Learning how to poach chicken is a technique every mom or shall I say every food addict should learn. Poaching chicken is a very healthy way of having soft and tender chicken ready for whatever recipe you wanted it to be used for. You can also use it as spread for sandwiches if you like.

Poaching chicken allows us to get rid much oil from frying or the like as it only needs water, spices as well as seasoning. Poaching is actually a technique rather than a recipe, if I were to say. You can derive lots of recipes out of poached chicken.

So much for that introduction about poaching chicken, let us now talk how to prepare flavorful, oil-free, soft and tender healthy poached chicken.

What you need:
1. Chicken (whole or cut)
2. Salt
3. Flavoring (chopped onions, ginger, black peppercorns, chopped celery, lemon)
4. Chopped Carrots
5. Water with Chicken Broth

How to do Poach Chicken:

1. In a pan, kettle of whatever it is you are comfortable using with, estimate the amount of water to use for poaching. Be sure the liquid should cover the chicken for around an inch. Bring the liquid to boil.

3. For every quart of liquid, add a cup of chopped onion, a cup of carrot and a cup of celery.
4. Add the black peppercorns.
5. Season the liquid with salt lightly.
6. Lower the heat to a bare simmer.
7. Add the chicken pieces or whole chicken. You have to make sure that everything is submerged.
8. Cook the chicken for 15 to 20 minutes (cut chicken) and around 30 to 45 minutes for whole chicken.
9. Turn off the heat and let the remaining heat of the liquid cook the chicken thoroughly.
10. Remove the chicken. You can make fun with it while its hot or you can put it on fridge for later purposes.

Tips:

• Poached chicken is the secret to a flavorful and crispy toasted chicken. Just poach the whole chicken with skins on before toasting. See how crispy the skin is and taste how flavorful and juicy the meat is.
• Poach chicken is also ideal for salads.

And these are the steps on how to poach chicken. I am excited of you telling me how great your poached chicken is.