How can I cook chicken breast without frying them...

[Andy_Stephenson]

and I can't bake them as my oven is not working. Any good recipies there?

[Wcross]

1. Sounds like you ought to fire up the grill.

I guess you could do some caccitore or chicken & dumplings.

[Andy_Stephenson]

17. I think this is the best option so far.

and prolly the one I am going to wind up using.

[Andy_Stephenson]

27. Damn...my grill is gross...

has all sorts of moldand mildew growing in it YUCK!

Back to the drawing board.

[prairierose]

2. Andy, you could cook them slowly...

in a frying pan. I like to add a sauce and just let them simmer for some time. Or you could steam them in the microwave. Same deal, I like sauces! You can use most anything, soy sauce, Worcestershire, one of my favorites is a honey dijon salad dressing or mustard.

Good luck. Hope you are feeling better.
:hi:

[jmm]

3. Do you have a toaster over or foreman grill?

:think:

[Andy_Stephenson]

11. Sadly no

just a camp stove.

[Floogeldy]

4. Use a skillet with a lid

Just use a little oil, keep the fire lower and the lid on, and you can "bake" them in the skillet.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. Bone in or boneless?

[Andy_Stephenson]

10. Bone in

and I have to cook them today cause I thawed them already.

That and I am HUNGRY ravenous even.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

18. OK then here's the best way to ensure they will cook evenly

Marinate them for 20 minutes to an hour in a mixture of lemon, garlic or garlic powder, and salt. This marinade starts to cook the proteins in meat and allows them to cook more evenly.

Remove the skin since sauteed chicken breast skins don't cook very evenly and end up rubbery.

Put some butter in a frying pan...about 1 tablespoon...and add the chicken breasts and cook them uncovered and meat side down on low heat for about 15 minutes.

If you have some mushrooms or rinsed artichoke hearts, add them to the pan, turn over the breasts and cover and cook for another 15 minutes or until a food thermometer registers 180 degrees.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. If you have a cream-based soup

(celery is particularly good, especially a condensed one, that you only have dilute) you can simmer it in the soup for about 20 minutes. Or make your own sauce.

[JI7]

7. boil it in some water or broth

[Rabrrrrrr]

30. No no no. NEVER boil meat. Poach it.

Cook it in non-boiling water or broth.

[JI7]

37. what happens if you boil it ?

[Rabrrrrrr]

41. It gets icky in textture.

It's still edible, certainly - it won't be dangerous. But boiling kills some of the tenderness and tends to dry it out.

[1monster]

8. Put them in a crock pot with lots of good herbs and spices, add two cups

of water, and cook until chicken breasts are done and tender, add one small onion, one green bell pepper, two large potatoes, two stalks of celery, diced, and three carrots cut to 1 1/2 inch long pieces. (Salt to taste.) Cook until vegetables are nearly done. If you wish you may add a gravy mix (like Knorr) or a can of cream of mushroom, celery, or cheese soup and cook until your dinner is hot (165 degrees).


You can do this on the stove top, but you have to watch it more carefull than in a crock pot. If using the stove top, use four cups of water, bring water, spices, and chicken breasts to a light boil and reduce the temperature to low simmer.

[Technowitch]

9. If you can't bake or broil, your options are somewhat limited...

...by virtue of the fact that on the stove top, heat only comes from below. Even chicken soup usually starts with chicken that's already been cooked (baked or fried).

However, that said, there are lots of different ways to fry. There's stir-fry -- where you'd cut that chicken into little pieces and fry a little at a time in a wok, with a little oil.

Or, as I'm planning to do tonight-- I use skinless, boneless chicken breasts, pounded with a mallet to flatten them somewhat. Then marinate in Italian salad dressing (usually with a bunch of other stuff added). Then in a large skillet, with just a little olive oil, I fry the breasts until they brown. And actually, it's a shame you don't have an oven handy, because the next step is even better. I then take the cooked chicken breasts and arrange them on a nonstick cookie sheet. Cover them with a mixture of mayo (1/4-1/2 cup, depending on how many), dijon mustard, and fresh-grated parmesan. Then sprinkle a coating of bread crumbs and bake at 400 for 10 mins or until the breading browns.

