{"id":18103,"date":"2020-01-22T13:43:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T18:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bowlofdelicious.com\/?p=18103"},"modified":"2021-09-30T10:31:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T14:31:40","slug":"poached-chicken-breasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowlofdelicious.com\/poached-chicken-breasts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Poach Chicken Breasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

 If you’re looking for a healthy, low-fat, high protein recipe<\/strong>, you’ve got to try these easy poached chicken breasts! You only need 20 minutes and a handful of ingredients<\/strong> for perfectly cooked, super juicy and tender<\/strong> poached chicken breasts.<\/p>\n

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You can eat the poached chicken as is for a light and healthy main course, or save it for meal prep and other recipes throughout the week.<\/p>\n

And my favorite part about the recipe? How mess-free it is! If touching raw chicken makes you squeamish, this is the perfect chicken recipe for you, since you don’t really need to touch the raw chicken at all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this post, I’m going to share some tricks and tricks for getting the juiciest, most tender poached chicken breasts.<\/p>\n

What ingredients do I need to poach chicken?<\/h2>\n

At a bare minimum, all you need is chicken, <\/em>water, and SALT<\/strong>. The salt is super important here, for flavorful chicken! If this is all you have, you can make poached chicken.<\/p>\n

But you also should probably have some aromatics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Aromatics are herbs, spices, and vegetables that help infuse flavor into the chicken and really make something as simple as poached chicken special.<\/p>\n

I used fresh rosemary, fresh thyme, lemon, garlic, onion, and peppercorns.<\/p>\n

Other aromatics for poaching chicken:<\/h3>\n