Sous Vide and Modernist Cooking Blog: What are Some Tips for Sous Vide Chicken Breasts? - Ask Jason

[image error]

Janel Asked Jason: I bought the sous vide to tackle my archenemy, chicken breast. I always overcook it and I'm hoping sous vide would help. I've yet to make one that turns out though. Maybe I'm just used to dry chicken and the sous vide ones have such a different texture.

I think chicken breast is something that some people cook with sous vide the first time and they love it. It changes their appreciation of sous vide and chicken breasts forever. Other people really struggle with chicken breasts for years. It's an interesting phenomenon to me.

I like to sous vide chicken breasts at 140°F (60°C). I feel like the texture is the most traditional-like that you can get from sous vide without it being overcooked. In addition, it still retains a lot of moisture.

Read the entire entry...