Can I use for recipe chicken breasts instead of thighs?

The recipe is pulled chicken sandwiches. Will it be a lot of difference because of the white? ( I dont have the thighs.) Can I use for recipe chicken breasts instead of thighs?
Breasts are generally dryer and not as flavorful... might make the pulled chicken a little dryer and more bland.





brests are also against the grain, while thighs are with the grain, so when you pull the meat apart, the breasts won't be as long and stringy, which gives the signature texture of pulled-meats.Can I use for recipe chicken breasts instead of thighs?
Try marinating the breasts in a mild 'red' wine like marsala or port ... leave them covered overnight and take them out just before cooking. Both wines do leave some flavor behind, but 'pulling' usually has a lot of herbs and spices added during the cooking, so the flavor should be just fine ... but don't try simply cooking the breasts the same way as the thighs without marinating, because the breast (white) meat is much drier than the thighs, and the meat won't 'pull' as well and will taste more dry, too.
People claim dark meat is juicier and has more flavor. White meat is leaner with less flavor ( supposedly). You can totally do it. When I cook meat for my husband ( I'm a veg.), I use breasts because he hates dark meat. They are pretty much interchangable with some slight variations, but not enough to really throw off your recipe.
dark thigh meat is a lot moister than breast meat.. The breasts might be OK for the recipe, but you risk it will be dry. Add some olive oil (or vegetable oil) to the recipe-maybe 2 1-2 tablespoons. This may help.
Nope. It will make no differencem at all. You may need to cook the breast meat more carefully as it is more delicate. It will actually taste better as it is higher quality meat.
I don't see why not, I think it will be even better than the thighs, all white meat should be even better than dark. You won't have any veins to worry about in the white meat.
It will be a bit drier than the original recipe, so you might have to add a bit more sauce/mayonnaise, but it will still be good.
well the dark meat is moister then white but once the breast are cooked you will be able to pull the meat off and im sure there is sauce being added so the white meat will not be dry


should taste great!
Depends on what the other ingredients are. Dark meat has a bit more fat and therefore you may need to adjust an ingredient to allow for more liquid.
White meat has less fat than dark meat; so you might want to add some oil to the recipe so the sandwiches aren't dry.
yes you can use that they usually say thighs cause they are more moist
It will taste different.Do you have any pork? Pork would be better than the dark meat on the thighs.
It might not take as long to cook, so I would just keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't dry out.
I am sure you are fine either way. We have a recipe that uses pork chops and we use chicken breast.
why cook chicken breasts? Why not hamster breasts? Or people breasts?
yea, that will be even better, the breasts are even softer than thighs
chicken breast is just white meat and a little less tender than thighs...it will be fine good luck
it'll probably be just as good!