poaching meat!!

[taliesin238]

Am i the only person that poaches meat?? I really only eat chicken and fish and i poach both!! Not a whole chicken obviously but chicken fillets!! Does anybody else do this???

[Androcles]

No, there are lots of recipes for poached meat. Poaching is defined as "cooking slowly in a simmering liquid", so every stew, whatever meat is used, is technically poaching! Then there is poaching gammon or bacon joints etc etc.......The old fashioned recipe for Mutton with caper sauce starts off with poaching the mutton.

[BBWCHATT]

I often poach salmon in water or white wine with some dry Italian Seasoning.

I seldom poach chicken, unless I want to cut it up to use in a recipe where it won't make any difference - otherwise, I put it in the oven so it gets brown.

[NiceCupOfTea]

I poach meats too. Why are you asking by the way? Has someone told you nobody should cook meat like this or something?

[taliesin238]

Hi NiceCupOfTea, yeah my mum think its really strange that i refuse to use fat when i roast meat. Even with my beef joints i put water on the roasting tray with the meat instead of fat.

[nickmo]

And you can vary the cookiing liquor - try fish poached in vermouth with herbs, or chicken poached with honey, star anise and soy, or use champagne or cider as the liquor.

Poached (boiled) hams are traditonal meal - like boiled beef and carrots?

Poached trout is good, as of course is almost any other fish - halibut, with ginger and coriander for an asian twist?

And why not poach a good free range bird at Christmas? Add lots of strong flavours to a well stuffed bird, poach til done and voila, no messy oven to deal with after the meal....