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How to Cook Chicken Breast in Skillet for Juicy and Golden Look

Keyword: Cook Chicken Breast, Skillet

Ingredients

  • 1 pound 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast with total weight about 1 pound
  • ¼ teaspoon Black pepper
  • ¾ teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Unsalted butter
  • 2 teaspoon Canola oil or Olive oil

Instructions

  • First, use a paper towel to dry the chicken breast thoroughly on all sides. Afterward, you can start seasoning the chicken with pepper and salt. Try to spread the light seasoning evenly on all sides.
  • Note that you should use a deep and wide pan which isn’t nonstick. It’s preferable if you have a cast iron. You will cook the chicken on medium heat. Thus, it needs plenty of room for the two chickens. Choose a wide and deep pan which could accommodate them and makes minimum splatter.
  • Heat your oil in a 10-inch pan or larger one. Set the stove on medium-high heat and wait for around 3 minutes until the oil is shimmering.
  • Put the chicken on the already hot pan carefully. Cook the chicken breast for about 5 to 7 minutes. You can swirl the skillet before putting the chicken to distribute the oil evenly on the whole space. Once you add the chicken breast, don’t wiggle, poke, prod or trying to flip it in the first 5 minutes.
  • If you decide to flip the chicken and it feels stuck, it means the chicken isn't ready yet for the flipping step. The chicken likely won’t be golden-brown and crispy if you fail to compose yourself. This important tip on how to cook chicken breast in a skillet.
  • Flipping the chicken breast over should be done only once. After you flip the two of them, you can add the butter in between. Then, you can pick the skillet and gently swirl it to distribute the melted butter evenly. Cook them until the internal temperature reaches 165 F.
  • It is essential to make sure that you know how long to cook chicken breast in skillet. Wait patiently after you add the chicken at fourth step or you may end up ruin it. And, you should also realize how long you need to cook it on the sixth step. Generally, it will need 5 or 7 minutes.
  • Adding butter is better to be done after flipping the chicken breast since it can improve the flavor and add color at the end step of cooking. If you add butter from the very beginning, it would be burned out too early and left no trace of flavor.
  • Take out the chicken breast to a cutting board or plate and let rest for 5 minutes at minimum. The rest step is meant to maintain the juicy on the internal. If you skip the rest time, you’ll mostly find it flavorless and rubbery mass.
  • After 5 minutes, you can slice it and serve on a plate. This would end the steps on how to cook chicken breast in a skillet.