Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Homemade chicken stock

Homemade chicken stock. Set opened steamer basket directly on ingredients in pot and pour over water. In a large stockpot, heat oil over medium heat. Brown chicken on both sides in batches.

The other methods require sautéing chopped pieces of backs and wings first, before simmering with water and veggies. 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. You can cook Homemade chicken stock using 6 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Homemade chicken stock

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

Here I outline the method with images so you can see how easy it is to make homemade chicken stock. 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.

Homemade chicken stock step by step

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

I always have this homemade chicken stock in the refrigerator. 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.