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The Right Way To Cut Chicken Breast For A Sizzling Stir-Fry
By Tom Maxwell
While it may seem that slicing up a chicken breast for a stir fry is not a big deal, there are a few things you can do to make the result much more tender and the experience safer.
Apart from observing good knife technique, the ideal way to cut chicken breast for a stir fry is to cut even, relatively thin slices (about ¼-inch thick) mostly across the grain.
It's not super hard to identify the grain of a chicken breast, as it runs lengthwise across the meat, and cutting perpendicularly against these grains makes for more tender meat.
However, before cutting, you should place the breast on a small plate in the freezer for up to 15 minutes to stabilize the protein and assist with precise slicing.
You want to slice the meat reasonably thin but not so skinny that it disintegrates. Keep contact with the raw meat limited to your hands, the knife blade, and the cutting board.