All Purpose Chicken Broth From The Crock Pot Recipes

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN BONE BROTH RECIPE

Steps:

• Rinse vegetables and herbs and place into a slow cooker.
• Add chicken bones and all remaining ingredients to slow cooker and cover with enough water so that all ingredients are submerged.
• Turn on slow cooker to low heat and let cook for 12-18 hours.
• Remove from heat and carefully separate the vegetables and bones from the broth.
• Strain the broth into a bowl through a colander, and strain once more through a cheesecloth to remove any remaining particles.
• Pour broth into an airtight jar and store in the refrigerator for up to a week, or freeze for up to 3 months.

CHICKEN BROTH IN A SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• Place the chicken pieces, water, celery, carrots, onion, and basil in a slow cooker.
• Cook on Low setting for 8 to 10 hours. Strain before using, and discard vegetables. Chicken may be removed from the bones, and used in soup.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN BONE BROTH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place chicken bones, garlic cloves, carrots, celery, and onion on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Toss to coat.
• Roast in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, stirring halfway through.
• Transfer roasted bones and vegetables into a 6-quart slow cooker. Add vinegar, bay leaves, salt, and peppercorns. Cover completely with water and cook on Low for 24 to 48 hours, adding 1 to 2 cups more water during the cooking process, to keep bones submerged.
• Strain broth using a fine mesh strainer. Pour into jars and refrigerate until ready to use.

OVERNIGHT CHICKEN BROTH

Steps:

• Put the chicken bones, carrots, celery, parsnips, bay leaves, thyme, onion, salt and pepper into a large slow cooker. Cover with water by 2 inches, then set on low. Cook for 10 to 12 hours overnight. Strain the broth through a fine-mesh strainer, then store in jars.

ALL-PURPOSE CROCK POT CHICKEN

Steps:

• If using thigh portions or a cut up fryer, etc, remove all skin and as much fat as possible. I boil the skins with garlic for the dog.
• There is no need to bone the chicken.
• Put about 1/4 inch water in the slow cooker.
• Rinse the chicken well, getting into the crevices, and sprinkle with the Cajun seasoning on both sides.
• Go easy at first; this is NOT low-salt and it tends to be a little spicy.
• I start immediately placing the chicken in the slow cooker.
• I rinse one piece, season both sides, and layer it in the pot. When you are done seasoning all the chicken (I generally do 2-3 lbs in a batch; less is not worth the time), cover the pot and let the chicken stand for 30 minutes.
• At the end of that time, cover the chicken fully with water (don't skimp) and set the cooker on "Low." Cooking time is up to you.
• A minimum of 8-10 hours is what I recommend. I usually set the chicken cooking in an afternoon, and let it cook overnight. Often it will cook for 12-24 hours.
• This is an excellent dish for those of us who never learned to properly debone a chicken ;) At the end of the cooking time, merely pull out the chicken pieces and separate the bones from the meat. It will literally fall apart. Save the broth for adding to mashed potatoes, gravy, rice or soup.
• You will have a good deal of chicken here. Separate into smaller portions and freeze.

CROCK POT CHICKEN BROTH

Steps:

• Place all ingredients into 3 quart slow cooker. Add water to cover all by 2 to 3 inches. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour.
• Uncover and skim off the foam on the surface. Cover, reduce heat to low and cook for 8 to 12 hours. If the water cooks down below the level of the ingredients, add a bit more boiling water.
• Uncover and let cool to lukewarm. Set a large collander lined with cheesecloth or a fine mesh strainer over a large bowl and pour the broth through to strain. Press down on the vegetables to extract all the liquid. Discard the vegetables, skin and bones. Taste the stock and add salt to taste.
• Store broth (tightly covered) in the refridgerator up to 3 days or freeze up to 4 months.

CROCK POT CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• After eating the cooked chickens for the original chicken dinners pick all meat from bones and reserve for other purposes.
• Break the bones apart so that they'll fit better into the crock pot.
• Put bones, skin, and fat from the chickens and the giblets, if available, into a 6qt crock pot.
• Add vegetables.
• Add cold water until crock pot is full to 1 1/2 inches below the rim.
• Cook on high 4 hours and then on low for another 6-8 hours.
• Strain the stock through a colander or cheesecloth and chill to solidify the fat for easy removal.
• Portion out and freeze stock in whatever quantities suit your needs.
• Tip -- Be sure that the water is COLD. Cold water draws the goodness out of the bones and veggies while hot water seals it inches So for stock you want to start with cold water and heat slowly to draw all the flavor into the stock while for cooking the meat/veggies to eat those you would plunge them into boiling water and cook rapidly to preserve the flavor in the meat/veggies.
• Tip -- Don't avoid using the fat. It adds flavor as it simmers and you remove it at the end anyway.
• Tip -- Unless your budget dictates that no possible source of protein/calories should be overlooked any meat that might be remaining on the bones is not worth salvaging because it will be mushy and tasteless.
• Tip -- This strong, jellied stock can be diluted with up to an equal quantity of water if you need to stretch the supply.
• Tip -- If one of the other uses you have for the chicken meat is chicken salad or any other dish that calls for celery you can substitute the leaves and trimmings from several celery stocks instead of using whole stalks.
• Tip -- Some people use the onions peel and all. I find stock made that way can be a touch bitter. But it does give a very rich color when using yellow onions. Try it once to see if you like it. (If you don't the stock is not wasted because you can use it in curry where the intensity of the spices will overpower the unwanted flavor anyway).
• Tip -- you can save chicken carcasses and giblets in the freezer until wanted.
• Tip -- You can substitute turkey or use a mix of turkey and chicken if you have it on hand.