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Poached Chicken

Pre-Cooked Chicken for fast meal prep
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Ingredient
Cuisine: BIR, British, Indian, Indo-Chinese
Calories: 238
Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 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

Method
 

  1. In a medium pot over high heat, bring oil to a spider
  2. Add whole spices and bay leaves. Stir until aromatic
  3. Add minced onions, stir until the onions soften and turn translucent
  4. Add salt and stir for ~ 2 minutes.
  5. Add Tumeric and stir
  6. Add tomatoes with juice, stir and bring to a simmer; simmer for 5-10 minutes
  7. Add chicken and water to cover
  8. Cover and simmer until chicken is cooked through, ~ 30 minutes
  9. Remove from heat and cool. Thence portion and freeze.

Nutrition

Calories: 238kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 11gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 477mgPotassium: 354mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 214IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 58mgIron: 2mg

Notes

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.

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