Poached chicken

1 whole chicken

3 celery sticks, roughly chopped

2 carrots, roughly chopped

1 onion, chopped

1 leek, chopped

3 cloves garlic

3 bay leaf

1 tsp peppercorns

1 star anise

1 tsp salt

Put the chicken in a pan.

Pour in enough cold water just to cover the chicken. Add leeks, carrots and celery, then pop in the bay leaf, peppercorns, star anise, salt.

Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and cook for 1.5 - 2 hours.

Serve the chicken and accompanying vegetables with brown rice, adding a ladle or two of liquid over each shallow bowl.