In my fridge lies a single chicken breast. It needs to go. Tell me your favourite chicken breast dish...

how long should i marinate it for.

im always worried if i marinate only for 1-2hr, it won't be enough.

>Marinate whole in olive oil, balsamic vinegar (or a splash of white), rosemary, garlic, pepper, terragon (or perhaps Italian blend), grill it or bake it.. when I grill it I always boil some noodles and make a garlic herb sauce

will get started on this if i dont see any other recipes that i find appealing and easy to execute.

dont got terragon, so,... fuckin.. will have to do without it.
idk wat garlic herb sauce is, but will google.

may post pictures of the progress.

They're two different recipes bro.

I'm not the guy you're replying to, but my general rule for marinades is overnight.

It's not as if there is an exact point where the food magically goes from "under-marinaded" to "done". It's a gradual process. The longer you marinade the more flavor you get. You can buy meat in the supermarket that's packed in plastic with marinade inside. It can go for many days.

Cut it up in cubes
let them rest in a mixture of yogurt + whatever you like (curry/black pepper/lemon juice+thyme whatever), cook it in a bit of butter/olive oil

>idk wat garlic herb sauce is, but will google.

There's no single "garlic herb sauce". It's deliberately vague. Just wing it. Google will probably confuse you with an overload of potential recipes.

those pre-marinated stuff in my experience had always sucked massive balls.

is that normal.

ah, I did this alrdy.

Made some tikka masala, and it required me to do a version of this. Looking for something diff.

for chicken generally you want anywhere between 3 hours and 24
other user who said overnight is correct but if you absolutely have to marinade immediately i would say at least 3 hours minimum

Chicken Parmesan. Pound your chicken breast flat with a mallet or the bottom of a thick drinking glass. In one bowl mix flour, salt, and black pepper. In another, beat an egg. In a third, combine dry breadcrumbs, grated Parmesan cheese, and fresh or dry parsley. Fresh is better. Grease a baking pan with olive oil, then dredge your chicken breast through the flour, then the egg, then the breadcrumbs. Get it well coated, then plop it in the pan and bake for about 30 minutes at 400F. Drizzle with a little extra oil halfway through. Put a slice of mozzarella on top and bake for an additional 5 minutes or until the cheese browns slightly. Serve over a bed of spaghetti and marinara sauce.

Yeah, I've found them to be pretty bad too.

But that's not due to the time of marinading involved, it's just the usual problem with supermarket meats. low quality ingredients.

That being said, there are some cases where you can get into trouble with long marinade times, but those are exceptions rather than the rule. If your marinade is overly acidic or overly salty then that could harm the food if you let it marinade too long. Also be very careful with tenderizing marinades. Fruit like pineapple, papaya, and kiwi contain enzymes which break down protein. A marinade containing those fruits, if raw, will do a wonderful job making tough meat tender. They are so effective that if you let them sit too long the meat can turn into mush. The first time I tried to marinade a steak using raw pineapple in the marinade it literally turned to babyfood mush after only around 4-5 hours. So if you're using that kind of marinade either go sparingly on the raw fruit or pay very close attention to the marinade times. I still make that dish but to prevent the meat from turning to mush I cook the majority of the pineapple juice to deactivate the enzyme, and only use a small portion of the raw fruit.

my go-to method for chicken breast disposal is in the oven

cut into desired size and brine in warm salt water for 10 mins (this ensures your chicken will be juicy but you can skip this step)
lightly brush both sides with oil and put in a casserole dish
prepare your spice mix (i use montreal chicken) and rub generously over the top and sides
put in oven, (check internal temp) when done, put foil tent over dish and let sit for 10 mins

i usually serve mine with couscous and a vegetable macédoine. simple and tasty imo

Chicken paprikash is simple and quick.

Sautee onions in a pot with plenty of butter. Add about 1 cm water, add chicken breast, season with generous amount of paprika. Cover, simmer for 20 minutes. Shred the chicken once fully cooked, add a bit of sour cream/milk, serve over noodles or rice.

