Many housewives undeservedly bypass such a dish as chicken with pumpkin. But in vain. This vegetable in combination with poultry is very healthy. Pumpkin has been used in cooking for a long time. We offer several simple recipes.

Chicken with pumpkin. Method 1

You can prepare the dish using the following products:

• chicken (or its parts: legs, breasts, thighs) weighing about 1.5 kg;
• pumpkin pulp weighing about 800 grams;
• onion - 1 medium-sized head;
• cinnamon, nutmeg;
• vegetable oil - a couple of spoons;
• salt pepper.
• milk - a glass (about 200 grams).

1 step

Cut the chicken into portions. Rinse them and dry them. Heat a spoonful of vegetable oil in a frying pan. Brown the meat on all sides for a few minutes. Transfer the prepared pieces into a deep heat-resistant pan, season with pepper and salt.

Step 2

Cut the pumpkin pulp into small cubes. Peel the onion and cut it into thin rings/half rings. Sauté in oil. The onion has become transparent, which means it’s time to add pieces of pumpkin pulp. Fry for a few more minutes. Pour in a glass of milk and wait until it boils. Salt the mixture, add a little cinnamon and stir. Continue simmering for 5-10 minutes.

Step 3

Place the prepared vegetables in a heatproof pan with the chicken. Stir, cover and place in the oven for 20 minutes and 180 degrees.

Step 4

Chicken with pumpkin is ready. Place the dish on plates. Sprinkle with herbs. You can top it with sour cream. It is not necessary to prepare a side dish, since chicken with pumpkin is an independent dish. Bon appetit!

Pumpkin with mushrooms and chicken

The following recipe will turn out to be nourishing, tasty and unusual.

Required ingredients:

• chicken fillet weighing about 800 grams;
• mushrooms (champignons or any other varieties) - 300 grams;
• pumpkin pulp weighing 300 grams;
• onion - 2 medium sized heads;
• a glass of washed rice (about 200 grams);
• a few spoons of soy sauce;
• a pack (200 grams) of cream;
• salt, pepper, saffron.

Cooking technology. Step-by-step instruction

1 step

Wash the chicken fillet pieces and pat dry. Cut into cubes. Heat the oil, throw the chicken into it and fry until golden brown. The bird should be fried, not stewed. Place the pieces on a plate.

Step 2

Pour the washed rice into the same pan. Fry it for a couple of minutes. Pour boiling water over the saffron. Let it sit for 10 minutes. Cover the rice with water and cook as usual. After boiling, pour in the saffron.

Step 3

In a separate container, fry the onions and chopped mushrooms. After 5 minutes, add the pumpkin cut into pieces. Fry for another 10 minutes. Add to the ingredients. Pour in soy sauce, cream, and pepper. Simmer the meat for 20 minutes. Focus on the readiness of the pumpkin. Sprinkle the dish with herbs.

Chicken with pumpkin in the sleeve

It’s easy to prepare the dish. To do this, you need to take pieces of chicken, diced pumpkin pulp. Season the ingredients with salt and seasonings. If the chicken is lean, you can add a little oil. Distribute the chicken and pumpkin evenly in the sleeve, secure the edges and place in the oven. Time - 40-50 minutes. Temperature - 180 degrees. To form a crust, tear the sleeve a few minutes before cooking. Bon appetit!

The bird goes well with various additives. One of the unusual options is chicken with pumpkin in the oven. You can prepare the dish in a special baking bag, or you can use portioned pots. But the most spectacular option is pumpkin stuffed with chicken.

To prepare the dish, you can use the whole chicken carcass, or you can take individual parts, for example, drumsticks or thighs. Before baking, the chicken is rubbed with spices or kept for some time in a specially prepared marinade.

Pumpkin must be peeled and cut before cooking. If you plan to stuff the pumpkin, you will need to cut off the cap and carefully remove the seeds with fibrous pulp.

Chicken and pumpkin make a delicious stir-fry. Other vegetables are added to the two main products. You can complement the dish with mushrooms.

Good to know! From a botanical point of view, the pumpkin fruit is a berry.

Chicken in pumpkin, baked in the oven

A delicious dish of chicken in pumpkin, baked in the oven, looks very impressive on the table, so it can be prepared even for a holiday.

• 1 pumpkin with a diameter of about 20 cm;
• 2-3 chicken legs;
• 2-3 ;
• 2 pods;
• 1 onion;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• salt, fresh herbs, vegetable oil to taste.

