Cooking Tips – Making Delicious Chicken Stock
Tasty Chicken Stock
Makes 3 litres
Prep time : 10 minutes
Cooking time : 2 hours 20 minutes
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Ingredients
Head of garlic.
3 kilograms chicken wings.
4 large brown onions.
1 small red chili, or 1 tablespoon chili flakes.
1 tablespoon black pepper corns
3 sticks of celery.
2 large carrots.
4 bay leaves.
1 tablespoon of olive oil.
Method
Joint the drumstick from the rest of the wing. Smash the 2 remaining joints with the back of a stiff knife or cleaver.
Cut the head of garlic through middle, effecively halving the cloves.
Finely slice the chili.
Roughly halve then slice the onions.
Roughly chop the carrots and the celery.
Add the oil to a 7-10 litre stock pot and heat over medium heat.
Add the garlic, onions and chili and fry until the onions begin to colour, about 5 minutes.
Add some of the chicken wings and fry until the skin has coloured.
Add the rest of the ingredients and fry, stirring constantly for 5-10 minutes.
Add enough hot water to the pot to cover all the ingredients, then add 2 more litres.
Simmer gently for 2 hours, removing any scum that forms as a layer at the top of the stockpot.
Once cooking time has finished, use a slotted spoon to remove all solids from the pot, discarding all but the drumstick portions of the wings.
The meat left on this joint is good to use in a chicken soup if that is the reason you are making this stock.
Pour remianing liquid through a fine sieve into a 4 litre heatproof container.
To use the stock immediately, allow to stand for 30 minutes, then carefully skim away the layer of fat that rises to the top. Top up to 3 litres using boiled water if needed
If you will be using the stock the next day, or freezing it for later use, refrigerate overnight. The fat layer will solidify and can then be scraped away from the rest of the stock. Top up to 3 litres using boiled water if needed
Portion and freeze for later use.
Notes
This stock will become gelatinous when cooled. This is a sign of a wonderfully rich home made stock.
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