total, about ten pieces will go.
Ingredients
• 3 fillets;
• 1 spoon of sesame oil;
• 0.5 lemon (juice);
• 2 tablespoons olive oil.
Refueling:
• 2 tablespoons olive oil;
• 1 onion head;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 0.5 cup peanut butter;
• 8 tablespoons of water;
• 0.5 lemon (juice);
• 1 chili pepper.
Cooking
1. Marinate the fillet. To do this, combine olive and sesame oil with lemon juice. You can use lime. Cut the fillet into small cubes and mix with dressing. Salt to taste. Leave to marinate for a couple of hours.
2. Wooden skewers need to be poured with cold water and left for half an hour.
3. While the fillet is pickled, prepare the dressing. For it, you need to chop onions and chili, chop the garlic. Heat the olive oil in a pan and spread the onion, fry for 5 minutes. Then add the chili with garlic, and after another minute, lime juice and peanut butter. Pour in water, put salt, warm it up and turn it off.
4. String fillet slices soaked on skewers and send to the barbecue or grill in the oven. Fry until golden brown for about 10-12 minutes.
5. Take out and serve chicken kebab with aromatic dressing.
Recipe 7: Microwave Grilled Chicken Fillet
Many microwave ovens have a built-in grill, but who uses it? This is actually a very convenient thing. And grilling chicken fillet will not take more than 15 minutes. It is better to use chicken with skin, the dish will be juicier.
Ingredients
• 2 fillets;
• 1 tsp seasoning for chicken;
• 3 tablespoons of oil.
Cooking
1. We take a container for a microwave oven and pour oil into it, add spices for chicken and mix. It is better to use a glass and shallow bowl.
2. Coat the fillet with a mixture. Usually, seasonings already have salt. But if it is not enough, then add more.
3. Leave the filet for 20 minutes.
4. Now put in the microwave, install the microwave and grill. Cook for 15 minutes. Periodically, you need to pause, open the door and turn over.
Recipe 8: Grilled Chicken Fillet with Mushrooms
Another variant of grilled chicken fillet. For him, it is advisable to use small-sized greenhouse champignons.
Ingredients
• 1 filet;
• 1 pepper;
• 1 spoon of mustard;
• 1 spoon of honey;
• 2 tablespoons of oil;
• 3 champignons.
Cooking
1. Mix mustard with honey and vegetable oil, put any seasoning and salt to taste. Triturate until smooth.
2. Cut the fillet into cubes, the size should approximately coincide with the mushrooms.
3. Rinse the mushrooms, combine with the fillet and stir with the sauce. Pickle an hour.
4. We cut bell pepper in large pieces and string on wooden skewers together with mushrooms and chicken pieces.
5. Transfer the kebab to the grill or place it under the grill of the oven. Bring to readiness, turn over every two minutes.
Grilled chicken fillet - useful tips and tricks
• Chicken fillet loves all kinds of spices and marinades. Therefore, it can be pickled the day before, but do not forget to put it in the refrigerator.
• To make the fillet juicy, you can stuff the pulp with pieces of butter. It must first be cut into small pieces and frozen.
• So that on the pieces of the fillet a golden crust appears, you can lubricate them with a thin layer of melted honey. Often use its mixture with diluted mustard.
• It is not necessary to grill only the fillet. Spread eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, and other vegetables nearby. The issue with the side dish will be solved very simply!
