Chicken and pumpkin can be great partners if you give them a chance to be on the same plate. Herbs, unusual spices, thick sauces and original recipes that you will find in this article will help you combine the two tastes.

Juicy chicken will become even more tender, soaked in the sweetness of aromatic pumpkin, and the record short cooking time of this dish will pleasantly surprise you.

Ingredients:

• chicken legs – 2 pcs.;
• peeled pumpkin – 300 g;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• dry red wine – 50 ml;
• Provençal herbs and salt - to taste;
• olive oil – 2 tbsp. l.

Advice! If you don’t have wine on hand, replace it with wine vinegar or lemon juice, diluted half with water.

Cooking method:

1. Remove the meat from the bones or chop the legs along with them.
2. Marinate the pieces in a mixture of wine, dry aromatic herbs and half the amount of oil. Leave for 1 hour.
3. Fry the chicken in the remaining oil until crispy.
4. Add pumpkin cut into 1 cm thick slices to the meat. Fry everything together for 5 minutes.
5. Cut the onion into half rings and place in a bowl with chicken and pumpkin, mix thoroughly.
6. Add the remaining marinade to the roasting pan and simmer with the lid closed for about 15-20 minutes.

When serving portions, sprinkle the dish with fresh, finely chopped parsley or fennel.

Bake the dish in the oven

Pumpkin is one of those products whose taste is fully revealed during the baking process, and the spicy marinade only enhances the effect.

Ingredients:

• chicken drumsticks – 5-6 pcs.;
• peeled pumpkin – 300 g;
• onions – 2 pcs.;
• garlic – 2-3 cloves;
• refined oil – 3 tbsp. l.;
• soy sauce – 1 tbsp. l.;
• sugar and French mustard beans - 1 tsp each;
• spices (curry, allspice and coarse paprika) and salt - to taste.

If you use frozen meat, then before starting marinating, completely defrost it, rinse, strain off the water and dry the drumsticks from excess moisture.

Cooking method:

1. Prepare a marinade from oil, soy sauce, sugar, salt, mustard and dry spices.
2. Pour half of this mixture over the sliced ​​pumpkin and the onion, chopped into half rings.
3. Crush the garlic and add it to the vegetables, stir.
4. Remove the skin from the chicken drumsticks with a stocking, but do not cut it off. Coat the inside of the meat with the marinade, and then pull the skin back on the outside.
5. Combine vegetables and chicken, pouring in the remaining marinade. Leave for 1 hour.
6. Place the pumpkin with meat in a baking dish and place it in an oven preheated to 180°C for 40 minutes.

A light, aromatic, juicy dish will decorate a family dinner and break your stereotypes about the inappropriateness of pumpkin as a side dish.

In sour cream sauce

Another option for a chicken and pumpkin masterpiece in the oven is to bake them in a thick sauce of sour cream and cheese.

Ingredients:

• chicken thighs or drumsticks – 500 g;
• pumpkin – 300 g;
• onions – 1 pc.;
• fat sour cream – 150 g;
• processed cheese – 1 pc.;
• chicken egg – 2 pcs.;
• universal seasoning for chicken – 10 g.

In this recipe, you can replace the sour cream with thick yogurt, and use your favorite spices instead of ready-made seasoning.

Cooking method:

1. Cut the pumpkin into thin, 2-3 mm, slices and place them on the bottom of a refractory dish in a 2-3 cm layer.
2. Place the onion chopped into half rings on top.
3. Sprinkle the seasoning over the vegetables and place the salted chicken pieces on top.
4. Prepare the filling mixture: combine sour cream, grated cheese and raw eggs. Add remaining seasoning to sauce.
5. Pour the mixture into the contents of the mold and shake it slightly so that the sauce is evenly distributed between the products.
6. Place the dish in an oven preheated to 200°C and bake for about 40 minutes.

This amazingly delicious dish is sure to become a real hit in your favorite home recipes.

Chicken with pumpkin in a slow cooker

Time is short, but there is chicken fillet in the refrigerator and a bag of frozen pumpkin in the freezer. Then today we are preparing a fragrant dinner in a slow cooker!

Ingredients:

• chicken fillet – 500 g;
• pumpkin without skin and seeds – 300 g;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• sour cream – 200 g;
• vegetable oil – 1 tbsp;
• salt, allspice and a mixture of Provencal herbs - to taste.

Advice! Using garlic and some hot pepper in this recipe will give the dish a completely different, but no less amazing taste!

