Poached Chicken

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Ingredients:

1 each stewing chicken - 5 to 6 lbs
1 water
1 stalk celery -- halved with
1 leaves
1 each carrot -- peeled and halved
1 small onion -- halved
1 tsp salt
3 sprigs parsley
1 small bay leaf
2 whole cloves
1/2 tsp thyme leaves
1 sauce:
4 tbsp butter
1/4 cup flour
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1/4 cup parsley -- chopped
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 tbsp butter

Instructions:

In slow-cooking pot, cover chicken with water. Add celery, carrot,
onion, and salt. Tie parsley, bay leaf, cloves, and thyme in small
square of cheesecloth. Add to pot. Cover and cook on low for 7 to 9
hours. Melt 4 tbs. butter in medium saucepan. Stir in flour and cook
over low heat several minutes. Gradually stir in broth; simmer until
smooth. Add salt, pepper, parsley, and cream. Jusst before serving,
beat in remaining 2 tbs. butter, 1 tbs. at a time. Remove chicken
from bot; slice and serve with creamy sauce.

Recipe By :

Servings: 6

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Chicken is ideal
for weight loss
and dieting

Healthy eating is far better than strict dieting, and weight loss achieved by a change of lifestyle lasts far longer than 'faddy' diets that are difficult to adopt for long periods.

Cooking more low fat chicken can enable you to lose weight gradually as part of a a controlled and healthy diet.

"If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens." - Grandma Moses