Jamie Oliver served up a tasty get ahead poached chicken on Jamie : Fast and Simple.
The ingredients are: 1 x 1.5kg free-range whole chicken, 4 carrots, 4 sticks of celery, 4 cloves of garlic, 1 large onion, 1 bunch of woody herbs (30g), such as rosemary, thyme, bay, oregano and 1 teaspoon black peppercorns.
See recipes by Jamie in his book titled: Simply Jamie available from Amazon now.