3 Tips for Cooking Chicken Healthy
By
Can you remember a time when you got sick of eating chicken? Most of us who have tried repeatedly to live healthy can. There are three healthy ways to cook chicken, and even better, they’re surprisingly easy to do. Since part of living a healthy lifestyle and maintaining an attractive figure requires your primary source of protein to come from chicken, it is only fitting that you should know the healthiest and quickest ways for eating it.
Tips for Cooking Chicken #1 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Boneless chicken breasts are the absolute quickest way to go about preparing chicken. You can buy them at any grocery store and use them as you need them when you make meals. Just pull one from the freezer, thaw it and cook. Buying your chicken this way is much cheaper and much easier than buying a whole chicken and having to remove the skin and cut it up yourself. With the bones and skin already removed you can have your dinner ready in 30 minutes. All you have to do is flavor the chicken and bake it in the oven and wait for the timer to buzz.
Tips for Cooking Chicken #2 Whole, roasted chicken
This is a great option because it will leave you with leftovers, which can then be used to make healthy sandwiches or salads over the course of a few days. It takes about an hour to roast a whole chicken in the oven, but preparation requires you to only sprinkle some seasonings. Once this is done the chicken need only be placed in a pan and stuck in the oven at a high heat. Then while you’re waiting for it to finish ,you can accomplish other chores you may have or go exercise.
Tips for Cooking Chicken #3 Rotisserie chicken
This is an excellent option for the person who hates cooking. You can buy a rotisserie chicken at any grocery store deli that is ready to eat as soon as you get home. You know that it is healthy for you because of the way it was cooked. In addition, you will enjoy having leftovers to use in meals over the next day or so, which will save you the time and trouble of having to decide what to eat.
The sky is the limit when it comes to preparing chicken. The three different types above are healthy ways. In fact, a good rule of thumb is that if you bake it, broil it or boil it, it’s healthy. Make sure and stay away from eating it fried or breaded. Both process use high fattening substances such as cooking oil, butter and eggs.
If you need ideas for how to prepare chicken so that you get a chance to experience different flavors, there are numerous recipes on the internet and in cookbooks you can reference. So many that there is truly no excuse for ever getting tired of eating chicken again.
Yuki Shoji
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/3-tips-for-cooking-chicken-healthy-138874.html
5 Comments
November 6th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
New to cooking and need help with some tips grilling chicken?
Hi i’m 15 and i’m pretty new to cooking, but i want to cook healthy for myself and then possibly show my family. I know grilled chicken is pretty good for you, but can anyone provide me with some great recipes with grilled chicken and what equipment i might need cooking indoors on a gas stove. For example what pan would u use to grill chicken. Thanks =)
November 6th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
I’m a big fan of the George Foreman grill. I put a frozen chicken breast on the grill (yes frozen, no need to thaw with this thing) toss on a few spices of your choice (I personally like dill or rosemary) and let it grill until the chicken is no longer pink inside. Enjoy!
References :
November 6th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
marinate it, soak it for a few hours, in italian salad dressing. grilling requires no pan, you place the chicken directly on the broiler pan of the oven. you place it about 3/4 up from the bottom, put on broil and watch it carefully. you dont want it to burn as it is cooking from the heat from the top of the oven. it will take about 20-30 minutes. it needs to cook until when you stick it with a knife or fork, no more red juice runs out. do not undercook it or you might get sick..good luck
References :
November 6th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
you can make breaded chicken cutlets in the oven that taste great. put some pam in a pan (use tin foil in pan and no mess to clean up). dip your chicken cutlets in egg and bread with italian breadcrumbs, place in pan and spray a little pam on top of chicken cutlets and baked in 450 oven for about 25 minutes.
References :
November 6th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
You cant grill in a pan dude,you grill on a grill so my suggestion to you is buy a George Foreman indoor grill or have Mom & Dad fork out for a more traditional backyard grill. OK here we go I like to cook grill chicken breast so what I do is I buy it frozen.I thaw it out & make 3 or 4 slits on one side this is so it cooks thoroughly on the inside. I always havmy favorite store bought marinade on hand next i’ll grab a large ziploc bag throw in the chicken along with my marinade put back in fridge for 24 hrs. (note even 1 hr. of marinating is better than none.) and that is my secret I’ll do the same for beef and pork. Oh I almost forgot I always have a large bag of mesquite or hickory chips on hand I’m a hard core griller so I keep those chips immersed in water in a ziploc bag in the fridge at all times,now what you do with these is after you got your fire going in your outdoor grill 5 minutes b4 I slap the meat on I’ll sprinkle those chips on the fire this creates an awesome smoked flavor.
References :