How to Cook Moist Chicken Breast for Boiled Chicken
- 1 piece Chicken breast or chicken thigh
- 1 slice Thinly sliced ginger
- 1 stalk Japanese leek (green part)
- 1/2 tbsp Salt (optional)
- 2 tbsp Sake
- 800 ml Water
- To a pot that has a tightly-sealing lid, add 800 ml of water and bring it to a boil.
- Add the chicken breast and all the other ingredients and bring it to a boil again.
- Cover the pot and turn off the heat.
- Boil as briefly as possible and let the chicken cook through with the residual heat.
- Letting it sit in the cooking liquid until cooled is the way to make moist and tender chicken.
- Make sure to cover the pan while it cools off.
- If you open the lid, the temperature will go down and the chicken may not cook through.
- Be patient and wait!
- Let the chicken cool completely before slicing.
- It will fall apart if you slice it while it's still warm.
- The chicken is so juicy that the juices will come out when you press down with your finger.
- This chicken can be used in bang bang chicken, salad, or a side dish!
- The chicken broth has a lot of umami flavor from the chicken.
- Use it to make a soup or use it in mixed rice and there will be no waste.
- Strain the broth through a paper towel.
- You will have a very clear and beautiful soup.
- This soup is a little on the salty side.
- You can add some water to dilute it if necessary.
- Note If you are doubling the amount of chicken to make this broth, you do not need to double the amount of the water or the seasonings.
- 800 ml of water should be enough to hold 2 pieces of chicken breast to make the broth.
- Play it by ear when adding more water.
- You can add about 200 ml of water if you are using 3 pieces of chicken.
- The chicken broth will be richer, so add some water to dilute.
- Bang bang chicken with roasted sesame and miso based sauce.
- With sesame oil
- With herbal sauce
- With olive oil dressing
- Korean-style salad
- With the chicken broth Fluffy egg-drop soup
- With the chicken broth Mizuna Chinese Soup
- With the chicken broth Kimchee soup with eggs
- With the chicken broth Chinese-style mixed rice
- With the chicken broth Chinese-style soup with harusame bean threads
- With the chicken broth Korean-style chawan-mushi (egg custard) in a pan.
- Chilled Chinese noodles with sesame seed dressing
- Boiled chicken ham.
- You can make a delicious soup out of the chicken skin.
chicken, ginger, stalk japanese, salt, sake, water
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/153769-how-to-cook-moist-chicken-breast-for-boiled-chicken (may not work)