How long to cook chicken breast?

Cooking time for chicken breast in a saucepan is 30 minutes. Cook the breast in a double boiler for 1 hour. Cook in a slow cooker for 40 minutes. The time for cooking the breast in the microwave is 10-15 minutes.

How to choose chicken breast

When buying a chilled product, pay attention to its appearance. Quality chicken breast is pale pink with white or pinkish streaks. It is elastic, smooth, dense and does not exfoliate. If you press lightly with your finger, the shape is quickly restored. There is no mucus or bruising on the surface. The smell is natural, without extraneous unpleasant notes.

In a package with a good frozen breast, there is very little ice, and it is transparent in color. The product itself is light, clean and without visible damage.

How to cook chicken breast

Ingredients

• 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. Rinse the breast thoroughly, remove the 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 up to 20 minutes by cutting the breast in half.
6. Place the chicken breast on a plate, ready to eat or use in other recipes.

How long 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 to cook chicken breast on the stove

To get mouth-watering meat and delicious broth , put the chicken breasts in a saucepan along with salt, pepper, garlic and bay leaf. Fill with cool water so that its level is a couple of centimeters above the meat.

Bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce heat. Add onions, garlic, carrots and continue cooking. Remove the foam that forms on the surface.

For boiling meat for salad or for other dishes, lay the breast in boiling water. When the liquid boils again, add the parsley, peppers, carrots, garlic, parsley and other ingredients to your liking. Salt the finished bird and leave it in the broth for 15-20 minutes.

The bone-in and skin-on chicken breast will cook in about 30 minutes. The fillet will cook in 20-25 minutes, and if cut into pieces – in 10-15 minutes.

How long 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 long to cook chicken breast in the microwave

1. Rinse the breast, salt, season and place in a microwave-safe dish.
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 long 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, leave the chicken breast in the broth for 1 hour.

Delicious facts

• – 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 diet of bodybuilders – they boil the breast very often, as it contains a lot of protein, which contributes to the rapid growth of muscles. 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 boiled for soup, it is recommended to salt the broth at the beginning of cooking. If the breast is cooked for a 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 in 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 stalk of celery or leeks.
• – 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 value 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 file with any side dish. It is good to use boiled breast in salads and various appetizers.
• – Chicken breast used 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).
• – 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.
• – To choose a quality chicken breast, you should pay attention to the expiration date – fresh breast is stored for no more than 5 days. Breasts should be purchased in 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.

How to stew chicken breast in a pan with champignons

Ingredients for frying chicken breasts

• Chicken breast – 2 pieces
• Garlic – 3 cloves Mushrooms – half a kilo
• Soy sauce – 100 milliliters
• Cream 20% – 400 milliliters
• Sunflower oil – 3 tablespoons
• Salt and pepper – to taste

How to stew chicken breast with mushrooms in a creamy sauce

Chicken Defrost the breast, if it is frozen, rinse, dry and cut into small pieces. Wash mushrooms, dry, thinly slice. Heat a frying pan, pour oil on it, put the mushrooms and fry them for 5 minutes. Peel and finely chop the garlic, add to the mushrooms. Add chicken pieces, fry for 10 minutes. Pour cream into the pan and simmer, stirring, for another 10 minutes over low heat.
Rice or pasta is perfect for garnishing chicken breasts.