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How to Make a Perfectly Tender Chicken Breast!

Achieve a perfectly tender chicken breast every time!

Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword easy dinner recipe, how to
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 3 servings
Author Linda Spiker

Ingredients

  • 6 cups water
  • 1/3 cup sea salt, I use fine Himalayan but you can use kosher too
  • 3 chicken breasts, bone in, skin on
  • pepper
  • garlic powder
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions

  1. Place breasts in water with sea salt and allow to soak for at least 30 minutes,.
  2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  3. Place rack in upper third of oven.
  4. Remove breast from salt water and pat dry with paper towel.
  5. Sprinkle with garlic powder, sea salt and pepper.
  6. Pour olive oil into oven safe pan on med /high heat.

  7. When olive oil is hot, add chicken skin side down to pan.

  8. Lower heat to medium if needed. Cook for five minutes or until skin is golden.
  9. Turn chicken skin side up.
  10. Transfer pan to oven and cook for 20-30 minutes depending on the size of chicken breast. Small breasts will cook quickly, some of those monster size ones can take a while!
  11. Do not overcook.

  12. Remove from oven when done and serve.