Poached Chicken Breasts

Name: Poached Chicken Breasts
Yield: Makes 4 breasts
Ingredients: 2 cupscrisp, light-bodied white wine; 3 whole cloves, or 6 juniper berries, or 1 whole star anise, or 12 Sichuan peppercorns ... (you can see where I’m going with this); 3 whole cloves, or 6 juniper berries, or 1 whole star anise, or 12 Sichuan peppercorns ... (you can see where I’m going with this); 3 cupshomemade chicken stock or your favorite canned broth; 3 cupshomemade chicken stock or your favorite canned broth; ½ cupcoarsely chopped green onions (green and white parts) or ¼ cupcoarsely chopped fresh parsley (leaves and stems are fine); 1 large bay leaf; 3 whole cloves, or 6 juniper berries, or 1 whole star anise, or 12 Sichuan peppercorns ... (you can see where I’m going with this); 3 whole cloves, or 6 juniper berries, or 1 whole star anise, or 12 Sichuan peppercorns ... (you can see where I’m going with this); 4 large bone-in chicken breasts; ½ cupcoarsely chopped green onions (green and white parts) or ¼ cupcoarsely chopped fresh parsley (leaves and stems are fine); ½ cupcoarsely chopped green onions (green and white parts) or ¼ cupcoarsely chopped fresh parsley (leaves and stems are fine)

Preparation info

Makes
4
breasts

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking One on One

By John Ash

Published 2004

About

This basic recipe for poaching chicken breasts yields not only a moist, tender breast but also a delicious broth that can be used for soups and sauces—or to poach more chicken.

Ingredients

2 cupscrisp, light-bodied white wine
3 cupshomemade chicken stock or your favorite canned broth

Main course
Stew
Gluten-free

Method

In a deep skillet or saucepan that will allow the breasts to sit in a snug single layer, combine the white wine, stock, cloves, bay leaf, and green onions. Bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes to extract some flavor from the seasonings. Place the chicken breasts into the simmering stock, which should cover the chicken completely; if it doesn’t, add