Two ingredients for an amazing second course of meat: chicken in salt

Two ingredients are enough for a second course of meat. Don’t believe it? Try the baked salt chicken recipe!

Second courses are always those that require a few more steps, a minimum of dexterity and time, perhaps one of the most precious ingredients. However, with our salt chicken you will find that this is not always the case. Sometimes a couple of ingredients and a few minutes are enough to prepare the cooking and bring something really special to the table.

Nobody will be able to resist salted chicken because this technique not only allows you to keep the meat very tender , but also to reduce the amount of fat used in cooking. We are therefore talking about an easy but also healthy recipe, perfect for family dinners as well as for more formal occasions. Ready to discover all the secrets of the success of our coarse salt chicken?

How to prepare the salt chicken recipe

1. First, get yourself a clean whole chicken . We advise you not to choose it too big (1 kg is perfect) to make sure you get the right cooking. As you know, chicken is one of those meats that absolutely cannot be eaten raw.
2. With kitchen twine, tie the chicken legs together, in order to close the opening and prevent salt from getting inside. If you want, you can first add rosemary, a clove of garlic or a few slices of lemon.
3. Pour a layer of salt of about one centimeter into a pan (not too big than the chicken but that contains it for its entire height plus a couple of centimeters), then lay the meat and cover with the remaining salt.
4. Bake at 200 ° C for 1 hour and 30 minutes , remove from the oven and remove the salt crust before grilling the chicken again for another 10 minutes to make the skin crisp.
5. Serve it after removing it from the salt.

Baked salt chicken is really simple to make, however you can also speed up the preparation slightly with salt chicken legs. In this case it will take an hour to reach the right degree of cooking, while the steps remain unchanged. Meat but also fish: try our sea ​​bass in salt and you will not regret it!

storage

Chicken in salt can be stored in the refrigerator for a couple of days. If the meat is too dry for your taste you can use it frayed in a salad: you will feel what a delight!