To prepare the dish, you need to choose a beautifully shaped pumpkin. The optimal size is about 20 cm in diameter. You can use a larger pumpkin to accommodate more pieces of chicken and vegetables. However, it takes a long time to bake a large pumpkin, and the dish may fall apart when serving.

To fill the pumpkin, you can use boned legs, cut into pieces. Or you can remove fillets from the legs. But when using pieces with a bone, the filling will be thicker and more flavorful due to the gelling substances.

Cut the legs into two parts - drumstick and thigh. If fillet is used, it must be removed in large pieces. Salt and pepper the legs, fry in vegetable oil until a light crust appears. Leave the fried chicken to cool.

Let's wash the pumpkin. Let's step back 5 centimeters from the tail and cut off the cap. Using a spoon, scoop out the seeds and fibers. Then take out some of the pulp. It needs to be cut with a knife and taken out using the same spoon. You need to be careful not to pierce the pumpkin all the way through, otherwise the juice will leak out through this hole.

As a result, the pumpkin will look like a pot. It is necessary to salt the walls from the inside and lubricate them with vegetable oil.

Wash the tomatoes, cut them into halves, chop the onion into thin half rings. We clean the bell pepper from seeds and cut it into fairly wide strips. Chop the garlic and fresh herbs.

Place a layer of onion at the bottom of the pumpkin pot, then add fried chicken, tomatoes and peppers. Sprinkle with salt, fresh herbs and garlic. Alternate layers of chicken and vegetables until the squash pot is full. You need to act carefully so as not to damage the walls of the pumpkin.

Spread two large strips of foil on a baking sheet, placing them crosswise. Place the stuffed pumpkin in the center. Pour the oil in which the chicken was fried into the pumpkin. Cover the pumpkin pot with a lid and wrap the pumpkin in foil, squeezing tightly. The pumpkin tail should also be wrapped in foil to prevent it from burning. Bake at 160 degrees for about 2 hours. To make sure the pumpkin is ready, you can try to pierce the top of the fruit with a toothpick. If the stick easily enters the pulp, it is ready.

Carefully remove the pumpkin from the oven and unwrap it. You need to act carefully, as you can get burned by the steam and juice. The dish can be served hot or cold.

• 600 gr. drumsticks or other parts of a poultry carcass;
• 300 gr. purified;
• 2 onions;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil;
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce;
• 1 teaspoon French mustard;
• 1 teaspoon sugar;
• 0.25 teaspoon curry;
• 0.25 teaspoon ground paprika;
• 0.25 teaspoon of pepper mixture;
• salt to taste.

Make the marinade: mix soy sauce, vegetable oil, mustard, spices, sugar. Rub the drumsticks with salt, then with marinade.

Cut the pumpkin and potatoes into cubes or slices. Chop the onion into half rings, pass the garlic through a press or cut into small cubes. Place in a bowl, pour over the remaining marinade and stir. You can mix vegetables and chicken. Leave for an hour or more.

Do you know how tasty it is? If not, then be sure to prepare it at home before the pumpkin season is over. It's no secret that it is very often baked with vegetables or on a bed of vegetables. Vegetables make a very tasty side dish that complements the meat.

Most often, potatoes are baked with chicken meat, although in addition to them there are a very large number of tasty and healthy vegetables that can be used to diversify numerous types of meat. These include asparagus, green beans, eggplant, sweet peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, onions, artichoke, pumpkin.

I love pumpkin very much and most often use it to make sweet desserts and baked goods. Soups and main courses are somewhat rarer, but I’ve never had to bake pumpkin with chicken. This year I finally decided to cook this dish. The chicken with pumpkin turned out very, very tasty. If you love this vegetable, then be sure to cook it in the oven with pumpkin. Take sweet varieties of pumpkin for baking.

This is the kind of pumpkin that is sold in supermarkets, while at the market they can also sell you pumpkin of forage varieties. Regarding chicken, I would like to add that for baking you can take one or another part of it or even the whole carcass. Today I want to show you how to deliciously and quickly bake chicken thighs in the oven in a spicy marinade with spices.

This marinade is also suitable for baking a whole chicken carcass, but to ensure that it is perfectly cooked, I recommend using a baking bag. Pumpkin can be placed both in the middle of the chicken carcass and around it. In addition to chicken, I only used onions from vegetables, but you can add potatoes, carrots, prunes, mushrooms, dried apricots, bell peppers, and grated cheese to the dish.

