Real Chicken Stock

Name: Real Chicken Stock
Prep time: 4 h 15 min
Cook time: 4 h 15 min
Total time: 4 h 15 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 10 whole black peppercorns; 237 milliliters sliced carrot (1/2-inch pieces); 237 milliliters sliced celery (1-inch pieces); 4 kilograms chicken bones; 2 sprigs fresh thyme; 227 grams onion, quartered; 6 parsley stems; 5 servings salt to taste; 5 servings cold water, to cover; 5 servings kitchen twine

Real Chicken Stock requires around 4 hours and 15 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 5 servings with 33 calories, 1g of protein, and 0g of fat each. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and primal diet. If you have chicken bones, peppercorns, kitchen twine, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Place the chicken bones in the bottom of a large stock pot and fill with enough cold water to cover the bones by about 2 inches. Bring the water to a gentle simmer over medium-low heat. The bubbles should just barely break the surface. After the stock has simmered for about 30 minutes, skim off any foam that forms on the surface or the edges of the pot and discard. Continue simmering another 90 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Chicken Bones

Stock

Water

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Pot

Add the celery, carrots, and onion to the stock pot. As the stock simmers, continue to skim off any foam. After 1 hour and 15 more minutes, wrap the parsley stems, thyme, bay leaf, peppercorns, and garlic in a small piece of cheesecloth and tie into a tidy package with kitchen twine.

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Peppercorns

Bay Leaves

Carrot

Parsley

Celery

Garlic

Onion

Stock

Thyme

Wrap

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Kitchen Twine

Cheesecloth

Pot

Add the seasoning bundle to the stock. Simmer for 45 more minutes (4 total hours simmering time); remove the seasoning bundle. Strain the stock through a fine mesh strainer lined with cheesecloth. Season to taste with salt.

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Seasoning