Poached Chicken

Dancer^'s Note:

I do about 12 breasts at a time and freeze for sandwiches or wraps or I use it for stirfry's.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 4 (4 ounce) boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 1 ½ cups water
• 1 cup diced onion
• ½ cup chablis or ½ cup other dry white wine
• ½ cup sliced carrot
• ½ cup sliced celery
• 10 black peppercorns
• 4 sprigs fresh parsley
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme
• 2 bay leaves

Directions:

1. Place chicken in a large saucepan; add water and remaining ingredients, and bring to a boil.
2. Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until chicken is done.
3. Remove from heat, let stand, uncovered, 20 minutes.
4. Place chicken and poaching liquid in a large bowl; cover and chill, or, put just the chicken in freezer bags and freeze for another time.

Reviews

[CountryLady]

This was perfect for the Club sandwiches that I made last night & what a great idea about advance preparation. I'll be 1 step ahead for those "Chef" and "Cobb" salads in the summertime. Thank you!!

[dale!]

What a fantastic way to cook chicken! I am rating the method of cooking as I just used some chicken stock powder in my water as I didn't have all the other ingredients and followed the cooking directions. It turned out the best, tastiest, juicy chicken ever! Thanks!

[Jason West]

This is a great basic recipe in addtion to giving me the correct timings of boiling vs letting the chicken sit in hot water in order to stay moist. The recipe also gave me an idea of the kind of herbs and flavors I can add and it comes out GREAT every time. Something so simple can be so good......