Today I decided to cook cauliflower. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of it. But this recipe is cauliflower with chicken My whole family loves it. Recipe simple (as usual, I provided it with step by step Photo) and even a young inexperienced hostess can easily cope with it.
So to prepare cauliflower with chicken, You will need:
Chicken pieces - I barala chicken fillet(1 store pack), but you can cut into pieces of chicken legs, thighs or cook wings;
Cauliflower- 1 head,
vegetable oil for frying,
Garlic - 6-7 cloves.
For marinade:
Salt, pepper (to taste)
Curry - 1 teaspoon
Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon,
Tomato - 1 large (or lecho - 3 tablespoons).
Let's start cooking cauliflower with chicken:
1. Take the chicken fillet (or whatever you have) and cut into small pieces:
2. Add salt, pepper (to taste), curry, lecho to the chicken (or peel the tomato and gently grate it). Mix everything and leave the chicken to marinate for about 1 hour:
3. We disassemble the cauliflower into inflorescences and put it to boil in lightly salted water (we lower it into boiling water and cook for only 4-5 minutes):
4. Throw the finished cabbage into a colander:
5. After the chicken has marinated, set the pan to heat up (pour a little vegetable oil into it). We spread the chicken (together with all the marinade), add the garlic passed through the press (or chopped into small pieces):
6. Add cauliflower, stir and cover. Bring to a boil, then remove the lid and give the liquid from cauliflower with chicken evaporate a little. The chicken will be ready in 20-25 minutes (do not forget to stir occasionally cauliflower with chicken so as not to burn).
Cauliflower with chicken fillet can be served with mashed potatoes or rice.
When I cooked this dish for the first time, to be honest, I didn’t even count on such a result, but the desire to cook an interesting dinner took over - vegetables and dietary meat - what you need - cauliflower with chicken baked in the oven - incredibly tasty and very satisfying, the result is simply incomparable! In addition to the two main ingredients, we will use spicy breading with sesame seeds, garlic and whole grain flour. If you wish, you can make your own breading with spices or your favorite spices. The dish turns out to be very tasty in itself, the only thing we suggest serving at the table is with fresh vegetables. Look. 
- chicken fillet - 1 pc.;
- cauliflower - 1 pc. (small);
- spicy breading - 2 tablespoons;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- mayonnaise / sour cream - 2 tablespoons;
- vegetable oil - 50 ml.
Recipe with photo step by step:
So, take a small cauliflower, rinse under cool water. In parallel, boil clean water, dip the cabbage into it and leave to boil for a couple of minutes. After the forks, remove from boiling water very carefully so as not to burn your hands. Let the cabbage cool down a bit. 
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan, rinse and dry the chicken fillet, cut into medium pieces. Transfer the fillet to the pan, fry for 4-5 minutes, stirring the meat occasionally. 
Grease a baking dish and sprinkle with spicy breadcrumbs. By this time, the cabbage will have cooled down, disassemble it into inflorescences. Place the cabbage in a bowl. Our breading already contains spices and salt, so we do not add them. If you use simple breadcrumbs, a number of spices must be poured at your discretion. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. 
Lay half-cooked chicken on top of the cabbage. Sprinkle again with breadcrumbs. 
Pour chicken with cabbage with mayonnaise or sour cream. Bake in the oven for about 10-15 minutes to firm up the top. After that, you can serve the dish to the table - it is very tasty, both hot and cold. I'm sure you'll like it and
Step 1: prepare the ingredients.
Peel the onions, and disassemble the cauliflower into inflorescences, wash these 2 ingredients together with the tomatoes under running water from all sorts of contaminants. Then lay the onion on a cutting board, use a knife to chop the onion into a medium cube with an approximate diameter 1 by 1 centimeter and transfer to a separate plate. Cut each cabbage inflorescence into 2 halves and place in a deep bowl. For tomatoes, cut off the place where the stalk was attached, grind them in a blender to a puree-shaped consistency at high speed and pour the mass into a separate deep bowl. Rinse chicken thighs under running water, dry with paper kitchen towels, if there are small hairs and feathers on the surface of the skin, remove them with a knife. Then transfer the thighs to a deep bowl.Step 2: fry the chicken.
Turn on the stove to a medium level and put a frying pan with the right amount of vegetable oil on it. Gently lower into the heated fat chicken thighs and fry them on both sides until crispy. 
