I was refusing to make my own chicken broth for many years, but the day I made some, I was regretting not doing it earlier. If you haven’t made broth at home, I would highly recommend it. It does simmer for a very long time, but it’s not much hands-on.
This chicken broth will infuse a soup with great flavors, but can also add flavors to many other recipes, such as rice or other grains.
Store broth in a refrigerator for up to a week or freeze it in a plastic container for several months.
Soups to Make with a Chicken Broth
Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 Chicken Drumsticks
- 3 medium Carrots
- 1 medium Onion
- 1 Garlic Head
- 3 Bay Leaves
- 2 tbsp Salt
Instructions
- Place chicken, carrots, bay leaves, onion and garlic head into a large pot. You don't need to peel onion, garlic or the carrots. You can use frozen chicken.
- Fill the pot with water, bring the broth to a boil. Reduce heat to very low and leave it simmering for 3-4 hours.
- Run through a drainer lined with a paper towel.
- Don't discard chicken, break it into pieces and set aside, you can use it to make soup.
- Store broth in a refrigerator for up to a week. You can also store broth in a freezer, using a plastic container, for several months. Don't freeze broth in glass jars, I have tried it and they break, as the broth freezes.
Nutrition Facts
Easy Homemade Chicken Broth
Amount Per Serving
Calories 282
Calories from Fat 126
% Daily Value*
Fat 14g22%
Saturated Fat 4g20%
Cholesterol 139mg46%
Sodium 4852mg202%
Potassium 586mg17%
Carbohydrates 10g3%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 28g56%
Vitamin A 10260IU205%
Vitamin C 6.6mg8%
Calcium 44mg4%
Iron 1.2mg7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Hi, can you tell me what do you do with the carrots, onion, and garlic after the broth is done? I dont want to waste them necessarily...
I waste them because all the vitamins and flavor a go into the broth. I think you could use them in soup but they do really over cook.
IF you have a compost pile. Then use them there, along with coffee grounds egg shells potato peelings etc.
Yes!! I have seen that trick, great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for this recipe. I am on a restricted diet now and I can only have liquid foods ..... when I looked at the sodium content of the box broth I wanted to cry 😢 ....But with your recipe, I can control my sodium content. Thank you so much I'm making it now and it smells terrific!
So funny, I was on a diet for some time and it really helped me stay on diet. I am glad you loved it 🙂
How can I use your homemade broth to incorporate it with this recipe. Do I omit the onions and just rely on the onions in the broth?
Run through a drainer lined with a paper towel. After that you should have clear broth that you can use in recipes.
I mostly add it to soups, my husband likes when i cook bulgur with broth and pieces of pork in the rice cooker it becomes double cooked meat :), or i cook buckwheat in broth, make any kind vegetable stir fry and top it with pieces of meat,
Great ideas, thank you for your time!!!
Its the most delicious broth, i have been making it for years and not only with chicken but with pork too, i always add pepercorns to it for a great aroma
Hey Lana, What do you do with the cooked pork? I love the pork idea. Thanks for the tip.
I also add celery to mine. This is the prefect time of the year to make it
I have been thinking to on adding celery, but I really dont like the smell of it. That keeps me wondering if the smell is too powerful.
No,actually smell of the cooked selery very good, not too powerful .
Hi, thank you for the tip. I'll try it next time!
Did you know if you "can" the broth, it can last up to a month, maybe more?? Best trick I ever heard. You just have to do the whole process of sterilizing the cans, getting the broth up to a boil, and then putting it in the jars upside down so they seal and wait until they cool to put in the fridge. Great tasting broth like it was made yesterday!
To can you should put the filled jars in a water bath and process them.
I would use a pressure cooker to process them.
Thank you so much for this wonderful tip. I think this will help many.
Sorry sterilizing the jars I mean:)
Thanks for sharing this tip on canning the broth. I will have to try it on the day I make too much broth.
Please address how big of a
Pot your using and how much broth turns out at then end. Thank you 🙂
I started with 8 quarts of water, in the end I had 3-4 quarts of broth