Cooking chicken the right way is essential if you want your family to enjoy a healthy, delicious meal. But it can be hard to know what the best way is to boil your chicken. Is there one temperature setting that’s better than another? How long should you cook each piece of meat? Let’s take a look at all of these questions so you can start cooking like a pro!
Cooking Time
If you’re ready to cook, take a look at the chart below. It shows how long each size and type of chicken should be cooked at different temperatures.
Cooking Time Chart:
- Chicken breast – 20-30 min @ 170 degrees F/77 C (for white meat) or 25-40 min @ 180 degrees F/82 C (for dark meat)
- Chicken thigh – 25-30 min @ 170 degrees F/77 C (for white meat) or 30-35 min @ 180 degrees F/82 C (for dark meat)
Temperature
Once you have a pot of boiling water and the chicken in it, use a thermometer to check the temperature. You want to cook your chicken at 212 degrees F (100 degrees C). If you don’t have a thermometer, just keep adding more cold water as needed until the liquid is steaming but not boiling over.
When cooking turkey or other large birds, make sure that there’s enough space between them so they don’t stick together when they’re done–they’ll need to be rotated around in their pots every few minutes while they’re cooking so they get evenly browned all over.
The best way to cook chicken is to boil it.
Boiling is the best way to cook chicken. It’s easy, it’s fast, and you don’t need any fancy equipment or ingredients. All you need is a pot or pan big enough to hold the chicken and water–and maybe some salt if you want to flavor the meat while it cooks.
The key here is that boiling uses both heat from above (from your burner) and below (from steam). This means that even though boiling isn’t as high-temperature as roasting or baking in an oven, it still cooks food quickly because there are two sources of heat working together at once: one from above; one from below.
Conclusion
The best way to cook chicken is to boil it.
