Chicken breast balyk

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 3 day

1. STEP 1

   

   To prepare breast balyk, take chicken breasts, salt, cognac (you can use vodka) and spices.

2. STEP 2

   

   Rinse the chicken breasts well, remove the films, and dry with a napkin.

3. STEP 3

   

   Prepare a curing mixture from salt, cognac and spices.

4. STEP 4

   

   Roll the breasts in the mixture and rub with it.

5. STEP 5

   

   Cover with a lid and place the salted breasts on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator for a day.

6. STEP 6

   

   After time, rinse under cold water.

7. STEP 7

   

   Pour water for 20-30 minutes to remove excess salt. Drain.

8. STEP 8

   

   Wrap in gauze.

9. STEP 9

   

   Tie it with twine and hang it on the balcony in cool weather, or simply put it in the refrigerator on the bottom shelf for a day or two.

10. STEP 10

    

    Slice the finished breasts thinly and serve as an appetizer or make sandwiches.

Comments on the recipe

Lady A.

03.10.2023

4.5

The balyk is delicious and the recipe will come in handy. You can also make a delicious appetizer from chicken breasts - carpaccio with spices.

Eleno4ka

03.10.2023

4.9

I bought chilled chicken and decided to make balyk from chicken breast. For the curing mixture I took salt, red and black pepper, coriander, chopped bay leaf, and cognac. I rubbed the prepared mixture onto the meat, put it in a container, added the remaining mixture there, covered it with a lid and put it in the refrigerator for a day. A day later, I washed the breast, soaked it in water, dried it with napkins, wrapped it in a linen towel and put it in the refrigerator (it’s very hot here now, I didn’t dare hang the meat out to dry). I tried it after two days. If you prepare balyk specifically for sandwiches, then for my taste you need to soak the meat a little longer after salting. But this is of course very individual. In general, the balyk turned out very tasty! Special thanks from beer lovers)))) Thanks for the recipe, naniki!

Olga

03.10.2023

4.9

Thanks for the recipe! The meat has an excellent consistency! The only caveat is that there’s a lot of salt... Next time I’ll try to reduce the amount of salt by half.

Olga

03.10.2023

5

Well, thanks for the advice) then I’ll try to soak it more first)

Silver

03.10.2023

4.6

Delicious balyk.