Sous Vide Chicken Breast

How To Cook Chicken Breast Sous Vide

Chicken Breast is a tender cut, and does not contain much fat (except for the skin). As a result, chicken breast is best cooked by safely pasteurizing it at your desired temperature, but not exposing it to lengthy cooking times. One of the best ways to prepare chicken breast sous vide is to cook it a lower temperature, like 140ºF. Then sear it in a blazing hot pan. The result is an incredibly moist sous vide chicken breast that is safe to eat and incredibly delicious.

Sous Vide Chicken Breast Recipe/Time

The most simple way of preparing chicken breast is to:

  1. Bring your sous vide setup up to the proper temperature (see chart below).
  2. Cut it into portions.
  3. Put the chicken breast into individual bags, along with a cooking fat like butter or olive oil, as well as some salt
  4. Seal the bag and place it in the water bath for some time.
  5. Remove the bag from the water bath, and the chicken breast from the bag

Sous Vide Chicken Breast Temperature Chart

Medium:140-149°F
Medium Well:150-155°F
Well:156+°F

Additional Sous Vide Chicken Breast Recipes

Pasta E Broccoli, Roasted Carrots, and an Experiment with Sous Vide
Chicken breast cooked at 140F for 90 minutes with pasta and roasted carrots

How to Sous Vide Chicken at Home
Excellent recipe with pictures on how to cook a chicken breast sous vide. They cook one breast in pastic wrap at 148F for 35 minutes.

Chicken Sous Vide with Sun Dried Tomato, Roasted Poblano & Mint Chutney
Chicken breast cooked for 3 hours at 140F, served with a sun dried tomato, poblano and mint chutney.

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