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Homemade Chicken Stock

Equipment

  • Crock Pot

Ingredients

  • 2 Small Chicken Carcasses Bones and fat
  • 1 Gallon Bag Frozen Vegetable Scraps Onions, Carrots and Celery
  • 2 tbsp Kosher Salt
  • 1 tbsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 tbsp Dried Thyme
  • 1 tbsp Dried Rosemary
  • 1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Water as needed

Instructions

  • To a crockpot, add chicken carcasses and top with frozen vegetables.
  • Cover chicken and vegetables with seasonings and apple cider vinegar.
  • Fill crockpot to top with water and cook on high for 6 hours.
  • In a large casserole dish, add a strainer and strain contents of crockpot into casserole dish. You may need a second casserole dish.
  • Pour contents that remain in strainer into a Ziplock bag, close and discard.
  • Cover the casserole dishes with plastic wrap and very carefully move the casserole dishes once they have cooled some to the refrigerator and let cool overnight.
  • The next day, remove the casserole dish. If you wish to remove the layer of fat from the top, you can skim the fat off the top. I keep the fat on mine when I'm using my stock for a casserole with rice. If you're using this recipe for a soup or stew, I recommend skimming the fat off.
  • Spoon out 4-6 cups of stock into freezer size gallon bags. It will be very gelatinous which is good for you! Don't worry, it reduces back to a liquid state when warmed.
  • Lay freezer bags flat in freezer.
  • To thaw, you can either move the bag to your refrigerator one day prior to use, run the bag under room temperature water or add the contents straight to a stock pot to heat up. Use it just as you would a regular stock or broth.