Poached chicken pot au feu with summer herbs and vegetables

White meat like chicken is excellent poached. The trick is merely patience and a suitably sized saucepan. The faster you try to cook the chicken, the drier and drearier it will be. We are not talking Heston Blumenthal’s 24-hour slow cooking here, an hour max will be plenty. But at no point should any boiled meat actually boil. A slight simmer will deliver a soft texture and retain all the flavour with the