Poached Chicken Salad With Chopped Vegetables Recipes

POACHED-CHICKEN SALAD WITH THINLY SLICED VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Make the poached chicken: Bring water, wine, chicken, fennel fronds, tarragon, salt, coriander, and peppercorns if desired, to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover, and let stand for 35 minutes to cook chicken through. Shred chicken; discard skins and bones.
• Make the vinaigrette: Whisk together oil and vinegar, and season with salt and pepper.
• Make the salad: Combine lettuce, vegetables, apple, and tarragon in a large bowl. Add chicken. Drizzle with some vinaigrette, and toss. Serve remaining vinaigrette on the side.

OUR FAVORITE CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the chicken, celery, herbs, nuts, dried fruit, and fresh fruit (if using) in a medium mixing bowl.
• In another small bowl, stir the mayonnaise, lemon juice, mustard, salt, and the black pepper together. Taste then add the optional ingredients. Toasted sesame oil adds umami (a little goes a long way), and the jam sweetens the dressing up a bit.
• Toss the dressing with the salad. Taste then adjust with more salt and pepper. Store, covered tightly, in the refrigerator 3 to 4 days.

POACHED CHICKEN FOR SALADS

Steps:

• Put the parsley, thyme, onion, carrot, celery, and chicken breasts in a medium saucepan. Cover with the broth, and bring just to a boil. Lower the heat to very low and cover. Poach the chicken for 20 minutes or until firm to the touch. Remove the pan from the heat, uncover, cool the chicken in the liquid for 30 minutes.
• Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and reserve the liquid. Bone and skin the chicken and cut the meat into cubes. Discard the bones and skin.
• Strain the broth and store, covered, in the refrigerator for 3 days or freeze for later use. Remove any fat from the surface of the broth before using.

POACHED CHICKEN SALAD WITH CHOPPED VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Place chicken, tomatoes, cucumber, basil, and lettuce in a large bowl; drizzle over vinaigrette and toss to combine. Serve.

POACHED-CHICKEN-SALAD SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a large straight-sided skillet or pot, cover chicken and onion with water by 1/2 inch; season generously with salt. Bring to a boil over high; cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and let stand, covered, until chicken is cooked through (an instant-read thermometer should read 160 degrees), 12 to 14 minutes. Remove chicken from water and let cool completely. (To store, refrigerate in an airtight container, up to 3 days.)
• Shred chicken, then mix with walnuts, raisins, celery, red onion, mayonnaise, yogurt, and tarragon. Make sandwiches with bread and lettuce.

POACHED CHICKEN WITH VEGETABLES AND HERBS

Steps:

• In a medium pan over medium heat, add the oil and saute the onions until translucent. Add the tomatoes to the pan and squash them to form liquid. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer. Add the chicken breasts, broccoli, red and yellow bell peppers, mushrooms, bay leaves and thyme. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until the chicken is cooked through, 8 to 15 minutes depending on thickness.

POACHED CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES WITH COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Season chicken breasts with salt and arrange in a deep, large skillet. Cover chicken with vegetables. Add bay leaf, thyme sprigs, and chicken stock to the pan. Place over high heat and bring to a boil, covered. Reduce heat to simmer and cook for 15 minutes. Remove bay and thyme sprigs. Remove the chicken breasts and cut into slices. Return chicken slices to the pan and adjust seasoning, to your taste. Put the couscous into a heatproof serving bowl. Ladle 1 1/2 cups of the hot cooking liquid over the couscous, cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Remove the lid, season the couscous with salt, and fluff with a fork. Put a scoop of couscous into a serving bowl, top with chicken chunks and vegetables. Cover meat and vegetables with some broth. Garnish each serving with chives and parsley.
• Refrigerate or freeze the whole breast pieces for Portuguese Chicken.