Chicken Chips (Jerky)

Meat chips – jerky – marinated and then dried pieces of meat. A very popular snack in America and other countries, ideal for beer, convenient on the road, etc. Jerky keeps well and can be cooked at home in the oven. Chicken chips (chicken fillet jerky) are similar in taste and density to dried fish, but the taste is richer due to spices and marinade.

Ingredients

• Chicken fillet – 1 kg (3 pcs.)
• Soy sauce – 100 ml
• Garlic – 2-3 cloves
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp
• Lime (for juice) – 1 pc.
• or lemon (for juice) – 0.5 pcs.
• Ground paprika – 10 g
• Sugar – 1 teaspoon
• Salt – 1 teaspoon

Directions

1. Prepare the food you need. Chicken fillets can be used both fresh and frozen. During the cooking process, you will also need: wooden skewers, foil, cling film, and a metal grate for baking in the oven.
2. Combine sugar, salt, soy sauce, vegetable oil, and ground paprika in a deep bowl. Stir the marinade.
3. Peel and chop the garlic on a fine grater.
4. Add garlic to the marinade and squeeze the lime juice (you can replace 1 lime with half a lemon).
5. Wash the chicken fillet and pat dry with paper towels. Cut fillets along the grain into thin strips (about 1 cm thick).
6. Dip the chicken fillet pieces into the cooked marinade. Cover tightly with a lid (or tighten with cling film) and refrigerate for at least 4-5, and preferably 12 hours.

   

7. The chicken pieces will absorb the sauce and darken. Preheat oven to 60 degrees.
8. Line the bottom of the oven with foil or a baking sheet to prevent the dripping marinade from staining the surface. Fillet pieces should be strung on dry wooden skewers at a distance of 1-1.5 cm from each other.
9. Place the chicken skewers on the oven rack. The marinated chicken fillet pieces will now cook while hanging.

   

10. Dry the chicken chips (jerky) in an oven 4-5 cm slightly open (you can put, for example, a wooden spoon between the door and the oven) for 4-5 hours. The finished dried chicken fillet should be firm, but easy to bend, break, and chew.
11. You can store chicken chips in the refrigerator for up to a week, in a sealed container or plastic bag.
12. The appetizer turned out to be delicious and original. And you know exactly what these meat chips are made of. From the specified amount of ingredients, about 600 g of jerky chicken meat is obtained.
13. Chicken jerky goes well with beer or apple cider. The perfect meat for your perfect meal!