Poached Chicken Salad With Thinly Sliced Vegetables Recipes

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.

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.

Steps:

• Season the chicken with salt; place the broth (or water) and chicken in a small stockpot. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, cover, and cook until chicken is just done, about 10 minutes. Remove breasts; cool, shred, and set aside. Reserve broth for future use.
• Place basil, vinegar, garlic, oil, and salt to taste in blender. Blend until smooth and set aside.
• In a large bowl, toss arugula, radicchio, lettuce, fennel, red pepper, onion, walnuts, 1/2 cup salad dressing, and salt and pepper to taste. Place three endive leaves in a three-pointed star with tips facing out on four individual dinner plates or wide shallow bowls. Place equal mounds of salad in center. Arrange chicken on top.

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.

Steps:

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

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• Poached Chicken: Combine wine, 1 1/2 cups water, vinegar, garlic, lemongrass, ginger, cinnamon, bay leaves, chile, and salt in a medium pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until flavors are released, 10 minutes. Add chicken, making sure it's fully submerged in liquid, and simmer, covered, 7 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand, covered, 5 minutes. Use tongs or a slotted spoon to transfer chicken to a cutting board. When cool enough to handle, thinly slice. (Reserve strained broth for another use.)
• Lemon Citronette: Whisk together lemon juice and sugar in a bowl. Slowly whisk in oil until combined, then flaxseeds and chili powder. Season with salt.
• Serving: Divide endive, watercress, chicory, radish, and chicken evenly among 4 plates. Drizzle citronette over salad; serve immediately.

Steps:

• Choose a heavy pot or Dutch oven with a tightfitting lid. It should be large enough to hold the chicken snugly, but not much bigger. Fill pot about 2/3 full with cold water, but don't put the chicken in yet. Boil some extra water in a teakettle.
• Add scallions and peppercorns to water, cover and bring to a rolling boil. Turn off heat and slip chicken pieces into the hot water. If needed, add boiling water from the kettle to cover chicken with water by 2 inches. Replace the lid and let chicken rest in the hot water for about 2 hours. Do not turn the flame back on: The pot will retain enough heat to cook chicken thoroughly and safely. (To test, cut into 1 piece of chicken and check the meat near the bone. If it is still pink, return the pot to low heat, bring the water to a simmer and simmer 10 minutes more.)
• Lift chicken out of the pot. Remove and discard bones, skin and fat. Pat the meat dry with paper towels, then cut or shred into small bite-size pieces and transfer to a bowl. (Meanwhile, simmer cooking liquid until tasty, strain and refrigerate or freeze to use as chicken stock.)
• In a bowl, whisk together juice of 1/2 lemon, mayonnaise and sour cream. If using, whisk in mustard or brine. Taste and adjust the seasonings and thickness to your liking. Pour over chicken, scraping the bowl clean with a rubber spatula.
• Add celery, onion if using, nuts, herbs and salt and pepper. Toss gently but thoroughly. Refrigerate, covered, at least 4 hours. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed. Sprinkle with herbs before serving.

Steps:

• Place chicken in a large straight-sided skillet or pot. Add water to cover and season with salt. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce to a bare simmer; cook 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and let chicken stand, covered, until cooked through, 12 to 14 minutes. Remove chicken from liquid and let cool completely.
• Shred chicken with two forks. In a large bowl, whisk together vinegar and oil and season with salt and pepper. Add chicken, celery, and tarragon; toss to combine. Serve over lettuce leaves.