You can buy chicken broth in the store. But a homemade dish will be more special indeed. If you want to simmer a fall soup or make a healthy stew, the homemade chicken broth can be a good solution. A homemade chicken broth can make your dish excellent. The rich flavor of your homemade broth helps you to impress your dinner guests on any occasion. By preparing the chicken broth at home you can make sure that you’re getting exacting what you want. You can control the ingredients and get nutrients from a range of vegetables. Here are some tips to prepare the healthy homemade chicken broth:
Collect your ingredients
You need several ingredients like small pieces of chicken, large onion, medium carrots. You can add parsley, garlic, and peppercorns. You also need different supplies such as stockpot, skimmer, cheesecloth, twine, and a colander. Before starting, you need to gather all these ingredients and supplies ready.
Include water
Place a tall and narrow stockpot and cover it with cool water. You need to make sure that the pot is taller than the chicken. It will help the water to flow around ingredients. It will also make easier to extract the most flavor. It will allow you to skim away anything that rises to the surface.
Add vegetables
After that, you need to bring the water to a simmer gently. Then skim and discard anything that rises on the top. You need to do it for 30 minutes. You can add some veggies like onion, carrot, and celery. Then continue simmering for 1.5-2 hours.
Make and include a package of herbs
You have to make a package of herbs wrapped in cheesecloth. Add parsley, thyme, garlic, peppercorns, and bay leaf on the top of the cheesecloth. Then wrap up it with twine. You can add this easily into the pot and simmer until the chicken is super tender. It will help you to infuse the flavor of the herbs into the broth. Be aware of the time of adding the herb package, because the flavors may cook away completely or it can become dull if you add it too early.
Remove vegetables
Use a large bowl to transfer the chicken and vegetables. Then season the broth with salt and shred the meat. After discarding the skin and bones you can serve it with soup. You need to set over another pot or measuring cup. It will help you to catch any additional scraps left in the broth.
Store the broth
You can reserve the chicken broth or use it for another recipe. You can refrigerate it for up to 5 days or freeze it for up to 3 months.