Ingredients:

• Chicken legs – 1 kg.,
• Pumpkin – 300-400 gr.,
• Spices – 1 teaspoon,
• Balsamic vinegar - 3 tbsp. spoons,
• Apple cider vinegar – 2 tbsp. spoons,
• Salt – 1 level coffee spoon,
• Garlic – 3 cloves,
• Onions – 2 pcs.,
• Refined sunflower oil – 80-100 ml.

Chicken with pumpkin in the oven - recipe

Any parts of the chicken for baking that you choose should be checked for feathers, and then be sure to rinse with cold water. Before marinating, it is advisable to pat the meat dry with napkins or a paper towel. It is advisable to cut whole chicken legs, consisting of thigh and drumstick, into two parts at the joint. Today I will bake chicken thighs with pumpkin.

Peel a piece of pumpkin and remove seeds. Cut the pumpkin pulp into cubes approximately 2 by 2 cm in size.

Peel the onion and cut it into rings. Cut the onion rings in half. And in half again. The end result should be quarter rings.

Let's move on to the next stage - preparing the marinade. To do this, pour sunflower oil into a bowl.

Add spices.

There are no strict rules for choosing them for marinating chicken. You can buy ready-made chicken or chicken spices, or mix your favorite spices. Most often I prepare spices for meat and fish myself. In this recipe for baking chicken with pumpkin in the oven, I used a spice mixture of paprika, black pepper, curry, and dry adjika.

Pour in balsamic vinegar, but do not confuse it with plain grape vinegar. Balsamic vinegar is very sweet and thick, while ordinary grape vinegar is very close in consistency and taste to table vinegar, but at the same time differs from it in its ruby ​​color and characteristic grape smell. If you don't have it, then replace it with a teaspoon of honey.

Peel the garlic into the chicken marinade and squeeze it through a press.

Pour in apple cider vinegar.

Add salt.

Mix the marinade.

Pour the resulting spicy marinade with vegetable oil, vinegar and spices over the chicken legs (drums, wings or breast). At the same time, leave a little marinade for pickling vegetables. Use your hands to coat the chicken pieces with the marinade until they are completely coated. Combine pumpkin and onion in a bowl. Pour marinade over them. Stir.

Place chicken thighs in a baking dish.

Place pickled vegetables around them.

Heat the oven to 180C. At this temperature, vegetables should be baked in the oven for at least 35 minutes. During baking, chicken and vegetables must be watered with the juice formed at the bottom of the pan. Make sure the chicken is done by piercing it with the point of a knife. If clear juice appears instead of blood, it means it is already well baked and you can safely remove it from the oven.

Chicken with pumpkin in the oven. Photo

I offer you a recipe for a very tasty and healthy dish. It is prepared quickly and easily. Baked pumpkin goes wonderfully with chicken. The dish turns out exquisite, with an appetizing aroma and piquant taste.

Pumpkin is deservedly used as a side dish for meat dishes; vitamin T, which is present in it, helps to absorb fatty and heavy foods. The combination of pumpkin and meat is divine. An easy and healthy dinner that will exceed all your expectations. Even those who are indifferent to pumpkin will ask you for the recipe.

Cooking chicken with pumpkin in the oven

Kitchen tools: oven; baking dish; cutting board; knife; pan.

Ingredients

How to choose the right ingredients

• First of all, check the meat for freshness. You need to press your finger on the meat, if it quickly regains its shape at the point of pressure, it means it’s fresh. If there is a depression left, go to another store.
• The color of the meat of a young chicken is pale pink, and the fat is pale yellow.
• You need to pay attention to the skin of the chicken; in a fresh carcass it is tender, white and clean.
• Feel free to smell the meat. Fresh chicken should not have a sour, putrid odor.
• The pumpkin pulp should be bright and elastic, the surface should be clean, smooth, without dents or damage.

Step-by-step preparation

1. Take salt, pepper, a tablespoon of mustard to taste and coat one kilogram of chicken drumsticks well. Stir and marinate for about half an hour.
2. Peel a kilogram of pumpkin and cut into medium-sized cubes.
   
   
3. Place in a baking dish or regular baking sheet, salt and pepper to taste and pour with twenty milligrams of melted butter or a tablespoon of vegetable oil.
   
   
4. Bring the oven temperature to 180 degrees and cook the pumpkin until half cooked. This will take about twenty minutes.
5. In a heated frying pan, combine thirty grams of butter, add one tablespoon of vegetable oil and fry the chicken until golden brown.
   
   
6. Transfer the fried chicken to the pumpkin pan, sprinkle with two cloves of chopped garlic, pour in a little water and put in the oven for about 20 minutes.
   
   

   If desired, you can add pine nuts and parsley to the chicken.

