How to Cook Chicken Breast

Bake in the Oven

The main benefit of baking the chicken breast is that if you cook it right, the meat will be very tender and juicy when eaten.

• All it takes is chicken breasts, salt or pepper. You can add other seasonings like rosemary if you want to pump up the flavor.

• Back the chicken breast at 350 °F in a roasting pan for up to 30 minutes or until the thickest portion of the breast reaches 165 °F.

On the Stovetop

If you want to know how to cook chicken breast, remember that this is an easy way. The only trick is that you have to cook them in covered pan so that the chicken breasts can be poached in their juices from the inside out.

• The stovetop method can be made just using plain chicken breasts. You can also marinate them in a brine before cooking or use various fresh herbs to enhance the flavor of the chicken breasts. They can be cooked in the covered skillet using a little bit of olive oil.

• In order to make this recipe, you need to flatten out the breasts so that they are of an even width. Season with pepper and salt. Put the sauté pan up to medium high heat. When it is hot enough add butter or olive oil to coat the pan. Cook the breasts for a minute on one side. Repeat with the other side. The sides should be golden brown. Then turn down the heat to a low setting and cover the pan. Let the chicken cook this way for 10 minutes. Don’t lift the lid.

Grill

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts are great when grilled but you can easily overcook them. Try first searing them on both sides and then indirectly grill them.

• First, in order to know how to cook chicken breast, you need a grill that has two levels of heat, one that is high and one that is lower.

• Oil the grilling grate with vegetable oil. For the best in flavor and moisture, you should marinate the breasts in a brine made of ¼ cup salt in 4 cups water. Sear them with the high part of the grill for about 3-4 minutes on each side, and then move them to the low side so that they can gradually cook after that. Apply barbecue sauce if you want added flavor.

Stir-Fry in a Sauté Pan

If you want to know how to cook chicken breast in a sauté pan, the best way it’s to stir-fry the meat with vegetables. Better still, you can use a flat-bottomed wok to avoid falling out of ingredients. Stir-fry is a very good way to cook chicken because it allows you to add all the ingredients and sauces all in the same pan.

• The ingredients you need are chicken breast, salt, pepper, olive oil, vegetables cut into pieces of a uniformed bite-size, onions, and perhaps ginger if you wish to do it Chinese-style.

• Simply cut up the chicken into strips and put them in a hot, oiled wok or sautéing pan. Add the onions and spices if desired and cook until the meat is slightly browned. Add vegetable and salt, then stir-fry for about 1 minute.

Pimento Cheese Stuffed Chicken

• Ingredients

- smoked bacon, 1 slice

- Shredded cheddar cheese, ¾ cup

- Diced pimientos, 1½ tbsp.

- Minced green onions, 2 tbsp.

- Lemon juice, 2 tbsp.

- Mayonnaise, 1 tbsp.

- Salt, ½ tsp.

- Hot sauce, 2 tbsp.

- 4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves

- Canola oil, 1 tbsp.

- Black pepper ½ tbsp.

• Directions

1. Set oven to 350 °F.

2. Fry bacon until crisp in a skillet. Remove the bacon but keep the drippings.

3. Combine bacon, cheddar cheese, pimientos, minced green onions, fresh lemon juice, canola oil and ¼ tsp. salt.

4. Cut an inch wide slit into the thickest end of the chicken breasts. Stuff the breasts with the cheesy mixture. Secure the pockets with toothpicks.

5. Put ¼ tsp. salt and pepper over the chicken.

6. Heat a pan to medium-high temperature. Add oil to the drippings and add chicken to the cooking pan. Cook for 4 minutes and turn over.

7. Then bake in the oven for 12 minutes and let stand an additional 5minutes.

Chicken Fajitas

• Ingredients

- Dark Mexican beer, ¾ cup

- Low sodium soy sauce, 2 tbsp.

- Lime juice, 2 tbsp.

- Canola oil, 1 tbsp.

- Worcestershire sauce, 1 tbsp.

- Crushed garlic cloves, 3 cloves

- Skinless, boneless, chicken breast halves, cut into half inch strips

- Sliced onion, 1 cup

- Orange bell pepper, sliced and seeded

- Yellow bell pepper, sliced and seeded

- Cooking spray

- Salt, ¼ tsp

- Black pepper, ¼ tsp

- 6-inch flour tortillas, 8 total

- Jalapeno pepper, 1 thinly sliced

• Directions

1. Mix first 6 ingredients together and put the chicken in a zip lock bag. Add ¾ cup of the beer mixture to bag and seal for marinating. Save the rest of the beer mixture.

2. Marinate in the refrigerator for an hour, shaking occasionally.

3. Mix rest of beer mixture with onions and bell peppers and marinate for one hour at room temperature.

4. Heat a grilling pan on medium to high heat and coat it with cooking spray.

5. Cook chicken for 2 minutes on each side and then keep warm.

6. Take out onions and bell peppers. Add to the pan and cook for 6 minutes until tender, turning after 3 minutes.

7. Toast the tortillas in a pan and put two on each plate. Add chicken mixture to top tortillas and top with onion mixture.