How To Mince Chicken (+ 5 Best Minced Chicken Recipes)
This is a complete tutorial on how to mince chicken at home with a food processor or by hand. Works for boneless chicken breasts, thighs, or any other cut of chicken.
500 grams/1.1poundsboneless chicken (breasts, thighs or legs)
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Instructions
Prepare the chicken
Rinse 500 grams/1.1 pounds boneless chicken (breasts, thighs or legs). Blot them dry with absorbent tissues. (Some recipes, like kebabs and koftas require chicken mince that does not have excess moisture.)
Chop the chicken roughly into 1-inch cubes. This ensures that the mincing is uniform.
Mince chicken in a food processor
Place the chopped chicken cubes in the food processor bowl. Pulse a couple of times until the chicken is broken down into smaller chunks.
If the recipe requires you to add spices and herbs as in minced chicken kebabs, add them now.
You might have to scrape the sides of the processor jar and process again. Repeat until you get minced chicken with a uniform texture.
Mince chicken breast by hand
If you don’t have a food processor, you can use a sharp knife. Halve each chicken breast lengthwise into thin slices first.
Then slice each half into thin strips. After that, mince the strips into smaller pieces (as small as you can).This way you’ll get minced chicken similar to the one made with a food processor.
Notes
Processing: Stop when the mixture is minced but not blended all the way to a smooth paste.
DO NOT use a high-speed blender to mince the chicken. You need a bit of texture and not mushy chicken.
When you add herbs and aromatics to the chicken while mincing, ensure that they are dry and chopped into smaller pieces.