Fragrant Poached Chicken

Name: Fragrant Poached Chicken
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 1.6 kg (3 lb 8 oz) free-range chicken; 300 g (10½ oz) yellow rock sugar; 1 orange, peel zested; 300 ml (10½ fl oz) shaoxing rice wine (chinese rice wine); 7 star anise; 300 ml (10½ fl oz) dark soy sauce; 3 litres (105 fl oz) chicken stock; 30 g (1 oz) garlic, sliced; 4 pieces cassia bark, 10 cm (4 inches) long; 1 bunch asian spring onions (white part only); 50 g (1¾ oz) ginger, thinly sliced

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Organum

By Peter Gilmore

Published 2014

About

Ingredients

3 litres (105 fl oz) chicken stock
300 ml (10

Oceania
Australia
Main course

Method

Put all of the ingredients except the chicken into a 7 litre (245 fl oz) stockpot with a tight-fitting lid, bring to the boil and simmer on high for 10 minutes without the lid. Strain the liquid into anoth