Sous Vide Frozen Chicken Breast
Sous vide chicken breast is the perfect way to get juicy chicken every time. Never worry about defrosting chicken again.
Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
- 1 1/2 lb frozen chicken breast-boneless/skinless
- 4 sprigs thyme
- salt and pepper
Fill a large container with water and set the sous vide to 149'.
Place the frozen chicken breast in the sous vide. I just put my vacuum bagged chicken breast right from the freezer into the sous vide bath. If you are repackaging your chicken breast before putting in the sous vide. Then add the thyme, salt and pepper to your chicken breasts when vacuum sealing or using the water displacement method before adding to the sous vide bath.
Here is how the water displacement method works. Add your seasoned chicken breasts to the ziploc bag and seal all but 1" on one side of the bag. Push your bag into the water making sure you don't submerge the unzipped part. Then seal the rest of the bag.
Place the bag in the water bath and cook for 1.5 hours. Make sure the chicken is fully submerged in the water, but the seal remains above the water level.
When the timer goes off remove the chicken from the bag. If you did not season before cooking, then season the chicken before searing.
It's not necessary to sear the chicken but it gives the chicken a more appealing color. Make sure to temp the chicken, it should be at 165'.
The chicken is ready to eat.
Keyword chicken, frozen chicken breast, sous vide