Best 11 Poached Chicken Breasts Recipes

POACHED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Place chicken in a pot just large enough to hold chicken breast halves and add enough water to cover by 1-inch.
• Add carrot, celery, parsley, thyme, bay leaves, peppercorns, and salt.
• Bring just to a simmer over medium-high heat where bubbles start forming around the edge of the pot. Reduce to medium-low to keep temperature constant, about 170 to 180 degrees.
• Cook, skimming foam from the surface until they reach 160 degrees on an instant-read thermometer, 15 to 18 minutes.
• Transfer to a heatproof bowl and strain the liquid over the chicken and let the chicken breasts cool. This will keep them moist and tender. Refrigerate until ready to use, up to 3 days.
• Separate meat from the bones and cut as desired.

POACHED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH DILL PICKLE SAUCE

Steps:

• In shallow saucepan, bring 3 cups water and salt to boil.
• Add carrots, celery, onion and bay leaf; cook for 4 minutes or until tender. Using a slotted spoon, transfer vegetables to bowl; set aside.
• Add chicken to pan; bring to simmer.
• Cover and simmer over medium-low heat, turning once, for about 12 minutes or until no longer pink inside.
• Discard bay leaf.
• With slotted spoon, transfer chicken to serving plate and keep warm.
• In small bowl, mix together sour cream, flour, lemon juice, allspice, cloves and pepper.
• Pour 3/4 cup poaching liquid into small saucepan; whisk in sour cream mixture.
• Bring to simmer; cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until thickened.
• Add pickle and reserved diced vegetables; return to simmer. Stir in all but 2 tsp of the parsley; pour over chicken.
• Sprinkle with remaining parsley.

CREOLE-POACHED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute the onions, celery and pepper in oil until tender. Add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170°. Remove chicken; keep warm., Return cooking juices to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 8-10 minutes or until most of the sauce is evaporated. Serve with chicken.

POACHED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH TOMATILLOS AND JALAPEñOS

Steps:

• Place racks in the top and bottom third of the oven and heat to 275 degrees. In the microwave or in a small pot on the stove, heat chicken stock until it comes to a simmer.
• Place chicken in a small baking dish and cover with hot chicken stock.
• On a rimmed baking sheet, toss together tomatillos, jalapeños, 2 tablespoons oil, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and cumin seeds. Spread into a single layer on the sheet, then nudge the tomatillos aside to make room in 1 corner for a small ramekin. Fill ramekin with garlic and remaining 4 tablespoons oil or more as needed to cover the garlic.
• Place chicken on top oven rack until chicken is cooked through (a thermometer inserted in the center should read 155 degrees), 55 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes. At the same time, bake tomatillos on bottom rack, tossing occasionally, until they are tender, and garlic is light golden, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. If chicken is ready before the tomatillos, remove it from the oven and leave it in the pan covered in stock to keep it warm until everything is done.
• Use a slotted spoon to remove garlic from oil and coarsely chop. Remove chicken from stock (save stock for another use; it can be frozen for up to 3 months), and slice the meat.
• To assemble, toss together tomatillos, chopped garlic, cilantro, scallions, lime zest and salt to taste. Drizzle fresh lime juice and garlic oil all over the chicken and avocado if you like, and season with salt. Serve with the tomatillo salsa.

POACHED STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Each breast half will have a thin spare piece of meat loosely attached to the main part of the breast. Pull this off and set aside. Place each chicken breast half and the small piece of meat on a flat surface and pound lightly with a flat mallet.
• Cut one breast half and one small piece of meat into cubes. Put the cubes into the container of a food processor or electric blender. Add the egg white, salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne and blend thoroughly while gradually adding the 1/3 cup of cream.
• Spoon an equal portion of the mixture into the center of each of the remaining larger flattened chicken breast pieces. Top each filling with one of the remaining smaller pieces of breast. Carefully fold over the sides of the larger breast pieces to completely enclose the filling. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Lay out 4 rectangles of clear plastic wrap. Place one filled chicken breast in the center of each rectangle. Fold over the sides of the plastic wrap to enclose the stuffed breasts.
• Select a skillet large enough to hold the packages in one layer. Heat 1 tablespoon of the butter in a skillet and sprinkle the shallots over all. Arrange the packages over all and pour the wine between the packages.
• Cover closely, bring to a boil and cook 10 minutes.
• Carefully transfer the packages from the liquid to a warm serving dish. Leave the liquid in the skillet.
• Unwrap the packages, taking care not to burn your fingers. Reserve any liquid from the packages and add it to the skillet.
• Cook the liquid down until it is almost evaporated. Add the remaining 3/4 cup cream and bring to a boil. Add salt and pepper. Cook over relatively high heat 3 minutes until reduced to about 2/3 cup. Strain the sauce through a fine sieve, pressing to extract as much liquid as possible from the solids. Add the parsley to the liquid and swirl in the remaining one tablespoon butter. Pour the sauce over the chicken pieces and serve.

