Fake Chicken Stock

Name: Fake Chicken Stock
Yield: Makes 5 cups (1.25 l)
Ingredients: 1 pound (450 g) chicken bones, backs, necks, or wings, or a combination; 1 large can (6 cups; 1.5 l) commercial chicken broth or 6 cups (1.5 l) water with the appropriate number of stock cubes; 2 packages (18 g) gelatin; 1 large yellow onion, skin on, quartered

Preparation info

Makes
5 cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Soup

By Barbara Kafka

Published 1998

About

There are times when I want a stock, don’t have any on hand, and don’t have time to make a real one, but have a little time to do something a bit better than just open a can or dissolve a stock cube in water. This is better.

Ingredients

1 large can (6 cups; 1.5 l) commercial chicken broth or 6

Stock
Soup

Method

In a medium saucepan, bring the broth, bones, and onion to a boil. Lower the heat slightly. Cook at a low boil for 30 minutes.

Strain through a fine-mesh sieve, pressing down on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Skim the fat. Return the broth to the saucepan.

Sprinkle the gelatin over ½