Cooking chicken

[Katia7]

I had some chicken at Whole Foods today and theirs is so soft and flaky YUM! Mine is always harder and kind of chewy. I cook it in a pan. Is that because they add fat to it?
Is there a way I can make it not so hard and chewy without adding fat to it? All I have to use is a cooking pan or a pot (no oven or grill).

Thanks

 

[Du]

Why not olive oil and garlic?

 

[Katia7]

For the meals I shouldn't add fats. (the ones I take fish oil with)

 

[P-funk]

pam cooking spray?


or

lighty coat a pan with some olive oil. place the chicken in it. add a small amount of water to cover the bottom of the pan. then begin cooking. after a few minutes. dump the water out in the sink, place the pan back on the burner, lower the flame and cover it.

 

[P-funk]

For the meals I shouldn't add fats. (the ones I take fish oil with)

a small amount of oil will get cooked off. or dumped out if you do it my way.

or use cooking spray.

 

[curiousity]

Want soft and easy made chicken? Here is what I do:

I grab a bag of frozen tenderloins from Costco. I throw the entire bag into a crockpot and set it on low. I also throw in two jars of Jalapeno and Lime Salsa that I grabbed from Trader Joe's. Let it cook for a day, stirring around 3 or 4 times throughout the day. Next morning take the chicken out and put it in containers for the week. Now you have a bunch of almost overly moist chicken with a hint of jalapeno and lime. Mix with whatever you want to. It is one of the easiest ways to cook chicken, IMO.


can you tell that I'm a bachelor?

 

[ReelBigFish]

cook in microwave for 4 to 5 mins. wrapped in a wet paper towel. Mine is always nice an juicy.

 

[LAM]

I had some chicken at Whole Foods today and theirs is so soft and flaky YUM! Mine is always harder and kind of chewy. I cook it in a pan. Is that because they add fat to it?
Is there a way I can make it not so hard and chewy without adding fat to it? All I have to use is a cooking pan or a pot (no oven or grill).

Thanks

I've never really paid attention to the cooked food at Whole Foods. but I know it makes a huge difference when cooking broiling chicken breasts when the skin is still on while cooking. I usually get some chicken breasts with the skin and cook them when I need a little something tastier to eat.