Kurnik can not be called just a pie. It can make a wonderful independent dish and even become the highlight of the festive table. With pancakes or mushrooms, large or small - there are many recipes. And we will tell you how to cook a kurnik in haste and discover the secrets of Russian craftswomen on pies.

Classic oven in the oven

Meat pies are a classic of the genre for Russian cuisine. They are delicious in any form, whether warm or cold. It is impossible to refuse a piece of a rich juicy chicken. Yes and whether it is necessary? It’s better to learn how to cook this dish, loved by all generations at once. Moreover, with a certain skill, baking it is not at all troublesome.

For the classic hen house we will prepare:

  • yeast dough - 1 kg;
  • flour for rolling;
  • a slice of juicy pork - 400 g;
  • a large head of onion;
  • large potato tuber;
  • butter - 100 g;
  • salt, pepper to taste;
  • egg white for lubrication;
  • vegetable oil for greasing a baking sheet.

Of course, it is best to knead in advance and put a magnificent homemade dough. But, if there is not enough time, we offer to buy ready-made to speed up the baking process.

It’s better not to roll the dough too thin: otherwise the filling will leak out; the best thickness is 0.7 mm.

How to cook:

  1. Roll out the dough into 2 thin plates.
  2. We cut the meat into small cubes, and three potatoes on a grater or cut into cubes.
  3. Peel the onion, chop into pieces. Then mix potatoes, onions, meat, salt and pepper mixture.
  4. We spread the filling on the first part of the dough and gently smooth it over the entire surface. On top, in random order, lay out pieces of butter. It should not be icy, but cold. Ice oil crumbles.
  5. We cover everything with a second plate of dough and pinch the edges. It remains only to grease the cake with egg white and pierce it in several places with a fork. So it is baked more evenly, does not swell.

We put in the oven at 200 degrees. Usually 30-40 minutes are enough for high-quality baking. It will be easy to navigate: the magical aroma of meat, dough, onions will float around the house. The crust is a sign of complete readiness. Do not forget to grease the chicken with oil: the crust will be soft, creamy, melting. Cut into slices and eat, washed down with hot lemon tea.

With the addition of potatoes

A chicken and potato chicken is a very economical option: in the house, as a rule, there is a breast or chicken leg. Everyone from the doorstep category will praise the pie. For the taste and delicate melting filling.

We will need:

  • yeast dough - 1 kg;
  • flour for rolling;
  • chicken breast - 400 g (or filet);
  • large onion;
  • mashed potatoes - 400 g;
  • butter - 100 g;
  • salt, pepper to taste;
  • egg white for lubrication;
  • vegetable oil.

Technology:

  1. Roll out the dough into 2 sheets.
  2. Preparing the filling: chop the chicken into pieces, chop the onion and fry.
  3. Mix mashed potatoes with onions.
  4. We spread the mashed potatoes in a thin layer according to the dough, and sprinkle randomly pieces of chicken breast on top.
  5. Three butter on top of the filling, and then cover with a second sheet of dough.
  6. We pinch the edges, pierce the cap from the dough in several places with a sharp knife or fork, and then grease the cake with egg white.

We put in the oven preheated to 220 degrees and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown. The charm of this option is that everything is almost ready: you need to let the meat slices stew and bake the dough. Grease the finished pie with butter, melt for 10-15 minutes under a terry towel. When the kurnik "catch his breath", cut it into pieces and eat, savoring and enjoying.

Cooking in a slow cooker

A simple recipe and quick to make a pie in a slow cooker. The device in the “baking” mode extinguishes the cake inside, and bakes at the same time. It turns out a delightfully tender dish, which also does not need to be followed.

Necessary components:

  • yeast dough - 1 kg;
  • flour for rolling;
  • minced chicken breast - 400 g (or fillet);
  • large onion;
  • potatoes - 2 pcs.;
  • butter - 100 g;
  • salt, pepper to taste;
  • egg white for lubrication;
  • vegetable oil.

Technology Stages:

  1. First, roll out two thin plates from the dough. On the first we lay the stuffing of potatoes, onions, minced meat. The components should be mixed, salted, pepper, and if desired, add a few pieces of butter.
  2. When the filling is spread out, cover it with the second part of the dough. The edges should be tightly pinched: otherwise the juicy filling will start to leak out treacherously. Grease the cake with butter or egg white.
  3. Gently shift the kurnik to the bottom of the multi-bowl. We cover the lid and turn on the “baking” mode.

It remains to wait for a signal about the end of cooking, and wait for the time for the dish to stand. Smells around the house are breathtaking: hold on, and then eat healthy with cold milk.

