Many housewives, preparing for a festive event, are looking for new and interesting recipes, wanting to surprise your guests with an original, satisfying and incredibly tasty dish. Chicken meat is perfect for this. Although white poultry meat is a little bland, when cooked in a certain way, it becomes unusually tender, juicy, with a breathtaking aroma. Chicken medallions are the most successful option for the holiday table. The dish always turns out tasty, original, and at the same time unusual and refined.
Peculiarities
Many may be surprised to hear about such a dish without knowing what it is. Medallions are made from different types meat, most often they use pork, veal or beef. Usually "medallions" are prepared from tenderloin. This meat is most suitable for cooking of this dish. You can also make it from chicken. Chicken medallions are no less tasty than those prepared from other types of meat. They are round-shaped cutlets, but they are prepared not from minced meat, but from a whole piece of meat.
Using fillets, it is quite difficult to get a rounded medallion shape, so you should approach the issue creatively and creatively. You can cook chicken breasts in the oven, fry them on regular frying pan or use the grill.
Popular Recipes
There are many recipes describing how to make medallions. Let's look at some of them. This will allow you to choose the option you like best and then write it down in your cookbook.
Chicken medallions
To cook quickly juicy medallions from fillet, you need to prepare the following products:
- one breast;
- 100 grams of mushrooms;
- 100 grams of cheese;
- onion;
- 2-3 tbsp. l. mayonnaise and sour cream;
- salt.
To prepare this delicious dish you need to follow a few steps.
- Take mushrooms and fry them with onions. Can be used as fresh mushrooms, and frozen.
- After the mushrooms, you should start preparing the meat. To do this, the chicken is skinned and the breast is cut from the bones. The resulting fillet pieces should be cut very finely so that the mass resembles minced meat.
- Salt and spices are added to the mixture, and then ketchup is added.
- Mayonnaise is added to the mixture with mushrooms.
- Cover the baking sheet with foil or parchment paper. Spread the meat mixture onto it using a spoon, trying to arrange it in the shape of medallions.
- In circles minced meat Place a pile of fried mushrooms and onions on top.
- Place a layer of grated cheese on top of the mushrooms.
- Place the baking sheet in a preheated oven and cook the dish for half an hour. The oven is heated to 180 degrees.
After half an hour, the dish can be removed from the oven, it is completely ready for consumption. It can be eaten as a separate dish or with any side dish.
Breasts cooked in batter are very tasty.
Quick fried medallions
To prepare this dish you need very few ingredients. Have to take:
- chicken breasts – 600 grams;
- eggs – 2 pcs.;
- flour for dredging - 1-2 tbsp. l.;
- salt, seasonings;
- vegetable oil.
To please your loved ones with a simple, but very satisfying and tasty dish, you need to take the meat and cut it into pieces across the grain. The slices are cut about 5-7 mm thick. They should not be repulsed.
Next, pour a little flour into the container, add spices and seasonings. Each piece of meat is first rolled in flour, then in egg, then dipped in flour again. The prepared meatballs are carefully placed on a hot frying pan with oil. Fry the meat under the lid until golden brown. Fry the pieces on each side.
Meat "Geneva style"
It only takes half an hour to prepare this delicious dish. The chicken meat ends up juicy and very soft.
To prepare it take:
- chicken breasts – 500-700 g;
- bell pepper – 1 pc.;
- tomato - 1 pc.;
- Yalta red onion – 1 pc.;
- mayonnaise – 2 tbsp. l.;
- garlic - a couple of cloves;
- greenery;
- salt, spices.
To prepare the dish, you need to prepare the ingredients in advance. You should take the necessary vegetables and cut them into rings.
After this, it’s time to get started with the meat. To do this, the fillet is lightly beaten, seasonings and spices are added. The pieces are greased with mayonnaise and ground garlic is added. Vegetables, cut into rings, and herbs are placed in the middle of the meat piece.
The pieces of meat need to be folded towards the middle, capturing the edges. To keep the product in shape, it is fixed with toothpicks. In this form, the medallions are immersed in boiling water. vegetable oil and fry in a frying pan until an appetizing crust appears.
It is better to serve hot chops with rice or fresh salad. Before serving, remove the toothpicks from the meat.
