Best Homemade Chicken Stock Recipes

HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, heat oil over medium heat. Brown chicken on both sides in batches. Remove from pot. Add carrots and onion to same pot; cook and stir until onion is tender, 3-4 minutes., Return chicken to pot. Add remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until chicken juices run clear, 30 minutes. Skim off foam. Remove chicken from pot; let stand until cool enough to handle. Remove chicken from bones (save meat for another use); return bones and skin to pot., Slowly return stock to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 3-4 hours longer. Strain stock through a cheesecloth-lined colander; discard vegetables, bones, skin and spices. If using immediately, skim fat. Or cool the stock, then refrigerate it 8 hours or overnight; remove fat from surface before using. (Stock may be refrigerated up to 3 days or frozen 4-6 months.)

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 OR TURKEY STOCK

Steps:

• Place chicken or turkey in 18 qt. electric roaster, celery, onion carrots and a little poultry seasoning and sage. Cover completely with water. Turn roaster to 250°, cover and cook over night.
• Remove chicken or turkey from broth to cool. Take off skin, if desired, and pull off chicken. Divide and freeze in ziploc bags for later use. Once broth has cooled, place in large bowl and refrigerate overnite or for several hours so fat comes to the top. Skim off fat and divide and freeze broth in ziploc freezer bags or freezer containers.
• For smaller amounts use a 6 qt elec. roaster. Reduce amount of chicken and cut seasonings in half. You can also use a crock pot
• NOTE: You can also use the turkey bones after your Thanksgiving meal and any leftover turkey you might not want to keep. I also buy bone in chicken thighs and remove the bone myself saving over a $1 a lb. When I do this I save the bones in a freezer bag and freeze until I get a gallon or two bag of them, then I use them to make broth. If I have enough for my big roaster I use it, if not I use my small one.

BAREFOOT CONTESSA'S HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• Place the chickens, onions, carrots, celery, parsnips, parsley, thyme, dill, garlic, and seasonings in a 16 to 20 quart stockpot.
• Add 7 quarts of water and bring to a boil.
• Simmer uncovered for 4 hours.
• Strain the entire contents of the pot through a colander and discard the solids.
• Chill the stock overnight.
• The next day, remove the surface fat.
• Use immediately or pack in containers and freeze for up to 3 months.
• **Cooking time does not include chilling the stock overnight.

HOMEMADE BROWN CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Place chicken parts in a single layer in a large heavy roasting pan. Drizzle with oil and turn to coat. Roast, turning once and stirring of-ten for even browning, until beginning to brown, about 45 minutes. Remove from oven, add tomato paste, and stir to combine. Cook over medium heat about 30 seconds, then add carrots, celery, and onion, stirring well. Return to oven and roast until vegetables are browned and tender and bones are deeply browned, about 40 minutes.
• Transfer bones and vegetables to large stockpot, then spoon off fat from roasting pan and discard. Set pan over two burners. Add wine or water and bring to a boil, scraping up any brown bits from bottom with wooden spoon. Boil until liquid is reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Pour everything into stockpot.
• Add enough water (about 3 quarts) to cover chicken and vegetables by 1 inch. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to gentle simmer. Add bay leaf and peppercorns; cook 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours, skimming surface frequently.
• Carefully pour stock through fine sieve into large heatproof measuring cup, bowl, or another stockpot (do not press on solids); discard solids. Chill and store for up to 3 days in the refrigerator or up to 3 months in the freezer. Thaw completely in refrigerator before using.