It will take you approximately for 10 minutes. Periodically turn the thighs with a kitchen spatula from one side to the other, for better frying and for the chicken thighs to acquire a beautiful, uniform golden crust. Step 3: fry the onion.
Once the chicken is browned on all sides, remove it from the chicken with kitchen tongs and place on a plate. Reduce the heat of the stove to the lowest level and toss the chopped onion into the pan. Simmer until translucent and light golden brown. 5 - 6 minutes.
Step 4: Add flour.
When the onion acquires the consistency you need, add the required amount of sifted to the pan. wheat flour. Stir the total mass with a tablespoon until smooth and simmer it 1 - 2 minutes Constantly stirring with a tablespoon so that the flour does not burn and does not stick to the bottom of the pan. Step 5: Add tomatoes.
Then add chopped tomatoes in a blender to the pan. Simmer them with onion and flour for 2 - 3 minutes without ceasing to mix the ingredients. Step 6: Add spices.
After the lapse of 2 - 3 minutes add black to taste ground pepper, salt and red ground pepper. Stir the stewed vegetables with a tablespoon, simmer them together for more 2 - 3 minutes then remove the pan from the stove. Step 7: put all the stewed ingredients in a cauldron.
Take a large cauldron of any shape, put a mass of stewed vegetables and spices. 
Put the fried chicken thighs on top of it, press them a little with kitchen tongs to the bottom of the cauldron. Step 8: Add water.
Then pour the required amount of clean distilled water into the cauldron. Pour in water in parts so that it covers the chicken and is above its level by 1.5 - 2 centimeters otherwise you risk too much thin sauce and overcooked cabbage. Step 9: Add cabbage.
Lay an even layer of cauliflower florets on top of the chicken, so that the pieces do not lie too tightly together and cover the cauldron with a lid. Step 10: Stew Chicken with Cauliflower and Tomatoes.
Turn on the stove to the highest temperature and put a cauldron on it. After the liquid in the container boils, and you hear it from the characteristic gurgling sound inside the cauldron, reduce the temperature of the stove to the lowest level and simmer the chicken with vegetables for 25 minutes. Do not remove the cover! After the required time has elapsed, open the lid slightly and check the readiness of the ingredients with a fork. If its teeth enter the pulp of meat and cabbage with pressure, then you need to bring them to full readiness under a closed lid, 10 – 15 minutes will be quite enough. If the prongs of the fork go in freely, then turn off the stove, cover the cauldron with a lid, let the dish stand for 10 minutes and go ahead, taste. Step 11: Serve Chicken Stew with Cauliflower and Tomatoes.
Chicken stew with cauliflower and tomatoes is served hot, arranged in portions on plates. This dish does not need any additions, it has everything, juicy meat soaked in vegetable juice, tomato gravy with a pronounced aroma of spices, and of course very healthy cauliflower, the taste of which is simply impossible to convey, soft, fragrant, with a sour taste smelling of chicken and fried onions. You can savor this yummy with red semi-sweet or dry wine, and supporters of a sober lifestyle can drink this dish with juice or fresh brewed tea. Bon Appetit! - - Based on the instructions in this recipe, you can cook any other parts of the chicken, such as chicken wings, drumstick, fillet, neck, back and hearts.
- - The set of spices indicated in this recipe is not critical, you can put any other spices that are suitable for vegetable dishes or chicken dishes.
- - You can cook such a chicken not only in a cauldron, but also in a roaster, a frying pan with high sides, a pressure cooker or a large saucepan.
- - The above type of sauce can be supplemented if desired, for example, add to a blender to tomatoes, sweet peppers, hot peppers chili, any fresh greens, and you can also dilute the resulting sauce with cream, sour cream, mayonnaise, and stew chicken with cauliflower in it.
Came to our country from the Mediterranean countries, the housewives got the opportunity to diversify the home menu with delicious and healthy meals. Now we will consider several options for cooking cauliflower with chicken.
Cauliflower with chicken
Ingredients:
- cauliflower - 400 g;
- chicken fillet or minced meat - 300 g;
- sour cream - 150 g;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- salt, pepper, spices - to taste.
