Vermicelli with chicken and vegetables in a frying pan
If you have thin noodles, chicken and some vegetables, you can prepare a quick and tasty lunch. We will cook all the ingredients in one pan, which is very convenient.
At the same time, you get juicy and flavorful chicken and an appetizing side dish for it. During the cooking process, the vermicelli is soaked in juice from chicken and vegetables and turns out very tasty. For the recipe, use any part of the chicken, I used chicken drumsticks. Chicken wings and thighs are also suitable. If you like boneless meat, you will need chicken breast or a juicier thigh fillet.
In addition to onions and carrots, you can add bell peppers, garlic or frozen green peas to the chicken.
Ingredients for cooking vermicelli with chicken and vegetables in a frying pan:
Ingredients:
Small vermicelli – 300 g.
Chicken drumsticks – 4 pcs.
Onions – 2 pcs.
Carrots – 1 pc.
Water – 400 ml.
Tomato sauce – 1 tbsp. l.
Sour cream 20% fat – 1 tbsp. l.
Vegetable oil – 50 ml.
Salt – 1 tsp.
Seasoning for chicken – 1 tsp.
Ground black pepper – 0.25 tsp.
Dill and parsley – 1 small bunch.
Recipe for cooking vermicelli with chicken and vegetables in a frying pan
Step-by-step instruction:
1. Stirring constantly, fry thin vermicelli in a dry frying pan until golden brown.
2. Wash the chicken drumsticks and dry them from excess moisture with paper napkins. Rub the chicken pieces with a mixture of salt and ground spices. Leave the chicken drumsticks at room temperature for 20-30 minutes to marinate. Place the meat in a frying pan with heated vegetable oil. Fry the chicken drumsticks over medium heat until golden brown on all sides.
3. Peel the onions and cut them into medium-sized cubes. Add chopped vegetables to chicken drumsticks.
4. Wash the carrots, peel them, and chop them on a coarse grater. Add grated carrots to the pan with chicken and onions. Stirring, continue to fry the ingredients together until the vegetables are soft.
5. To give the dish a piquant creamy note, add rich sour cream and tomato sauce to the pan.
6. Pour in hot water. The liquid should almost completely cover the chicken pieces.
7. Pour the fried thin vermicelli into the frying pan. Mix the ingredients, cover and cook over low heat for 15 minutes.
8. After the specified time, the chicken drumsticks and vermicelli will be completely cooked and the liquid will evaporate. Decorate the finished dish with finely chopped dill and parsley.
9. Serve thin vermicelli with chicken and vegetables immediately after cooking, until the dish has cooled.
Bon appetit!
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