Salvage Tough Chicken Breast?

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Cineabeagle said:

I baked six chicken breasts and they came out quite tough. I am pretty sure it was the chicken;
normally I do not overcook and get nice, tender meat. But, for whatever reason, these breasts just
started out tough and ended up tough.

What can I do to salvage it? Cut it up into small pieces and make a chicken salad? Can anything be
done to save it? Thanks.

Lee

Chicken salad might work esp. if you use a vinaigrette or something else that will permeate and
soften the chicken-- as opposed to mayo which mostly just sit on it.

When this happens to me, I cut it up and add it to vegetable or minestrone soup, being sure to
simmer it for a while.

Naomi D.

Naomi Darvell said:

When this happens to me, I cut it up and add it to vegetable or minestrone soup, being sure to
simmer it for a while.

Yeppers, at this point I give up on serving whole breast and start making soup, a la king, pot
pies, etc.

Cineabeagle said:

What can I do to salvage it? Cut it up into small pieces and make a chicken salad? Can anything be
done to save it? Thanks.

Chicken salad works. You can also shred it and use it for chicken tacos.

Dawn