How to cook chicken breasts?

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Got a couple of family members round tonight, doing roasted veg with chicken breast and got a white sauce to heat up and pour over.

But not sure how to cook the chicken breasts for maximum flavour and so they don't dry out?

I rub in some herbs with a bit of olive oil, wrap in foil then cook for about 40 mins at around 200. Sometimes take the foil off for the last 5 mins to brown off a tad.

Nice roast potatoes ( floured and then in olive oil) roasted honey carrots and parsnips and broccoli. I actually do a lovely black pepper sauce with mine- sounds odd but it's delicious! White sauce sounds a tad bland to be honest.

If I was serving chicken in a white wine sauce, I would cook it in the sauce. Much less likely to dry out. Tbh I tend to always use thighs, as they're juicier.

As with as pp suggestions of wrapping in bacon or parma ham, I also marinade in olive oil (or veg oil ) and lemon zest plus lemon juice. Then bake at 200°C for around 22 mins.

I've got a foolproof recipe for non-dry chicken breasts.

You need a large frying pan with a lid. Heat up a bit of butter and when it's really hot, sear the chicken breasts really quickly on both sides. Add whatever seasoning you're using and then put the lid on and cook on the lowest heat for 20 minutes. At 20 mins, turn the heat off and without peeling or lifting the lid (resist, resist!) continue to let them cook in the steam and the heat that's in the pan for another 20 minutes. You end up with genuinely juicy and moist chicken.

After that you can cover them in sauce or whatever you're thinking. Good luck!

Can you cut up the chicken into pieces and cook in a pan in the wine sauce?
If you have a slow cooker, I'd bung the sauce and chicken in that, cook for 6 hours on low then pull the chicken apart with forks, serve with the roasted veg and maybe some white rice

I’d be tempted to do a tray bake type thing.

Chop veg you are using, sweet pots, pepper, onions etc and then add oil and flavouring, I love Cajun. I’d also add chorizo and then add the chicken on top, more seasoning and then bung in the oven. The juices from the veg, oil and chorizo seem to stop the chicken from drying out too much.