Brown Chicken Stock Recipes

BROWN CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• In a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat the oil until smoking. Add the chicken bones and scraps and brown all over, stirring to avoid burning. Remove the chicken parts and reserve. Add the carrots, onions, and celery and cook until soft and browned. Return the chicken bones to the pot and add 3 quarts of water, the tomato paste, peppercorns, and parsley, stirring to dislodge the browned chicken and vegetable bits from the bottom of the pan. Bring almost to a boil, reduce the heat, and cook at a low simmer for 2 hours, until reduced by half, occasionally skimming excess fat. After cooking, remove from heat and strain out all solids, pressing them with the bottom of a ladle to extract all liquids. This can be frozen for up to 1 month.

BROWN CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F.
• Pat chicken dry and put in a large flameproof roasting pan (not glass) along with onion, carrots, and celery. Drizzle chicken and vegetables with oil and toss to coat, then arrange chicken pieces skin sides down. Roast, stirring once halfway through, until chicken and vegetables are golden brown, 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
• Straddle roasting pan (with chicken and vegetables still in it) across 2 burners, then add 1 cup water and deglaze pan by boiling over high heat, stirring and scraping up any browned bits, 1 minute.
• Transfer chicken and vegetables with pan sauce to a 6- to 8-quart stockpot and add salt and remaining 12 cups water, then bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, skimming foam from surface, 3 hours.
• Pour stock through a large sieve lined with cheesecloth or a triple layer of paper towels, discarding solids. If not using stock right away, cool to room temperature, uncovered, and then chill, covered.

BROWN CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• Rinse the bones twice in cold water to remove the blood.
• Preheat the oven to 450º F.
• Place the rinsed bones in a roasting pan and roast, stirring occasionally, until well browned all over.
• Transfer to the stockpot and simmer the bones in water to cover for 30 minutes.
• During this time, skim carefully.
• Meanwhile, put the vegetables in the same roasting pan and roast until brown all over, then add to the soup pot.
• Put the hot roasting pan over medium heat and add ½ cup dry white wine or water.
• Stir and scrape up all the browned bits from the bottom and sides of the pan and pour into the stock.
• Add bay leaf, peppercorns and parsley stems.
• Continue to simmer very slowly, uncovered, for 4 hours.
• Cool, strain, then refrigerate overnight, and scrape off the fat.
• If I want a concentrated stock, I boil the stock until it is half its volume.
• Refrigerate or freeze until needed.
• note: Rinsing the bones and then skimming during the first 30 minutes yields dividends in clarity and refinement of flavor.
• You can dispense with the rinsing and skimming, however.
• Just put all the ingredients in a pot, bring to a boil, and follow the recipe from there.

BROWN CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place chicken bones in single layer in one or two roasting pans. Place in oven and roast 40 to 60 minutes until well browned. Remove from oven and place bones in large stockpot. Add onion, celery, carrots and garlic to one roasting pan. Stir to coat with chicken juices, and return to oven. Roast 20 minutes until beginning to caramelize. Stir in tomato paste and roast another 15 minutes. Remove from oven and remove vegetables to stockpot. Add wine to roasting pan and scrape up browned bits. placing over a burner if necessary to loosen caramelized bits. Pour into stockpot. If you used 2 roasting pans for the bones, pour a little water or wine into the second one and scrape up caramelized juices; add to stockpot. Add herbs and peppercorns to stockpot, along with the contents of your stock bag, if using, then add enough cold water to generously cover the contents by 3 inches or so. Bring to a simmer over high heat then skim foam, reduce heat to very low, and simmer very gently 4 to 6 hours until all cartilage has melted off the bones. Strain through a coarse strainer into a large metal bowl, cool at room temperature 2 hours, then place in fridge uncovered until chilled thoroughly, then cover. Will keep for 2 days until made into soup or reduced and frozen as above to have on hand. Strain through fine mesh strainer before using or freezing.

CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• Place chicken, vegetables, and herbs and spices in 12-quart stockpot. Set opened steamer basket directly on ingredients in pot and pour over water. Cook on high heat until you begin to see bubbles break through the surface of the liquid. Turn heat down to medium low so that stock maintains low, gentle simmer. Skim the scum from the stock with a spoon or fine mesh strainer every 10 to 15 minutes for the first hour of cooking and twice each hour for the next 2 hours. Add hot water as needed to keep bones and vegetables submerged. Simmer uncovered for 6 to 8 hours.
• Strain stock through a fine mesh strainer into another large stockpot or heatproof container discarding the solids. Cool immediately in large cooler of ice or a sink full of ice water to below 40 degrees. Place in refrigerator overnight. Remove solidified fat from surface of liquid and store in container with lid in refrigerator for 2 to 3 days or in freezer for up to 3 months. Prior to use, bring to boil for 2 minutes. Use as a base for soups and sauces.

BROWN CHICKEN STOCK

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees. Spread chicken in a large roasting pan and roast until golden brown, 15 to 25 minutes. Add onions, carrots, tomatoes, and leek. Roast 25 minutes more, stirring occasionally. Transfer to a large stockpot. Add cloves, bouquet garni, and peppercorns.
• Place roasting pan over medium heat. Add wine and bring to a boil, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Add to stockpot.
• Add 10 cups of water to stockpot, or enough to cover bones by 2 inches. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, and cook, skimming as necessary, for 2 hours.
• Strain through a fine mesh sieve lined with damp cheesecloth. Cool to room temperature. Transfer to an airtight container. Refrigerate for up to 3 days, or freeze for up to 2 months.