Guidelines for Making Chicken Breasts Taste Delightful

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Here are some tips for cooking chicken breasts, as they often turn out rubbery or chewy.

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1. Use a meat thermometer.

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This gives the chicken breasts a nice golden sear on the outside, which makes them taste (and look!) delicious.

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It’s basically just a salty oil mix, and it makes a big difference in how juicy and flavorful your chicken will be.

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4. Cut your chicken breasts up.

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Letting the chicken rest will ensure that the juices stay IN the meat, rather than running out onto the plate.

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Guidelines for Making Chicken Breasts Taste Delightful

Here are some tips for cooking chicken breasts, as they often turn out rubbery or chewy.

1. Use a meat thermometer.

1. Use a meat thermometer.

A thermometer will help you cook your chicken JUST until it’s safe rather than 50 degrees past safe, which brings you into the Land of Dry and Chewy Chicken.

This gives the chicken breasts a nice golden sear on the outside, which makes them taste (and look!) delicious.

2. Use a hot pan for a good sear.

2. Use a hot pan for a good sear.

It’s basically just a salty oil mix, and it makes a big difference in how juicy and flavorful your chicken will be.

3. Try a brinerade.

3. Try a brinerade.

4. Cut your chicken breasts up.

4. Cut your chicken breasts up.

Unless you buy organic chicken breasts, the ones in stores these days tend to be enormous.

Letting the chicken rest will ensure that the juices stay IN the meat, rather than running out onto the plate.

5. Let your chicken rest before you cut it up.

5. Let your chicken rest before you cut it up.

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