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Chicken Stock Gone Like Jelly

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  • vouchersrme
    vouchersrme Posts: 162 Forumite
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    Wonderful, well done this is the tastiest stock. But, did you know that you can soread the fat and jelly on toast with salt and pepper and it is that old fashioned favourite dripping on toast!. Beef dripping is best but chicken is still lovely,
  • Europa_2
    Europa_2 Posts: 118 Forumite
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    Hi there

    I made a chicken stock last night with a chicken carcass and some veggies I had laying around. Sieved it and put it in the fridge before bed last night expecting it to have a solid layer of fat to skim off this morning but the whole lot is just one lump of jelly!

    Is this normal? Can I still use it? This hasn't happened before when making my stock. Have I been doing it wrong in the past or is it wrong this time?!!

    Many thanks
  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,675 Forumite
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    Hi Europa,

    It is the gelatine released from the chicken bones that has caused it to gelify. This is absolutely normal and means that you have made a really good stock. Enjoy! :)

    You'll find more advice in this thread:

    Chicken Stock Gone Like Jelly

    I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the replies together.

    Pink
  • Flora_Poste
    Flora_Poste Posts: 123 Forumite
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    It's fine. All my stock looks like that. Should make lovely soup or whatever
    "A savoury muffin?? As if life wasn't disappointing enough!" Miranda
  • Europa_2
    Europa_2 Posts: 118 Forumite
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    Thanks!! I did a quick search but am in the middle of making a chicken and mushroom pie and needed the answer quickly!

    Thanks again x
  • Any
    Any Posts: 7,944 Forumite
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    Pink-winged wrote: »
    Hi Europa,

    It is the gelatine released from the chicken bones that has caused it to gelify. This is absolutely normal and means that you have made a really good stock. Enjoy! :)

    You'll find more advice in this thread:

    Chicken Stock Gone Like Jelly

    I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the replies together.

    Pink

    THIS!!!!
    (message too short, need to write something else:-)
  • meritaten
    meritaten Posts: 24,158 Forumite
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    no you havent done it wrong - either now or in the past! I dunno why this happens with some stock batches and not others - but my stocks either come out like water or jelly! and I rarely have to skim fat off the top!
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