Chicken Stock

Ingredients list for Chicken Stock

• 200 grams chicken bones
• 1 medium onion, quartered
• 1 medium carrot, roughly chopped
• 2-3 stalks of fresh parsley, roughly chopped
• 1 stalk of celery. roughly chopped
• 1 leek, roughly chopped
• 6-7 black peppercorns
• 5-6 cloves
• 1 bay leaf

Method

1. Wash and clean bones, remove any excess fat. Heat sufficient water in a pan and put the bones in it and boil for five minutes. Drain and remove the bones.
2. Put blanched bones, onion, carrot, celery, parsley, leek, leek leaves, peppercorns, cloves and bayleaf in a stockpot or deep pan with ten cups of water and heat.
3. Bring the stock to a boil, remove any scum, which comes on the top and replace it with more cold water. Simmer the stock for a minimum period of one hour.
4. Remove from heat, strain, cool and store in a refrigerator till further use.

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