Chicken cooked in a pot

So there clearly wasn't much to photograph and there's even less to look at here, but hey! I cooked my first-ever whole chicken. I poached it whole in a pot containing a fair amount of water, star anise, scallions, ginger slices, and salt. It made a tasty (though salty--I don't think the recipe intended for the broth to be used, but it felt like such a waste) broth that I was able to use in the oxtail soup I was going to make later, which was totally awesome--no waste, and no having to buy broth either!

I served this chicken simply, with soy sauce, chili sauce, chopped garlic and chopped ginger as garnishes. Poaching the chicken was a more forgiving way of cooking than roasting and the chicken stayed very moist. The chicken came courtesy of my meat CSA share, which makes me feel better than I otherwise would about eating meat.