Chicken Breasts

When we talk about chicken breasts, in most cases we think of a very healthy portion, but at the same time having little flavor being and dry.

Surely you think the same, don’t you? But the good news is that this is not the case, because we assure you that you can get very delicious and juicy dishes using it.

It all depends on how you are going to prepare it because there is a wide variety of chicken breast recipes.

In Cuba and the rest of the world it is very common to consume chicken and of course, the breasts are included in this list.

Since it is a lean meat, it is very low in calories and very rich in proteins, it is ideal for maintaining a healthy diet.

A 100-gram portion of chicken breast has 165 calories, 31 grams of protein, 3.6 grams of total fats, in addition to essential vitamins and minerals.

Today we propose a super easy recipe for chicken breasts; the result is irresistible because it will be very juicy and full of flavor.

How to prepare chicken breasts?

If you have asked yourself a thousand times why do you always get dry chicken breasts that are very hard and tasteless, today we teach you the best tricks on how to make juicy and tasty chicken breasts.

With certainty from now on you will love to cook them more often and since it is such a versatile meat you can prepare it in many ways without getting sick of enjoying it.

Now, going to the meat and potatoes of the matter, the first trick to ensure they won’t be dry is to put them on a flat surface and hit them.

You can use any tool to flatten it, a ladle, a roller, a meat hammer, the bottom of a glass, in short, whatever you can get.

So we will break the tissues and make it thinner and in that way it will cook on all its sides in less time, preventing it from drying out too much.

The second trick is to leave it marinated for 15 to 30 minutes, in this case we prefer to use olive oil, garlic and other spices as we desire, without putting salt because it dehydrates it, running a high risk of it being dry.

The cooking process is important so that they are juicy; if the steak is very thin, it will be cooked enough with 1 and a half minutes on each side and if it is thicker from 3 to 4 minutes on each side so that it seals well and keeps its juiciness inside.

If you make grilled chicken breasts, the heat of the grill should be medium high, not too high, to prevent from burning.

On the other hand, if you are preparing cooked chicken breast and it is a large portion, the proper cooking time is 20 or 25 minutes, if you don’t remove the bones and the skin, then it will be ready in 30 minutes.

Keep in mind that if you divide the portion of breast into pieces or in halves the cooking time is reduced by 50 percent.

To make baked chicken breasts use 200 degrees of temperature with heat up and down in the oven and without ventilation and they will be ready in about 20 minutes with a preheated oven.

If you bake them wrapped in aluminum foil, remove the foil after 20 minutes and place them in the oven for another 10 minutes to brown on the outside.

In these three previous cooking methods, you can make stuffed, breaded chicken breasts, in sauce and other varieties of recipes.

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