Sous Vide Chicken Breast Quarter

How To Cook Chicken Breast Quarter Sous Vide

Chicken Breast Quarter is dark meat. Dark meat is darker in color due to the presence of myoglobin. More importantly, dark meat contains more fat and connective tissue that white meat. This means that longer cook times can be used to alter the texture of dark meat. In general, we'd also recommend higher temperatures than white meat. Ideally, chicken breast quarter would be cooked at 150ºF or higher. Additionally, you can try and confit chicken breast quarter.

Sous Vide Chicken Breast Quarter Recipe/Time

The most simple way of preparing chicken breast quarter 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 quarter 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 quarter from the bag

Sous Vide Chicken Breast Quarter Temperature Chart

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

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