Poached chicken produces beautiful juicy white chicken perfect for chicken salads and Keto meal prep. Learning how to poach chicken is easy and the results are amazing.
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If you love chicken salad like I do, then you know tender chicken is the key to a good chicken salad. Whether you prefer a good curried chicken salad or a healthy avocado chicken salad without mayo, old-school poached chicken is the way to go!
With rotisserie chicken as an affordable option now-a-days, many people don?t know how to poach chicken for chicken salads or other dishes. I don?t know about you, but sometimes I just don?t want to deal with another leftover rotisserie carcass and my freezer is full to bursting with bone broth. Poaching thawed chicken breasts or fresh chicken breasts from the store is an easy option on those days I have a little extra time.
Poaching is a wet cooking technique resulting in tender juicy protein with no caramelization or browning. It?s commonly used with eggs, chicken, and fish, but poaching fruit in spiced fruit juice or wine is also popular. Poaching liquid is typically seasoned and imparts delicate flavor to proteins.

Although poaching is an easy skill to master, without the proper attention it can go wrong, leaving you with rubbery dry chicken. The most important tip I can share is not to let the poaching liquid come to a rapid boil. Cooking the chicken gently in the poaching liquid is the way to go!
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