One-hour chicken stock

Name: One-hour chicken stock
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Makes about 6 cups
Ingredients: 10 peppercorns; 3 sprigs thyme; 4 cloves garlic; 1 bay leaf; ½ stalk celery, chopped; ½ leek, trimmed, well washed and chopped; 2 pounds chicken wings, cut into 3 or 4 pieces each; 1 medium carrot, peeled and chopped; ½ large onion; 4 cloves

Preparation info

Makes about
6 cups

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 15

Appears in

Simple to Spectacular

By Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman

Published 2000

About

Our basic stock, quick and easy enough to make while you’re doing something else. It’s so flavorful that you may find yourself regretting using canned stock when this runs out.

Ingredients

½ large onion
4 cloves
2 pounds chicken wings, cut into 3 or 4 pieces each

Stock
Soup
Gluten-free

Method

Stud the onion with the cloves and combine all the ingredients with 6 cups water in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat so that the mixture bubbles steadily but not rapidly. Cook, skimming any foam that accumulates, for about 1 hour.
Cool slightly, then strain. Refrigerate (you can skim off the fat after the stock cools completely) and use withi