Low calorie dish with spinach
Lean chicken and spinach will go well together in one dish. Ingredients for cooking:
- chicken fillet – 2 pcs.;
- spinach - a large bunch;
- butter – 1 tbsp. l.;
- olive oil – 2 tbsp. l.;
- aromatic herbs;
- paprika;
- salt and pepper to taste.
- white wine – 50 ml.
To make this dish tasty, you need to take the fillet and divide the breast into equal parts. If desired, the meat can be beaten a little using a kitchen hammer. Beat the fillet through plastic wrap.
Dried herbs and spices are mixed in a separate bowl, and the meat is rolled in this mixture. The pieces are sent to a frying pan to fry. After the appearance golden brown crust Cover the frying pan with a lid.
While the meat is simmering under the lid, you should take the spinach, wash it and chop it. When the meat is almost ready, add spinach to the pan, pour in white wine, and after a minute remove from heat.
Chicken medallions wrapped in bacon
Fillet is more suitable for making medallions. This part of the chicken is less fatty, so bacon and cream are added to the dish. Thanks to this combination, the meat turns out juicy and appetizing.
To prepare it, take the following products:
- half a kilo chicken fillet;
- 200 g bacon;
- 50 ml low-fat cream;
- spices.
To prepare a dish with bacon, you need to divide the meat into parts. In this case, the piece should be easily wrapped in a slice of bacon. Each piece of fillet is wrapped in a strip of bacon. The edges can be secured with a toothpick. For this dish, it is better to take already chopped bacon; when cut, it is very thin, does not tear, and is flexible.
The finished rolls are placed on a baking sheet and poured with cream mixed with spices. Place the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 170 degrees for 25-30 minutes. This time is enough for the bacon slices to brown and the cream to soak the meat.
To give the desired shape to the product, use a culinary ring. In the absence of a ring, this can be done with a sharp knife.
Many chefs recommend not keeping the dish on the fire for too long, so as not to dry out the meat. To prepare, just hold the medallions over high heat for 3 minutes on each side until an appetizing blush appears. Before turning the chicken into the pan, add a little butter, as well as a mixture of herbs. After this, you need to turn off the heat and cover the pan with a lid.
Medallions can be quickly fried on a grill pan. Fry the fillet on it for several minutes on each side until a golden, appetizing crust appears.
To learn how to prepare juicy chicken medallions, watch the video below.
Chicken fillet is always a winning option at any festive table. Particularly valuable for housewives are recipes that not only differ in aroma and taste, but are also quick to prepare. Today we invite you to pay attention to chicken medallions, which combine all of the above positive culinary qualities.
Cheese medallions
The preparation time for this dish is only fifteen minutes. By the way, chicken medallions according to this recipe are suitable even for those who are on a strict diet and do not eat anything extra. One hundred grams contains only 240 kcal.
Required Products
- Chicken fillet - 480 gr.
- Egg - 2 pcs.
- 250 gr. hard cheese.
- A pinch of salt, the same amount of wheat flour.
- Ground pepper.
- Greenery.
- Mayonnaise ( low-fat sour cream or yogurt) - 4 tbsp. l.
Cooking process
Wash the chicken breast under water, remove excess films, and dry with a towel. Cut the chicken into portions. Each chicken medallion can be beaten a little, but even without this they will taste quite tender.
In a deep bowl, mix mayonnaise (yogurt, sour cream - your choice) with finely chopped parsley, flour, eggs. Pepper and add some salt. The cheese is grated and waits its turn on the sidelines.
Dip each medallion into the egg mixture and place on a hot frying pan. As soon as they are browned on one side, add one teaspoon of the mixture on top and turn over. Sprinkle the chicken pieces fried on both sides with grated cheese and herbs. While they are hot, the cheese will melt perfectly and cover the entire portioned piece meat. By the way, according to experienced housewives, this recipe for chicken medallions will go perfectly with a light green salad.
Medallions with spinach
Low calorie chicken fillet and healthy spinach- an excellent combination. These chicken medallions make a great appetizer. And after experimenting with spicy spices, you can get a real culinary masterpiece.
Required
- Chicken fillet - 2 pcs.
- 3-4 teeth. garlic
- Butter - 50g.
