Cold Poached Chicken Breast with Watercress Sauce

Cold Poached Chicken Breast with Watercress Sauce is a brilliantly subtle way to combine poached chicken with a delicate sauce. The chicken is poached in herb filled water absorbing their flavours. All the while the sauce is made from delicate herbs and dairy to create a sauce. This totally compliments the chicken flavour.

Cold Poached Chicken Breast with Watercress Sauce

This is a different method to cook chicken breasts but they are moist and full of flavour.

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Course: Main Dish

Cuisine: British

Keyword: Chicken, Dairy, Herbs, Sauce, Vegetables

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 2 hours hours 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 273kcal

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Ingredients

 

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• ▢ 1 medium onion sliced
• ▢ 2 cloves garlic crushed
• ▢ 1 sprigs rosemary
• ▢ 6 large chicken breast skinless boneless
• ▢ 1 1/2 cups watercress spinach/parsley/cilantro etc
• ▢ 3/4 cups mayonnaise
• ▢ 3/4 cup sour cream
• ▢ 1 large shallot chop
• ▢ 1 pinch Salt to taste
• ▢ 1 pinch ground white pepper to taste

Instructions

• Combine the onion, garlic, and the rosemary in a saucepan along with enough water to cover the chicken breasts, and bring to a boil.
  1 medium onion, 2 cloves garlic, 1 sprigs rosemary, 6 large chicken breast
• Simmer over low heat for 5 minutes, then add the chicken breasts.
• Simmer for 5 minutes, then remove from the heat.
• Allow to sit in the poaching liquid for 10 minutes, then place the pan in the refrigerator, complete with the poaching liquid.
• Allow to chill for 2 to 3 hours.
• For the sauce, combine the watercress, mayonnaise, sour cream, shallot, salt, and pepper in a food processor or electric blender and puree until smooth.
  1 1/2 cups watercress, 3/4 cups mayonnaise, 3/4 cup sour cream, 1 large shallot, 1 pinch Salt, 1 pinch ground white pepper
• To serve, remove the breasts from the poaching liquid and drain on paper towels.
• Place a dollop of the sauce on top of each breast, and put the rest of the sauce in a bowl for diners to serve themselves.

Nutrition

Calories: 273kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 373mg | Potassium: 302mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g