Cooking
Separate the cauliflower into florets and boil for 5 minutes. Saute diced onion in vegetable oil, add slices and fry for 10 minutes. We put it in layers in a heat-resistant dish - cabbage (we grease it with sour cream and sprinkle with spices), then we also grease the chicken with onions on top with sour cream, add greens. We put our cabbage with chicken in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, and bake for 35 minutes.
Braised cauliflower with chicken
Ingredients:
- onion - 1 pc.;
- chicken fillet - 300 g;
- red onion - 1 pc.;
- zucchini - 1 pc.;
- cauliflower - 400 g;
- sour cream - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- chicken bouillon- 200 ml;
- cheese - 200 g;
- olive oil;
- salt, spices - to taste.
Cooking
We wash the chicken fillet and wipe it with a paper towel, cut into cubes. Fry the meat in olive oil for 10 minutes. Put in a separate bowl. Wash the cauliflower, cut into small florets and fry until golden brown over low heat. Cut the zucchini and onion into small cubes. Add cabbage to vegetables, salt, pepper. Mix everything well and fry a little. Spread the chicken pieces to the vegetables, pour the broth, bring to a boil and simmer for 25 minutes. Add sour cream, mix, sprinkle with grated cheese and remove from heat. Let the dish brew and serve delicious stewed cabbage with chicken to the table.
Chicken fillet with cauliflower
Ingredients:
- chicken breasts - 2 pcs.;
- cauliflower - 400 g;
- cream (fat content 30%) - 50 ml;
- olive oil - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- lemon zest - 1 teaspoon;
- almond - 50 g;
- green olives - 5 pcs.;
- parsley - 1 bunch;
- salt;
- pepper.
Cooking
Chicken breast cut into strips, salt and pepper. Season with a tablespoon of oil and lemon zest. Marinate 15 minutes. We divide the cabbage into inflorescences and fry in olive oil until golden brown. Separately, fry chicken meat until it turns white, combine it with cabbage. Pour boiling water over the almonds for a few minutes to make it easier to remove the skin. Grind the nuts into crumbs using a blender. Add parsley, pitted olives, a tablespoon of oil to the bowl and mix until smooth with a blender. We spread the resulting mixture to the chicken with cabbage, mix and simmer for 7 minutes under a closed lid. Add cream, bring to a boil and remove from heat. The dish can be served without a side dish.
Chicken and Cauliflower Casserole
Ingredients:
- cauliflower - 800 g;
- chicken fillet - 500 g;
- sour cream is not greasy - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- baked milk - 400 ml;
- butter - to taste;
- sunflower oil- taste;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- black pepper - to taste;
- hard cheese - 150 g;
- Dill;
- salt.
Cooking
We divide the cauliflower into inflorescences, send it to a saucepan with salted boiling water for 3-5 minutes. As soon as the cabbage is ready, discard it in a colander. Cut the onion into small cubes and send it to the pan with a mixture of a small amount of creamy and vegetable oils. We pass the onion. We cut the chicken fillet into cubes and send it to the pan, mix, add sour cream and simmer over low heat for 25 minutes. Add boiled cauliflower, mix everything, salt and leave on fire for three minutes. We mix baked milk, eggs, salt, pepper, garlic, passed through a press. We shift the mixture of cabbage and chicken into a baking dish, pour the sauce. Sprinkle with chopped herbs and grated cheese. We send it to the preheated oven for 25 minutes. We take the casserole out of the oven, let it stand for 10 minutes and cut into portions.
Cauliflower and chicken - two incredible useful product. You can cook a lot of delicious dishes from them. Here are collected the most interesting recipes.
Cauliflower Chicken in the Oven - General Cooking Principles
Cabbage is boiled in boiling water before cooking in the oven. You do not need to keep the vegetable for a long time, usually 3-5 minutes is enough. Then the product is taken out of the liquid, seasoned with spices, mixed with poultry.
The chicken is usually used raw. But there are recipes with boiled or smoked poultry, one of these is just below. This ingredient is also seasoned with spices, put together with cabbage on a baking sheet, in a mold, in a pot, or placed in a sleeve or in foil. Often the ingredients are poured with sour cream, mayonnaise or other sauces. The final touch of open dishes is cheese, which gives a special taste and a beautiful crust.
Chicken with cauliflower in the oven (with sour cream sauce)
Recipe for oven-baked chicken with cauliflower. You can use a whole carcass or some specific parts, such as drumsticks, thigh pieces.
