Boiled chicken: how to prepare it and how to serve it

Sauces to accompany boiled meat

You can use chicken broth to prepare a good dish of soup or for a risotto. Meat, on the other hand, can be served in many different ways with accompanying sauces. Let's see our favorite recipes!

Sauce with cooked vegetables

Ingredients to prepare it:

• carrot
• celery
• onion

To make this vegetable sauce , place the celery, carrot and onion that you cooked together with the meat in the blender jug ​​or in a food processor. Add a spoonful of water or broth and one of olive oil. Blend everything until you obtain a smooth cream.

An advice? It's also excellent on croutons !

Green sauce

To make it, you need:

• 150 g of parsley
• 3 anchovy fillets
• 1 tablespoon capers
• 80 g of breadcrumbs
• 160 g of olive oil
• 2 egg yolks
• 50 ml of white vinegar
• 2 cloves of garlic
• Salt to taste
• pepper as needed

Boil the eggs for 8-9 minutes from the moment the water reaches the boil. After this time, immediately pass them under cold running water, peel them and separate the yolks from the whites. Mash the egg yolks in a small bowl and set aside. Soak the bread in the vinegar for 10 minutes and in the meantime chop the garlic and parsley. Desalt the capers then chop them together with the anchovies.

Blend all the ingredients with the oil and your green sauce is ready!

Red sauce

For a perfect tomato sauce , get:

• 500 g of ripe tomatoes
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 carrot
• 1 onion
• a few basil leaves
• 2 tablespoons of oil
• 1/2 stick of celery
• 1 pinch of sugar
• 1 1/2 cups of vinegar
• Salt to taste
• pepper as needed
• chili pepper to taste

Wash the tomatoes then use the tip of a knife to make an incision in the peel. Blanch the tomatoes in boiling water for a minute then drain them. Peel the tomatoes, being careful not to burn yourself, then cut the pulp into cubes. Now peel the garlic, clean the celery, carrot and onion. Chop everything finely and put in a pan with the oil. Fry on high heat, adding the chilli pepper.

As soon as the vegetables become golden brown, remove the chilli pepper and add the tomato puree, sugar and vinegar. Cook over low heat for 40 minutes then puree everything with a food mill or immersion blender. Season with basil, salt and pepper and let cool.

Other ideas for using boiled chicken

We decided to use the thighs and thighs and eat them as a second course, accompanied by various sauces. However, you can also prepare boiled chicken breast: with chicken breast you can make many (lighter) recipes, just cut it into slices to have a very light cut to pair with the salad, or shred the meat and enrich it with ingredients of your choice . The chicken salad is in fact made with boiled chicken, mayonnaise and other ingredients of your choice (try adding a diced green apple and a few walnuts, you'll go crazy for it).

Why don't you try the chicken salad too?

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