Cooking method:

1. Cut the fillet into pieces and the onion into cubes.
2. Place the chicken along with the onions and vegetable oil in the multicooker bowl, turning on the “Frying” mode.
3. During this time, prepare the pumpkin, cut it into 1 cm thick slices or cubes. If you are using frozen pumpkin, there is no need to defrost it, just add the contents of the bag to the multicooker bowl with the already fried meat and onions, and continue frying. Don't forget to add spices, herbs and salt at this stage.
4. At the end of frying, put sour cream in the bowl and switch the multicooker to the “Stew” mode. Bring the dish to readiness.

Information! The best varieties suitable for baking and stewing are considered to be nutmeg pumpkins. They usually have an elongated, bottle-shaped shape and a small seed chamber.

Cooking savory baked goods

Not only the entire household, but also the neighbors in the stairwell will come running to the magical smell of a magnificent pie with pumpkin and chicken on a puff pastry base!

Ingredients:

• chicken fillet – 500 g;
• peeled pumpkin – 300 g;
• ready-made puff pastry – 1 package per 400 g;
• hard cheese – 50 g;
• cream or fat sour cream – 200 g;
• chicken egg – 2 pcs.;
• garlic – 2 cloves;
• onions – 2 pcs.;
• odorless vegetable oil – 2-3 tbsp. l.;
• salt, spices - to taste.

Advice! Use curry or turmeric as spices - they will give a particularly festive look to your pie.

Cooking method:

1. Thaw the dough in the package. Grind the fillet and garlic, chop the onion, and cut the pumpkin into thin slices.
2. Fry the onion and garlic in hot oil until translucent, stirring constantly. Add the pumpkin slices and fry everything together for 5 minutes. over medium heat.
3. Place the pumpkin-onion fry in a bowl and fry the chicken fillet in a frying pan until crispy, adding vegetable oil if necessary. Finally, add spices and salt to the meat.
4. In a deep bowl, mix cream, eggs and salt.
5. Grease a baking dish with butter and place the puff pastry on it, after rolling it out with a rolling pin to the desired size and forming the sides. Preheat the oven to 180-200°C.
6. Place the pan with the dough in the oven for 5 minutes until the surface “sets.”
7. Place the pumpkin-meat filling on the dough, fill it with the egg-cream mixture, sprinkle grated cheese on top and place in the oven for 15 minutes.

Serve this hearty quiche warm with tea, but it's just as good completely cooled, so feel free to pop a slice of pie in your lunchbox to snack on at work or at university.

Pumpkin stuffed with chicken

An original presentation will be provided by pumpkin stuffed with meat, baked whole according to the following recipe. Guests will be delighted!

Ingredients:

• portioned pumpkin – 500-600 g;
• chicken fillet (or breast) – 200-250 g;
• tomato – 80 g;
• onion – 70 g;
• garlic – 1-2 cloves;
• hard cheese – 30-40 g;
• salt, spices, herbs - to taste.

Information! Mini pumpkins with a hard shell are ideal for this dish. They are usually small in size and taste like sweet potatoes.

Cooking method:

1. Cut off the cap and stem of the pumpkin and carefully scoop out the flesh using a spoon.
2. Chop the onion and garlic, remove the skin from the tomato and chop it into small pieces. Grind the meat and pumpkin.
3. In a preheated frying pan, fry the onion and garlic in oil, add the meat, and after 5 minutes. – pumpkin. Stirring, simmer for about 10 minutes, adding 1-2 tbsp if necessary. l. water.
4. Finally, add the tomato, chopped herbs, salt and spices to the pan. Simmer for another 5 minutes.
5. Place the stew in the pumpkin, close with the cut off top, coat the fruit with oil and wrap in foil. Place in an oven preheated to 180°C. Bake for 30 minutes. until the pumpkin is soft.
6. A few minutes before they are ready, remove the fruit from the oven, remove it from the foil and, after removing the lid, sprinkle the contents with grated cheese. Bake until golden brown.

For this dish, serve cold sour cream, whipped with red hot pepper, garlic and finely chopped dill.

Delicate creamy chicken and pumpkin soup

This light and beautiful pumpkin puree soup will appeal not only to adults who watch their figure, but even to the littlest picky eaters.

Ingredients:

• chicken fillet – 200 g;
• pumpkin – 300 g;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• potatoes – 2-3 pcs.;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• milk and 33% cream - 100 ml each;
• cream cheese – 50 g;
• vegetable oil – 1-2 tbsp. l.;
• black pepper, oregano, dried garlic and salt - to taste.

Take medium-sized piece vegetables for pumpkin puree soup - about 70-80 g each.

