Restaurant-Style Poached Chicken

Name: Restaurant-Style Poached Chicken
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams skinless chicken breast; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 2 pinches A couple of salt; 2 pinches A couple of a dried herb - tarragon, oregano, basil, rosemary, or thyme, or some other seasoning such as cumin or paprika; 1 serving Plastic wrap

Restaurant-Style Poached Chicken might be If you have chicken breast, plastic wrap, a couple of salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Restaurant Style Chicken 65, Mongolian Chicken, Restaurant-Style, and Restaurant Style Chicken Salad.

Instructions

Trim the fat and coat chicken pieces in lemon juice, salt, and herbs: Trim all the fat from the chicken breast and slice it lengthwise. In a small bowl mix the lemon juice, salt, and herbs.

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Chicken Breast

Chicken Pieces

Lemon Juice

Herbs

Salt

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Bowl

Add the chicken pieces and coat all over with the lemon juice mixture.

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Chicken Pieces

Lemon Juice

Let the chicken pieces sit in the lemon juice while you heat the water in the next step.

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Chicken Pieces

Lemon Juice

Water

Bring a pot of water (2 1/2 quarts of water, 4 quart pot) to a high simmer.

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Water

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Pot

Roll up the chicken in plastic wrap:

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Whole Chicken

Roll

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Roll out a long sheet of plastic wrap at least twice as long as the chicken breast slices.

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Sliced Chicken Breast

Roll

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Place 1 chicken strip on the plastic wrap, in the middle.

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Whole Chicken

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Roll up the chicken in the plastic wrap tightly.

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Whole Chicken

Roll

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Compress as much air out of the chicken as you can as you roll it. Once the chicken is rolled up, rotate it on your cutting board or counter several times to tighten the cylinder even more. Tie the loose ends of the plastic wrap together in a double knot. Repeat with the second chicken strip.

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Whole Chicken

Roll

Wrap

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Cutting Board

Plastic Wrap

Poach the chicken in the hot water: Once the water has reached a high simmer, turn off the heat (keep the pot on the burner though) and drop the rolled-up chicken cylinders in the pot. Cover the pot and let the chicken steep for 15 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

Water

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Pot

The chicken should be cooked through by then. (If for some reason the chicken is not cooked through, for example if you are using larger than called for breasts, or if you are using frozen chicken that hadn't quite defrosted before starting cooking, you can always put the chicken back in the poaching liquid for a few more minutes.)

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Whole Chicken

To serve, snip off the tied ends of the plastic wrap, and unwrap. Note that there will be some juice inside the plastic wrap with the chicken, which has lots of flavor. So you might want to unwrap the chicken pieces over a bowl or something to catch the juice, which you can then pour over the chicken if you want. Or serve the chicken with a sauce of your choice.

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Chicken Pieces

Whole Chicken

Juice