How to Sous Vide Frozen Chicken Breast Recipe | Sip Bite Go
Today’s post is all about convenience. Did you know you can sous vide frozen chicken breast without thawing it first? Since sous vide meal prep is a necessity in my house, and a super convenient way to eat restaurant style food at home, sous viding chicken from frozen is one of my favorite food prep tricks. Let me teach you how.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time2 hourshrs10 minutesmins
Finish10 minutesmins
Total Time2 hourshrs25 minutesmins
Course: Dinner, Main Dish
Cuisine: American
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Season chicken breasts with garlic salt and pepper. Add any other ingredients to the bag, like sliced lemons or herbs. Vacuum-seal seasoned chicken breast in a flat layer and freeze until it’s time to cook.
Preheat sous vide machine to 140 ºF. When it comes to temperature, drop the vacuum sealed frozen chicken breast in the sous vide bath. Cook frozen sous vide chicken at 140ºF for 2 hours.
Cool cooked chicken (in a vacuum sealed bag) in an ice bath for two minutes. Remove chicken from the bag and pat dry.
Add olive oil to a cast iron skillet on medium-high heat. Remove lemons or any other ingredients that will burn if they are seared. Sear chicken breast for 1-5 minutes on each side, until browned to your liking. Add a little butter if chicken begins to burn. Transfer to a cutting board to cool for ~10 minutes then serve.
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Notes
Add 1 hour cook time to basic (thin) cuts of sous vide chicken including chicken breast, tenders, wings, thighs, legs.
Remember: don’t sous vide a whole chicken from frozen intact and add on 1-hour thinking that will cook it - - instead, spatchcock it to break down the chicken and add on 2 hours to be safe.
Add flavor to the vacuum seal bag before freezing sous vide chicken - try lemons, flavored salt, herbs, and garlic.
Don’t forget to finish your sous vide chicken to lock in ultimate flavor. Grill, air fry, broil, or cast-iron skillet fry sous vide chicken to finish it.