Cooking method:

1. Coarsely chop the pumpkin and place in a saucepan. Add potatoes cut into quarters and add water so that it barely covers the pieces. Cook over medium heat for 15-20 minutes until the potatoes are completely cooked.
2. Prepare the remaining vegetables. Finely chop the onion and sauté in vegetable oil until golden brown.
3. Add coarsely grated carrots to the onion and fry for 10 minutes over low heat, stirring constantly.
4. Drain the water from the pan with the pumpkin and potatoes, add the sautéed vegetables, draining off the excess oil.
5. Use a blender to puree the mixture into a homogeneous puree.
6. Add soft cheese, milk, cream to the mixture and place the pan over medium heat.
7. After boiling, add thinly sliced ​​chicken fillet to the mixture, then reduce the heat.
8. Add salt, spices and chopped dry oregano to the cream soup and cook until the meat is cooked.

Serve the soup with fresh chopped herbs and start eating right away.

As you can see, the combination of chicken and pumpkin is so harmonious that these products are successfully used for first and second courses, and for savory baked goods.

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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!

You can prepare many different dishes from chicken and pumpkin. These are soups, casseroles, vegetable stews, pies and salads. A sweetish, vitamin-rich vegetable and tender meat create a unique combination, in perfect harmony not only with each other, but also with other components. Let's look at 7 recipes for dishes prepared from chicken with pumpkin in the oven, slow cooker and in a frying pan.

To make the dish tasty, you need to take ripened pumpkin. The pulp of such a fruit will be bright orange and not too hard to the touch. As for chicken, you can use either the whole carcass or any parts of it.

For cooking you will need:

• 600 g pumpkin pulp;
• 600 g chicken;
• several onions;
• poultry seasonings;
• mayonnaise or yogurt without additives;
• 2 – 3 chicken eggs;
• salt and paprika.

How to cook chicken with pumpkin in the oven:

1. Wash the chicken, salt and sprinkle with poultry seasonings, let sit for a while.
2. Cut the pumpkin pulp into cubes and the onions into half rings.
3. Beat eggs with mayonnaise or yogurt, add grated cheese.
4. Grease a deep dish, place the chopped pumpkin, sprinkle it with salt and paprika, and place the onion on top.
5. Distribute the pieces of chicken evenly over the surface, pour the prepared sauce over the dish and send to bake.

When serving, you can sprinkle the chicken baked with pumpkin and onions with chopped herbs.

Cooking in a slow cooker

If you cook chicken with pumpkin in a slow cooker, the dish will turn out especially soft and juicy.

To work you will need the following components:

• chicken fillet;
• pumpkin pulp;
• bell pepper;
• garlic cloves;
• broth or filtered water;
• salt and seasonings.

Cooking in a slow cooker:

1. Cut the onion and bell pepper into half rings, finely chop the garlic.
2. Fry the vegetables in the bowl of the appliance until soft, then add the chopped meat, salt and season.
3. When the chicken begins to release juice, add the diced pumpkin and continue cooking the food in frying mode for a few more minutes.
4. Pour in the broth, add a little more salt and spices if necessary, close the lid and cook the dish in the stew mode for 45 - 50 minutes.

On a note. You can supplement this stew with carrots, tomatoes or finely chopped zucchini.

How to deliciously stew poultry with vegetables

To prepare this dish you will need a deep frying pan with thick walls.

You need to take the following components, the volume of which depends on the capacity of the dishes:

• any parts of chicken;
• pumpkin pulp;
• fresh mushrooms;
• bulb;
• carrot;
• sour cream;
• spices and salt.

How to stew poultry with pumpkin and mushrooms:

1. Simmer the onions and carrots in the pan, then add the chopped mushrooms.
2. Add chicken to the mixture and lightly fry it, sprinkling with salt and seasonings.
3. Place the chopped pumpkin, add sour cream diluted with water and close the lid.

You need to cook this dish over low heat, but you will need to make sure that the liquid does not evaporate, otherwise the components below will burn.

Chicken pumpkin soup

Pumpkin soup with chicken will delight your family, and if you make it in puree form, it is quite suitable for feeding your baby.

To prepare this dish, you will need the following products:

• 400 g chicken;
• 600 g pumpkin;
• 2 – 3 potatoes;
• carrot;
• garlic optional;
• dill greens;
• peeled pumpkin seeds;
• salt.

