# Chinese White-Cooked Chicken

This is an idiot's guide to cooking chicken that is succulent, moist, tender, and perfectly cooked, using a gentle Cantonese poaching method.

- Total time: 45 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4.5 quarts water
- 1 chicken
- green onions
- cilantro

## Instructions

1. Add a few ingredients (green onions and cilantro) to four and a half quarts of water to make a nice stock.
2. Put the chicken breast-side up in the pot and simmer on low heat for 15 minutes.
3. Flip the chicken for another 10 minutes.
4. Turn off the heat and let it sit about half an hour.
5. Make a high-impact sauce by mixing chopped green onions, cilantro, and other seasonings in a bowl.
6. Add some of the stock from the pot to finish up the sauce.
7. Cut the cooked chicken into pieces.
8. Plate the chicken over a bed of chopped cabbage (napa cabbage is shown).
9. Pour the sauce on top of the chicken and garnish with chopped cilantro leaves.

## Equipment

- pot
- tongs
- knife
- plate
- fork

## Tips

- Cooking in water is a brilliant way of cooking because water doesn't get over 212 degrees, allowing you to accurately modify the cooking temperature to a sub-simmer amount around 180-185 degrees.
- An oven is a mess because you never know what the internal temperature is, but with this method, you get succulent, moist, tender chicken every time.
- It is an incredibly efficient method for making sauce.
- Reserve some of the flavored liquid and mix with fresh aromatics and seasonings to create a high-impact sauce.
- It's a gentle and easy way to cook chicken with a really nice sauce on top

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLkHxWevTVy/?igsh=MWl6Y2RxY2J6bTZ6cg==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/cc91cc68-a65e-4910-9ed1-a220b9acf58f
- Extracted: 2025-07-06

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