Sous Vide Chicken Breasts
Nowadays, with the obvious advantages of strengthening physical function and getting back into shape, fitness has become fashionable in our society. There is no doubt that apart from the scientific training, a well-balanced diet can help us achieve the effect of losing fat with half the effort.
And chicken breast is an ingredient that everyone who just starts working out will hear about. As a kind of meat with low fat and high protein, it is easily absorbed by the human body. It is known that undertaking strenuous exercise will result in a build-up of lactic acid. While carnosine and methylcarnosine found in the chicken breast can reduce the production of lactic acid, quickly allaying tiredness and refreshing. However, there is a problem that it doesn't taste good. Fresh chicken breast is soft and stretchy, but in the cooking process, an increase in temperature will lead to the denaturation of protein and the loss of moisture so that the meat becomes dry and is not flavorful.
As for this problem, sous vide cooking can solve it properly. It is a cooking method that food is soaked in the heated water at a calculated temperature for a certain period of time after being isolated from the air. Under this circumstance, food will release the most monosodium glutamate at a suitable temperature, retaining its original flavor, texture and nutrition. Hence, in order to tenderize the chicken breast, we need to cook it at a relatively low temperature while keeping it safe to eat.
We can marinate the meat with salt, black pepper, garlic, lemon, olive oil or other ingredients in advance. Pickled chicken breast can be directly placed in the vacuum sealer bag if there is no extra liquid. Or we had better marinate it for a few hours before sealing until a little liquid is not left in the bag. Then set the temperature of the sous vide cooker at 64℃ - 66℃, and put the bag into the machine for about 1.5-2 hours according to the thickness of the chicken breast. In this way, chicken breast is tender and juicy with an excellent taste.
