Chicken thighs are one of the most popular and versatile products in cooking, which occupies a worthy place in the diet of millions of people around the world. These juicy and tender chicken parts are characterized by a variety of cooking methods, which allows you to create many different dishes suitable for both everyday and festive meals. Chicken thighs
can be baked, fried, boiled or stewed, which makes them ideal for the realization of the most daring culinary ideas.
There are many recipes that use chicken thighs – from simple and quick dishes to complex culinary creations
.
What’s especially nice is the affordability of this ingredient. Chicken thighs can be found in any grocery store, making them accessible to any cooks, regardless of skill level.
Ingredients for the marinade:
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- paprika – 1 tsp;
- ground black pepper – 1/2 tsp;
- cumin – 1 tsp;
- salt – 1 tsp;
- vegetable oil – 6 tbsp.
Ingredients for stuffing:
- hams – 9 pcs;
- vegetable oil – 4 tbsp;
- onion – 1 pc;
- carrots – 1 pcs;
- bell pepper – 2 pcs.;
- mushrooms – 250 g;
- salt – 1 tsp;
- paprika – 1 tsp;
- ground black pepper – 1/2 tsp;
- hard cheese – 40 g;
- parsley – a bunch.
Ingredients for the glaze:
- paprika – 1 tbsp;
- honey – 1 tbsp;
- soy sauce – 3 tbsp.
Ingredients for baked hams:
For the marinade, grind garlic on a fine grater, mix with paprika, ground black pepper, cumin, salt and vegetable oil. Carefully remove the bone and tendons from the hams, making the layer of meat more even.
Cover the layer of meat with food film, beat each ham with a hammer. Then smear all the hams with marinade and fold them in two.
Leave the meat under the food film to marinate for 15-20 minutes. At this time, chop onions finely, grate carrots on a coarse grater.
In a frying pan with vegetable oil, fry onions first, then add carrots and pre-cut bell peppers. Fry
the components for 2-3 minutes, and then add mushrooms
.
Fry
mushrooms and vegetables until moisture evaporates, add paprika and ground black pepper to the mixture. Grate cheese on a coarse grater and chop parsley, put in the stuffing of mushrooms and vegetables, mix. Put
skin side down ham hocks in a small bowl 10×7 cm approximately. Put a couple of spoonfuls of stuffing into the hollow in the meat and fold into an envelope.
Turn the hams with the stuffing inside with the seam down, lay them out on a baking tray lined with parchment.
Bake the hams at 180 degrees for 30 minutes.
For the glaze mix paprika with soy sauce and honey. Brush the hams with the glaze and bake for another 25 minutes.
During the baking process, you can drizzle the glaze over the ham hocks.
This is a delicious holiday dish for the whole family and guests.
