Great Chicken stock

Ingredients

  • carcass of chicken or turkey
  • 1 large onion quartere
  • 2 carrots cut into pieces
  • 2 stalks celery cut into pieces
  • 2 garlic cloves peeled
  • 5 qts cold water
  • 2 bay leaves
  • fresh thyme, parsley
  • peppercorns

Preparation

Step 1

put first 7 ingredients in large stockpot and make sure the chicken is covered by 1 inch.
cook on high till boils, then turn to low. cook on low for 3 hours uncovered

last 30 minutes add other 3 ingredients

strain stock and discard solids.

store in frig up to 4 days or in freezer up to 3 months