Quick Chicken Brine Recipe (How to Brine Chicken)
A quick chicken brine technique that will always guarantee a moist and succulent chicken or turkey at all times. One of the best things you can give your roasted chicken, fried chicken or even Christmas turkey is to soak it in brine for some few hours before cooking it. I have used salt, sugar and herbs to enhance the flavour of this brine recipe.
Ingredients
Equipment
- large pot
Ingredients
- ½ cup sea salt
- ⅓ cup brown sugar or caster sugar
- 1.5 litre cold water about 6 cups or more
- 4 large garlic cloves crushed
- 3 bay leaves
- Few springs of rosemary
- Few springs of thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried sage or some fresh ones
Instructions
- First, you would need a pot large enough to fit the chicken and the brine.
- Add salt, sugar, and herbs into a pan, add 2 cups of water and mix to combine. Place it over medium heat and stir until the salt and sugar dissolve completely in the water.
- Leave the brine to cool down completely. (I used a smaller saucepan for this step) Once the brine is completely cooled, top it up with another 4 cups of cold water (I used 6 cups of water in total)
- Place the chicken in a large pot and pour the brine over it. Cover it with a lid and place in the bottom of the fridge for up to 4 hours or 24 hours preferably.
Notes
Tip
You are not limited to the ingredients mentioned above, use parsley, chopped onions, shallots, lemon slices, orange slices etc.
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