How to cook the perfect chicken breast
Recipe Mari Loewen, Styling Carol Dudar, Photography by Paula Wilson
Learning to cook a perfect chicken breast is one of the best cooking lessons you’ll ever learn. Here, I’m sharing my easy method and a rule to live by: 4, 4, 2, rest. Memorize this phrase and follow my instructions exactly for a juicy, delicious breast every time.
Ingredients
5-ounce chicken breast
Sea salt & cracked black pepper
Drizzle olive oil
Skillet with lid
Heat the skillet over medium-high heat with a drizzle of olive oil. Cook breast for exactly 4 minutes, then flip and cook 4 more minutes. Then reduce heat to low and cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat, cover and rest for 20 minutes or more. Cut across grain to serve.
Rule: 4, 4, 2, Rest.
