How To Meal Prep JUICY Chicken!! Delicious Meal Prep Tutorial

chicken breasts

🥗Healthier: chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: bone-in chicken pieces

Thighs are juicier and more flavorful, while bone-in pieces are often less expensive.

Introduce the meal prep chicken methods and emphasize the importance of cooking whole chicken pieces.

Explain the concept of whole muscle cooking, avoiding chopping chicken to maintain moisture.

Demonstrate poaching chicken by bringing water to just below boiling, adding flavorings like Himalayan salt, black pepper, whole garlic cloves, and bay leaves.

Place two chicken breasts into the simmering poaching liquid and discuss the versatility of flavoring options.

Allow the poaching chicken to cook while moving on to marinating chicken thighs.

Prepare chicken thighs by marinating them in jalapeno pickle brine and hot sauce, suggesting a marinating time of 2 hours to overnight.

Trim excess fat from chicken thighs before marinating, explaining the benefits of fat during grilling.

Season a chicken breast with garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper on both sides.

Heat a sauté pan on high heat and sear the seasoned chicken breast on both sides before transferring it to a quarter sheet tray.

Finish cooking the seared chicken breast in the oven to lock in flavors and develop texture.

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