Expert: Enrique Torres - 7/22/2009

Question
I need to know how to cook skinless chicken without it being dry when done (like chicken is when it has skin. Sometimes I buy it w/ skin when it's on sale, but was told that's way more fattening.

Answer
Elaine:
Is "normal" to dry meats when cooked. To reduce this cooking effect I'd recommend to buy and cook only non skin breast fillets ( no meat with bones like legs) cook them using a grill and add some sauces before finishing process this helps to reduce cooking time and to increase tenderness, juiciness and flavor.
The reason is when you cook whole chicken, the bones demand a lot of time to be cooked showing that brown color inside. That "extra" cooking time contributes to dry all meat.
Some companies use many high tech cooking machinery to reduce drying, but there are very expensive and very difficult to be operated at home.

Good luck,
Enrique