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Homemade Chicken Broth
Recipe by Ashley English
Photographs by Rikki Snyder
Originally published in Issue 7::GATHER. Also available with additional recipes in Special Edition, MAKE.
Chicken broth is exceptionally easy to make at home and unrivaled in flavor and texture to its store-bought counterpart. Save the unused bits when making spatchcocked chicken and you’ll already have most of your ingredients assembled come stock-making time!
Ingredients
carcass and any leftover skin from cooked chicken, and reserved giblets, neck and backbone
3-5 quarts of water
1 carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
1 onion, roughly chopped
1 stalk celery, roughly chopped
2 cloves peeled garlic
1 teaspoon sea salt
a bay leaf
several whole black peppercorns
several sprigs of fresh thyme and/or parsley, if desired
Instructions
- Put everything but the sea salt into a stockpot; cover with the water.
- Bring to a boil then reduce to a very low simmer.
- Cook uncovered for 3-4 hours, occasionally skimming the foam off of the top.
- Add the salt, and adjust to taste.
- Remove the pot from the heat and strain through a fine mesh sieve.
- Cool the chicken stock in a bowl in the fridge. Remove any fat that hardens on top upon cooling.
The stock will keep in the fridge for a few days, or the freezer for a few months. Happy cooking!
