Poached Chicken With Grainy Mustard Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Place chicken, carrots, onions, celery, bay leaf, parsley, wine, and peppercorns in a stockpot. Add water to cover (about 3 quarts); bring to a boil. Reduce heat so liquid is at a bare simmer. Poach, adjusting heat to maintain bare simmer and skimming any scum off the top, until chicken is cooked, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Remove chicken from stock; use a sharp knife to remove meat from bones. Place meat in a dish; add stock to just cover. Return bones to pot; simmer until very flavorful, about 1 hour. Pass stock through a cheesecloth-lined strainer; discard solids.
• In a clean saucepan, return stock to a boil. Reduce heat so stock is at a bare simmer. Add apricots and pineapple, and poach until tender, about 10 minutes. With a slotted spoon, remove fruit; season fruit with 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon pepper, and 1/4 teaspoon tarragon.
• Raise heat to high; cook stock until reduced to 1/3 cup, 45 minutes. Reduce heat to low; whisk in mustard, 1/4 teaspoon each salt and tarragon, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
• Divide lettuce among four plates. Slice chicken; place on greens. Pour mustard sauce over chicken, and serve with reserved apricot-and-pineapple mixture.

Steps:

• Place chicken, carrots, onions, celery,bay leaf, parsley, wine, and peppercorns ina stockpot. Add water to cover (about 3quarts); bring to a boil. Reduce heat soliquid is at a bare simmer. Poach, adjusting heat to maintain bare simmer andskimming any scum off the top, untilchicken is cooked, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Remove chicken from stock; use a sharpknife to remove meat from bones. Placemeat in a dish; add stock to just cover. Return bones to pot; simmer until very flavorful, about 1 hour. Pass stock through a cheesecloth-lined strainer; discard solids.
• In a clean saucepan, return stock to aboil. Reduce heat so stock is at a baresimmer. Add apricots and pineapple andpoach until tender, about 10 minutes.With a slotted spoon, remove fruit; season fruit with 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon pepper, and 1/4 teaspoon tarragon.
• Raise heat to high; cook stock until reduced to 1/3 cup, 45 minutes. Reduce heattolow; whisk in mustard, 1/4 teaspoon eachsalt and tarragon, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
• Divide the lettuce among 4 plates. Slicechicken; place on greens. Pour mustardsauce over chicken and serve with reserved apricot-and-pineapple mixture.

Steps:

• Place carrots, celery, onions, parsley and peppercorns in a stockpot. Rinse chicken with cold water, and pat dry. Add chicken. Fill stockpot with enough cold water to cover chicken by 1 inch.
• Set over medium-high heat, and bring water to a boil. Reduce heat, and allow to simmer, skimming off any foam that rises to the surface, for 1 hour.
• Remove chicken from stock; set aside. Strain stock through a very fine sieve or chinois. Discard solids. Transfer stock to a metal bowl. Set bowl in another bowl, full of ice water. Let stand until stock is completely chilled, replacing ice if necessary, and fat can be skimmed off surface of stock.
• Meanwhile, when chicken is cool enough to handle, remove skin from chicken and discard. Carefully pull meat off chicken bones; it should fall away quite easily, keeping the meat in large chunks when possible.
• Return 5 cups stock to stockpot or large saucepan. Bring to a boil; adjust seasoning with salt. Reduce heat to a simmer; simmer until stock has become very flavorful and reduced by 1 cup, about 15 minutes. Add pieces of chicken; cook just until chicken is heated through, about 5 minutes.
• Toast bread until golden, and brush with olive oil. Serve chicken in a wide bowl with a ladle of hot broth. Add a handful of watercress to each bowl. Place a spoonful of mustard on toast, sprinkle with salt, and serve on the side.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Place olive oil and butter in a small saucepan over moderate heat until the mixture gets foamy, about 3 minutes.
• Rinse the chicken, inside and out, under cool, running water and pat dry with paper towels. Fill the cavity of each bird with half the shallots, garlic cloves, thyme, tarragon, and peppercorns. Rub each chicken with half a cut lemon and put it in the cavity, too.
• Using a basting brush, coat the birds, on all sides and in crevices, with butter and olive oil mixture. Place in oven and roast until skin is crisp and meat is thoroughly cooked but still juice, 55-60 minutes, or until instant read thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh indicates 165-170 degrees. About half way through, rotate the pans so the chickens brown on all sides.
• Transfer chickens to a cutting board when done, and let them rest 10 minutes before carving. To carve: use a sharp heavy knife to separate the legs and thighs and the wing portions. Then slide a knife with a thinner blade down each side of the breast bone, scooping out the breast section and leaving the skin intact. Each chicken will serve two people:overlap one leg, thigh, and wing to form a base for one side of breast meat.
• Top with sauce and serve.
• To make Grainy Mustard Sauce;.
• Add vermouth to the chicken broth and, in a large saucepan over moderately high heat, reduce the mixture by half.
• Place the heavy cream in a small bowl and whisk in about 1/4 cup of the hot broth. Slowly whisk the cream mixture back into the hot stock. Whisk in the mustard and reduce heat, simmering until slightly thickened, 3-5 minutes. Add the herbs, season with salt and pepper, and ladle over the chicken.

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, combine the first eight ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Add chicken; cover and simmer 15-20 minutes longer or until chicken juices run clear. With a slotted spoon, remove chicken and vegetables to a serving dish., Combine cornstarch, water, mustard and browning sauce if desired until smooth; whisk into poaching liquid. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Spoon over chicken and vegetables; sprinkle with parsley. Serve over hot cooked rice if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.
• Prepare chicken and veggies: Toss Brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes, and onion on the prepared pan with 1 tablespoon oil, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; spread into a single layer.
• Sprinkle chicken with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and nestle it, skin-side up, in between the veggies on the baking sheet. Brush remaining oil on skin.
• Roast in preheated oven 45 minutes or until chicken is cooked through, golden and crisp. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• While the sheet pan dinner is cooking, prepare vinaigrette. Whisk mustard, vinegar, maple syrup, salt, and cayenne together in a small bowl until well combined.
• Drizzle sauce over veggies and chicken.

Steps:

• Combine chicken broth, wine, mushrooms, tarragon, and pepper in a frying pan. Add chicken and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until chicken is no longer pink in the middle and the juices run clear, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove chicken to a plate and keep warm.
• Add cream to the cooking liquid and mushrooms in the pan. Increase heat to high and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Cook until reduced to about 1/2 cup, 3 to 5 minutes. Season with salt.
• Pour mushroom sauce over chicken. Garnish with parsley.