7. In a dry frying pan, fry twenty grams of nuts until golden brown.
   
   
8. Sprinkle the finished dish with nuts and cover with foil or a lid for 10 minutes.
   
   

Well, for those who like to eat hearty and hearty meals, I recommend adding half a kilo of potatoes to this dish. Place the quartered potatoes in the mold along with the pumpkin and cook in the oven until half cooked. Then we continue to cook according to the recipe suggested above. Chicken with pumpkin and potatoes in the oven turns out aromatic and with the most tender meat.

Video recipe

Detailed preparation of this dish can be seen in the video.

For those who are tired of the daily routine and don’t want to stand at the stove for a long time, I offer an amazing recipe for preparing an identical dish in a slow cooker.

Caribbean-style chicken and pumpkin in a slow cooker

Cooking time: 25 minutes.
Number of servings: 4.
Kitchen tools: multicooker pressure cooker; spoon; grater; knife; cutting board.

Ingredients

Step by step recipe

1. Turn on the multicooker and set the “Frying” mode.
   
   
   
2. Grease the multicooker bowl with oil and place seven hundred grams of chicken thighs, skin side down. Add the diced onion and sprinkle with one tablespoon of chicken seasoning.
   
   
3. Grind three cloves of garlic using a press, one centimeter of ginger and add to the meat. Add the zest of one lime, grated, and pour the squeezed juice over the contents.
   
   
4. Chop four green onions, one bunch of basil and send to the chicken.
   
   
5. Grind four hundred grams of tomatoes into a puree and pour into the multicooker bowl. Add half a kilo of diced pumpkin to the contents, salt and pepper to taste.
   
   
6. Cancel the “Frying” mode, mix the contents of the bowl until smooth, close the multicooker valve. Set the “Cooking” mode for 10 minutes. After the time has passed, turn off the multicooker.
   
   
7. We wait five minutes and open the pressure release valve. Our delicious chicken with pumpkin is ready.
   
   

The dish should be served hot, along with the juice that formed when stewing chicken and vegetables.

Video recipe

Watch the video to see how to prepare this dish in the least amount of time.

Surprise your guests: a baked whole pumpkin creates a stunning effect at the holiday table. Pumpkin stuffed with chicken is no exception.
Chicken in pumpkin, baked in the oven, served on the table in a vegetable saucepan and is a fabulous table decoration.

Recipe for pumpkin stuffed with chicken and vegetables

Cooking time: 1 hour 40 minutes.
Number of servings: 4.
Kitchen tools: frying pan with lid; oven; cutting board; knife; spoon; form.

Ingredients

round pumpkin	1 PC.
chicken breast	1 PC.
small zucchini	2 pcs.
Bell pepper	1 PC.
medium carrot	1 PC.
onion	1 head
garlic	8 cloves
potato	3 pieces
ground coriander	1/2 tsp.
tomato	4 things.
green cilantro	1 bunch
refined vegetable oil	100 ml
ground cloves	1/4 tsp.
hot pepper	1 PC.
ground cinnamon	1 tsp.
rock salt	taste

Step-by-step preparation

1. Heat one hundred milliliters of vegetable oil and add one onion, diced.
   
   
2. While it's roasting, cut three potatoes into cubes.
   
   
3. Add spices to the onion: a quarter teaspoon of cloves, half a teaspoon of coriander, one teaspoon of cinnamon and salt to taste. We continue to fry.
   
   
4. Add potatoes and simmer covered.
   
   
5. Cut one hot pepper into thin half rings and add it to the potatoes. Cover with lid again.
   
   
6. Cut eight cloves of garlic into slices and add to the frying pan.
   
   
7. Cut one carrot into large strips and add it to the vegetables.
   
   
8. We also place one chicken breast cut into cubes in a frying pan, mix and simmer under the lid.
   
   
9. Cut two small zucchini into cubes and add to the vegetables and chicken, cover again with a lid.
   
10. Cut one paprika into cubes and place in a frying pan. Add four diced tomatoes and simmer under the lid for a couple more minutes. Add a chopped bunch of cilantro and mix everything well.
    
    
11. Remove the frying pan from the heat. Our minced meat is ready.
    
    
12. Place the prepared pumpkin in a mold and fill it with the prepared minced meat.
    
    
13. Preheat the oven, cover the pumpkin with the cut top and bake until soft, about 1 hour.
    
    

Video recipe

Watch the video to see how to properly and simply cook pumpkin stuffed with chicken and vegetables.

I suggest you try another amazing dish. Chicken stewed with pumpkin in a creamy sauce will captivate you with the delicious aroma of autumn. Everything is done very simply.

