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Poached Chicken Breast

Seasoned chicken breast dropped into boiling water, with the heat turned off right away: it cooks covered in the heat of the water and stays juicy, then is sliced. Based on the recipes themselves here, with no verified source.

⏱ 26 min

🥩 Meat 🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

1
Season the chicken breast with salt.
2
Put the chicken into a pot of boiling water and turn off the heat right away, cover and leave 20 minutes in the hot water.
StovePot
3
Remove the chicken and cut into slices.
KnifeCutting board

120calories

22 gprotein

0 gcarbs

3 gfat

● protein 79%● carbs 0%● fat 21%

Per serving (102 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

Chicken breast: measured in pieces: one ≈ 200 g · 120 kcal per 100 g · More about Chicken breast →
Salt: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 6 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)

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Time in the hot water (minutes): 20

Poached Chicken Breast

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🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

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