• Home
  • About
    • Privacy Policy
  • Blog
  • Prep-Ahead Meals Cookbooks
  • Recipes
  • Lifestyle
  • Gardening
  • Kid’s Activities
  • Gluten-Free Recipes
  • Budgeting Tips
↑

Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living

  • Cookbooks
    • Prep-Ahead Breakfasts and Lunches
    • Prep-Ahead Meals From Scratch
  • Recipe Index
  • Members Area
    • Member Login
    • Join Us
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Recipes
  • Gluten-Free Recipes
  • Lifestyle
  • Garden
  • DIY
  • Kids
  • Budget

You are here: Home / Recipes and Cooking Tips / Lemon Pepper Poached Chicken

Lemon Pepper Poached Chicken

June 16, 2014 by Editor 21 Comments

This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy here.
173 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet

Lemon Pepper Poached Chicken

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?

Lemon Pepper Poached Chicken
Print

Chicken Recipes - Lemon Pepper Poached Chicken

Lemon Pepper Poached Chicken is simple and quick to make. It is delicious, full of flavor, and so juicy!
Course Lemon Pepper Poached Chicken
Servings 4
Author Alea

Ingredients

  • 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

  • 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 1/4" 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!

 

More Chicken Recipes

Teriyaki Chicken

Baked Chicken Parmesan

Pretzel Coated Chicken Tenders

173 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet

Comments

  1. StacieinAtlanta says

    June 21, 2014 at 10:34 am

    Oh that looks delicious!! I love how juicy the chicken remains after poaching.

    Reply
  2. Emily says

    June 20, 2014 at 10:29 pm

    I love simple! It looks beyond amazing too! So much color!

    Reply
  3. Paula Krueger says

    June 20, 2014 at 9:12 pm

    Great recipe! I can’t wait to try it out. It looks delicious.

    Reply
  4. Shauna says

    June 20, 2014 at 8:30 pm

    Wow, sounds so simple… I am a huge fan of lemon pepper and put it on everything, even my linguine… HA!

    Reply
  5. Amanda A says

    June 20, 2014 at 8:24 pm

    I am not a big fan of chicken so I am always looking for recipes for chicken!

    Reply
  6. Tammi @ My Organized Chaos says

    June 20, 2014 at 7:55 pm

    I’ve never peached chicken before, I’ll need to try out this recipe sometime. Thanks!

    Reply
  7. Tara says

    June 20, 2014 at 7:39 pm

    This sounds pretty easy and yummy, I will have to give it a try. 🙂

    Reply
  8. Brett Martin says

    June 20, 2014 at 7:33 pm

    That great photo to show off the dish. It looks yummy!

    Reply
  9. Sarah Marturano says

    June 20, 2014 at 5:56 pm

    Thank you for sharing this. This definitely going in my lemon-pepper chicken recipes.

    Reply
  10. Shelley says

    June 20, 2014 at 5:55 pm

    Lemon Pepper is my favorite for a lot of things but I never thought to poach the chicken! Thanks for sharing. This sounds really good!

    Reply
  11. Katy Rawson says

    June 20, 2014 at 5:33 pm

    I 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.

    Reply
  12. Amy Desrosiers says

    June 20, 2014 at 5:17 pm

    I think this looks like a very healthy recipe with lots of delish flavor!

    Reply
  13. Shelley Zurek says

    June 20, 2014 at 4:55 pm

    So the advantage of poaching the chicken is the speed or the tenderness?

    Reply
    • Racquel says

      June 20, 2014 at 5:35 pm

      Really it is both! It is a very quick way to throw together dinner and the chicken is so juicy, tender, and full of flavor!

      Reply
  14. Jenn @TheRebelChick says

    June 20, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    Oh that sounds so delicious! I am always looking for new ways to make chicken because I make it so often!

    Reply
  15. Aimee Smith says

    June 20, 2014 at 2:35 pm

    This looks super tasty, the veggies look amazing! Yum!

    Reply
  16. Chelley @ A is For Adelaide says

    June 20, 2014 at 1:47 pm

    Lemon chicken is my favorite summer dish! This reminds me to put it on our weekly menu planner!

    Reply
  17. Sandra says

    June 20, 2014 at 1:22 pm

    I have never heard of this, something I am willing to try for sure.

    Reply
  18. Jennifer says

    June 20, 2014 at 1:17 pm

    This recipe looks so yummy. The garlic and lemon is a great combination, and I love the peppers and rice as a base.

    Reply
  19. Robin (Masshole Mommy) says

    June 20, 2014 at 11:36 am

    That sounds absolutely wonderful!! I would love to make this sometime soon!!

    Reply
  20. Caroline @ Shrinking Single says

    June 16, 2014 at 2:21 pm

    I 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.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Search

Prep-Ahead Breakfasts and Lunches by Alea Milham

Recent Articles:

watermelon cupcakes with whipped cream frosting

How to Make Watermelon Cupcakes

Blueberry Popsicles made with real blueberries

Easy Homemade Blueberry Popsicles Recipe

Strawberry Spinach Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette

Strawberry Spinach Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette

Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch Where to Buy

BROWSE:

  • Blog
  • Cookbooks
  • Recipe Index
  • Members Area

ABOUT:

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclosure

Welcome. I'm Alea!

On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

Copyright ©2025, Premeditated Leftovers™. All Rights Reserved.
Design by Pixel Me Designs