Easy Recipe: Tasty Poaching Chicken
Poaching Chicken. To poach something is to cook it while submerged in a liquid at a low temperature (read: not boiling). No oil or fat is required, and yet the end result is a succulent and flavorful low-fat chicken worthy of any recipe.
Poaching is a moist cooking technique that works especially well for chicken breasts. Poached chicken is great for salads, sandwiches, pasta and more. Plus, the leftover poaching liquid is like quick-cooked chicken broth: you can save it and.
In this post, you'll learn how to poach chicken easily and with flavor.
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Although I've personally never tried this, some people claim that poaching a chicken before roasting it gives you the moistest meat and crispest skin. Here's a simple and creative method for poaching plain. It involves covering chicken pieces with water and letting them simmer on the stovetop until the chicken is cooked through.