Boiled Chicken Recipe is a basic recipe for how to poach chicken. Use this method for poaching chicken when a recipe calls for poached chicken.

Ingredients:

water to cover

1 (3 pound) whole chicken

1 tablespoon whole peppercorns

1 large onion, halved unpeeled

2 stalks celery, cut into chunks

3 carrots, cut into chunks unpeeled

Method:

Place chicken in a large pot with onion, carrots, celery and peppercorns; add water to cover.

Cover pot and bring to a boil; reduce heat to a gentle boil and cook for about 90 minutes, or until chicken meat is falling off of the bone.

Remove chicken, let cool and shred or chop the meat.