How to cook chicken for meal prep
To follow a diet plan, it's a great idea to have chicken cooked and ready to go to make salads and meals. Here's three ways to cook your chicken for the juiciest chicken ever.
Servings: 3 lbs
Calories: 120cal
Ingredients
1 lb chicken breasts
- 2 cups overnight brine
1 lb chicken tenders
- 2 cups overnight brine
1 lb chicken thighs
- 1 to taste salt
- cooking spray optional
Instructions
- Make the brine for 2 lbs total of chicken breasts and chicken tenders with 4 cups water, 1/4 cup salt and 1/4 cup sugar. Follow instructions using link in brine ingredient above.
- Pre-Heat oven to 425 degrees
- Pre-heat air fryer to 425 degrees
- Heat a nonstick skillet to medium high heat.
- Remove chicken breasts and tenders from brine. Cook tenders on the heated skillet in two or three batches. Do not crowd chicken. cook until no longer pink.
- Pound the chicken breasts so they are the same thickness. Put on a foil lined cookie sheet. Bake in oven at 425 for 10 minutes. Flip over. Cook for 4-5 more minutes, or until no longer pink.
- Add chicken thighs to the pre-heated air fryer. Cook for 8 minutes. Open lid and flip. Cook for 3-4 more minutes, or until no longer pink.
Nutrition
Serving: 4ounces | Calories: 120cal | Carbohydrates: 0g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 2g