Poule au pot
Poule au pot, from above
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Poule au pot

Stuffed chicken poached with vegetables. A king's promise in a pot.

150 minTime
59 gProtein each
mildSpice
A chicken in every pot2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayStuffed chicken poached with vegetables.
The original
558kcalsame
59 gproteinsame
4 gfibresame
150minutessame

Classic poule au pot.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)1.6 kg whole chicken
Cooked hamchopped, for stuffing
White breadsoaked in milk
Milk¼ cup
Egg1
Garlic1 clove
Flat leaf parsleychopped
Water12 cups
Carrot3
Leek2
Turnip3
Onion1, studded with cloves
Celery2 sticks
Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)1
Dried thyme½ tsp
Saltto taste

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Mix the ham, milk soaked bread, egg, garlic and parsley. Stuff the chicken and tie it.
  2. 2Cover with cold water, bring to a boil and skim off the foam.
  3. 3Add the onion, bay and thyme and simmer gently for 1 hour.
  4. 4Add the carrots, leeks, turnips and celery and simmer until tender, and the chicken shows no pink at the bone.
  5. 5Serve the broth first, then the carved chicken, stuffing and vegetables.
Serve it like this

Serve broth in bowls first, then slice chicken and stuffing onto a platter with vegetables, coarse salt and cornichons.

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What goes with Poule au pot: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Baguette150 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
On the side Pommes duchesse60 min
On the side French vinaigrette5 min
To drink Chocolat chaud10 min
Something sweet Far breton75 min
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