How to cook chicken breast
Products
Chicken breast - 1 piece
Bay leaf - 1 piece
Allspice black pepper - 3 peas
Water - 1 liter
Salt to taste
How to cook chicken breast in a saucepan
1. If the breast is frozen, leave it to thaw for several hours at room temperature.
2. Thoroughly rinse the breast, remove skin and fat from it if necessary.
3. Pour cold water over the breast, the water should completely cover the chicken.
4. Put the saucepan on high heat, bring the broth to a boil on it, add salt and spices.
5. Make the fire quiet, with a slight boil, cook the breast with skin for 30 minutes, without skin for 25 minutes. You can speed up the boil of the breast up to 20 minutes by cutting it in half.
6. Place the chicken breast on a plate, ready to eat or use in other recipes.
How much to cook chicken breast in a slow cooker
1. Defrost and rinse the chicken breast.
2. Salt and season.
3. Send the breast to the multicooker, completely filling it with water.
4. In the "Stew" mode, cook the breast for half an hour.
How much to cook chicken breast in a slow cooker for steam
1. Defrost, rinse, salt and season the chicken breast.
2. Pour 1 liter of cold water into the multicooker container.
3. Place the breast on the wire shelf.
4. Cook the chicken breast for 40 minutes in the "Steamer" mode.
How much to cook chicken breast in the microwave
1. Rinse the breast, salt, season and put in a microwave oven.
2. Fill the breast completely with water.
3. Set microwave to 800 W, 5 minutes, bring to a boil.
4. After boiling, cook the chicken breast for 10-15 minutes.
How much to cook chicken breast in a double boiler
1. Remove the skin from the breast, rinse and pat dry.
2. Mix salt and spices.
3. Rub the meat with spices and salt.
4. Put the prepared breast into the double boiler.
5. Cook for 40 minutes.
How to quickly cook chicken breast in a saucepan
1. Rinse the breast, divide in half and place in a saucepan.
2. Pour 4 centimeters of water over the breast.
3. Bring to a boil, salt and season.
4. Cover the pan with a lid and cook the chicken breast with bones for 10 minutes, without bones for 7 minutes.
5. After the end of cooking, insist the chicken breast in the broth for 1 hour.
Fusofacts
- To speed up cooking chicken breast, you can cut it into several smaller equal parts. However, the slices will not be as juicy as the whole breast. A small volume of the pan will also allow you to speed up the cooking process due to the faster boiling of water. The main thing is that the breast is completely covered with water.- Chicken breast fits perfectly into bodybuilders diet - they cook the breast very often, as it contains a lot of protein, which contributes to rapid muscle growth. So that the breast tastes like the first time every time, before boiling the breast, you can marinate it with lemon and tomatoes, and add different seasonings and vegetables during cooking.
- If the breast brewed for soup, it is recommended to salt the broth at the beginning of cooking. If the breast is cooked for salad, then salt the chicken breast should be 5 minutes before turning off the heat, otherwise the meat will be dry.
- To make the breast taste more harmonious, you can cook it on vegetable broth... In addition, it is worth adding a few peas of allspice or black pepper and bay leaves, and for a special aroma - a celery stalk or leek.
- To receive dietary product The skin is removed from the breast before boiling, but if you leave it, the meat will be much softer, but also more high-calorie.
- Calorie content boiled chicken breast - 150 kcal / 100 grams, cooked breast without skin - 120 kcal / 100 grams.
- Boiled chicken breast is a great cooked dish that can be submit with any side dish. It is good to use boiled breast in salads and various snacks.
- Chicken breast used by and for the first courses, since oily skin, bones and cartilage give a good fat, and for purely dietary recipes (for this you need to remove the skin and remove the bones).
- The cost chicken breast - 200-250 rubles / 1 kilogram (on average in Moscow as of May 2016).
- If the breast will be used in a cold dish, the breast must be left in the broth to cool down, without it it very quickly dry up.
- To choose a quality chicken breast, you should pay attention to the shelf life - fresh breast is stored for no more than 5 days. The breasts should be of medium size, weighing about 300-350 grams. If the weight is over 400 grams, this indicates that the chicken was fed with chemicals.
- To check, Is the breast fresh, press on the skin with your finger. If there is a trace on the meat, the breast has been thawed. Pay attention to the color of the breast: you should choose a chicken breast without bruises, the skin is slightly yellowish.