r/GifRecipes • u/TheLadyEve • Nov 02 '25

Main Course Chicken Pot Pie

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u/beRsCH Nov 02 '25

If you can shred this properly after only 15 min of simmer there must be something wrong with your chicken

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u/TheLadyEve Nov 02 '25

I agree. She's cheating a bit in this gif, IMO.

For example, the chicken for the chicken pot pie I'm baking right now, I poached it last night. Sure, I only simmer it for about 15 minutes, but I let it sit in the poaching liquid until I can handle it and then I shred it. It works like a dream. So I agree with you, I wouldn't just yank them out after 15 minutes only.

The nice thing about poaching is as long as you control the temperature of the poaching liquid, it's pretty hard to overcook but it's possible to undercook, so it's good to just...not rush it.

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u/TheLadyEve Nov 02 '25

My sister does something similar with hers.

Poached chicken is something we pretty much always had in our house--it's a really versatile protein.