Many people complain that they are unable to cook soft and juicy chicken breasts. The meat is dry and tough. So one of the main advantages of this particular part of the chicken - the lack of fat - turns into a significant drawback. Indeed, it is because of this that delicate and diet chicken breasts are so easy to “overdry”. But do not despair, there are so many ways to keep the chicken breast soft and juicy that everyone will find a recipe that suits him.
Pick your recipe
You will need
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- Herb Chicken Breasts in Foil
- Chicken breasts
- Olive oil
- Herbs and spices of your choice
- Food foil
- Citrus Nut Breaded Chicken Breast
- 4 medium chicken breasts
- 1 liter of hot water
- 2 tablespoons of sea salt
- 2 cups salted almonds
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 large chicken egg
- ¼ cup lemon or orange zest
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 2 tablespoons of sesame or any other vegetable oil
- Pepper
- Chicken Breasts in Lemon Marinade
- 4 chicken breasts
- cut in half
- hot red chili peppers
- 3 chopped garlic cloves
- 2-3 tbsp finely chopped greens - rosemary
- thyme
- oregano
- of your choice
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ¼ cup olive oil
Instruction manual
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Culinary techniques to preserve the juiciness of chicken breasts, a great many. Here are just a few of them: "sealing" followed by baking, preliminary marinating, breading, preparing the breasts in foil. Let's dwell on the simplest and most popular.
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Herb Chicken Breasts in Foil
Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius.
Combine in a bowl olive oil, salt, pepper and dry or fresh finely chopped herbs. You can also add a spoonful of whole grain mustard to give the chicken a more piquant flavor.
Spread chicken fillet with a mixture of oil and seasoning. Wrap the breast in foil. Pay particular attention to the "package" of the foil is tight and without gaps.
Bake chicken for 30-40 minutes, depending on the weight of the fillet. You will get a fragrant, juicy and dietary dish.
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Citrus Nut Breaded Chicken Breast
This recipe uses another interesting culinary technique - pre-salting chicken.
Dissolve sea salt in warm, in no case in hot water. Put breasts in a salt bath for at least half an hour, maximum 45 minutes. Thus, they are evenly salted and juicier.
Peel the almonds and finely chop it, mix in a wide bowl or plate with high edges with bread crumbs.
Beat the egg with a fork, add the zest and pepper to it. Do not add salt, because the almonds are already salty!
Heat oil in a thick-walled pan. Reduce the heat to medium.
Dry the breasts, beat and sprinkle with flour. Dip the breasts one by one in the egg mixture, and then in the nut-cracker breading.
Fry the chicken in hot oil for 5-7 minutes on each side. Do not cover the dish with a lid, otherwise the breading will become wet from the accumulated steam and begin to fall off.
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Chicken Breasts in Lemon Marinade
Lightly beat off the chicken breasts and marinate. For the marinade, mix in a bowl lemon juice, oil, garlic, pepper, herbs. If you get juice from fresh lemon, then before squeezing it, send citrus for half a minute in the microwave. So more juice will flow from it.
Cover the breasts in the marinade with a lid or foil and send for half an hour or an hour to the refrigerator.
Marinated breasts can simply be quickly fried in a dry pan with non-stick coating for 2-3 minutes on each side or baked on the grill.
Useful advice
Here, the popular recipe for chicken breasts baked in bacon with herbs is intentionally not given, since this dish is far from dietary. But delicious. And it will be even tastier if you cut the "pocket" in the chicken breast and put soft cheese with herbs in it.
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