10 Minute Chicken Breast Vacuum Speed Brine Recipe 55

SIMPLE CHICKEN BRINE

Steps:

• Pour the warm water into a container that is twice the volume of the water. Pour in the salt, sugar, soy sauce, and olive oil. Stir until the sugar and salt have dissolved, then allow the brine to cool to room temperature.
• To use, place chicken in the brine, cover, and refrigerate two hours for skinless breasts, 4 hours for bone-in pieces, and 4 hours to overnight for whole chickens. Drain and pat the chicken dry before cooking. One gallon of brine is enough for 6 pounds of whole chicken or bone-in chicken pieces, and up to 10 pounds of skinless, boneless chicken breasts.

DRY-BRINED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• In a spice grinder, blitz the bay leaf pieces and peppercorns until finely ground. Transfer to a small bowl and add the salt, brown sugar and garlic powder, and rub it all together with your fingers.
• Cut each chicken breast in half crosswise into two pieces of equal weight, creating one shorter, thicker piece and one longer, thinner piece. Place the four chicken pieces on a large plate or sheet pan and sprinkle generously on all sides with the spice mixture, moving the chicken around to catch any fallen spices. Refrigerate, uncovered, to dry-brine for at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour (any shorter and the osmotic brining process won't complete; any longer and you'll end up with deli meat).
• When ready to cook, take the chicken out of the fridge and heat a large skillet with a lid over high heat. Add enough oil to lightly coat the bottom of the skillet. Carefully add the chicken pieces, smooth sides down, and immediately reduce the heat to medium-low. Cook until the bottoms are browned but not burnt, 5 to 7 minutes. Flip the chicken, cover the pan and cook until the other sides are browned and the internal temperature at the thickest part of the meat reaches 155 degrees, another 5 to 7 minutes. You may want to pull the longer, thinner pieces off the heat a minute or two sooner, as they may cook faster.
• Transfer the chicken to a cutting board to rest for at least 10 minutes so the juices can redistribute. The meat will continue to cook as it sits and should reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees. You can also check for doneness by cutting into the chicken; it should look white and juicy and no longer pink. Slice the chicken against the grain (that is, perpendicular to the parallel fibers that run within the breast) and serve with lime wedges if you'd like. You can also keep the meat whole and refrigerate it, covered, for up to 4 days.

CHICKEN BRINE

Steps:

• In a very large stockpot add the water, kosher salt (do not use table salt), sugar, garlic, sage, basil, black peppercorns and bay leaves and bring to a boil on high heat.
• Stir well until sugar and salt have dissolved.
• Turn off heat and let cool naturally until water is at room temperature.
• Add chicken to the pot and cover.
• Refrigerate for a minimum of 4 hours, up to 8 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Remove chicken from brine and rinse under a very slow stream of water (sanitize your sink after rinsing).
• Dry the chicken with paper towels inside and out and stuff the chicken cavity with apple and onion.
• Place into baking pan and cook for 15 minutes, then lower heat to 375 degrees and cook for 40-45 minutes or until the middle of the thigh reads 165 degrees on a probe thermometer.

SPEED-BRINED CHICKEN NUGGETS WITH HONEY DIP

Steps:

• For the chicken: Butterfly the breasts and cut into bite-sized pieces.
• In a liquid measuring cup, whisk together the pickle brine, confectioners' sugar and salt. Load the chicken and brine into a cream whipper and charge with two cartridges of nitrous oxide. Place in the fridge to chill for at least 20 minutes or up to 1 hour.
• For the dipping sauce: Meanwhile, whisk together the brine, honey and salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
• Set a deep-fryer or Dutch oven to heat the oil to 375 degrees F.
• For the dredge: Combine the flour, granulated sugar, salt, paprika, garlic powder and pepper in a bowl. Whisk in the pickle brine until it's the texture of semi-wet sand.
• Drain the brine by discharging the canister. Open it up and unload the chicken into a colander. Shake the excess brine off the nuggets and dredge in the flour mixture until uniformly coated.
• Fry the nuggets in batches until cooked through, 2 to 4 minutes. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Serve with the sauce.

10 MINUTE CHICKEN BREAST VACUUM SPEED BRINE RECIPE - (5/5)

Steps:

• (Before making the brine turned on Daniel Boone (grill) to preheat to 350f.) Add 1c water and the rest of the ingredients in sauce pan and bring to a boil and simmer for a while. Remove from heat and add 1c crushed ice. Lightly pound 8.5oz boneless skinless chicken breast to even out thickness. (Learned long ago pounding works much better still in a sealed Foodsaver bag than laying on a board covered in plastic wrap.) Then into Foodsaver vacuum dish. When Vacuum marinating, my rule of thumb is 5 min about equals 1 hr. I decided on a long brine time, vacuum brined for 10 minutes. Removed from vac, rinsed, patted dry and brushed one side with EVOO. Out to the grill and tossed a handful of pellets in "Smoke Daddy" to augment smoke of higher temp 350f quick cook. On the grill grates they went. (Just got my Grill Grates Monday. I would have used a higher temp but already learned on my Rib Eye GG break in cook at 500f the fan runs too strong over powering the Smoke Daddy, this was my first attempt using Smoke Daddy @ 350f and it worked well.) Rotated breast 90 degrees after about 2min (cut in two portions before grilling) and closed the grill back up. Another couple minutes and turned them over. About 3 more minutes done.

CHICKEN SPINNER BRINE

Steps:

• Combine 4 cups water, the salt, peppercorns, garlic, bay leaves, lemon and onion in a pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Remove from the heat and let the brine "steep" for 10 to 15 minutes. Move the brine to the refrigerator to cool, stirring occasionally.
• Place the chicken and cold brine in a large container or plastic bag and refrigerate for 3 hours. Remove the chicken from the brine and pat dry before cooking as desired.