Chicken Breast Recipe: Easy To Prepare, Yummy And Best Of All, Healthy!
Chicken has always been considered healthier than red meats such as pork and beef.
You will find that most of the healthy recipes will use skinless chicken breasts as one of the primary ingredients as they are rich in protein and low in fat.
There are many ways you can cook chicken breasts. Generally, you want to avoid boiling or poaching as they can be quite dry and you certainly don't want to cook out what little flavor that is still left in them. If you are really health conscious, steaming would be the perfect way to cook them as you won't need to use any oil at all.
If you want the inside of the chicken breast to be moist and tender, consider grilling them. To ensure that your chicken meat will be as moist as you would like them to be, you want to grill them with the skin on. This is very important because the skin will help reduce the lost of moisture and retain most of the flavour. Once they are done cooking, just remove the skin before eating them to enjoy the health benefits of skinless chicken.
Marinating your chicken before cooking can help improve the taste as well as mitigating the carcinogenic effects of grilling. The whole idea of marination is to impregnate spices and flavours into the flesh of the chicken breasts. Make sure you marinate the chicken at least half an hour before grilling.
When choosing chicken breasts, make sure you get the higher quality ones. This is because most of the cheap chicken breasts will shrink a lot when you cook them because of water injected into them to make them weigh heavier. If you are using frozen chicken, make sure that they are thawed completely. Soak them in the water for a few hours first to completely defrost them as partially thawed meat will cook unevenly.
Below is a quick and simple chicken breast recipe which you can try out now. If you want your chicken to taste fresh and delicious, it is highly recommended that you buy free range chicken meat and use fresh organic ingredients if possible.
Ingredients:
- 6 chicken breast halves
- 1/4 cup lite soy sauce
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon tarragon
- 6 tablespoons white wine Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon New Orleans style seasoning (poultry)
Instructions:
1. To make the marinade, in a bowl, add in the soy sauce, water, garlic powder, cornstarch, lemon juice, honey, baking powder, tarragon, white wine Worcestershire sauce and New Orleans style seasoning. Combine and mix well.
2. In a large bowl, add in the chicken breasts and pour in the marinade. Mix well and marinate it in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours. Do not throw away the marinade as you will be needing it later.
3. Preheat the grill and place the chicken breasts on it with the bone side down. Baste the chicken with marinade occasionally for extra flavour.
4. Turn the chicken breasts and brown the other side when the inside is well browned. Be sure to baste the chicken again with the marinade for maximum flavour.
5. Place the chicken breasts on a clean plate and remove the skin (healthier). Serve and enjoy!