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Chicken Brine Recipe
Brining is a fail-safe way of ensuring moist, tender Chicken. This Chicken Brine Recipe is easy to make and well worth doing especially when preparing Chicken breasts for roasting, air frying, grilling or smoking.
Prep Time
10 mins
Additional Time
18 hrs
Total Time
18 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 5 brined chicken breasts
Calories: 355 kcal
Course:
Condiments
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 4 oz kosher salt
- 4 oz sugar
- 1 lemon
- 1 lime
- 5 chicken breasts
Instructions
- Choose a container with a tight fitting lid. Place the chicken in it and add the amount of cold water needed to cover the meat, according to the Brine for Chicken Wings recipe.
- Remove the chicken from the container. Doing this will show how much water is needed. Knowing this will in turn tell you how much sugar and salt to add.
- Empty the container of water. Add salt to the empty container according to the table in Brine for Chicken Wings recipe.
- Add sugar (the amount needed according to the Brine for Chicken Wings recipe) and mix.
- Add the amount of boiling water needed according to the table in the Brine for Chicken Wings recipe.
- Add wedges of lime and lemon. Feel free to give them a quick squeeze before dropping them in.
- Stir well together to help dissolve the salt and sugar in the hot water. The hot water will also help extract some flavor from the citrus fruit.
- Add the correct amount of ice cubes according to the table in the recipe for Brine for Chicken Wings. This will cool down the liquid in the container, we don't want the chicken to cook.
- Add the amount of cold water needed for the water quantity to match how much was needed in Step 2.
- Using tongs, return the chicken to the container.
- Mix the chicken around to incorporate everything.
- Put the lid on and place the container into the refrigerator to brine. Brine Chicken for more than 12 hours and less than 24 hours.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1chicken breast
Calories
355kcal
(18%)
Carbohydrates
26g
(9%)
Protein
48g
(96%)
Fat
6g
(9%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Trans Fat
0.03g
Cholesterol
145mg
(48%)
Sodium
9053mg
(377%)
Potassium
882mg
(25%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
23g
(46%)
Vitamin A
79IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
18mg
(20%)
Calcium
27mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 5brined chicken breasts
Amount Per Serving
Calories 355
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1chicken breast | |
| Calories | 355kcal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 26g | 9% |
| Protein | 48g | 96% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.03g | 2% |
| Cholesterol | 145mg | 48% |
| Sodium | 9053mg | 377% |
| Potassium | 882mg | 19% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 23g | 46% |
| Vitamin A | 79IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 18mg | 20% |
| Calcium | 27mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.