coffee brined chicken breasts

Submitted by chia2160

"try this for really moist chicken on the grill. prep time doesn't reflect brining time. this is from fine cooking."

 

• Ready In: 29mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• brine

• 1⁄4 cup kosher salt
• 1⁄4 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 cups water
• 4 slices lemons
• 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon mustard seeds
• 1 tablespoon coriander seed
• 3⁄4 cup strong coffee
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 tablespoons melted butter or 2 tablespoons olive oil

directions

1. combine the brine ingredients, except coffee in a saucepan, heat until sugar and salt dissolve pour into a large bowl, stir in coffee, refrigerate until cool.
2. add chicken and use a small plate to keep it submerged 2-3 hours.
3. heat grill to high.
4. remove chicken from brine, blot with paper towels, and brush with oil or butter on both sides grill 4-8 minutes, moving halfway to create grill marks.
5. turn over and grill 4-6 minutes more until done.

Reviews

[ellie_]

Simply super chicken. We used chicken parts instead of skinless breasts and cooked them on the grill for about 45 minutes. First time I ever used a brine and will definitely use this method and this recipe again for chicken as well as other meats. Thanks Chia for posting this keeper recipe. We will be having this often.

 

[ReeLani]

What a great concept! Mixed exactly per the instructions and cooked the chicken breast on the G. Foreman grill about 13 minutes total. The flavor was subtle and enjoyable and and I was really excited at how moist the finished chicken was. Can't wait to try this again!

 

[starsugarb]

I had a hard time getting the flavor from this since I used a charcoal grill. The chicken was very moist and cooked very well. The combination of the ingredients seemed weird (and smelled odd), but worked well together.

 

[beckas]

I wasn't sure about the combination of ingredients but I thought I'd give it a try since the recipe was highly recommended. The chicken turned out very moist which is rare for grilled boneless skinless chicken breasts. The flavor was mild and delicious. It was slightly too salty for my personal taste so next time I will try this recipe using 1/8 cup kosher salt. The only other flavor that I could detect was the pepper and it was subtle. DS took one bite of the chicken and proclaimed "This is so good!" so it was quite a kid pleaser. Thanks Chia for great recipe. I'll be making it again.