Un-Boiled Chicken

I am amazed this worked, but it did make the moistest, juiciest chicken I have ever tasted. I didnt want alot, incase I messed it up so I did one boneless skinless breast. I used the broth after it had finished to make cream soup substitute #14860 and used the chicken in KFC potpie, #58905. It all turned out delicious. I already received a request to prepare all of our pre-cooked chicken this way.

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I also had same problem as Sherri35 because I did not notice that the water ever stopped boiling. However, the 2nd time I tried your recipe, I waited for the broth to boil (using 1 qt plus 1 cup of broth made with chicken bouillon powder). I used 2 skin on and bone in chicken breasts. When the broth was boiling, I put in the breasts and flipped them around for about 15-20 seconds or so or until the outside of the chicken did not look raw and then took the chicken out. Then I watched the broth until it boiled again and put the breasts back in; covered and adjusted to the lowest setting on my gas stove. I let it simmer for 25-30 minutes. It worked very well and the result was moist and tasty chicken. Since I tried it again with great results, you deserve all 5 stars!!

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I absolutely LOVE this recipe, I have used this countless of times and have forgotten to review it. I am always using recipes that call for cooked chicken and this a gem of a recipe. Last week I tried this for chicken that I had marinated for an asian salad-moist and flavorable. So far I have only used this for boneless chicken breasts, I can't wait for summer so I can use this for BBQ chicken on the grill that we usually avoid because the skin/sauce burns before the chicken is even cooked!

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I used this recipe on 2 large bone in, skin on chicken breast following directions exactly as written. The chicken was done but only the most center part of the breast was tender. The outside was rather tough. One thing I did notice that I liked is that the meat next to the bone didn't have that usual yucky dark color to it. I will do this recipe again. Thanks for posting ThatBobbieGirl

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This worked ok for me. I used 4 boneless skinless chcicken breast. I salted them before putting in the water. I filled my 8 quart stock pot up until it was about 2 inches from the top and followed the recipe to a T. When I put the chicken in the boiling water the first time it stopped boiling right away so I took it out right away. It was almost all white on the outside. I let it sit for an hour on the stove like the recipe stated but I do think that was too long for chicken breast so next time I will try 40 minutes. It was a little dry by itself but worked well in my enchiladas but I do wonder if the salt made it dry as well.

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I used 4 large bone in, back attached chicken breasts. Definitely a nice moist chicken from this but I found the chicken a bit bland in flavour. I will try it again and see. I threw the bones back in the water and ended up with a great chicken broth too :) Thanks for the recipe

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Wow. I have only used this once so far but I'm thinking that it's a fairly fool-proof technique. I say this because I used half frozen chicken tenders and it still came out perfect! I shredded the chicken and used it for enchiladas. The moist chicken was a nice relief from the usual tough, stringy chicken I get from boiling. Seriously... perfect. Thank you!
**Update 12-13-2010 Two and half years later I am still using this method! It is just wonderful. I haven't actually ever done a whole chicken, usually just frozen chicken breasts or tenders. In a 3 qt saucepan I will add about two chicken breasts or 4 tenders and this only takes appox. 20 minutes. Sometimes I will take the chicken out just a little bit early when it's not quite done, shred/chop it, and add it to whatever I am cooking so it can cook the rest of the way in the dish and still be very tender. Thank you for this awesome technique!!!

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So incredibly moist and tender. Will be cooking my chicken this way from now on. Thanks!!

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This really works. I used a whole chicken and it came out nice and juicy. It was nice to have the flavor left in the chicken instead of all boiling away. Thank you for introducing me to this method.

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This is amazing! I thought the chicken was very moist. Thanks so much for all thie tried and true tips of this recipe.

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This is absolutely the best tip I've ever learned about cooking chicken! You nailed it! I'll never serve another dry chicken breast thanks to you.

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I make my chicken salad with white meat only, and sometimes it's dry and stringy. I tried your Un-boiled Chicken to make the breasts, and OMG...............I'll never make in any other way now. This is the simplest way to cook chicken and the end result is the most tender chicken I've ever had! There aren't enough stars to give you!! Thank you!!!

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I tried this tonight 'cause all my kids were here after a day at the beach. I used the chicken in a cream of crap (mushroom) with garlic powder, worcestershire marinade(chicken) and copious amounts of dried tarragon. It was more than palateable and the chicken was perfect...not dry...perfect. Way to go Bobbie!

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I was really surprised at this! I did it with 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts and used a large stock pot. I've been using it on salads this week and it's good. Next time I'll try it with skin on and see the difference. Thanks!

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worked perfectly for me, needing chicken for chicken salad. Fantastic, thanks for sharing!

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Nope - didn't work. I followed the directions exactly. I used a 6 qt stock pot and 4 leg quarters, which I thought would be equivalent to what you said you usually do. The in and out stuff seemed silly, but I did it anyway. The chicken was simply not cooked. It is in the oven now.

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Thanks for posting.

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This worked perfectly. I had really big chickens so I had them sit in the water for two hours and they came out perfect.

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This worked out well for me! I usually cook my chicken in chicken broth in the crock pot all day...but I didn't get it started in time and needed a quicker method. I used 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts and the chicken turned out perfect for our Chicken Pot Pie supper! Thanks!

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This intrigued me, so when I needed cooked chicken for enchiladas, I gave it a try and told my husband the method. Evidently, we've been watching wayyy too many Gordon Ramsey shows as DH's first thought was "you donkey, you'll kill someone cooking chicken that way!!!" It was such a pleasure making him eat his words! LOL The meat was perfectly cooked, more moist and flavorful than my usual poaching method. Thanks!

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