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Homemade STOCKS are truly wondrous healers.
I used to think making stock was daunting, that it took too much time, that I just wasn't into THAT much WORK.... lots of excuses...
Well its expensive to buy lots of stock, and it is not nearly as nutritious out of a box as it is freshly homemade... So I have been experimenting over a long while on how to make stock, THE EASY PEASY WAY!!!!
So here is what I do....
- I roast a whole chicken, or a cut up whole chicken to serve for dinner one night, or to use the meat throughout the week... Whatever....
- After I pull of the meat from the carcass I place it in my large crockpot and add a few carrots, a couple cut up onions, some crushed peppercorns, and sometimes some dried ginger or a bay leaf... I fill the crock pot up to the brimm with filtered water and turn that baby on low...
- 12-24 hours later I turn it down to warm and let it keep going for another day or so...
- Last- Strain, Strain, and Strain again until you have a beautiful DARK BROWN glorious stock!!!!! ( I use a cheesecloth lined strainer)
YOU CAN LOAD ALL THE BONES BACK IN THE CROCKPOT and DO IT ALL AGAIN!
- I find that the second round of stock is even better than the first!!!!!
Thats a lot of STOCK from one chicken carcass. I usually fill up bell jars and put them in the fridge to use through-out the week!!!
-just make sure you reheat on the stove, the microwave will kill all that good for your gut goodness!!-
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