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Cold Poached Chicken With Ginger Scallion Oil

Type: Chicken, Poultry
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 2 people

Recipe Ingredients

  For Poached Chicken
2 cups 474mlWater
4   Fresh gingerroot, 1/4" thick
1/4 cup 59mlScotch or medium-dry Sherry
1   Boneless skinless chicken breast - (abt 3/4 lb)
  For Ginger Scallion Oil
2 tablespoons 30mlVegetable oil
2 teaspoons 10mlFinely-grated peeled fresh gingerroot
2 teaspoons 10mlMinced scallion
1 teaspoon 5mlAsian sesame oil
  Accompaniment If Desired
  Cold Sesame Spinach - see * Note

Recipe Instructions

* Note: See the "Cold Sesame Spinach" recipe which is included in this collection.

Poach chicken: In a 1 1/2-quart saucepan bring water to a boil with gingerroot, Scotch or Sherry, and salt to taste. Add chicken and simmer, covered, 12 minutes, or until just cooked through. Transfer chicken with tongs to a bowl and chill, covered, 20 minutes.

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

Halve chicken lengthwise and cut across grain into thin slices. Stir oil and spoon over chicken.

This recipe yields 2 servings.

Source:
COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # CL-8653)

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