Puff pastry

Delicious chicken coop comes out of puff pastry. And it doesn’t matter with or without yeast. From yeast, it is more lush, fluffy and crumbly, and from a yeast-free version there is an option where there is little dough and a lot of filling. Such a cake is very juicy, easy to digest, almost harmless to the waist (if you eat it in the morning or afternoon). Just that: a packet of dough, potatoes, a piece of chicken and onion. Apart from, of course, spices.

Be sure to pierce the puff pastry: it always swells, which spoils the appearance and prevents the filling from baking evenly.

We simply cook:

  1. Lightly fry onions and meat in a pan, previously chopped.
  2. Roll out the dough plate to make it thin.
  3. Three potatoes on a grater, mix with meat and onions.
  4. We spread the filling on the dough, carefully level it.
  5. Cover with the second part and pinch tightly around the edges.
  6. Lubricate with protein, strong tea or vegetable oil.
  7. Bake in the oven at 220 degrees until the dough becomes rosy.

The finished cake should be allowed to stand under the lid or towel. So it will not crumble, and moisture will make it even juicier. We cut tea pie and eat with pleasure.

Pie according to the old Russian recipe

The kurnik did not come from the word chicken, but from the word chicken. From Old Slavonic the word is translated as a family. Previously, hens were baked for special family celebrations - weddings, large celebrations, as a symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the family. They baked it in the shape of a Monomakh hat, leaving a small hole in the center. On the one hand, the hole meant a family hearth, but on the other, it served as a kind of steam outlet, allowing the filling to bake evenly. This is not to say that the Russian recipe is simple. But how delicious it is! We start baking.

We will need:

  • yeast dough (it is clear that ideally it should be set by ourselves);
  • ready-made pancakes 6-7 pcs. (or bake them the day before according to your favorite recipe);
  • boiled legs - 3 pcs.;
  • boiled eggs - 3 pcs.;
  • a glass of boiled rice;
  • 2 large onions;
  • 400 g of champignons (or any other mushrooms);
  • protein for lubrication;
  • salt, pepper, spices to taste.

If you dare to make a kurnik “from scratch”, be prepared: the process is long and troublesome: in Russia, the whole action took 2 days in total; but the result is definitely worth all the effort.

How to cook a kurnik according to an old Russian recipe?

Follow the instructions:

  1. First, roll out the dough, divide it into 2 parts. The first part will be small, the second more - it will cover a few layers with a filling.
  2. Fry the mushrooms with onions, and remove the meat from the legs and divide it into fibers. Mix the mushrooms with boiled eggs, chopped into pieces.
  3. Fry the onion separately, mix it with boiled rice. If desired, add greens at this stage, preferably parsley (it goes well with chicken without interrupting the taste of the remaining components).
  4. We spread the first layer of dough on parchment. We spread the filling with rice on top, cover everything with pancake. We repeat the filling layer, this time with chicken, again we “wrap” everything with a pancake. The third layer is mushroom. We do this until the filling ends.
  5. The correct pie shape is cone-shaped. Remember how the cap of Russian tsars looked and try to repeat the form. Cover our cone with the last layer and sculpt the figures from the dough. Which you know how.
  6. It remains to glue the edges of the upper and lower dough with each other, preventing the filling from getting enough sleep, and make a hole at the top, the “center”. We put a piece of butter there.
  7. Put the pie in the oven and bake until golden brown for 30 minutes at 200 degrees.

Lubricate the kurnik with oil, let it stand and cut it into pieces. If you follow the Russian tradition, you first eat the filling, as if you were served a second course. And the dough is used as bread. Whether you like this option or not - choose for yourself. In any case, the dish comes out breathtakingly delicious: the crust bites off with a savory crunch, and the filling oozes and literally jumps into the mouth itself.

From pancakes with chicken and mushrooms

From a practical point of view, a pancake hen can be baked after Shrovetide, when the household ate too much pancakes and want something new. A quick recipe involves several ingredients.

We will need:

  • pancakes: 5-6 pcs.;
  • any dough - 500 g;
  • boiled chicken breast - 400 g;
  • large onion;
  • any mushrooms (frozen or dried) - 300 g.
  • do not forget about butter - it gives the dish juiciness. We will prepare it - 100 g.

Rub a little cheese into the filling: the chicken coop will be even tastier, there will be ductility, creaminess, piquancy.