• You need to chop 1 kg of chicken flesh, add salt, sprinkle with Provençal herbs, add chopped garlic, juice of half a lemon, pour in oil and leave to soak in the marinade for about twenty minutes.
• Cut a kilogram of pumpkin into half rings and marinate in the same way, only without garlic. Immediately place in the oven and cook until half cooked.
• We take out the mold, put the marinated fillet in it, combine it with the pumpkin, add 500 ml of cream and 100 ml of water, and cook again for 20-30 minutes.
• The taste of the dish is amazing, the velvety creamy sauce complements it and makes it even more tender.

• To make the pumpkin taste more intense, you must add aromatic herbs. Cumin, herbs de Provence, and pepper are very suitable for pumpkin.
• Do not add a lot of oil to the baking dish, as the pumpkin will release a lot of juice, the meat will be marinated and will be very tender.
• If you are in a hurry, then make this dish in a slow cooker, as it cooks as quickly as possible.
• When preparing the pumpkin for filling with minced meat, do not scrape out the pulp to the ground, leave a little. It will be saturated with the juice of meat, vegetables, the aroma of spices and will be extremely tasty.
• If you suddenly don't have fresh pumpkin, you can use frozen one.

What to serve with

Pumpkin and chicken dishes are best served with boiled rice. But most often it is served as an independent dish, with pumpkin as a garnish.

Dishes prepared with pumpkin are classified as healthy foods. Many interesting dishes can be prepared from this vegetable. Moreover, the products used are affordable and simple.
– this is an unforgettable taste from my childhood. Tasty and healthy when baked, it removes all toxins from the body, and also has choleretic and diuretic effects.

I often cook stewed pumpkin for my granddaughter. The fiber contained in this vegetable has a good effect on the children's body. Just don’t forget that the vitamin A it contains is better absorbed with fats, so be sure to add butter or vegetable oil to the stewed pumpkin.

They love me in my family too. They are very easy to prepare and eat very quickly. This low-calorie, nutritious dish will be beneficial for anyone on a diet.

Prepare dishes with this amazing vegetable, experiment and share your recipes in the comments. Bon Appetit everyone!

Chicken with pumpkin in the oven has become our number one hit this fall. Well, of course, there are still a couple of magical tricks up your sleeve... But the pumpkin pulp, soaked in aromatic chicken fat and shaded with simple bright companions, is something! Even if you have never eaten pumpkin, you will start. Well, a nice bonus, the amazing crust on the chicken pieces - this in itself lifts your mood and appetite, by default.

The recipe is simple, the ratio of ingredients is very successful, for 3 servings, take chicken according to the number of eaters, the more chicken - the more pumpkin, otherwise it will turn out too fatty, fi. It is preferable to take larger chicken parts and certainly with skin - legs, thighs, and meaty drumsticks are wonderful. So.

To create chicken with pumpkin in the oven, we will need:

• 3 large chicken thighs or medium legs (if frozen, defrost!)
• 1.2-1.5 kg of ripe pumpkin, peeled and seeds removed
• 2 medium apples, preferably green
• 1 large onion
• ½ cup or a little more water

Chicken with pumpkin in the oven, recipe:

1. Peel the pumpkin and cut into bite-size cubes - not small or large, about 2x2 cm. Place in a baking dish.
2. Peel and seed the apples, cut them into approximately centimeter cubes and scatter them on top of the pumpkin.
3. Cut the peeled onion in half and quickly, without a board, cut into thin slices. Spread the onions over the pumpkin-apple mixture.
4. Lightly salt. Pour half a glass of water into the mold - at any temperature.
5. Place chicken pieces, grated or lightly sprinkled with salt, on top of the vegetables. We send this entire structure to an oven preheated to 180-190 degrees for 45-65 minutes or a little more, depending on the size of your chicken pieces. No foil or other coverings - the water at the bottom of the pan will prevent the chicken from drying out.

The point is that the pumpkin is lightly stewed and baked, soaked in the aromas of apples and onions, enveloping itself in magical fat from chicken skin... The pieces lose their clear outlines on the fork, it’s no longer a pumpkin at all, but ambrosia... The wonderful chicken crunches with a tanned crust with salt crystals, tender the meat under it releases wonderful juice...

No peppers or herbs, everything is so divinely bright and fragrant in its simplicity.

In general, I gave you the basis - create! If you have nowhere to put a bunch of parsnip tubers, I suspect that it can be used in the same way as a pumpkin, it should be no worse.