HOMEMADE CHICKEN FEET STOCK

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add chicken feet and boil for 10 minutes. This will soften them enough that you can chop off the claws from each paw. This opening is where the collagen melts out of which gives the stock its richness. Strain feet through a sieve, chop off claws, and set aside.
• Pour a layer of olive oil in the same pot and heat over medium-low heat. Add onion, carrots, and celery and cook until softened and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and saute an additional 30 seconds. Add feet back to the pot and fill with water until about 2 inches of water stand above the highest feet in the pot.
• Discard dark green portions of the leeks or set aside for another use. Slice up the light green portions; each stalk should yield 7 to 8 slices. Add to the pot.
• Combine parsley, peppercorns, thyme, marjoram, bay leaves, and rosemary on top of a piece of cheesecloth. Tie cheesecloth up with twine into a spice bag, leaving a long string. Tie the end of the string to a pot handle (for easy retrieval later) and drop spice bag into the pot.
• Increase heat to high and bring stock to a rolling boil. Reduce temperature to low and simmer, without stirring, for about 8 hours, adding more water if level becomes too low.
• After 8 hours (or the next morning), drain the stock through a colander into another pot to remove large solids. Clean the first pot. Lay a piece of cheesecloth over a fine mesh strainer. Pour the stock through this setup and into the clean pot to remove any fine particles. Cool to room temperature.
• Cover and move to refrigerator to cool completely, 3 to 4 hours. Remove the layer of fat that will congeal on top of the stock with a slotted spoon. Taste and adjust salt level. Use within a few days or freeze.

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:

• 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 (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:

• Put the chicken back and breastbone, parsley, celery, carrots, garlic, onions, tomatoes, peppercorns and bay leaves in a large (6-quart) pot. Add water to cover completely, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
• Reduce the heat to low and cook at a bare simmer, skimming the scum from the surface periodically and adding additional hot water as needed to keep the ingredients submerged, until the stock is flavorful, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Strain the stock through a fine-mesh sieve, and then divide it between two containers to cool quickly. Let cool completely before freezing or refrigerating. The stock keeps for about 1 week in the refrigerator and for many months in the freezer.

CHICKEN GUMBO WITH HOMEMADE STOCK

Steps:

• The stock ingredients are everything from 2 tbsp chicken bouillon and above. The gumbo ingredients is browned flour and below.
• Stock Directions.
• Heat a large stock pot over medium high heat for a few minutes.
• Rinse chicken and pat dry. Liberally sprinkle the chicken with salt, pepper and creole seasoning.
• Add the olive oil to the pot and brown the chicken in batches. Set aside for later.
• With the chicken removed, add all the veggies but the garlic. Saute for a few minutes then add the garlic and bay leaves. Saute one more minute.
• Put the chicken back into the pot. Add the water. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• Remove the stock from the heat. Remove chicken to a platter to cool. Strain stock into another pot to remove veggies. Defat if desired.
• Gumbo Directions.
• Heat a large steel pan over medium high heat for a few minutes. Add the flour. Stir constantly with a whisk so the flour does not burn. If it smokes too much, reduce heat.
• When the flour is the color of say chocolate milk powder, remove from heat and continue stirring as it will continue to brown in the hot pan. Keep stirring off the heat until the smoking has subsided.
• Heat a large nonstick stock pot over high heat for 4 minutes.
• Add all the onion, bell pepper and celery, creole seasoning and ¼ cup stock. Stir and cook until the stock is almost gone.
• Stir in another ¼ cup stock. Stir and cook until the stock is almost gone.
• Add the garlic. Cook and stir one more minute.
• Add 10 ounces of stock and the browned flour. Stir until a paste forms. Let this sit for 30 seconds or so. Stir and let it sit again for a little bit.
• Add the rest of the stock, chicken and sausage. Stir well to incorporate the flour.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add the gumbo filé powder. Reduce to a simmer. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add salt and pepper to taste. Chile powder is optional.

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.

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.

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.

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.

LIGHT HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• Combine 7 cups water, backbone, neck, onion, carrot, celery, and bay leaf in large pot; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover partially, and simmer 1 hour. Strain stock; discard solids in strainer. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 days ahead. Cool slightly. Chill uncovered until cold, then cover and chill.

HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• In large pot combine chicken, carrots, celery, bay leaf, peppercorns, onion. Add water and bring to a simmer. Skim off fat forming at top. Cook for 2 - 3 hours. Strain. Freeze or refrigerate.

HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• Combine the chicken breasts and wings, onions, carrots, celery, parsley, garlic, bay leaf, salt and peppercorns in a large stockpot. Add the water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce a gentle simmer and cook, uncovered, for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Strain the contents of the pot through a fine-mesh strainer and discard the solids. Transfer the stock to containers; let cool, then refrigerate. Once the stock has chilled, remove the fat that has congealed on the surface. Use immediately or freeze for up to 3 months.