Homemade chicken stock. In a large stockpot, heat oil over medium heat. Brown chicken on both sides in batches. Three tried and true methods for making GREAT homemade chicken stock.

Chicken Stock is not only a wonderful flavor boost to recipes, but it's also a great way to use the chicken bones from the roasted chicken you just devoured, a couple of rotisserie chicken bones and skin, or even an entire chicken. The printable version of this recipe is below. Here I outline the method with images so you can see how easy it is to make homemade chicken stock. You can have Homemade chicken stock using 6 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Homemade chicken stock

Prepare 1 of a whole chicken.
Prepare 2 of whole carrots.
You need 2 of whole celery stalks.
It's 1 of whole UNPEELED onion.
Prepare 1 of tie together a herb bundle of rosemary & thyme.
Prepare 1 of salt & pepper to taste.

This method uses a whole chicken. You can also use this recipe the bones (of the whole chicken with the meat removed) of an already roasted bird. Using This Chicken Stock in Recipes. I always have this homemade chicken stock in the refrigerator.

Homemade chicken stock instructions

Clean & place chicken into a stock pot fill with water, add the vegetables and herbs season with salt & pepper..
When chicken is fully cooked remove it and strain the broth. Freeze in ice cube trays! !.

I use it instead of water in my cooking, especially for soups like: Hot and Sour Soup, Simple Wonton Soup, Cantonese Wonton Noodle Soup and Easy Fish Tofu Soup. It's a great way to add flavor to a dish that otherwise would be lackluster due to large portion of the dish is liquid. Add the chicken carcass or bones, carrots, celery, onion, garlic halves and parsnip to a large stock pot. Place all ingredients in a soup kettle or Dutch oven. Slowly bring to a boil; reduce heat until mixture is just at a simmer.