Step 3: Cover and place the chicken in the refrigerator to marinate for a least 30 minutes. Stir halfway through just to be sure all the pieces are marinated completely. Step 4: When you’re ...

In this recipe, the chicken is just poached, not sim­mered, which gives the meat a silky texture. I like chicken a little pink at the bones so for a bird that weighs 1.2kg, I poach it for an hour.