Basic Chicken broth

Prep Time - 10 min

Cook Time - 2 - 10 hrs

Serves - 6 - 8

 

 

Ingredients

  • 3lb Roast Chicken

  • 1 Quartered Onion

  • 2 Large Carrots

  • 4 Celery stocks

  • 1 Lemon

  • Bay leaf

  • Salt & Pepper to taste

 

STEPS

  1.  Preheat oven to 375°

  2.  Wash, rinse, and pat dry chicken (remove and discard the innards)

  3.  Salt and pepper cavity of chicken

  4.  Fill chicken cavity with two bay leaves and half a lemon

  5.  Coat outer skin of chicken with olive oil

  6.  Apply salt and pepper generously

  7.  Roast chicken in oven for approximately one hour until thermometer registers to 170 degrees

  8.  Once chicken has cooled, remove meat from chicken, setting aside for future use (see quick chicken pho, spicy chicken soup)

  9.  Return bones and carcass to stock pot and add 10 cups of water and additional salt, pepper and bay leaf (you can also use a slow cooker for this)

  10.  Bring to boil and turn down to simmer for 2 – 10 hours (longer simmer results in deeper flavor broth)