Ingredients
800 g of chicken;
450 g cabbage;
300 g sour cream;
Salt pepper;
2 cloves of garlic.
Cooking
1. We wash the chicken pieces, wipe them with napkins, sprinkle with spices and add one spoonful of sour cream. We rub everything with our hands, leave it aside, let the bird marinate a little.
2. We divide the washed cabbage into inflorescences, but not finely. The size is approximately equal to chicken pieces.
3. Dip the cabbage in boiling water, cook for three minutes to improve the taste of the vegetable. We take it out of the water.
4. Lay out the chicken pieces in a greased form.
5. We stick cabbage inflorescences between the bird.
6. Mix garlic with sour cream, add any seasonings.
7. Lubricate the dish on top with the resulting sauce.
8. We put in the oven, which should already be warmed up to 190 ° C. Cooking 45 minutes. If necessary, the time can be increased.
Chicken with cauliflower in the oven with cheese
For this dish, you can also take a turkey (fillet). In this case, baking will take longer. Any hard cheese is used. It is important that the product melts well and forms a beautiful crust.
Ingredients
600 g chicken fillet;
700 g cabbage;
200 g sour cream;
150 g of cheese;
3 tablespoons of soy sauce;
1 tsp spices for chicken
Cooking
1. Soy sauce mix with sour cream in a bowl, pepper. Set aside 2 tablespoons of the sauce and mix them with chicken seasoning.
2. Cut the chicken fillet into slices, about 1.5 cm thick. Lightly beat with a hammer. Rub with a mixture of sour cream with seasoning. Let the fillet marinate.
3. We sort the cabbage into small inflorescences. Immerse in boiling water, cook for 5 minutes. Drain into a colander.
4. We collect the dish. We spread the marinated fillet on the bottom of the form. If it does not fit in one layer, then it can be slightly overlapped.
5. Lay boiled cabbage florets on top.
6. Lubricate the cabbage sour cream sauce.
7. We put the form in a heated oven. Cook for 20 minutes at 200 degrees.
8. We take out the form, fill the dish with cheese. Put it back in the oven and cook for another 12-15 minutes.
9. Take out, cool slightly. Then cut the cheese layer with a knife into portioned pieces.
Chicken with cauliflower in the oven in the sleeve
A simple, fast and diet food from chicken with cauliflower in the oven. The taste will depend on the spices used. Potatoes are also added to the dish, if necessary, this ingredient can be excluded.
Ingredients
700 g of chicken;
1 head of cabbage;
500 g potatoes;
2 carrots;
Onion garlic;
1 tsp mustard;
1 st. l. olive oils.
Cooking
1. Chop the chicken into portion size pieces. You can just use the shins. We wash, dry, rub with spices and mustard.
2. We disassemble the cabbage into pieces of equal size, boil for five minutes in salted boiling water, pour into a colander. The water must flow well.
3. We clean the potatoes, cut into four parts or more if the root crops are large. We cut the carrot into circles, the onion into half rings. Add garlic to taste.
4. Combine with all vegetables except cauliflower. Add salt and olive oil, stir with your hands to evenly distribute the spices with fat. At the end, put the cabbage inflorescences, mix gently.
5. We shift all the ingredients into the sleeve. We tie the ends.
6. We make 2-3 punctures from above with a needle.
7. We send the sleeve with the filling to the oven. We cook the dish for 50 minutes at 180 degrees. 10 minutes before the end, you can cut the sleeve, let the pieces of vegetables and poultry brown a little.
Chicken with cauliflower in the oven in pots
Another simple and delicious dish from cauliflower with chicken in the oven. Instead of sour cream, you can use cream, it will also turn out delicious with them. Quantity of products for 2 pots.
Ingredients
4 pieces of chicken;
300 g cabbage;
1 small onion;
120 g sour cream;
60 g of cheese;
10 g oil cl.
Cooking
1. We rub the pots from the inside butter.
2. Cut the onion into half rings, divide into two pots.
3. We disassemble the cabbage in small inflorescences. If you use large pieces, then there will be a lot of gaps in the pots. Boil for three minutes, remove from the broth. Lightly salt.
