Boiled Chicken with Poulette Sauce

Chicken boiled in broth and onions with mushrooms and poulette sauce.

Boil a chicken in broth seasoned with an onion stuck with three cloves, a bunch of sweet herbs and a little salt and pepper. Turn half a pound of mushrooms and prepare one pound of poulette sauce. When the fowl is done, dish it, garnish with the mushrooms, pour the sauce over, and serve.