How to make pureed pumpkin soup with chicken:

1. Cook the chicken, separate it from the bone and separate it into fibers.
2. In a thick-walled saucepan, simmer chopped onion and grated carrots in vegetable oil. Add crushed garlic.
3. When the frying is ready, add finely chopped potatoes and pumpkin pulp. Fill the ingredients with the broth in which the chicken was cooked, salt them and add seasonings.
4. Simmer the vegetables, covered, until they become soft, then puree in a blender and return to the pan.
5. If necessary, add additional broth to the soup, bring to a boil and remove from heat.

This dish is served with pieces of chicken on each plate and sprinkled with chopped herbs and pumpkin seeds on top, which can be lightly fried in a dry frying pan if desired.

With sour cream filling

Sour cream will give the meat additional softness, and nuts and garlic will make the dish aromatic and satisfying.

To cook chicken with pumpkin in sour cream filling, you will need the following ingredients:

• pumpkin pulp;
• chicken;
• onion;
• garlic;
• prunes;
• sour cream;
• walnuts;
• salt and spices.

How to prepare the dish:

1. Soak the prunes in water, then drain the liquid, wash and dry the fruits thoroughly.
2. Cut the pumpkin pulp into small pieces and place in a heat-resistant dish, greased. Sprinkle the vegetable with chopped onions, salt and spices.
3. Distribute the prunes over the surface, place the chicken on top, which will also need to be salted and seasoned.
4. Chop the garlic and mix it with sour cream. Add crushed nuts to the resulting mixture, dilute the sauce a little with water and pour it into the dish. Then we put it in the oven.

On a note. You can add paprika or curry to the sour cream sauce; these seasonings will give it a pleasant color and aroma.

Stuffed pumpkin baked in the oven with chicken

A stuffed pumpkin will look beautiful and festive on the table. To do this, you will need to choose a medium-sized fruit with a strong, intact peel. Other ingredients are taken in such a volume that the filling fits into the pumpkin.

During the cooking process you will need the following products:

• pumpkin;
• chicken fillet;
• carrot;
• bell pepper;
• several tomatoes or tomato puree;
• a little garlic;
• bouillon;
• salt and seasonings.

How to cook pumpkin stuffed with chicken, rice and vegetables:

1. We cut off the top of the pumpkin, and if the fruit has an oblong shape, we divide it into two parts.
2. Using a spoon, scoop out the seeds and pulp so that the walls are at least 2 cm thick.
3. Rub the inside of the pumpkin with salt, seasonings and a small amount of vegetable oil, then put the workpiece in the oven for half an hour. Then take it out and cool a little.
4. While the pumpkin is baking, add chopped onions, bell peppers, carrots and garlic in a frying pan, and when they become soft, add the meat, salt and pepper the ingredients.
5. When the chicken begins to release juice, add chopped tomatoes or tomato puree, add rice and fill the dish with broth. You can also put the pulp extracted from the pumpkin here, after finely cutting it.

To prepare the dish you will need the following components:

• a pack of puff pastry;
• pumpkin pulp;
• chicken fillet;
• garlic;
• tomatoes;
• sour cream;
• greenery;
• salt and seasonings.

How to make a pie:

1. Remove the dough from the packaging and let it defrost.
2. Cut the chicken fillet into thin layers, rub with salt, seasonings and crushed garlic, leave to marinate.
3. Chop the pumpkin and onion, cut the tomatoes into thin slices.
4. Roll out the dough and place it on a baking sheet so that the edges hang down a little.
5. Grease the base with a thin layer of sour cream, place the pumpkin on top, sprinkle with onions, salt and season.
6. Lay out the chicken pieces, and then the tomato mugs.
7. Sprinkle the dish with cheese, fold the edges of the dough inward and set to bake.

When the pie is ready, all that remains is to sprinkle it with herbs and divide into portions.

Using the above recipes, you can safely experiment by combining pumpkin and chicken with various products. Any cereals, pasta, vegetables, mushrooms and dried fruits are perfect for the main ingredients. Sauces and favorite seasonings will help highlight the taste of the dish.

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

What to cook with pumpkin - recipes

20 minutes

140 kcal

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What healthy dietary dish can you prepare for dinner? Chicken! What to do if the usual recipes are already boring? Add pumpkin to it! This combination of sweet pumpkin, tender meat and savory spices will please any housewife.

This option is especially good because pumpkin and chicken dishes are not expensive in terms of time or money. I learned how to cook it after I tried it at a friend’s house and couldn’t bear to part with it. Therefore, now every year I look forward to autumn to enjoy this dish to the fullest. And now I want to tell you about several ways to cook chicken with pumpkin so that you can share your passion with someone else.