4. Put some cabbage on the onion.
5. Rub the chicken with salt and other spices. We spread two pieces on the cabbage in each pot.
6. Now comes the cabbage again. Salt a little.
7. Divide the sour cream in half, put it on top of the cabbage. From the edge, pour 3-4 tablespoons of water into each pot.
8. Close, send to the oven. Cooking for half an hour. 180 degrees is enough.
9. Cut the cheese into small cubes.
10. We take out the pots. Open, sprinkle the dish on top with chopped pieces of cheese.
11. Put the dish back in the oven, but now you don’t need to cover it. Cooking for another 20 minutes. Take out, cover and let stand for a while. You can add some fresh garlic on top.
Chicken with cauliflower in the oven (with cheese and eggs)
For this delicious hearty meal need already boiled chicken. But you can also take a finished leg or breast, it will be even tastier.
Ingredients
1 head of cabbage;
180 g of cheese;
400 g of chicken;
120 ml of milk;
Spices to your taste;
2 tablespoons of oil.
Cooking
1. As usual, you immediately need to disassemble the head of cabbage, boil the inflorescences in water. Five minutes is enough. We stand for another five minutes in a colander.
2. Immediately turn on the oven to warm up, set 190.
3. Beat eggs with milk. Grate cheese, add to them. We put salt, pepper, any spices in the mass. We stir.
4. Boiled or smoked chicken cut into strips or cubes, large is not needed.
5. Lubricate the form.
6. We put cabbage with chicken. It is better to lay the inflorescences first, and stick the chicken into the voids. Align the layer by hand.
7. Spread the egg mass with cheese on top, level with a spoon.
8. Send to the oven. Cook for 20 minutes, focusing on the cheese crust on top. Serve a casserole with herbs, fresh vegetables, pour over any sauces.
Chicken with cauliflower and peas in the oven
For this dish, you need fresh or frozen peas, but you can also take a canned product. Used white chicken breast meat.
Ingredients
500 g cabbage;
150 g of peas;
400 g chicken fillet;
0.5 cup grated cheese;
20 g of oil;
3 tablespoons of crackers.
Cooking
1. Cut the chicken fillet into strips, sprinkle with spices.
2. We sort the cabbage into small inflorescences, boil in salted boiling water. Five minutes is enough.
3. Thoroughly coat the form from the inside, sprinkle with two tablespoons of crackers. Leave a little for topping.
4. Spread mixed cauliflower and chicken. It is not necessary to add additional spices, salted cabbage, seasoned fillet.
5. Fill in the voids green peas. Just pour it on top, spread it with your hands.
6. Mix the egg and mayonnaise, pour the dish on top, stretch the sauce.
7. Mix the grated cheese with the croutons that remain. Sprinkle the dish on top of the mayonnaise layer.
8. Bake for 30-35 minutes at 180 degrees.
Chicken with cauliflower in the oven (in cream)
Option the most delicate dish from cauliflower and chicken. It is better to use fillets, since it is more convenient to form even layers with it, the food will turn out not only tasty, but also very beautiful.
Ingredients
500 g fillet;
250 ml cream;
800 g cabbage;
150 g of cheese;
1 clove of garlic;
Salt, oil, pepper.
Cooking
1. Boil the cabbage inflorescences for no more than three minutes in boiling water. Drain the water, cool.
2. We cut the fillet into pieces of 3 centimeters, no more, it can be smaller. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
3. Pour the cream into a frying pan or into a stainless steel saucepan. We start to heat up.
4. Three cheese, pour into cream, immediately put chopped garlic, salt the sauce. Heat until cheese melts and immediately remove from heat.
5. Put chicken pieces in a greased form or on a small baking sheet.
6. Now the cabbage inflorescences. We cut with a knife so as to give a flat shape, the pieces should not stick out much from the general layer. Completely cover the fillet with a cabbage layer.
7. Pour the cooked dish cheese sauce.
8. We send to bake in the oven. Set at 180, leave for 30-35 minutes.
Cauliflower Chicken in the Oven - Tips and Tricks
So that the chicken fillet does not turn out dry and tough, it is important not to overexpose it in the oven. Half an hour is enough for white meat to reach full readiness.
Cabbage will retain its snow-white color after cooking if you add a teaspoon of sugar to the water.
To cheese crust on cabbage it turned out crispy, the grated product can be mixed with a small amount of breadcrumbs.
