Poached Chicken
Pre-Cooked Chicken for fast meal prep
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Total Time 55 minutes mins
Course Ingredient
Cuisine BIR, British, Indian, Indo-Chinese
Servings 4 people
Calories 238 kcal
- 1 lb Chicken See Notes
- 3 tbsp Vegetable oil
- 3 ea Cardamom pods Black
- 3 ea Cardamom pods Green
- 10 ea Black Peppercorns
- 1 in Cinnamon Stick
- 2 ea Onions Large, minced
- 1 can Chopped Tomatoes 14 oz
- 2 ea bay leaves
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Tumeric
In a medium pot over high heat, bring oil to a spider
Add whole spices and bay leaves. Stir until aromatic
Add minced onions, stir until the onions soften and turn translucent
Add salt and stir for ~ 2 minutes.
Add Tumeric and stir
Add tomatoes with juice, stir and bring to a simmer; simmer for 5-10 minutes
Add chicken and water to cover
Cover and simmer until chicken is cooked through, ~ 30 minutes
Remove from heat and cool. Thence portion and freeze.
Chicken: One can use boneless, skinless, tasteless chicken breast here, or one can go with bone-in chicken thighs.
This can be thawed, used in Asian dishes, mid-eastern fair, or in good old British Indian style curries.
The poaching liquid can be strained, portioned and frozen, to be used in all the things that require the golden goodness that is chicken stock.
Calories: 238kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 11gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 477mgPotassium: 354mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 214IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 58mgIron: 2mg