Best 8 Homemade Chicken Stock Recipes

HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• Place peppercorns, dill, parsley, bay leaves, leeks, carrots, celery, chicken, wings, and backs into a large stockpot. Add stock and 6 cups cold water. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a very gentle simmer, and cook for 45 minutes. Liquid should just bubble up to the surface. A skin will form on the surface of the liquid; skim this off with a slotted spoon, and discard. Repeat as needed. After 45 minutes, remove chicken from the pot, and set aside until it is cool enough to handle.
• Remove the meat from the bones, set the meat aside, and return the bones to the pot. Shred the chicken, and set aside in the refrigerator until ready to use. Continue to simmer the stock, on the lowest heat possible, for 3 hours, skimming as needed. The chicken bones will begin to disintegrate. Strain the stock through a fine sieve into a very large bowl. Discard the solids. Place the bowl in an ice bath, and let cool to room temperature. Transfer to airtight containers. Stock may be refrigerated for three days or frozen for four months. Refrigerate for at least eight hours, or overnight. If storing, leave fat layer intact to the seal the stock. Before using, remove the layer of fat that has collected on the surface.

HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK (HARRY CARAY'S)

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in large stockpot at medium heat.
• Add and brown chicken bones at both sides.
• Add rest of ingredients except water and saute until onions are translucent.
• Add the water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 2 hours until liquid is reduced by 1/3.
• Strain. The stock can be frozen for later use.

HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• fill very large pot or stock pot with water & chicken bones, bring to boil & skim off froth.
• reduce to simmer & add veggies.
• let simmer on low overnight or for several hours. don't let it boil to make it taste the best.
• Add herbs and seasonings aprox 30 min-1 hr before being done cooking it.
• skim froth off as it comes up throughout.
• take off of heat source and let cool some before straining. press against the leavings to get out all of the broth.
• you can keep it in the fridge for about a week or can freeze in portion sizes for several months. you can boil it to reduce and concentrate flavor. soup will be cloudy and will jell in the fridge. you can skim off the fat that rises to the surface after refrigerating it. don't put in ice bath, can just put straight into fridge as ice bath encourages harmful bacteria more than fridge.

HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK FOR COOKING

Steps:

• Place a whole chicken in a large pot of water with a large amount of water with washed (no need to peel) large carrots cut into managable pieces, a large onion, quartered (also not peeled -- the peels seem to add more color and taste to the stock), 6 or 8 stalks of celery with their tops, also cut into managable pieces, a bunch of parsley, (you can leave it whole too) a head of seperated, unpeeled garlic cloves, a few bay leaves, 10 or 12 whole peppercorns and whatever else stikes my fancy at the time that seems as tho it might work with a chicken stock.
• Also could add a turnip, shallots or anything else that will work that is in your fridge, and needs to be used up.
• Bring to a boil, cover and simmer to get all the flavor out of your herbs and vegetables. It could take a couple of hours to get every little bit of flavor. Drain into a colander (make sure you have something under it to catch the stock. Missing this step can be frustrating; to smell it cooking for so long, look forward to a delicious stock and then dump it down the drain because you forgot to place a container under the colander).
• Return the stock to the pan and simmer to reduce the stock and enrich the flavor.
• You can add salt if you like, but I don't usually because I will probably salt whatever I will make with the broth. I don't think you will miss it.
• The vegetables and herbs season the stock up nicely.
• Never toss a turkey carcass without treating it as a stock option.
• Break it up to fit if you have to, but never throw it away without making a delicious stock out of it first.
• Turkey stock makes a delicious soup or stuffing seasoning as a side dish to chicken or base for a gravy.
• Making stock isn't hard, but it is a little time consuming because of the long cook time.
• The working part is easy because you don't have to peel anything.
• The peels are good for the stock and leave lots of good things behind like vitamins.
• What you throw away has all the good stuff simmered out of and into your broth. (This is the reason I cringe when someone is going to boil their meat before grilling. What a waste of wonderful flavor to be poured down the drain).
• Try it sometime on a day off when you have a few hours to make the stock.
• I have heard of making it in a crockpot, but I can't imagine doing so because of all the stuff you add to the pot.
• My crockpot just would not be big enough, but my stock pan is great and makes a decent amount of stock.
• I can get 2 - 1 gallon size freezer bags out of one chicken.
• It makes the best chicken soup, but use fresh chicken and vegetables because those make the best tasting stock.

TASTY HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Spray a large rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Combine carrots, celery, onion, and garlic with 1 tablespoon olive oil in a bowl. Arrange mixture loosely onto the prepared sheet, making sure not to crowd, as the vegetables will then steam instead of roast.
• Roast the vegetables in the preheated oven until browned and fragrant, 15 to 25 minutes.
• While the vegetables are roasting, heat remaining oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Brown chicken parts in the hot oil until golden but not burned, adding 1/4 cup water at a time as needed, allowing it to boil off as to have bits stuck on the bottom of pan, 7 to 10 minutes. Pour in 1 quart water.
• Transfer roasted vegetables to the stockpot. Pour 1/2 cup water onto the baking sheet, scrape up any bits, and pour into the stockpot. Repeat if necessary.
• Add thyme, salt, and pepper to the pot with 2 to 4 quarts of water, depending on the size of your pot. Reduce heat to low and let simmer for 2 to 3 hours. Taste and adjust seasoning.
• Line a sieve with cheesecloth and strain broth into a large pot or bowl; broth should come out clear and golden. If not using immediately, let cool completely before pouring into Mason® jars and freezing until ready to use.

HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• Place chicken in slow cooker or large stockpot.
• Add the remaining ingredients, ending with water.
• Cover and cook on low until richly flavored, 8 to 10 hours in slow cooker, 4 hours on stove top.
• Discard chicken. Strain stock through cheesecloth lined sieve into large bowl, pressing vegetables to extract liquid. Remove fat.
• Refrigerate in air tight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 4 months.

CHEF JOHN'S HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• Combine chicken, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, thyme, and bay leaf in a large stockpot; pour water into pot. Bring to a gentle simmer over medium-low heat, being careful not to let the mixture come to a boil. Once simmering, skim off any foam or impurities that accumulate on the surface of the water and reduce the heat to low.
• Gently simmer the mixture on low for 12 hours, skimming off any foam as needed.
• Remove stockpot from heat and let cool for 1 hour.
• Pour stock through a fine strainer and transfer to food-safe containers.

HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• 1. Chicken may be left whole, or cut into pieces. Place chicken in a large soup kettle or large crock pot. Cover with the water (use more if necessary to cover, but use at least the quart and a half).
• 2. Cut celery into large pieces, and place celery with tops, onion, carrot, garlic, peppercorns and thyme or rosemary in the water around the chicken. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for one and a half hours (or cook on low power for 6 hours in the crock pot).
• 3. When chicken is very tender, remove meat from bones and save for a dish requiring cooked chicken. Leave skin and bones in water with vegetables.
• 4. Increase heat and lightly boil until liquid is reduced to about a quart (or turn to high in crock pot and cook for 2 hours uncovered).
• 5. Taste chicken stock, and add sea salt if desired. Do not make the stock as salty as you would soup to serve, because it will be used in other recipes calling for more salt. You may also omit the salt if desired.
• 6. Pour stock through a strainer into freezer containers or mason jars. Chill in refrigerator. As stock cools, any fat will rise to the top and can be skimmed off if you want a low fat stock.
• 7. When cool, cover tightly and transfer to freezer. This should keep up to 3 months in your freezer.