Brining for 10 minutes achieves nothing. It's a total waste of time. You need a few hours minimum because diffusion is a slow process.

Your choice of cooking method seems strange as well. Covering the chicken with foil? It's like you don't want it to brown for some silly reason. Get some color on the chicken. Browning = malliard reaction = tastes good.

You can do this in the pan much faster and with less energy use as well. Why your oven choice? Is there any reasoning behind it or is this just ignorance?

here's the marinade.

modest amount of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, rosemary, garlic powder (too lazy to go find garlic somewhere in the house), freshly ground black pepper, and a hint of cayenne pepper.

had really no idea when it comes to portions for these things, so just went with feel.

will have to taste it with the end product and make adjustments if i were to revisit this.

no salt in the marinade yet. Will season it before cooking. If thread is still alive tomorrow, will post results. Thanks for the other recipes user, saved them all. Will try them some time.

Rub lemon salt over it.
Pan fry

some of these recipes, i cannot try. They're not Veeky Forums ._.

Why not? None of the recipes here contain any appreciable extra amounts of fat, etc. Nobody mentioned deep frying or heavy sauces so what is the problem exactly?

there was one with like a lot of mayo, i think that's a no-no.
there was another with frying.

idk about chicken parm, maybe it's okay. Cheese worries me.

braaap it
sniff it

Parsley
Thyme
Leeks
Mushrooms
Pastry (make it or just buy it)
Butter
Chicken Stock
Salt, Pepper

Take the breasts, salt and pepper and pan cook them, then slice/tear them up into pieces.

Take your pie dish and do your thing with the pastry.

Chop up a ton of leeks and mushrooms, and add them to a pan with butter, thyme, parsley and the chicken stock. Cook until nice and thick.

Add the chicken in and stir, along with a lot of pepper and salt to taste, then pour into the pie dish, and cover with the pastry.

Crimp the edges and then bake until golden brown.

Serve with peas, broccoli, cabbage, etc.

Whoops, I missed the mayo one. OK, that one is out.

Since when is normal pan-frying a no-no? You do realize that adds only the tiniest amount of fat, right? And fat is required for a healthy diet.

Hell back when I was in college I was into bodybuilding. I ate 40/40/20. 40% protein, 40% fat, 20% carbs. Fat is a vital part of a good diet.

>>Cheese worries me.
Why? Parm is a low-fat cheese. Plus there's not very much of it on the dish.

there was flour involved and he said fry, i thought it meant deepfrying. I didn't think it meant panfrying. If that's not the case, I can certainly try. Although, I have to go find some pickle juice i guess, haha. I think they do sell that separately? will have to look into it.

about parm, i didn't realize it was low-fat. I'd prob try it, then.

I just go to my local chinese restaurant and get some wontons, fry the chicken in a pan with some chili sauce and soy sauce and throw it all in a bowl

>Time
>Time garlic

W-what did he mean by this?

Do not marinate chicken in pickle juice for more than a few hours unless you want the chicken to taste like pickles.. I marinated for about 10 hours once and the chicken fat was green.. way too long
Sounds breddy gud
Definitely try the pickle juice when you're gonna pan/deep fry.. so how'd it turn out?

Bake the chicken breast in cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup with a side of mashed potatoes and your choice of vegetable. I love green beans with this meal and use the soup as a gravy for the potatoes.

Do you have eggs, flour, white wine and cream? Make Chicken Francaise. Best chicken breast recipe around.

Check out Chaplins/Daddy Jacks on youtube for his francaise recipe.

>rocket
>lettuce
Romaine?

