Instructions: Put about an inch of water in a large saucepan with some rosemary thyme and salt brings it to a boil on the boiling platethen adds the chicken.

Once the boil is restored cover the pan and moves it to an ovento finish (in as To stretch that time use the boiling or simmering oven.

You can poach a whole uncut chicken just as easily submerged halfway in water and herbs for two or three hours or all afternoon in the simmering oven. The meat slips like satin from the bones and you get a pot of wonderful broth too.

Poaching chicken retains moisture and tenderness. Poach a lot at a time to use in salad or to brush with barbecue sauce for the grill or just to heat up quickly in a baking dish in the roasting ovento serve with a sauce for dinner.

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