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easy poached chicken breasts

lazyme5909 avatar
Recipe by
Vicki Butts (lazyme)
@lazyme5909
Grapeview, WA

This is the recipe that I use most often when I want to make chicken salad or need cooked chicken for a recipe. You can use as many breasts as you'd like. I usually poach 4 at a time.

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yield 4 serving(s)
prep time 10 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For easy poached chicken breasts

  • 2 qt
    water
  • 1
    carrot, cut up
  • 1
    onion, cut up
  • 1 stalk
    celery, cut up
  • 3
    whole peppercorns
  • 2
    whole cloves
  • 2 sprig
    parsley
  • 4
    chicken breasts

How To Make easy poached chicken breasts

  • 1
    Bring 2 quarts water to boil in large saucepan.
  • 2
    Add carrot, onion, celery, peppercorns, cloves and parsley.
  • 3
    Add chicken breasts. Bring to boil again. Cover tightly, reduce heat to low and cook without lifting lid for 15 minutes.
  • 4
    Turn off heat and allow to cool in cooking liquid. Keep covered.
  • 5
    Lift chicken from liquid, remove bones and skin and use as directed in recipe.
  • 6
    If desired, make chicken stock with the poaching liquid. Return bones to saucepan and bring liquid to boil again.
  • 7
    Cover, reduce heat and let simmer 3-4 hours. Cool.
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