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How many ways can you poach a chicken?

The premise is simple. The results are anything but.
Sunda's masterstock-poached chicken with ginger and spring onion relish

Sunda's masterstock-poached chicken with ginger and spring onion relish

Kristoffer Paulsen

Don’t underestimate the wonders of a poached chicken. Hainanese chicken, for example, relies on a clever dunking technique to achieve soft and tender flesh. White-cut chicken and bang bang chicken also sees the chook simmering in a gentle bath of Shaoxing wine and ginger; while our salads call for simply cooked meat to bulk out fresh and vibrant chicken salads.

Chicken and jellyfish salad
Photo: Mark Roper

Chicken and jellyfish salad

Masterstock chicken
Photo: William Meppem

Master stock chicken

Bang bang chicken (Bang bang ji)
Photo: Mark Roper

Dainty Sichuan’s bang bang chicken (bang bang ji)

Photo: Sharyn Cairns

Victor Liong’s white-cut chicken, aromatic chilli oil and peanuts

Chicken noodle salad with turmeric-lime dressing
Photo: William Meppem

Chicken noodle salad with turmeric-lime dressing

Sichuan chicken noodle salad
Photo: William Meppem

Sichuan chicken noodle salad

Miso-poached chicken and ham salad with chilli dressing
Photo: Alicia Taylor

Little Valley’s miso-poached chicken and ham salad with chilli dressing

Bang bang chicken
Photo: Greg Elms

Bang bang chicken

Shane Delia's poached chicken salad with harissa, eggplant, spring onion and tahini
Photo: Rob Shaw

Shane Delia’s poached chicken salad with harissa, eggplant, spring onion and tahini

Poached chicken, broad bean, radish and young garlic salad
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Poached chicken, broad bean, radish and young garlic salad

Poached chicken and millet salad with peas and mint
Photo: William Meppem

Poached chicken and millet salad with peas and mint

Photo: Dean Wilmot

Soy-poached chicken, brown rice and shiitake mushrooms

Hainanese chicken rice
Photo: Rob Shaw

How to make Hainanese chicken rice

Sunda's masterstock-poached chicken with ginger and spring onion relish
Photo: Kristoffer Paulsen

Sunda’s masterstock-poached chicken with ginger and spring onion relish

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