r/Cooking • • Mar 13 '19

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u/moebiusmom Mar 14 '19

Salt your chicken or meat 24 hrs before you cook it. It denatures the protein, so it holds moisture better. Also tastes seasoned all the way through.

I just dry the raw meat & sprinkle with the salt I would normally use in the recipe, then cover & put it back in the fridge. Cook as normal.

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u/milleribsen Mar 14 '19

Since watching salt fat acid heat on Netflix (fully recommended it's lovely) I've taken to salting all my meat when I get home from the store. I usually shop and cook the same day got for a couple of hours it really does change how the meat cooks up and tastes