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Chicken Bone Broth is the Best Base for Most Soups

Easy Homemade Chicken Bone Broth

Chicken bone broth is healthy, filled with nutrients, super easy to make and costs only pennies
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Servings: 6 cups
Course: Soup
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large Roasted, fully cooked chicken with meat removed Make your own roasted chicken, or purchase a store roasted chicken. Our local Costco sells them; they're tasty and inexpensive.
  • 8 cups (approx) water, enough to cover the chicken bones

Method
 

  1. Break Chicken carcass in half lengthwise. Place carcass and remaining bones into large saucepan, bring to a light boil. Reduce heat and simmer on low for approximately 2 hours with lid on. Check heat periodically to make sure soup remains at a simmer and water doesn't go below a couple of inches from top of chicken carcass.
  2. Remove from heat, let cool 15 -30 minutes. Using a colander placed over a large bowl, place contents of pot into colander, shake colander over bowl to collect as much broth in the bowl as possible. Discard bones.
  3. Store broth in cover container in refrigerator up to 5 days, or in freezer up to 3 months

Notes

IMPORTANT NOTE: Chicken bones must be covered with water for the first 15 or so minutes of cooking. Then, level can be allowed to drop below an inch or so below the top of the chicken carcass.  Otherwise, the water will boil off very quickly leaving you with only the bones and little to no broth.