Stop Overcooking Chicken Breast!

What's that you say—your chicken breast always comes out tough and dry? Have you considered that you may be cooking it too long?



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[gaelus]

Normaly i just listen to the voices of my ancestors and they tell me when the chicken is ready

[debraholmes]

I agree. My mama cooked it so long there wasn’t enough gravy in the south to fix it. Yuck I hate dry chicken

[DouglasAkira]

There's an entire graph about how long you need to cook chicken. 165° is the temperature if you want to cook in 3 minutes. It leaves the meat dry. You can cook at lower temperatures for longer periods of time and it will be tastier.
165° is just because people might lose track of the time and leave it undercooked.

[christianconrad]

In my (not so extensive) experience. Basking with butter or sauce every so often throughout cooking keeps the chicken moist. But I don't really cook chicken too often, so take this with a grain of salt.

[ShizzleGizzleGizzenGar]

I like to get that juicey chicken. You have about 3 seconds between juicy white chicken and dry white chickwn

[DameSmiff]

If you’re worried about “raw” chicken remember the definition. That’s why we use thermometers

[jameslopez]

Thanks for sharing this information Brother 😎

[coreymerrill]

Cook just until the juices run totally water clear. Then take off heat. It will be perfect .

[ConverseCherry]

Try a sous vide. Always perfect, moist chicken.

[kitty]

Ask the Chinese restaurants how they get theirs to be so juicy

[metoriteon]

it's still going to be cooked, how do people not understand this

[moodyx]

People really think the temperature will refuse to go higher as soon as the chickens taken off huh

[jbsouth]

Can I cook chicken 100 degrees for 30 minutes and it never reaches 165 is it still done with clear liquids and no red meat showing

[Nitihene]

Metric world chiming in, I cooked my chicken to 155 and it burst into flame.

[shawnareed]

I have been saying the same thing for year’s.

[trigremlin]

155 is not legal for chicken, this chef should know better.

[FreeFreeFree_Palestine]

Nah bro, most people overcooking chicken to avoid "raw" chicken 🗿

[thebrad]

Totally dependent on how fresh and well the chicken was raised

[DianaWanMa]

I don’t know about temperature, but the point is no pink with transparent juice. Don’t eat it undercooked.

[Balingy]

you can really tell when the audience doesn't like the host because the comments turn unusually hostile or hilariously sarcastic