Chicken ham

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 day

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make chicken ham at home? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. It is better to take the meat chilled rather than frozen. For ham, it is advisable to take more red meat and smaller fillet, then it will turn out more juicy. The meat should be at room temperature.

2. STEP 2

   

   It is important to prepare the meat correctly. Wash the meat in running water and dry. If necessary, separate from bones, films and veins. Cut the fillet into larger pieces, red meat into smaller pieces. Don’t throw away the fat, add 150 grams of red and white meat, garlic and mince everything. You can also grind it in a blender, but I like it better in a meat grinder. Choose a grate with a small or medium diameter.

3. STEP 3

   

   Add the minced meat and all the spices to the chopped meat. As for spices, you can get by with just salt and it will be delicious. I add just a little Italian or Provençal herbs, a mixture of peppers, paprika and a little garlic. You can add any spices you like. Mix the whole mass well, pour in a little broth so that the salt disperses well and the spices are distributed more evenly.

4. STEP 4

   

   Leave the mixture at room temperature for half an hour. Many people are afraid of making the wrong choice with salt; tastes and salt vary greatly. To avoid mistakes, I always fry a very small piece, taste it and adjust the salt if necessary. It doesn’t take much time, but you can always be sure that all the ham will taste perfect.

5. STEP 5

   

   Now assemble the ham maker according to the instructions. First, insert the bottom and attach it with springs along the guides.

6. STEP 6

   

   Turn over and place the tied baking sleeve inside the ham maker. Straighten out the folds so that the finished ham has an aesthetically pleasing appearance. Fill the sleeve with meat. Compact carefully, trying not to leave any voids.

7. STEP 7

   

   Tie the top of the sleeve, close the ham maker with the lid and tighten the springs tightly.

8. STEP 8

   

   Place the ham in a baking dish, which is best lined with foil. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for about 1.5 hours. The good thing about this method is that you can do without a ham maker. To do this, compact the meat tightly into a sleeve, roll it into foil and also bake it in a mold. Then let it cool under pressure. Baking times are approximate; be guided by the operating characteristics of your oven.

9. STEP 9

   

   But with ham it’s still easier. After an hour and a half, remove the ham from the oven and let it cool naturally to room temperature. Then, without removing it from the ham maker, put it in the refrigerator for 12 hours, or up to a day. After the allotted time, open the ham maker and remove the sleeve.

10. STEP 10

    

    Homemade chicken ham in the ham maker is ready. It is ripe, well pressed and cuts perfectly. A more pink color will be obtained if ordinary salt is replaced with nitrite salt, but this is optional, there is no particular need for this. Slice the chicken ham baked in the oven and serve. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Zinaida

10.09.2023

4.8

Thanks for the chicken ham recipe! I was pleasantly surprised by the result, it was very tasty, now I cook only according to this recipe and I advise you all, I’ll even add a video.

Toffee

10.09.2023

4.8

Thanks, I'll take it for myself.

Ella

10.09.2023

4.9

Very tasty recipe! I had the “luck” to make it with porcini mushrooms, although I fried the mushrooms in butter. It’s just that my mother always taught me that mushrooms and chicken love to be “friends” with butter.

Katerina

10.09.2023

5

It’s easier to buy a ham maker and cook the ham in it, either in the oven or in a pan of water. And it will turn out tastier and juicier. But some of the meat needs to be chopped in a meat grinder or blender, then the ham turns out monolithic and does not crumble when slicing. But your recipe original and good in its own way. I also sometimes bake a chicken like this after removing the skin. Only I grind the meat into minced meat, add garlic, salt, spices for chicken, sometimes I put fried champignons or whole boiled eggs in the middle along the length of the roll. I cover them with minced meat on top and give them shape loaf, placing it in the removed chicken skin. I grease it with butter for a golden brown surface. Very tasty and aromatic. Thank you for reminding me!

Julia

10.09.2023

4.6

I've been wanting to make homemade ham for a long time. True, I don’t have a ham maker. Sveta, I think if you just make it up your sleeve, the taste won’t suffer. And the preparation is quite simple. Thanks for the recipe!

Margarita

10.09.2023

4.5

Chicken ham turns out tender and dietary. The amount of spices can be adjusted to your taste. What I liked most is that it is not boiled, but baked in the oven. Set it and forget it. Delicious. And most importantly, what can you put on the holiday table?