Poached Chicken
An easy way to cook a chicken. All you have to do is let it sit in stock until you are ready to eat!
Ingredients
- 200 g chicken bone in, skin on
- 500 ml chicken stock
- 2 carrots
- 2 celery stalks
- 2 bay leaves
- 5 peppercorns
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Place al the ingredients in a medium saucepan, ensuring the chicken is just covered in liquid.
- Turn on the heat to medium, wait for the liquid to start simmering, then turn it off and let the chicken cool down in the stock.
- The chicken should be cooked in about 30 minutes, but the longer it cools in the liquid the better.
- Remove the chicken from the stock and discard the skin. Perfect!
Notes
The more you add to the liquid the more flavour you get in the chicken.
Let the chicken simmer a bit longer when the outside temperature is cold.
The leftover liquid makes a perfect base for soup.