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Food - Drink
The Best Part Of Chicken To Use For Chicken Salad
By ERICA MARTINEZ
Chicken is so versatile that it can be used for any type of dish, whether it’s soup, casserole, or salad. Plenty of people enjoy a nice chicken salad for lunch, and this is the part of the chicken that works the best for it.
Chicken breast has the perfect texture for salad. Chicken breasts are a fantastic source of lean protein, with significantly less fat than their dark meat counterparts, and provide a great way to get amino acids.
While sautéing, poaching, or even grilling are good methods of cooking chicken, roasting boneless, skinless chicken breast in the oven at 300 degrees for 60 to 80 minutes will get the best texture out of this cut, perfect for shredding. Not only is chicken great with bread, but a scoop of chicken salad served on a plate with greens is also satisfying.