How long do you cook chicken breasts in water to eat?
Boiled chicken breast is usually cooked for about 10 minutes. The exact time should be differentiated according to the size of the chicken breast:
1. If you are cooking a whole chicken breast, it is usually cooked in cold water for 10 minutes. Although the chicken breast protein content is very high, but because it is a whole piece of cooking pot, the chicken meat inside the heat is not enough to cook completely, and cold water under the pot is slow, so you need to cook 15 minutes to cook through;
2, if you are cooking half cut chicken breast pieces, generally cold water under the pot to cook for 8 minutes to be cooked. Because the chicken breast has been cut in half, so the heat area will be doubled, so the time can be shortened by 5 minutes that is cooked;
3, if you are cooking chicken breast diced, generally cold water in the pot to cook 5 minutes that is cooked, hot water in the pot to cook 2 minutes that is cooked. Because the chicken breast cut into small particles of heat area is the largest, in the process of cooking water can be faster heat faster cooked stereotypes, and remove blood faster, so cook 5 minutes enough.
Boiled chicken breast with cold water or hot water?
Boiled chicken breasts are generally recommended to be cooked in cold water, not hot. The reasons are as follows:
1, hot water boiled chicken breast fishy flavor. Because the chicken breast itself contains more blood water, and hot water in the pot chicken breast outer layer will be fast stereotypes lead to meat blood water can not ooze out, and blood water within the fishy flavor naturally also retained at the same time in the chicken breast, cooked and eat up more fishy, it is very difficult to eat;
2, hot water boiled chicken breast is old and faggot. Hot water cooking chicken breast because the temperature is too high, chicken breast will be cooked too early to fully cooked and the inner meat is not cooked, so you need to cook through the outer layer of meat must be dry and old, and because the blood can not be normally discharged will also increase the taste of the dry degree of firewood, ultimately leading to the finished product eating is dry and firewood and very fishy.
So why do you cook chicken breasts in hot water?
Chicken breasts can be cooked in hot water if they are diced, for the following reasons:
1, the taste is more tender and not dry. Because the chicken breast cut into grains is very easy to cook blood water, this time the hot water in the pot instead of reducing the excessive flow of juice and lock the water stereotypes, so that quickly cooked chicken breast grains taste more tender and not easy to dry wood;
2, the chicken breast flavor is more adequate. Because the chicken breast cut into grains after the blood itself is very easy to cook out, this time the hot water in the pot can be faster to let it set and lock the meat flavor, cook out of the chicken breast smell more fragrant and taste better.
"Boiled chicken breast" is really the most nutritious way?
In fact, boiled chicken breast is not the most nutritious way, the most nutritious way of chicken breast should be "steamed chicken breast". The reasons are as follows:
1, steamed taste better. Because the whole process of steaming chicken breast is to rely on the steam to heat the chicken breast, chicken breast and will not directly contact the water temperature is too high, the heat is relatively not too much, the chicken breast dehydration will be relatively less, so the taste will be better out of the steam;
2, steaming nutrient retention is more. Because the whole process of steaming chicken breast did not touch the bottom of the pot of water, just contact with water vapor to heat, so the chicken breast relative nutrients are not easy to lose to the water, so the steam out of eating more nutritious;
3, steaming flavor is more than enough. Because the whole process of steaming is steam heating, and chicken breasts are relatively gentle heat will not be boiled and soften chicken breasts so the meat will be relatively more compact, and the flavor will naturally be retained under more.
"Boiled chicken breast" cooking tips:
(1) boiled chicken breast can be added at the same time in the water with a spoonful of salt, so that the chicken breast is not easy to be boiled old, the texture can be retained more tenderness and cooked out more fragrant.
(2) When cooking chicken breasts, you can add a few slices of ginger and scallions to the water at the same time, so that the cooked chicken breasts will also be more flavorful.
(3) boiled chicken breast is recommended to tear into small strips and eat cold, mixed with some oyster sauce, balsamic vinegar, chicken essence and scallions, the flavor is not very good, but also suitable for weight loss period to eat.