Tasty & Simple: Poached Chicken
Introducing Tasty And Simple, where I’ll provide easy recipes for the novice chef. My vow to you: no fancy ingredients, lots of suggestions for making it your own, and active prep time in under an hour.
Let’s start with one that is sure to come in handy: poached chicken. Poaching is a cooking method that submerges the main ingredient in a flavored liquid and simmers it until cooked through. It is usually employed for lighter flesh like chicken or fish, but can also be used for eggs, vegetables (such as artichokes), and other fragile food items. As an added bonus, poaching is (usually) a low-fat, healthy cooking technique.
Chicken — especially the breast — is an excellent candidate for poaching. Poached chicken can be applied to many dishes: sandwiches, salads, soups, pasta, tacos… you name it. Based on the ingredients in the simmering liquid, you can tweak the flavors soaked up by the chicken.