COLD POACHED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH CUCUMBER DILL SAUCE

Steps:

• Place grated cucumber in a strainer and sprinkle with salt. Let drain 15-30 minutes.
• Rinse under cold water and squeeze dry.
• In a medium bowl, combine cucumber with remaining ingredients except chicken.
• Stir to mix well. Season with additional salt to taste.
• Cover and refrigerate until serving time. Serve over chicken.

STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS POACHED IN TOMATO CONSOMME

Steps:

• Combine lemon juice, vinegar, salt and pepper in a glass or ceramic bowl. Add the rice, 2 tablespoons of the celery leaves and 2 tablespoons of the hazelnuts. Toss and set aside.
• Put each chicken breast in a large plastic bag or between two sheets of plastic wrap and gently pound with a rolling pin until each piece is 1/4 inch thick. Lay the paillard skin side down, season with salt and pepper and spread with 3 tablespoons of the rice mixture. Cover with a thin sheet of prosciutto. Carefully roll the breast like a jellyroll. Tuck in the ends and tie with string in 4 or 5 places so that the breast will stay intact during poaching.
• Heat the tomato broth to a boil and skim. Slide the chicken rolls into the broth. Lower heat and cook gently for 10 minutes, turning frequently. Make sure that the chicken remains covered with liquid. Remove the chicken and set aside. Add the Port and continue cooking the tomato broth until it is thick and measures about 2 cups, about 5 minutes.
• Use a knife to remove the ties from the chicken. Carefully slice each breast into pieces 1 1/2 inches thick. Fan each in a circle on a plate. Ladle 1/2 cup of reduced tomato broth over each, sprinkle with the remaining celery leaves and hazelnuts and serve.

POACHED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Use as many chicken breasts as you need for dinner.
• Preheat oven at 350F or 180°C Remove skin & bone, cut into 2 parts and place in baking dish.
• Sprinkle with lemon juice and dot with butter.
• Salt to taste.
• Cover closely and bake about 15 minutes.
• Do not overcook; pierce with fork to be sure thickest part is done. If your chicken is cold, then the outside may cook slightly faster than the inside.
• Use pan juices as a sauce.

POACHED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH PARSLEY-ONION SALAD

Steps:

• Place racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven, and heat oven to 275 degrees. In the microwave or in a small pot on the stove, heat chicken stock until it comes to a simmer.
• Pull skin off chicken, keeping the skin in large pieces, and spread out on a rimmed baking sheet.
• Place chicken breasts in a small baking dish, cover with hot chicken stock and add bay leaf.
• Thinly slice 3 of the garlic cloves. In a 9-by-13-inch baking dish, toss together garlic slices, tomatoes, olives, 3 tablespoons oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste. Top with the rosemary sprig.
• Place pan with chicken skin on top rack and chicken and tomatoes on bottom rack. Toss the tomatoes occasionally. Bake everything until chicken skin is golden, the chicken breast is cooked through (a thermometer inserted in the center should read 155 degrees), and tomatoes are starting to shrivel. This will take 60 to 65 minutes for chicken skin and tomatoes; 70 to 80 minutes for the chicken. Transfer chicken skin to a paper towel-lined plate and sprinkle with salt to taste, reserving the rendered chicken fat. Transfer chicken breasts to a cutting board to rest for 5 minutes before slicing meat off the bones. (Save stock for another use; it can be frozen for up to 3 months.)
• Grate 1/2 teaspoon zest from the lemon, then cut lemon into wedges. Finely grate remaining garlic clove into a medium bowl. Add a squeeze of lemon juice from one of the wedges, and a pinch of salt. Pour some of the reserved chicken fat over garlic, then toss with parsley, lemon zest, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and red-pepper flakes. Break up chicken skin into bite-sized pieces and toss into parsley mixture along with the red onion. Serve immediately with the tomato-olive mixture and chicken, drizzling with olive oil, if you like.

CRéOLE POACHED CHICKEN BREASTS RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large skillet heat oil sauté onions belle pepper celery and carrot until tender stir in tomatoes broth parsley and thyme salt cayenne add the chicken boil Servir!

POACHED CHICKEN BREASTS IN WINE

Steps:

• Place chicken between two sheets of plastic wrap; flatten to 1/4" thickness. Set aside. Combine wine and next 5 ingredients in a large skillet; bring to a boil over high heat. Arrange chicken in a skingle layer in skillet; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes or until chicken is tender. Remove chicken to serving plate; keep warm. Combine cornstarch and water; stire into skillet. Bring mixture to boil; boil 1 minute, sitrring constantly. Pour sauce over chicken.