We eat a lot of chicken in our house and we are always experimenting with new Chicken Recipes that are easy, healthy, and delicious. This recipe is for Lemon Pepper Poached Chicken. Have you ever poached chicken before? Not all that long ago, while searching for chicken recipes, I came across a recipe for a balsamic poached chicken (which I've since adapted and have a recipe and method I love). I just could not believe how easy poaching chicken was. It's fast too! The chicken is so flavorful and extremely juicy. I recently decided to play around with some other flavors for poaching chicken and came up with this!
Lemon Pepper Poached Chicken
Ingredients:
- 1 pound of boneless chicken pieces, trimmed
- 1 1/2 – 2 cups chicken broth
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 tbsp garlic infused vinegar
- 2 tsp lemon pepper
- sea salt to taste
- 2-3 whole lemons
Instructions:
Generously sprinkle both sides of chicken pieces with lemon pepper and sea salt. Place chicken in the bottom of a heavy skillet.
Add lemon juice & vinegar to the chicken first, then add enough chicken broth to completely cover the chicken in liquid.
Slice the lemons into 1/4″ slices and lay over top of chicken pieces.
Cover the chicken and bring to a boil over medium/high heat.
Once the liquid begins to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes.
Remove from heat and let set for 15-20 minutes without removing the lid.
Discard the lemons from the top of the chicken. Serve chicken over roasted veggies and rice! I also added a few slices of fresh lemon for extra flavor.
It is seriously that simple and is so delicious! What are your favorite chicken recipes? Have you ever tried poached chicken before?
- Ingredients:
- 1 pound of boneless chicken pieces, trimmed
- 1½ - 2 cups chicken broth
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 tbsp garlic infused vinegar
- 2 tsp lemon pepper
- sea salt to taste
- 2-3 whole lemons
- Sprinkle both sides of chicken pieces with lemon pepper and sea salt. Place in the bottom of a heavy skillet.
- Add lemon juice & vinegar to the chicken first, then add enough chicken broth to completely cover the chicken in liquid.
- Slice the lemons into ¼" slices and lay over top of chicken pieces.
- Cover and bring to a boil over medium high heat.
- Once the liquid begins to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let set for 15-20 minutes without removing the lid.
- Discard the lemons from the top of the chicken. Serve chicken over roasted veggies and rice!
Caroline @ Shrinking Single says
June 16, 2014 at 2:21 pmI love poached chicken but normally add a sauce for flavours. Like the idea of poaching in the flavours. Will have to give this a go.
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
June 20, 2014 at 11:36 amThat sounds absolutely wonderful!! I would love to make this sometime soon!!
Jennifer says
June 20, 2014 at 1:17 pmThis recipe looks so yummy. The garlic and lemon is a great combination, and I love the peppers and rice as a base.
Sandra says
June 20, 2014 at 1:22 pmI have never heard of this, something I am willing to try for sure.
Chelley @ A is For Adelaide says
June 20, 2014 at 1:47 pmLemon chicken is my favorite summer dish! This reminds me to put it on our weekly menu planner!
Aimee Smith says
June 20, 2014 at 2:35 pmThis looks super tasty, the veggies look amazing! Yum!
Jenn @TheRebelChick says
June 20, 2014 at 4:26 pmOh that sounds so delicious! I am always looking for new ways to make chicken because I make it so often!
Shelley Zurek says
June 20, 2014 at 4:55 pmSo the advantage of poaching the chicken is the speed or the tenderness?
Racquel says
June 20, 2014 at 5:35 pmReally it is both! It is a very quick way to throw together dinner and the chicken is so juicy, tender, and full of flavor!
Amy Desrosiers says
June 20, 2014 at 5:17 pmI think this looks like a very healthy recipe with lots of delish flavor!
Katy Rawson says
June 20, 2014 at 5:33 pmI have never tasted poached chicken. I cannot believe how simple your recipe is. It will be very nice to have this new recipe to serve to my family.
Shelley says
June 20, 2014 at 5:55 pmLemon Pepper is my favorite for a lot of things but I never thought to poach the chicken! Thanks for sharing. This sounds really good!
Sarah Marturano says
June 20, 2014 at 5:56 pmThank you for sharing this. This definitely going in my lemon-pepper chicken recipes.
Brett Martin says
June 20, 2014 at 7:33 pmThat great photo to show off the dish. It looks yummy!
Tara says
June 20, 2014 at 7:39 pmThis sounds pretty easy and yummy, I will have to give it a try. 🙂
Tammi @ My Organized Chaos says
June 20, 2014 at 7:55 pmI’ve never peached chicken before, I’ll need to try out this recipe sometime. Thanks!
Amanda A says
June 20, 2014 at 8:24 pmI am not a big fan of chicken so I am always looking for recipes for chicken!
Shauna says
June 20, 2014 at 8:30 pmWow, sounds so simple… I am a huge fan of lemon pepper and put it on everything, even my linguine… HA!
Paula Krueger says
June 20, 2014 at 9:12 pmGreat recipe! I can’t wait to try it out. It looks delicious.
Emily says
June 20, 2014 at 10:29 pmI love simple! It looks beyond amazing too! So much color!
StacieinAtlanta says
June 21, 2014 at 10:34 amOh that looks delicious!! I love how juicy the chicken remains after poaching.