How to cook:

  1. We roll out the dough and divide it into 2 unequal parts - the first will be higher to accommodate the entire filling, the second - slightly lower. She will make a pie cap.
  2. Cut the onion into cubes and fry a generous portion of butter. Add onions to the onion, cut into small pieces. Stew so that the juice from the mushrooms evaporates slightly, but not until the end - we need a juicy filling.We combine mushrooms and onions with chicken meat - it is preliminary removed from the bone and chop into medium-sized cubes.
  3. We lay out the first part of the dough on a baking sheet greased with oil (sprinkled with flour), and form sides from it.
  4. Now we collect the pie in the following sequence: pancake, filling, pancake. Repeat the layers until the pancakes run out.
  5. It remains to cover with a second piece, pinch the edges tightly and send to bake 200 degrees. Baking time is 30 minutes.

Be sure to pierce the cake with a fork in several places, for steam to escape.

It gives the finished cake to stand, and then cut into pieces. A delicious, satisfying, tender chicken-pot with pancakes is ready.

Quick lazy recipe

Many people do not like the kurnik for troubles. For the most tired and busy housewives we offer a recipe - help. Quickie pie cake. Cook it quickly, with the process if you want to cope with an old bachelor or schoolboy.

What we will need:

  • a glass of kefir;
  • a glass of mayonnaise;
  • a glass (or a little more) of flour;
  • 2 chicken eggs;
  • baking powder bag;
  • chicken meat - 300 g (any);
  • 4 potatoes;
  • large sweet onion;
  • salt, pepper to taste.

We prepare by stages:

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
  2. In the meantime, it heats up, cut into cubes meat, potatoes into thin rings, onions into half rings.
  3. Lubricate the baking dish (preferably round) with oil and put the filling on it. Cover with foil or a lid and send for 15 minutes in the oven, so that the filling is slightly baked.
  4. In the meantime, knead the dough from kefir, mayonnaise, flour, eggs and baking powder. You get a mixture that resembles dough for charlotte.
  5. We take out the meat with potatoes from the oven and fill it with dough, again send it to bake.
  6. According to observations, baking takes about 20 minutes - you can check by piercing the cake with a stick. It will be dry if our chicken house is baked.

See: you get wonderful meat charlotte. Hearty, juicy, tasty. You can experiment with the filling by adding mushrooms, cheese, pork and even canned fish. A great option for thrifty housewives.

Small eateries

Small chickens in pre-revolutionary Russia were served as appetite dishes: for light soup or broth. They are convenient to take on a picnic, as a snack for work. It is easy to give any form: sculpt in the way that is convenient. The main thing is not form, but taste.

What we need:

  • dough - 500 g;
  • chicken meat - 300 g (any);
  • 100 g mayonnaise;
  • 4 potatoes;
  • large onion;
  • 2 protein for lubrication;
  • 50 g of oil;
  • salt, pepper to taste.

How to cook:

  1. We chop the onion into cubes, just as we cut the chicken and potatoes. Mix the ingredients, salt, pepper, add a little mayonnaise.
  2. Roll out the dough and cut into squares. Determine the size yourself: the ideal option is an edge of 15 cm - such a chicken will be the right size.
  3. In the center of each lay a tablespoon of stuffing. We will fix the kurnik, giving it the shape of a triangle. Lubricate the dough with protein, and send it to bake.
  4. Baking time - 20 minutes. Do not overdo it: otherwise the pies will come out dry.
  5. Before eating, let them distance: for softness.

We eat chickens with tea, cocoa, take with us to work or to school.

From shortcrust pastry

Correctly prepare the chicken pot from shortcrust pastry. Although this option is more like a European quiche pie - it is always baked on a sandy crust. Let's try to cook an ala-Russian quiche with a filling for chicken and mushroom chicken hen.

What we need:

  • shortcrust pastry (choose your favorite recipe, or you can just mix flour with margarine, salt and an egg to get a smooth, shiny bun).
  • boiled chicken - 400 g;
  • bulb;
  • champignons - 300 g;
  • cream - 250 ml;
  • any hard cheese - 150 g.

We roll out the dough and lay it in a shape with ribbed edges, making high sides. Bake until half ready, sprinkled with beans grains. This trick will allow you to get a flat surface, without bulges. While the cake is baked, fry the onion with mushrooms and add chicken meat to the mixture. Put the filling on an open pie, pour cream, sprinkle with cheese. Bake until the cheese melts for 20-30 minutes at 200 degrees.As soon as the cake cools down a little - we cut it with a knife and eat it, washed down with homemade lemonade and mint. Believe me, such a variation is amazingly delicious!

Kurniki today has ceased to be an exclusively ritual dish intended only for celebrations. It is in our power to cook it often, at least every week, especially if you make adjustments to recipes. The cake is so delicious that it will certainly become a signature dish. It is enough to show efforts and move away from the usual recipe a couple of times. Experiment in the kitchen, be full and satisfied.

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