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How do i make my own chicken stock?

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  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,650 Forumite
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    This is how I make chicken stock:

    -Strip all the leftover meat from a chicken carcass and put it aside.
    -Put the bones into a roasting tin and brown in a hot oven or under the grill (this really adds to the flavour)
    -Put the browned bones in a pan and just cover with water. Add any left over veg and gravy and any bendy veg you have lurking at the bottom of the fridge. Don't waste decent veg at this stage...you'll want to save that for going into the actual soup for eating.
    -Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat and simmer for at least four hours. Don't leave it to boil as continued boiling can make a bitter stock.
    -After at least four hours when the carcass bones are beginning to break up, strain the stock through a fine sieve

    Now you have stock that you can use in soups, casseroles, gravy etc. If you want to use it for soup just leave it as it is, but if you want to store (freeze) it you can boil it to reduce the amount. This means that it will become very concentrated and take up less room in your freezer then you can just add water to it when you are ready to use it. If your stock tastes too strong you can add water to dilute it if you want.

    I often make a chicken and veg broth with chicken stock:

    -Add a couple of handfuls of soup mix (barley, lentils, and split peas) to the stock
    -Depending on the amount of soup I'm making, sometimes I add a couple of stock cubes for extra flavour at this stage.
    -Simmer until the pulses are soft then season with black pepper and add chopped carrots, leeks, celery and parsley, although any veg will probably work well.
    Once all the veg are cooked add in the reserved chicken, check for seasoning and serve with warm crusty bread. Pics of how I make it here

    The advice on these threads should help:

    How do i make my own chicken stock?

    Chicken stock to soup

    trashcan_small.gifChicken soup - how do I make it (merged threads)

    Soup recipes

    What can I make with Chicken Stock.....?

    I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the replies together.

    Pink
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