Chicken Stock
This formula for a serious, dazzling chicken stock is loaded with profound flavors and gives an ideal base to soup. Don't hesitate to utilize extra bones from broil chicken, yet at any rate half of the bones ought to be crude. Approach your butcher for feet, heads, and wings, which are on the whole high in gelatin and will loan body to the stock. Once cooled, freeze the stock in old 32-ounce yogurt compartments, which have the additional advantage of being premeasured.
Ingredients
- 4 pounds raw chicken bones
- 6 quarts water
- 2 onions, unpeeled, quartered
- 2 carrots, peeled and halved crosswise
- 2 celery stalks, halved crosswise
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 thyme sprigs
- 5 parsley sprigs (or 10 stems)
- 1 tablespoon white-wine vinegar
Preparation
- Put everything but the vinegar in a large stockpot. Bring the stock to a boil over high heat, then turn down to a simmer.
- Skim off any foam that rises to the surface. Add the vinegar. (It helps draw out nutrients and minerals from the bones into the stock.)
- Simmer the stock for 6 to 8 hours, covered, keeping an eye on it to make sure it stays at a simmer.
- Strain the stock through a fine-meshed sieve. Let cool.
- Scrape the fat that rises to the top. (Save it in the fridge or freezer for matzoh ball soup.) Refrigerate for up to 5 days, or freeze for up to 3 months.
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