Cold Poached Chicken With Ginger Scallion Oil

Serves: 3

Branson Greenfelder

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

53

Spice

52

Sweetness

57

Sourness

41

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.3

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 cups

Water

1 cup

Scotch

2 tbsps

Vegetable Oil

Directions:

1

Poached chicken: In a 1 1/2-quart saucepan bring water to a boil with gingerroot; Scotch or Sherry, and salt to taste

2

Add chicken and simmer, covered, 12 minutes, or until just cooked through

3

Transfer chicken with tongs to a bowl and chill, covered, 20 minutes

4

Make ginger scallion oil while chicken is cooling: In a small bowl stir together ginger scallion oil ingredients

5

Halve chicken lengthwise and cut across grain into thin slices

6

Stir oil and spoon over chicken

7

In a 1 1/2-quart saucepan bring water to a boil with gingerroot; Scotch or Sherry, and salt to taste

8

Add chicken and simmer, covered, 12 minutes, or until just cooked through

9

Transfer chicken with tongs to a bowl and chill, covered, 20 minutes

10

Make ginger scallion oil while chicken is cooling: In a small bowl stir together ginger scallion oil ingredients

11

Halve chicken lengthwise and cut across grain into thin slices

12

Stir oil and spoon over chicken