Joni Sare, cooking instructor

How: Cooking tender chicken

This tip first appeared in my blog post: June 30th Dialog Dinner menu and recipes.

There are two quintessential steps, no, there are three steps, to do in order to have the most tender meat you can imagine.

  • Step #1. Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces by cutting against the grain. This will keep the meat fibers short – lessening the workload on your teeth. See image, that illustrates the knife cuts going against the fibers of the meat.
  • Step #2. Once you salt, pepper and flour the chicken pieces allow the chicken to ‘sit’ for an hour. I think this gives the chicken an opportunity to dry out, which then will absorb more flavors when it’s cooked.
  • Step #3. Be sure to fry the chicken pieces for only 2-3 minutes on each side. In order to do this you need to set aside time to be at the stove, do small batches and have no distractions … heck, listen to ‘Thanksgiving” over and over again. (see my blog post for the whole story)
  • Step #4. YES – I thought of one more important step…. to let the fried chicken cool before cooking it in the white wine reduction sauce. Again, I think this gives the chicken an opportunity to dry out a bit, which allows it to absorb more flavors.

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

For security, use of Google's reCAPTCHA service is required which is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

I agree to these terms.

Scroll to Top