How to Perfectly Prepare Chicken Breasts Every Time

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Let’s be honest here: despite being a very common food staple and one of the most popular cuts of meat to prepare, making a good chicken breast can be downright difficult.

Chicken breasts can notoriously turn out to be dry and unflavorful. While they provide a lot of meat for a low cost, whole chicken breasts can be completely underwhelming once prepared if you don’t know a couple of tricks for making them taste better.

So, let’s find out how to be sure that your chicken breasts are flavorful and juicy every time.

Step 1: Beat Them Thin

This, to us, is one of the two crucial steps in ensuring that your chicken breasts turn out tasty. Don’t cook them without tenderizing and flattening them first.

How do you do this? Well, the answer is simple. Place your chicken breast between two pieces of plastic wrap and then place on a hard surface. Beat until thin with a rolling pin, and this will solve so many of your chicken breast problems.

Step 2: Marinate with Citrus

Another important way to make sure that your chicken breasts are good is to marinate them before preparation with some type of citrus juice. It works no matter what the preparation, trust us. Orange juice goes great with Asian preparations while lime and/or lemon juice are flexible with most options. This tenderizes the chicken breasts and makes them juicier and more enjoyable.

Use these two tricks and you’ll be shocked at how much tastier your chicken breasts turn out to be!