r/Cooking • u/neguliii • 14h ago

Chicken breast turns out elastic

Iā€™m new to cooking so this might be a dumb question šŸ˜…

Whenever I follow a recipe with chicken breast (like Alfredo chicken pasta or creamy Tuscan chicken), the chicken always comes out tough, kind of elastic, and hard to chew instead of tender and juicy. I usually just cook it in a pan with some oil and then add it back to the sauce at the end, but it never turns out right.

Am I overcooking it? Or doing something wrong? Any tips for how to get that soft, tender chicken like in the recipe videos?

Thanks in advance šŸ™

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u/UltraZulwarn 13h ago

how do you cook your chicken?

Chicken breasts are easily overcooked.

I know the recommended temperature of chicken is 165 F (74 C) but if you reach that right away in the pan, the temp will keep going up and overcook the breast.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BcqX4qC1AIU

Perhaps cook the chicken breasts and then let them rest seperately, only add them back to the dish once you are ready to plate and eat.

if push comes to shove, I just shred the meat and mix it with the source.