>flower

A new favorite of mine now is marinate in a Greek style yogurt with a tumeric cumin paprika spice mix.. heavy on the tumeric.
Chicken breast cut in about 8 pieces and marinate for a few hours..
Better with deboned thigh but marinate over night.
Grill or BBQ

I don't get this about Veeky Forums

>this recipie has a wee teaspoon of mayo!
>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MAYO=FAT
>CAN'T HAVE FAT

Your sitting your ass on Veeky Forums instead of doing something productive like running is more of a detriment than having a small amount of mayonaise for fucks sake. Oh wait, Veeky Forums doesn't do cardio what the hell am I even saying.

>throw in pan with sesame seed oil
>grill until medium rare

put butter in frying pan
melt butter
cut chicken breast into chunks and dump in pan
remove when cooked and set aside but nearby
add water and Knorr® pasta sides to pan
wait for pasta too be almost cooked
add chicken back to pan and mix everything together
eat

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>time garlic
almost as good as homemade coconut

Sear in butter and whatever spices and herbs you like, wait for a fond to develop, add chicken stock, cook the rest of the way covered
Texture is much better and flavor is great too

I only have Garlic Time

Any suggestions how I can sub this for Time Garlic? Is there any real difference?

stir fry brah

>Time

hanging on in quiet desperation is the english way

Why are you faggots more worried about typos than dishes what the fuck

what ever you do smash it into a uniform thickness

Manchester? If the wife "leaves" will you marry me?

I'd dredge it in flour, beaten egg, and breadcrumb (with desired spices) and cook at 425 for 15-20 minutes depending on size. Might want to cut it in half and do two servings if it's big enough. It's a very, very easy dinner.

Karaage chikin

>cut open chicken
>cream cheese and spinach
>fry it then bake it
That's the super short version

I too, cook with rose petals

Not bad, not bad.

The goal was never to make this chicken super amazing all the sudden, at least not with these humble ingredients. But the results were good. It's so simple that I can see myself returning to recipe. It sure as hell beats the plain old salt and pepper.

yeah, I got those. Will check it out.

I def made something very similar when I made tikka masala. Need to buy tumeric, no idea what that taste like.

eh.. idk, to be frank, I don't know how bad mayo is. Most of the time, I try to avoid things with super high calorie that doesn't "fill" me. I even try to avoid butter, just because it's so heavy on calorie. It has little to do with health aspect rather than just making calorie count easier while feeling full.

wth is knorr pasta..

will do

sounds easy to do. Only thing with breadcrumbs is that I would buy this, and use it like once, and then throw it away a year or two later. But it's cheap enough, maybe I don't care.

The most simple and delicious as fuck is to just salt the chicken generously then pan fry in oil 5-6 mins a side depending on the thickness
that's it, just get proper browning going, don't overcook it and it's delicious as heck

hmm, i was not for this, but i am now considering buying a week load of chicken and just trying all the recipes every day.

rocket is arugula

Glad you liked it man..

Bust out that chicken a la king over egg noodles, OP.

went out today and bought some more chicken to try some of these recipes

had some leftover yogurt, so i went for another batch but this time with your suggested turmeric & stuff. Marinating.

giving it a shot.

this might be my last post, thanks for all the recipes user.

some i will try, some, well.. evidently, will not try. But this was cool. I may return some other time Veeky Forums, you guys are cool.

Yeh. It's fucking synthetic artificial flavour packs designed in a lab. Go to your local Turk shop and get a kilo of each "exotic" herbs for a few of your currency

did your chicken breast explode?

Pour over olive oil, mustard powder, salt and pepper and massage in. Score and transfer to a hot skillet and grill eat side for about 10 minutes

i beat the shit out of it to flatten it as suggested. I think next time I'll just cut it open and butterfly it.

eat it backwards

Just for future reference.. using your nose is a good starting point especially when you've got no clue how much of an ingredient you should use.. not trying to criticise but be helpful.. after awhile you'll learn to dial certain ingredients back and kick others up..

youtube.com/watch?v=IAbFlWQnlD4

goat cheese
lemon zest
herb butter
marinated in red wine vinegar, s/p, thyme, crushed garlic