How do you prepare boneless, skinless chicken breasts?

[ripdog]

Chili-Lime Chicken Kabobs
Prep Time: approx. 15 Minutes. Cook Time: approx. 15 Minutes. Ready in: approx. 4 Hours 30 Minutes. Makes 4 servings.


Ingredients

3-tablespoons olive oil
1½-tablespoons red wine vinegar
1-lime, juiced
1-teaspoon chili powder
½-teaspoon onion powder
½-teaspoon garlic powder
½-teaspoon paprika
1-pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
1-pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces
Salt to taste
Freshly ground black pepper to taste


Directions
1. In a large bowl combine the olive oil, vinegar, lime juice. Measure in the chili powder,
paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne, salt and pepper. Whisk until the oil and vinegar are emulsified.
2. Add chicken cubes to the bowl. Cover and place in refrigerator for a few hours.
3. Thread chicken on to skewers. Grill the chicken over medium high heat for about 10 minutes or
until the juices run clear.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

I'm big fan of marinating them in lemon pepper and baking or grilling.

[Quercus]

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Now that I am becoming an adult, I decided that chicken breasts should replace McChickens as a staple in my diet.

So far, I have been sprinkling them with salt and pepper occasionally coating them in oil and flour before the s&p.

What do you all like to do with them? I am looking for simple ideas, not interested in the 11 ingredient casserole that your grandmother makes on special occasions. I am thinking prep time should be around 5 mins.

I just swiped a sleeve of ritz crackers from my vacationing parents. I think I am going to crush those up and coat it in them tonight.

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A quick way to make a chicken breast sandwich is to liberally coat the chicken with Lowry's Seasoning Salt, garlic powder and onion powder.

Throw it under the broiler for a few moments on one side then flip it over and broil it on the other. Wrap it in a piece of Italian bread and you are good to go. Takes about 10-15 minutes total.

[nothumb]

Very simple recipe for chicken - marinate overnight (or for several hours at least) in 1/2 soy sauce, 1/2 pineapple juice. Very tasty.

Also, a tip for cooking chicken: touch the fleshy part of your hand at the base of your thumb. Baked or broiled chicken breasts should have the same firmness (roughly) as this flesh does when you gently touch your thumb to your ring finger. The scale is:

Thumb/index - rare
Thumb/middle - mediumish
Thumb/ring - medium well / fully cooked
Thumb/pinky - dried out and probably gross

Don't flex your hand while doing this, keep it loose and relaxed.

NT

Two words: Lawry's marinades.

[kenberman]

the correct answer is to avoid boneless, skinless chicken breasts unless you are a health nut or you happen to enjoy tasteless chicken.

there's a reason that no nice restaurant offers a "roasted boneless/skinless chicken breast". regular chicken breasts taste much better; you just need to put up w/ a little fat in your diet, and the cutting up of the breast.

[gorie]

here's something pretty easy that you might like.. takes 5 minutes to prepare but has to cook in the oven for an hour.

boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon italian seasoning
cornflake crumbs (you buy a box of these, you don't have to actually crush corn flakes)

put the cornflake crumbs, parmesan cheese, and italian seasoning in a zip lock bag and shake to mix. then add the chicken in the bag and shake to coat the chicken.
spray a baking pan with cooking spray and put the coated chicken in the pan.

bake at 350 for about an hour (until the middle is white).

you might want to cover it with foil in the oven to keep it from getting dry, too.

[slamdunkpro]

Try this. Mix up equal amounts of grated Parmesan (real, not the crap in a can) and breadcrumbs (to make it really good crush up some caser salad croutons – but if you want it quick, use the crumbs). Add some dried garlic, onion, and black pepper, mix well. Melt some butter and add this to the mix along with a little Worcestershire sauce. Use enough butter to make it sticky.

Put a thin layer of this into a (glass preferred) baking dish. Place the chicken breasts on top. If you’re doing more than one breast leave a little space between them. Take the rest of the bread/cheese mix and loosely pack it on top and the sides of the breasts. Put in a 350 degree oven for 45 minuets (if you have a meat thermometer 165 degrees is done)

This reheats in a microwave great.

(It took me longer to type this than it takes to prep it)

[Slow Play Ray]

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bake at 350 for about an hour (until the middle is white)

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an hour?! that be some mighty dry chicken, no?

[gorie]

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bake at 350 for about an hour (until the middle is white)

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an hour?! that be some mighty dry chicken, no?

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i don't know, that's the recipe i was given so that's what i do. it tastes fine. i cover the pan with foil so it doesn't get dry.