Chicken breast is a must-eat for losing weight! A Korean slimming cooking expert teaches you how to properly store and cook

Whether it is for building muscle or reducing fat, chicken breast has always been one of the essential ingredients for fitness and weight loss people to supplement high-quality protein. But when it comes to chicken breast dishes, I believe most people tend to have the impression that it tastes "very woody, dry and hard". Korean slimming cooking experts say that it is actually not difficult to cook soft, tender and delicious chicken breast. As long as you remember a few cooking tips, you can easily achieve it!

Chicken breast is high in protein and low in calories. Eating it right can improve metabolism and prevent muscle loss.

Kim Ji-young (NEMO), a popular Korean slimming cooking expert, wrote in his book "555 Fat-Reducing Diet to Reduce Body Fat by 12%: Use 5 kinds of ingredients to meet 5 major nutrients, and each meal is less than 500 calories! The book "The Strongest Menu for Weight Loss Diet Planner" which has been circulated by 120,000 people mentions that chicken breast is an indispensable high-protein, low-calorie food in the slimming meal menu.

And because chicken breast is rich in protein, moderate intake can increase the body's basal metabolic rate and help reduce body fat without causing muscle loss. For friends who want to lose weight, it is a rare high-CP-value ingredient.

Avoid dry and choppy chicken breasts. Experts teach you how to buy, store and cook them properly.

Although chicken breast has a soft texture and a refreshing taste, if it is slightly overheated, the meat will easily become dry and tough, affecting its flavor and taste. Therefore, during the cooking process, you often need to be more careful and attentive to maintain the deliciousness of the chicken breast!

In view of the fact that the taste of food will affect people's desire to lose weight, Teacher Jin Zhiying also teaches her private tips on selecting, preserving and cooking chicken breast in the book. She also makes the following suggestions for friends who want to lose weight, along with the ingredients to be consumed together, for your reference:

There is a piece of meat with less fat in the chicken breast, called tenderloin, which has a softer texture and is smaller in size. Generally, a piece of chicken breast weighs about 3 to 4 times as much as chicken muscle. (Photo/Provided by Ruili Beauty International Media)

Purchase suggestions:

1. Please choose chicken that is light pink in appearance, thick, moist and elastic.

2. There is a piece of meat with less fat inside the chicken breast, called tenderloin, which has a softer texture and is smaller in size. Generally, a piece of chicken breast weighs about 3 to 4 times as much as chicken muscle.

3. If it is a ready-to-eat chicken breast seasoning package, it is best to buy products without added salt and chemical additives.

When buying chicken breast, look for chicken that is light pink in appearance and has a thick, moist, and elastic texture.

How to save:

1. Fresh chicken breast can be stored in a refrigerator at 1-5℃ for about 2 days.

2. If the amount is to be eaten within 2 days, seal it with plastic wrap or ziplock bag and refrigerate.

3. If it has been more than 2 days, divide it into the amount to be eaten at one time, put it into a ziplock bag, write the date, and freeze it.

4. Frozen chicken breast must be moved to the refrigerator to thaw the day before eating, or soaked in water together with the ziplock bag to thaw for about 20 to 30 minutes before use.

Cooking tips:

1. Before cooking, if you soak it in milk for about 30 minutes, you can remove the fishy smell and increase the moisture content.

2. You can also add cooking rice wine or marinate in ginger juice for about 30 minutes to remove any unpleasant smells.

3. If the meat becomes dry or bland, add appropriate amount of cooking oil or sauce to cook.

Perfect ingredients:

1. It is recommended to eat it with sweet potato or pumpkin to supplement high-quality carbohydrates.

2. Mushrooms are rich in dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals, which are lacking in chicken, so it is recommended to eat them with mushrooms.