Poached Chicken

If you’re repeating this dish with any frequency, save the poaching liquid from the previous batch for poaching each new chicken. The poaching liquid’s flavor will continue to improve. By serving the poaching liquid around the chicken, you have a dish that’s perfectly lean, but you can also enrich it with a little cream and flavor it with herbs, especially chopped tarragon. You can also thicken the poaching liquid with egg yolks as described in the variation that follows.

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