How to Brine Chicken Breasts

No dry, tasteless chicken here! I’ve done all the testing for you, so you can cook your best chicken breasts ever. It’s quicker and easier than you think to brine chicken breasts.

[moyin]

Thanks for these instructions and the ratio! And also for all of the testing/experimenting. I gotta say I was also surprised at the seasoning at the end but once you explained in the comments it made much more sense lol

[stevegarcia]

chicken breasts tend to be stringy but a good brine seems to "fuse" them together as one. if the breast are really thick, I'd butterfly them 1st.

[jakethemedic]

Christine, this was a fantastic video that had everything I needed to get the basic idea of a brine. A lot of other videos I've watched give an entire recipe and I really enjoy experimenting on my own so this gave me an amazing blank canvas to work with. I was wondering: if I add like 1 cup of white wine for flavor (thinking like a lemon/pepper/garlic sort of seasoning?), should I subtract that amount of water or add more salt (or not go with wine at all lol)? Thank you!

[ZekiDemirci]

Hello,

I am a cook. At the restaurant where I work, I cook 40 lbs of boneless chicken thighs at a time every day. 40 lbs of raw chicken I put on the grill turns out to be 22 lbs. I never throw away the water left by the chicken. I let the chicken absorb that chicken broth again. I am very pleased with the taste of the product I obtained, but it saddens me to lose so much. I heard from a friend that if I do the brine procedure, my loss will not be that much. My question to you is which ingredients, how much, and how long should I use to brine 40 lbs of chicken thighs?

Thank you.

[karaderese]

Would’ve been helpful to know if you put the chicken & brine in the fridge for the 40 mins or leave out?

[SilverCottage]

you ought to provide amounts . not helpful

[Sacrede]

That end result was wild. Zero seasoning on the chicken. Don't come for me either talking about some the brine was

[Musicagine]

Brining 1hour i dont think.so maybe 20 hours

[thecovesf]

Terrible video. No detailed instructions.

[Skooz]

The brine method is great, the recipe is a little too simple for my taste and the cooling method is straight up a crime, you destroyed a piece of great meat.