Home-made Chicken Stock

It gives me great joy to make anything from scratch and I've now prepared this home-made chicken stock. Batch of stock is now ready and will use it up to make Chicken soup.

I'm a die hard fan of Gordon Ramsay. In spite of his usage of the F word every minute, I like to watch his TV shows :) I remember him making this stock and thought of giving it a try.

Recipe Source: Adapted from Gordon Ramsay

Ingredients:

Chicken carcass - 1 (shown above the chicken carcass part or use chicken bones)
Brown onions - 2 nos
Carrot - 1
Celery stick - 2
Garlic pod - 1
Bay leafy - 2
Crushed Black peppercorns - 1 tbsp
Dried herbs - 1 tsp (or use any fresh herb)
Salt

Instructions:

• Combine all the ingredients in the stock pot and pour enough cold water.

• Switch on high flame and let it begin to boil.
• Once it boils, simmer the flame for maximum 40 minutes.
• Using a ladle, try to take out the impurities that get formed as a top layer of the stock.
• Using sieve, pour the mixture and just use the clear stock.
• The stock can be refrigerated for 2-3 days or can be kept in freezer for later use.

Notes:

As I've used just a single chicken carcass or if using bones of a chicken, there is no need to simmer the stock for long hours. Maximum simmer time would be 40-45 minutes.