Let's see... another alternative, cut those breasts into strips, and fry them in a little oil that way.

The one non-frying option I can think of is to break out your charcoal grill and grill 'em.

[Floogeldy]

12. Aw fuck it. Fry the shit!

Fill that skillet half full of Crisco, dip that chicken in milk, then flour, twice, salt and pepper it, and have yourself a good old FRIED CHICKEN DINNER, BY GUM!

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[Andy_Stephenson]

15. I wish I could...however I am supposed to eat very low fat

for at least the next 2-3 days.

Otherwise I'd be frying them sumaguns up in a nice krispy seasoned batter.

[Floogeldy]

20. I understand

Just teasing you. I've gotten pretty good at cooking my chicken in a skillet with a low fire and the lid on. If I'm not careful, it will fry. But I usually get lucky and it is more like baked chicken.

[NV Whino]

13. A couple of other suggestions

Small toaster ovens are pretty cheap these days. If you don't cook/bake really large items, they work fine. Trouble with microwaves is they don't brown.

Think in terms of olive oil. I cook with nothing else. I frequently get boneless breasts, cube them, sautee them in olive oil and various spices. Fast and easy. I eat them as is or throw them on pasta with vegies or on greens for a chicken salad.

[punpirate]

14. I suspect this is on doctor's orders...

... as fried food might be a bit hard on your system right now. You can boil the chicken, let it cool, chop it finely or shred it and then make a chicken salad out of it with a few chopped fresh vegetables, a little cooked pasta and light seasoning, and a little mayo, or mustard if you are restricted on fats.

Cheers.

[Andy_Stephenson]

16. With the chicken I am having candied carrots

creamed cauliflower and hard rolls.

[punpirate]

28. Well, if you can have those sorts of veggies...

... with those sauces, a little light frying wouldn't hurt, unless it just doesn't sound good to you right now. Go easy on the oil and cook slowly.

If you just don't like the thought of frying the chicken, just boil it, shred it, and mix in a little light Italian dressing, something like that. Or just sprinkle a little Parmesan and maybe paprika on it to give it a little color and more taste.

Cheers.

[Andy_Stephenson]

31. Candied carrots are merely carrots cooked with a bit of

Brown Sugar with liquid reduced till it's a bit of a thick sauce. Creamed caulifower is a bit of nonfat milk with flour thickened in with the Cauliflower. Nothing fancy or rich.

I am thinking weight loss and flavor...

Both of those are fat free and mmmmmmm good.

[all.of.me]

35. god!! that sounds great!

can i come for lunch?! that sounds better than what i cook for dinner on a fancy day!!

seriously, though, and you're probably already cooking and eating....

i like to put chicken in spaghetti sauce, like cacciatore. you could saute onions and garlic in olive oil (very little), meanwhile cutting up the chicken into bite size pieces. saute the chicken pieces a few minutes, then add the spag sauce. put on a lid, and stir and simmer til they're done. you'll have to check them - i don't use times.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

19. If you have some tomato sauce, peppers, mushrooms and onion

YOu can make chicken cacciatore.

[BrklynLiberal]

21. This is the first time I have seen you post since hearing you were ill..

so I am glad to see that you are feeling better.
You can "saute" them slowly over a low flame, with very little oil, in a frying pan after pre-cooking them in the microwave, so as to make sure they are done inside. This way they will be brown on the outside and tasty, but cooked on the inside.
Make sure they are totally thawed.

I would add some pepper, oregano, thyme, dill and other spices that you might like to the oil before thorwing the chicken into the pan.


