Can you brine skinless, boneless chicken breast?

[abjcooking]

Can you brine skinless, boneless, chicken breast? I'm fixing chicken taco's tinight.

 

[GB]

You sure can. I do it all the time. I keep them in the brine for two hours. I would definitely not go past three. Two seems to work perfectly for me though.

 

[abjcooking]

Thanks GB.

When I usually brine chicken with the skin, I only brine it for 45 minutes. I will try keeping it in for a full 2 hours next time.
As soon as my brine cools I will put the breast in. I will be able to brine it for 1 1/2 hours tonight.

 

[GB]

Let us know how it turns out

 

[Chief Longwind Of The North]

I wanted to add something here, but couldn't as GB's already given you what you need. Be bold. Make the best tacos you've ever made.

Seeeeeya; Goodweed of the North

 

[kitchenelf]

I brine my boneless skinless chicken breasts in buttermilk for 2 days. They are absolutely wonderful!! Then I will marinate in soy sauce, pineapple juice, white wine, dry sherry for 1 day OR I will add some branches of rosemary to the buttermilk.

 

[abjcooking]

Thanks for all the advise. I ended up brining the chicken in a sugar, salt, water brine for about 2 hours. Then I cubed the chicken and put it into the frying pan and simmered it with some chicken taco seasoning mix (I had to add a few more spices to this), and water. I simmered it a little longer than I wanted trying to get the water to evaporate, but the chicken still turned out tender where otherwise it would have been tough. So I think it worked perfectly, the taco's were excellent. I served them with some spanish rice, onions, cilantro, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, alvacado, and sour cream.

 

[lyndalou]

When you use a salt water brine, do you rinse them off before you cook them?

 

[GB]

I don't rinse. The most I might do is pat them dry depending on how I am cooking them.

 

[abjcooking]

I also pat mine dry.

My basic brine is 1/4 cup sugar, 2T to 1/4 cup kosher salt, and 8 cups hot water to dissolve salt and sugar. Let cool before putting chicken in. Pat dry chicken after 2 hours and cook as usual.

 

[lyndalou]

Do you rinse the chicken off before you cook it after you use the salt brine?

 

[mudbug]

lyndalou, geebs and Alix both told me not to when I brined prok chops for the first time, so I believe the same would go for chicken.