chicken soup

TDMum

Tonight I cooked a chicken in the SC for the first time :money:

I put an onion, 3 carrots and a couple of celery sticks in whilst it was cooking. I've left all the juices and veg in the SC and put the bones (carcass totally colapsed) back into the SC. I was going to put 3-4 pints of water in to make soup but should I remove the veg first? Will it over cook if I cook it again? Should I add fresh veg in there? Or should I just cook the bones in water separately and then combine the stuff that's leftover in the SC? I've never done any of this before so apologies if these are ridiculous questions

nannyboo1

Remember there is no such thing as a silly question I should know as I don't know the answer and have never been brave enough to post and ask for fear of looking silly - so when you get an answer I will be very happy as I will know

Pink.

Leave any veg you already have in there, they may overcook but will really add to the flavour of your stock. If I'm making it in a slow cooker, I cover the carcass with water and leave it on low overnight. Once you have made your stock, then is the time to add fresh veg.

This is how I make chicken stock. Browning the bones in the oven beforehand really makes a difference to the flavour. This thread may help too:

Chicken stock to soup

I'll add your thread to our main stock making in a slow cooker thread later.

Pink

troll35

My only thoughts would be not to use 3 to 4 pints of water as you would probably get a rather tasteless stock/soup. Better to use less liquid (1 to 2 pints) and end up with a more concentrated and tasty stock/soup that can be thinned down if necessary.

sooty&sweep

Hi

No reason why you can't leave the veg in for flavour but you''ll want to remove the bones at some point & easiest way is using a sieve. if you have too much veg in that u want to keep then seperating bones from veg could be a nuisance.

Jen

TDMum

I ended up removing it and fridging it whilst I boiled the carcuss in 3 pints of water. It did end up rather flavourless so had to add some stock pots to it which kind of defeated the purpose! The soup is rather tasty now though

I'll know better for next time!