How to Brine Chicken Breast

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Dissolve four tablespoons of salt into a quart of water.. Add two tablespoons of sugar.. Season your brine with pepper, lemon juice, garlic, and herbs.

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1

Dissolve four tablespoons of salt into a quart of water.

Step 1

Dissolve four tablespoons of salt into a quart of water.

2

Add two tablespoons of sugar.

Step 2

Add two tablespoons of sugar.

3

Season your brine with pepper, lemon juice, garlic, and herbs.

Step 3

Season your brine with pepper, lemon juice, garlic, and herbs.

4

Flavor your brine.

Step 4

Flavor your brine.

5

Make a honey butter brine.

Step 5

Make a honey butter brine.

6

Add a spicy flavor to your brine.

Step 6

Add a spicy flavor to your brine.

7

Brine your chicken using beer.

Step 7

Brine your chicken using beer.

8

Cool the brine before adding in the chicken.

Step 8

Cool the brine before adding in the chicken.

9

Trim fat and tendons off your chicken.

Step 9

Trim fat and tendons off your chicken.

10

Put your chicken in a pan or bag.

Step 10

Put your chicken in a pan or bag.

11

Add your brine.

Step 11

Add your brine.

12

Put your chicken in the refrigerator and allow it to rest in the brine.

Step 12

Put your chicken in the refrigerator and allow it to rest in the brine.

13

Remove your chicken and pat it dry.

Step 13

Remove your chicken and pat it dry.

14

Grill chicken immediately out of the brine.

Step 14

Grill chicken immediately out of the brine.

15

Bake tender chicken breasts.

Step 15

Bake tender chicken breasts.

16

Fry your chicken.

Step 16

Fry your chicken.

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