Questions tagged [chicken-breast]
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Am I able to put uncooked chicken back in my fridge for a day? [duplicate]
I just took my chicken breast out of the packet and cut it up to make schnitzel then realised I had no oil. Is it safe to put it back in my fridge for a day?
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New to cooking - how long to cook chicken breast pieces in a wok? [duplicate]
just wondering, how long should I cook chicken breast pieces in a wok over medium heat for? They're around 1cm thick chicken breast pieces.
I tried cooking them today and although they looked white, ...
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How do you fry chicken, so that oil doesn't explode on your shirt?
I love chicken, and I love to fry it. The problem is that the hot oil explodes, and it gets on my clothes.
I already have a cover for my pan. The problem is that I need to turn chicken upside down ...
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Lightly defrost chicken in microwave to separate them
I had two pieces of chicken breast in a tupperware container in my freezer. I wanted to separate them and put one in the fridge below, so I put it in the microwave on defrost (fairly weak machine, and ...
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Ingredients injected into chicken breast
What is in the broth injected into the Heritage Farms boneless skinless chicken breast I feed my dogs. Dogs can't eat onions or garlic.
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Boiling Chicken Breast (or any meat) before cooking to cook evenly
Good day. I've had another disagreement with my mother on how to cook Chicken Breast. I know it seems like a small topic and it is situational, but do consider it.
The scenario is this, let's say you ...
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Should I fry the chicken first or should I pressure cook it first?
I fried the chicken breast in the oil till its surface was brown and then I pressure cooked it.
The result was hard chicken. I found it quite difficult to chew.
What should I do next time to make it ...
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Confirming Fried Chicken is completely cooked
I'm currently involved in a food startup and we're refining our process for product quality. We fry Bone-In breasts, Dark quarters, Wings and Boneless breasts. The challenge I'm currently facing is ...
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Max Temp for Fried Chicken
I'm currently working for a fried chicken pop up restaurant and we're trying to lock down our process to ensure chicken is fully cooked but comes out fast, crunchy, and juicy. So far I've just been ...
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How would I quickly defrost chicken if it's going to be cooked in a crock pot?
I've read that it is O.K. to defrost chicken via the microwave or in a sink of cold water, but only if you're planning to cook the chicken right away. (How to quickly and safely defrost chicken?)
I'm ...
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Can I leave boneless chicken breast flat in freezer overnight?
I buy refrigerated chicken breasts and cut them into smaller pieces, lay flat on a cake pan and freeze overnight, then separate them and put into individual bags in the morning. Does this cause other ...
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heat chicken breast in a pan with no oil - ok for the pan?
I have heard of putting chicken breasts in a pan and heating them No oil.
To get past any terminology issue, i've included a picture. Just imagine a chicken breast or pieces of chicken breast in the ...
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Pre-pounding chicken
I usually buy chicken about 1.2 kilograms at a time. I eat half of that in a day. I store the rest in the refrigerator. The usual recipe is breaded chicken and as such, requires pounding the chicken. ...
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Chicken breast sous vide: Time in fridge matters?
I have kept a chicken breast, packed in plastic (possibly in a near-vacuum environment) in my fridge for more than a week. The best-before-date is tomorrow. I am considering cooking this breast sous ...
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How to scale chicken recipe that requires cooking in a single layer?
There's one adapted recipe I like a lot, but I've been struggling with how to make it scale better so I can double the recipe to make more leftovers/feed more people. The basic technique is to cook ...
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How can I cook chicken breast like Nando's?
I want to make chicken butterfly breast similar to Nando's but plain. I read this question which gave me a good insight. I have no grill so only a gas oven/halogen oven and a frying pan.
Am I able to ...
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Flattened chicken breast returns to original size when frying
I like to fry chicken breast whole -- I always flatten the meat with a meat hammer first, to make it an even thickness throughout.
A few minutes into frying, the meat returns to almost the identical ...
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What is the percentage by weight of meat in a split chicken breast?
We are planning on canning chicken breast and wondered what percentage of raw bone-in "split chicken breast" is meat (versus non-meat like bone and skin)?
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Why do US chicken taste "gamey"/rancid in no time despite proper storage?
I am a new member. We are relatively new to the US, moved here 8 years ago.
I've purchased the chicken brands Foster Farms, Costco/Kirkland, Save Mart, Safeway, and more, but no matter the label, it ...
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I have leftover baked chicken - can I reheat it on the grill?