EDIT: Get PAM or one of those other spray things that you can use to cook in a frying pan but not really "fry". It keeps the food from sticking and you can cook as if you were using oil. Use lotsof good herbs and spices to make the food tasty.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

22. One other option is you can cut the meat away from the bone

and then saute the boneless breasts. If you have nice sharp knife, let me know and I'll give you other ideas.

[Andy_Stephenson]

34. Doing a sautee of the breasts...

I cut the bone away...and thinly sliced the chicken breasts...gonna sautee them in a bit of lemon olive oil with garlic fresh basil and sage.

[starroute]

23. Here one good recipe (if you have the spices)

Curried Chicken Teriyaki (1 whole breast)

1. Mix 1/6 cup soy sauce, 1/6 cup sherry, 1/3 tsp sugar. Marinate chicken briefly -- c. 20 minutes.

2. Saute in 1 Tbsp butter or oil: 1 small onion sliced, 1 clove garlic minced, 1/3 inch ginger root minced. Saute until onion is golden. (If don't have ginger root, use 1/8 tsp ginger with other spices.)

3. Add and stir for about 30 seconds: 1 tsp coriander, 1/3 tsp cumin, 1/3 tsp turmeric, pinch cayenne. Then remove onion mixture from pan.

4. Add an additional 1 Tbsp butter or oil to pan and brown chicken. Add onion mixture, marinade, and more water if needed. Simmer covered about 1/2 hour.


(If you're supposed to limit your fat intake even below the amount needed for sauteeing, you can use even less fat than this, as long as you're careful to not let things stick. But it's hard to eliminate it altogether.)

[starroute]

24. And here's another

Chicken Tarragon (1 whole breast)

1. Melt 1/2 Tbsp butter. Add 2 chicken breast halves and brown lightly.

2. Add 1 small onion chopped, 1 clove garlic minced, 2 Tbsp parsley chopped. (Or add 2 tsp dry parsley with other herbs.) Stir-fry 3-4 minutes until onion is soft.

3. Add 1 tsp dried chives, 1 tsp dried tarragon, 1/4 cup white wine, 3/4 tsp lemon juice, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/16 tsp pepper.

4. Simmer covered 20 minutes. Then simmer uncovered another 20 minutes until chicken is tender and liquid is reduced.

[mermaid]

25. I Was Gonna Say Bake Them - Because I ALWAYS Bake Mine....

but your oven's out of commission...well, about the only other alternatives I can come up with are to nuke 'em....or fire up the barbeque. good luck!

[barb162]

26. geez, I am looking at these recipes and want to try them, YUM!!

[BikeWriter]

29. If you have a broiler you can put them under there. :-)

I love chicken on fresh spinach leaves with a splash of wine and lemon juice!

[madrchsod]

32. olive oil

best stuff to use for frying

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36. you can cut them up, saute them w/ onions and garlic and a

little white wine, throw in some mushrooms and voila, you have a nice main course.

Last night I sauteed cut up asparagus w/shallots and mushrooms, set that aside, then did the chicken w/white wine. Added some hatch chile pesto while the chicken was finishing out and tossed the whole thing together in a big bowl with some cooked linguini. YUM.

just two chicken breasts make enough for dinner for me, and two containers of leftovers.

you can vary this method endlessly, by changing the spices,


I do a slightly different version by making a light cream sauce and tossing it all in that.


easy and you don't need an oven.


you can also just put a little oil/butter in the pan and pan grill them. Once they are browned, add a little liquid, cover the pan, and turn down the heat until they are done. Chicken breast, esp if boneless don't take very long to cook.

Or just make a good stir fry and dump it on some rice

[greatauntoftriplets]

38. Someone is feeling better...

:D

[DS1]

39. Boil it a bit to unfreeze it, then microwave it the rest of the way

;-)

[flamingyouth]

40. I love poached chicken

Especially with ginger, garlic and green onions. It's really soothing on the stomach.