Boiled Chicken

Credit: Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

Description

This boiled chicken recipe is a wonderful basic recipe for many uses. Boiled chicken meat is called for in many other recipes.

• Enjoy tender, flavorful chicken made with just five common ingredients.
• Home cooks enjoy using the flavorful broth for soups, sauces, and freezing for future meals.
• Allrecipes member cobragirl11 raves, "This has changed how I cook, I couldn’t be happier."

Ingredients

• 1 (3 pound) whole chicken
• 1 large onion, halved - unpeeled
• 3 carrots, cut into chunks - unpeeled
• 2 stalks celery, cut into chunks
• 1 tablespoon whole peppercorns

Steps

1. Gather all ingredients.
2. Place chicken in a large pot with onion, carrots, celery, and peppercorns; add water to cover by 1 inch.
3. Cover the pot and bring to a boil; reduce heat to a gentle boil and cook until meat falls off the bone, about 90 minutes.
4. Remove chicken from the pot and let sit until cool enough to handle. Shred or chop meat.