Cooking 101: How To Cook A Juicy Chicken Breast
No more dry as sawdust chicken breasts! This easy cooking method ensures you have juicy breasts every time! Guaranteed!
Equipment
- oven safe skillet preferably cast iron
Ingredients
- 2 large chicken breasts
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- seasoned salt
- black pepper
- sweet Hungarian paprika
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- 1 lemon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400℉.
- Rinse chicken breasts under cold water. Trim off any visible excess fat and discard it. Pat breasts dry with paper towels.
- Season each chicken breast liberally on both sides with seasoned salt, pepper, paprika, onion powder and garlic powder. Use your fingers to massage the spices into the meat. Set aside.
- Heat vegetable oil in a cast iron skillet over medium heat.
- Once the oil is hot place the seasoned chicken breasts in the skillet and cook for 5 minutes, use a timer for this. Resist the urge to move them or turn them over.
- After 5 minutes flip breasts over and remove skillet from heat.
- Place skillet in preheated oven and cook breasts for 13 minutes.
- Remove skillet from the oven and transfer the cooked breasts onto a cutting board.
- Squeeze fresh lemon juice over the chicken breasts.
- Allow breasts to rest for 5 minutes before slicing into them to allow the juices to redistribute.
- Serve on salads, in pasta dishes or even on it's own.