- Three large handfuls of spinach.
- 2 table. l. olive oils.
- Thyme.
- Salt.
- Rosemary.
- Paprika.
- Pepper.
- Two tables. spoons of white wine.
How to cook?
One chicken breast divide into three medallions. Three pieces will yield six fairly large pieces. You can use a kitchen hammer and make them a little thinner. All of the listed dried spices should be mixed in a separate container. We will roll chicken fillet in them.
Looking at any recipe with a photo of chicken medallions, you can see that the meat pieces are always well fried. Don't keep them in the pan for too long. Three minutes on high heat is enough for an appetizing blush to appear. Before turning the medallions over to the other side, add a little butter, aromatic rosemary and garlic to the pan.
Let's turn down the fire. Pour a couple of tablespoons of white wine on top. Cover the pan with a lid and wait for the meat to simmer a little. During these three minutes, the spinach is chopped and added to the meat. One more minute - and the tender, delicious medallions are ready.
Medallions with vegetables
- Red sweet onion - 1 pc.
- Bulgarian Bell pepper- 1 PC.
- Chicken fillet - 450 gr.
- A couple of cloves of garlic.
- One large tomato.
- Any fresh greens.
- Salt.
- Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l.
- Pepper mol.
Process
Vegetables go great with chicken. But, so that they give out all their flavors and juices, we cut them as large as possible. Onion rings. Tomatoes - large circles. The pepper is cleaned of internal membranes and seeds. Cut it into even rings. Lightly beat the fillet and cut into medallions.
In the center of the meat pieces place a teaspoon of mayonnaise, fresh herbs, bell pepper, a tomato ring, a little grated garlic. We fold the medallions towards the center and secure them with a toothpick for strength.
All that remains is to place the medallions with vegetables in a hot frying pan with oil. Despite the presence of vegetables inside, the meat is fried just as quickly as in the first two recipes. It will be enough to spend two minutes on each side. You can serve the dish with rice or lettuce.
Some housewives don’t really like cooking something from chicken fillet in the oven - the dish turns out to be dry, bland and not very attractive in appearance. But knowing some culinary tricks and using unusual products, you can achieve the opposite result.
Dish with nut-lemon coat
To prepare the juiciest and most delicious chicken medallions you will need the following products:
Prepare the breading: ground walnuts, hot peppers, zest from half a lemon, mix finely chopped cilantro in a bowl, and beat the egg with salt. Add salt to each, roll in flour, dip in an egg beaten with salt and roll in the prepared breading mixture. Then fry all the breasts in sunflower oil in a frying pan over high heat.
Fry each side for 4 - 5 minutes.
Then they need to be placed on a baking sheet and placed in the oven, preheated to 210 degrees, for a quarter of an hour. While they're in the oven, you can make the garlic-lemon mayonnaise. For 200 gr. ordinary mayonnaise, add squeezed juice from one lemon, finely chopped garlic clove and zest from half a lemon. Mix everything well. When the crispy nut-lemon crust is ready, cut into pieces, place in serving bowls and top with mayonnaise.
Japanese motives for chicken fillet
Oriental medallions can be prepared from chicken fillet with the addition of Japanese spices: wasabi and soy sauce. For this dish you will need the following ingredients: 
- chicken breasts – 3 pcs.
- – quarter
- eggs – 2 pcs.
- onion – 2 heads
- avocado - quarter
- wasabi – 1 tbsp. spoon
- soy sauce – 50 gr.
- Sunflower oil – 50 gr.
- dill - bunch
- salt - as much as needed
- hard cheese – 100 gr.
For cooking chicken medallions with a Japanese accent, you should focus on the filling first. To do this, finely chop the onion and fry in sunflower oil until tender, add dill, wasabi and soy sauce. All this should be on the fire until the liquid evaporates. Boil the eggs and finely chop them, place them on a plate, where we also place the fried onions. Mix everything well.
Cut the breasts lengthwise into slices, fry each of them over high heat and place on a baking sheet. Place one tablespoon of filling on top, one slice at a time bell pepper and avocado. All this is covered with cheese. The dish should be in the oven, preheated to 230 degrees, for no more than 1/4 hour.
Bon appetit!
