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Ways To Cook Chicken Breast Meat
When cooking chicken breast meat, it is always a task to ensure the meat ends up tender, soft, succulent, juicy and delicious. Chicken breast meat is probably the toughest part of the chicken and not as tender as the drumstick and yet, it is the healthiest as it has the least fat and is mostly lean meat once you remove the skin. The trick to cooking chicken breast meat is in the marinade and the cooking technique.
It will never do to have the best chicken recipe but end up with tough overcooked chicken that are stringy, dry and hard to chew. The secret to cooking chicken breast meat is in the way it was cooked and how long it was cooked. Of course, the meat has to be thoroughly cooked but overcooking it could render it dry, tough and inedible.
Whether you want to bake the breast meat, roast it, stir fry it or deep fry it, the marinade for the meat is also quite important as it could serve to tenderize it and give it flavours. Many would resort to the commercial bottled tenderizer, most often used for steaks, to rub it on the chicken to soften the meat. However, the more natural way is to use apple juice and marinade the chicken meat overnight in the juice. It will tenderize the chicken and at the same time give it a nice gentle apple flavour.
Otherwise, if you are thinking of deep-frying it for some crunchy chicken treats, then using buttermilk is as good a tenderizer as any for tender, soft and juicy meat. The next trick is when you cook the chicken. If you are baking or grilling it, you will have to be careful to ensure the temperature is not set too high so as not to overcook the chicken. It is best to keep it at medium to medium high instead of at high temperature. Also, do set the cooking time at a shorter time-frame instead of longer. If it is not completely cooked, you can always pop it back into the oven for another round of baking but if it is overcooked, it will be too late.
Chicken breast meat also tastes great when stir-fried. The best way is to slice the meat into thin, small pieces. This is to make sure the chicken cooks more thoroughly. Here's a simple 'Stir-fried Mushrooms Chicken Recipe' I can share with you. You start by seasoning the chicken with some soy sauce and pepper. Then you heat up the wok with some cooking oil and sautee some diced garlic till fragrant. Next, add in sliced brown mushrooms and sautee for another minute. Finally, add in the chicken meat and then you let it cook by stir frying it for another 3 minutes or so. The chicken is cooked when the juices run clear and it is no longer reddish in color. Remove from heat immediately when cooked.
Although the chicken breast meat could prove to be a challenge to cook, it is low in fat, packed with proteins and is great for lunch and dinner. It suits those on a diet and those watching their weight very well and that's not all, it is pretty versatile. Chicken breast meat can be cooked any way you like and as long as it is done correctly, it will be tasty, healthy and best of all, low in fat!
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