If the whole chicken breast is cooked, it is usually cooked in cold water 10 minute. Although the protein content of chicken breast is high, it is difficult to cook the chicken thoroughly because it is cooked in the whole pot, and the cold water is slow to heat, so it takes 15 minutes to cook it thoroughly.

If the chicken breast is cut in half, it is usually cooked in cold water for 8 minutes. Because the chicken breast is cut in half, the heating area will be doubled, so the time can be shortened by 5 minutes.

Boiled chicken breast in cold water

Boiled chicken breast is generally recommended to be cooked in cold water instead of hot water. The reason for this is the following：

1, chicken breast cooked in hot water has a strong fragrance. Because the chicken breast itself contains a lot of blood, and the outer layer of the chicken breast will solidify quickly in hot water, so that the blood in the meat cannot seep out, and the fishy smell in the blood naturally remains in the chicken breast, which is fishy after cooking and difficult to eat;

2. Boil chicken breast with hot water. Because the temperature of the chicken breast cooked in hot water is too high, the chicken breast will be premature to be fully cooked, and the meat inside is not cooked, so if it needs to be fully cooked, the meat outside will be dry and old, and because the blood can not be discharged normally, it will increase the dryness of the taste, which will eventually lead to the finished product being dry, firewood and fishy.