How Do You Make A Good Homemade Chicken Stock?
The key to any soup is its stock. Without a good chicken stock the soup will not taste good. It’s as simple as that. Below is my recipe on how to make a good chicken stock. Ingredients for Chicken Stock: 2 or 3 chicken back bones, neck bones and gizzards the bones and skin of 4 chicken breasts, 4 thighs, 4legs 2 breasts with meat and skin attached 2 thighs with meat and skin attached 2 onions, roughly chopped 3 celery stalks sliced into 1 or 2 inch pieces 4 carrots, roughly chopped 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1/2 teaspoon of white pepper 1 tablespoon of fresh parsley, diced 1/2 teaspoon of dried rosemary 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme 2 bay leaves 2 quarts of water First of all let me explain to you how I get the, backbones, necks, gizzards, bones and skin needed to make this stock. First, when I buy chicken I never buy chicken by pieces. I always buy a whole chicken and then cut it up into pieces. When I butcher a chicken I always put the back, neck bones and the gizzards in a separate big free
