How to Make Homemade Chicken Broth in Your Crockpot

As promised, here’s the second recipe that uses your crockpot whole chicken. Click here to see the first post if you missed it.

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Today’s recipe should actually be cooked right after you cook your crockpot whole chicken.  Once you’ve cooked your whole chicken in the crockpot and removed the meat from the bones, throw the bones, and any skin and/or fat, right back in the crockpot (yes, with the onions and the juice that is already in the pot).  Add in the following ingredients:

1 – 2 carrots, roughly chopped (I include the ends of carrots too)
1 – 2 stalks of celery, roughly chopped (sometimes I use the leftover pieces of celery that I normally wouldn’t include in a recipe, but that are technically edible since we are just looking for the flavor and nutrients here)
1 bay leaf
1 sprig of fresh parsley (or about 1 tbsp dried parsley)
1 sprig of fresh thyme (or about 1 tsp dried thyme)
Salt and pepper to taste

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Now fill the rest of the pot almost to the top with water.  Cover, and then let it cook on low overnight.  In the morning, you’ll smell a wonderful, savory aroma of homemade chicken broth as you walk into your kitchen.  Turn off your crockpot if it hasn’t gone off on it’s own, let it cool a bit, and then take out a large bowl and a strainer.  I usually strain my chicken broth into a large bowl, and then transfer the broth from the bowl into the smaller freezer containers.  Do whatever is easiest for you. 

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Make sure to label your containers with the contents and date, and let the broth cool completely before putting them in the freezer for long term storage.  I only make one batch of broth from these chicken parts, but I have heard of others who will throw it all back into the pot, add more water, and put it cooking again.  I just simply don’t use that much broth on a regular basis to need to do so.

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So what do I use my chicken broth for? I have an easy one-pot recipe for chicken alfredo that calls for chicken broth.  I include my homemade chicken broth in gumbo, chicken tortilla soup, and even sometimes in chicken rice and gravy.  I also use it in soups, and sometimes even as a replacement for beef broth, depending on what recipe it is.  It’s also really healthy to drink on its own. What do you use chicken broth for?

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