I have leftover baked chicken breast. I want to know if I could reheat it on my gas grill and if it would still taste good after that.
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Pan frying chicken breasts?
I've got these nice chicken breasts, pre-marinated, from the supermarket meat counter.
There was a little sign on 'em that said "Great for pan searing!" (Is that different from frying, really?)
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Should I sear sous-vide chicken breasts?
I'm planning on cooking some boneless skinless chicken breasts tonight sous-vide. Should I finish them with a quick pan sear like I do with my steaks or should I just season and slice?
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What temperature should I use for sous-vide chicken breasts?
I'm finally going to advance my sous vide repertoire from just steaks to poultry. I know the safety issues and am familiar with the salmonella death rate chart. What I'm wondering about is the ...
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Should I press the chicken breast against the pan when I grill it?
When I'm about to grill a chicken breast, I usually cut the breast in very thin pieces. I put some oil in a square grill pan (exactly like this one) and turn on the stove (in a very high temperature). ...
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Can I grill a chicken/turkey breast in the night and eat it 12:00 and 18:00?
First of all, I'm sorry for my English, I'm not fluent.
I'm on a diet where I can eat only chicken breast and ground muscle (don't know the right word for this but I tried) as the meat (and fish, but ...
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Why is the Chicken too hard in the outside but soggy in the inside?
I have a problem when I cook a chicken. Usually, I will divide the chicken into smaller parts. However, when I cook the chicken by placing in a soup, I often get the meat too hard at the outside and ...
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Filling for Stuffed Chicken Breast [closed]
I was wondering what taste good as a filling for chicken breast. I want to make kind of chicken breast pockets by almost cutting through the chicken breast but keeping both sides still together to ...
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How long will previously-frozen vacuum-packed chicken last in the fridge?
A similar question about fish was all I found, but fish is not chicken and they have different considerations.
I buy chicken from Whole Foods that comes already sealed, and is labeled as "Air Chilled"...
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How do I prevent burned chicken breasts when cooking on the stovetop?
Ok I'm going crazy with this. I've tried everything, but no matter what I do, it always results in my chicken breast burning and becoming black. Here is what I usually do:
Grab a chicken breast, wash ...
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Can I cook Foster Farms chicken sous-vide in its original plastic?
Is it safe to cook individually wrapped frozen chicken breast in the original plastic packaging (e.g. from foster farms) using sous-vide?
Also, what is the highest temperature I can cook the plastic-...
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How should chicken breasts for a chicken salad be cooked?
Most of the recipes I've seen for Chicken Salad simply call for "cooked chicken". ...okay, but how? Should I bake it? Blanch it? Sautee it? Grill it?
What is the preferred way to cook Chicken ...
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How do I bake chicken breast?
The kitchen queen marinated three whole chicken breasts in the refrigerator today. She left a note saying to bake them. I have no idea what I'm doing. Should I slice them in half to make them thinner? ...
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Which non penetrating method is recommended to check chicken breasts for done-ness when pan fried
i love pan fried chicken usually with some tumeric, salt, pepper, rosemarry, and evoo. Anyways, I don't like to get my thermo dirty everytime, and sometimes i get it a bit overdone, sometimes the ...
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How to make extra crispy and crunchy breading like KFC?
I'm wondering how I would go about making extra crispy chicken breading like they do at many places like KFC and the like. Is there a certain ingredient that makes the breading like that?
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Cooking chicken in microwave?
I hear that chicken breasts can be cooked in microwave and that it's the best way to get it juicy and tender. I have also seen some articles about it on the internet.
I wonder if this is just a myth ...
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How can I keep the cheese from leaking out of my cordon bleu during cooking?
I use flour to coat, including the ends, and I use toothpicks to hold the wider part shut. Even when I try to fold the cutlet envelope style, most of my cheese melts out. I cook them on the stove top ...
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How hot should the oil be when preparing schnitzel?
I frequently fry breaded chicken breast, but I can't seem to get the temperature right. Sometimes the first couple pieces come out overdone and sometimes if I don't let them sit in the pan for a ...
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How can I prevent pan fried chicken from becoming too chewy?
Every time I cook boneless/skinless chicken breast in a pan over the stove-top it seems to end up slightly chewy. What am I doing wrong?
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How do I pound chicken (or other meat) without making a mess?
Despite my best efforts, my kitchen (and sometimes the chicken) always looks like a war zone after pounding 8 or 10 breasts. Maybe this is just a messy job, but I think there must be something I'm ...
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