Poached Chicken

Many recipes call for poached shredded chicken, including my recipe for Chicken Enchiladas, which I'm going to post about later.  Before I do that, I want to show you a quick and easy way to poach chicken which can be used in any recipe calling for cooked shredded chicken. As a side note, you can poach a whole cut up chicken using this recipe just by doubling the ingredients called for!

Poached Chicken

1 Pound of Bone In Chicken, it can be Breasts, Thighs or Legs
3 Cups of Water
1/4 Onion, Chopped Roughly
1/2 Tsp Salt
2 Bay Leaves
1/2 Tsp Poultry Seasoning

Put the Onion, Water, and Salt in a saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat.  Lower the heat to medium high and add the chicken. Skim off any foam that rises during the first few minutes of cooking, then add the Bay Leaves and Poultry Seasoning.  If you need to add more hot water at this point to cover the chicken then please do! Lower the heat to medium, partially cover the pan and leave the chicken to cook for 13 minutes.  Once the time is up, you can leave the chicken in the broth mixture to cool if there is time, otherwise, remove the chicken from the pan and place it on a cutting board to cool enough so that you can handle it for shredding.  Once the chicken is cool enough to handle, bone and skin it if necessary, then shred it into bite size pieces. Now you have delicious shredded chicken to use in your favorite recipes!