Chicken stew with pumpkin

Kitchen appliances: knife, spoon, frying pan.

Ingredients

Cooking process

Video recipe for stewed chicken in pumpkin

If you don’t know how to serve, how to cut, or how much oil to pour, then watch this video. The recipe accompanied by fiery music will seem as easy as shelling pears when you see everything with your own eyes.

Pumpkin stuffed with chicken

This is a very tasty dish, as chicken in pumpkin, baked in the oven, becomes soft and sweet, and the pumpkin is imbued with the smell of chicken.

• Cooking time: 1 hour 10 minutes.
• Number of servings: 4-5.
• Kitchen appliances: knife, spoon, frying pan, baking sheet, oven.

Ingredients

• half a kilogram of chicken fillet;
• three quarters of a glass of rice;
• medium butternut squash;
• bulb;
• two cloves of garlic;

• one sweet pepper;
• one and a half glasses of chicken broth;
• 2 tablespoons of tomato paste;
• greens, paprika, cumin, hot pepper;
• cheese – 50 g.

Cooking process

1. Cut the pumpkin in half, remove the seeds and scoop out almost all the pulp.
   
   
2. Rub the pumpkin without pulp with salt, pepper and olive oil and place in an oven preheated to 180° for 30-40 minutes.
   
   
3. Chop the onion and garlic, cut the pepper into large cubes.
   
   
4. Fry the fillet cut into small pieces in oil until golden brown and transfer to a plate.
   
   
5. Add pepper, onion, garlic, pumpkin pulp to the same oil and fry for 5-7 minutes.
   
   
6. Then add rice, spices, tomato paste, chicken and broth and simmer until boiling. Reduce the heat and simmer until the rice is cooked.
   
   
7. Place the filling into the baked pumpkin, drizzle lightly with olive oil and place in the oven for another 20 minutes.
   
   
8. Sprinkle the finished dish with herbs and grated cheese.
   
   

Video recipe for stuffed pumpkin with chicken

The recipe is quite extensive, so in order not to miss anything, watch the video first. An experienced chef shows the entire recipe in first person with written comments, so it won't be difficult for you to understand.

Fried pumpkin with chicken

• Cooking time: 20 minutes.
• Number of servings: 3-4 servings.
• Kitchen appliances: knife, spoon, frying pan, plate.

Ingredients

• 300 g chicken breasts;
• 300 g pumpkin;
• 200 g of young peas;
• two cloves of garlic;
• bulb;

• a piece of butter;
• 100 ml white wine;
• bouillon cube;
• salt pepper.

Cooking process

1. Pour 150 ml of hot water into the cube and leave to dissolve.
   
   
2. Cut the fillet into small slices and fry in olive oil until cooked.
   
   
3. Finely chop the onion and garlic and fry in butter.
   
   
4. After 3 minutes, add the pumpkin cut into large cubes and cook for 10 minutes.
   
   
5. Add chicken, wine and broth to vegetables.
   
   
6. Cook until a third of the liquid remains in the pan.
   
   
7. Add chopped young peas, salt, pepper and fry for a couple more minutes.
   
   
8. Transfer the dish to a plate and sprinkle with herbs.
   
   

Video recipe for fried chicken with pumpkin

See how quickly fried chicken is cooked in this video and how delicious it turns out when combined with pumpkin. Fast, tasty, understandable.

What is chicken with pumpkin served with?

For chicken with pumpkin, you can prepare any side dish, such as boiled rice with vegetables, potatoes or pasta. You can cook chicken with pumpkin and potatoes in the oven for a great baked dinner. You can add a fresh vegetable salad to it, put a couple of slices of fresh bread with cheese and make yourself a light, beautiful dinner. You can finish it off with a glass of white wine.

• When cooking, check the pumpkin all the time, it should be soft enough, but not turn into puree.
• To make the chicken golden brown and aromatic, it is better to fry it in butter.
• When frying the chicken, you can add a drop of honey to make it sweet and juicy.

As you already understand, you can cook, boiled, steamed or. Moreover, in all variants it can be prepared both salty and sweet, as a side dish and as a dessert. To do this, you just need to know what ingredients are best to add to it.

You can cook and bake other vegetables, fruits or meat with it. You can also make soup, porridge, and even from it. All dishes are very different, but incredibly tasty. And if you decide to find all the options and recipes for preparing this vegetable, then you will only spend several days reading them. So start trying it right now, and you will definitely like something.

How do you like the combination of tender fillet and sweet pumpkin? What other spices would you add to it? Try it and tell us what else can be improved by writing about it in the comments.