
How To Make Homemade Chicken Broth
Skip the store-bought options and make your own chicken broth at home with this recipe, with all the goodness of carrots, celeries, and fresh herbs.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3chicken breast halves
- 1onion,quartered
- 1tomato,quartered
- 1cupcarrots
- 2stalkscelery
- 2clovesgarlic
- 3sprigsthyme leaves
- 3bay leaves
- fresh herbs,cilantro or parsley
- whole peppercorns
- kosher salt
Instructions
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Place all ingredients into crock pot and fill with water.
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Cover and cook on High for 4 hours or Low for 8 hours.
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When it’s done, throw out all the vegetables, strain the liquid and remove the chicken for other recipes, like chicken salad, or anything that calls for shredded chicken.
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If you’re not using the stock right away you can store it in containers and refrigerate for up to 2 days or freeze for several months.
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When the stock is chilled, the fat will rise to the top and harden and you can easily remove it.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 609.52kcal
- Fat:Â 25.30g
- Saturated Fat:Â 7.21g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.27g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 10.14g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 5.55g
- Carbohydrates:Â 36.43g
- Fiber:Â 10.10g
- Sugar:Â 15.52g
- Protein:Â 59.69g
- Cholesterol:Â 167.04mg
- Sodium:Â 1700.35mg
- Calcium:Â 200.44mg
- Potassium:Â 1767.51mg
- Iron:Â 5.12mg
- Vitamin A: 1194.27µg
- Vitamin C:Â 52.89mg
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