Chicken Broth

Total Time: 5 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• 12 1/4 ounces celery ribs (about 4 large stalks)
• 8 1/2 ounces carrots (about 4 medium carrots)
• 29 1/8 ounces yellow onions, with skins (about 2 large onions)
• 4 1/3 lbs whole chickens (bones, skin, meat, and neck)
• 2 1/3 ounces italian parsley, fresh
• 6 garlic cloves
• 6 bay leaves
• 2 tablespoons thyme, dried
• 1 tablespoon peppercorns
• 48 cups water, cold

Recipe

• 1 cover all ingredients with water, cover the pot, and bring to a simmer over high heat.
• 2 reduce heat, maintaining the simmer and cook, covered, for 60 minutes.
• 3 remove the chicken carcass. remove the skin, bones, neck, and cartillage and place those items back into the pot. re-cover and return to a simmer. set the meat aside for later use in other recipes -- possibly chicken soup.
• 4 remove the lid and simmer, uncovered, for another 3.5 hours.
• 5 strain the liquid of all solids, taste, and season with salt to taste.