Poached Chicken with a Bonus

Name: Poached Chicken with a Bonus
Yield: Makes about 450 g cooked chicken and about 1½ litres broth
Ingredients: ½ large white onion (about 115 g) or 1 large leek, split and rinsed; 2 large exterior ribs celery, trimmed and rinsed; 2 small bay leaves; 1 teaspoon salt; 3 sprigs thyme; 1.1 kg bone-in chicken thighs; 3 sprigs flat-leaf parsley; 1 large or 2 small carrots, rinsed and peeled; 1 plum tomato, halved if fresh, or 2 from a tin, well drained; 2.5 litres cold water

Preparation info

Makes about
450 g
broth

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Nick Malgieri's Bread

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2012

About

Poaching chicken for chicken or other salads keeps it moist and flavourful. I always use bone-in chicken thighs for this, but of course you may use an equivalent amount of bone-in breasts. The yield in usable meat will be greater with breasts, but the tradeoff is that the bonus broth will be much less flavourful.

Ingredients

1.1 kg bone-in chicken thighs
1 large or 2 small carrots, rinsed and peeled
2</

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Put the chicken in a large pot and add the vegetables and herbs. Pour in the water and give it a good stir, then stir in the salt. Place over a high heat until the liquid approaches the boil, then reduce the heat to delay the boiling for a few minutes while you use a slotted spoon or ladle to skim the foam that accumulates on the surface.
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