28.10.09

Chicken Broth & Chicken Stock



Chicken Broth & Chicken Stock: (Totally Indian Way)Chicken Clear Soup. Chicken Broth. Chicken Stock.

What is the difference between chicken broth and chicken stock? Do you'll know! Not that two are entirely different. Broth and Stock call for the same vegetables, spices and herbs...just the simmering time is less and more respectively. This is one of my kitchen essentials. Its not that hard to make at home. Better than the store bought one, believe me. Absolutely no MSG, heavy salt or any form of preservatives added.

As the rainy season is already here...I was looking for chicken broth in the fridge and thought, have I blogged about it! I was scrolling through my blog up and down to find the recipe...oh it appears I didn't post it at all! I took this picture almost 3 years before and totally forgot. Well, the picture may look dull and unpleasant, but recipe was a grand success. Here you go...

Ingredients:

One whole hen (I used Cornish hen tho')
Carrots 4 chopped
Beans/ Cabbage can be used (but I don't prefer them)
Celery 4-6 stems with leaves
Onions 2
Ginger 4" chopped
Garlic 1/2 head, peeled & chopped
Tomato 1 (optional)
Salt
Turmeric (pinch)
Bay leaves 4
Peppercorns 4 spoons
Cumin 4 spoons
Coriander seeds 4 spoons
Cilantro 1/2 bunch (if yours is mostly Indian food)
Parsley 1/2 bunch (if yous is mostly International food like Italian, American)
Jalapenos 4
Wild rice 1 fistful

Chicken Broth:

Simmer everything together for 15-20 minutes. And decant the broth and store in the fridge for later use.

It can be invariably used for you pilaf, biriyani, korma, stew, soup etc.

Chicken Stock:

Continue boiling for at least 4-6 hours. Hmmm, remove the vegetables in between...probably at the end of first hour, as they tend to loose their aroma and shape.

Stock is bit rich and dense in my opinion makes great addition to the thick gravies, sauces and I also sneak them in stir-fries.

15 comments:

Sarah Naveen said...

Hey Malar..Thnx for this nice recipe...i was always looking for chicken broth recipe
Its a must in the winter season,as well

Sushma Mallya said...

Nice recipe of stock...didnt know so many ingredients needed for it..i always use stock cubes only because of my laziness but this time ill do home made one..

Sailaja Damodaran said...

Nice one....Looks perfect

prasu said...

nice post dear............lovely and perfect texture.

Sangeetha Subhash said...

Nice recipe malar..Very useful..Thanks for sharing.

meeso said...

Wow, it was hard to get here from the darn pop-up advertisement ;) But now I see what I was coming for and it looks soooo tasty :)

Balakrishna Saraswathy said...

Very comforting recipe for the cold climate..I would love to make fishball noddle soup with these:)D

Sanghi said...

Perfect stock malar!

Ushnish Ghosh said...

Dear Malar
Good that I tagged your blog and get all the new things. I really didn't have any idea about the difference betn broth and stock!!Thank you.
When I end up with good quantity of broth or stock (long boiled), some I cube up in the deep fridge,for long pre4servation, particularly prawn broth/stock
happy cooking

Shama Nagarajan said...

delicious recipe..thank you for sharing

Spice said...

Yeap..U are right nothing like homemade stock.....I always keep it handy.My DD loves clear chicken soup, so specially in cold season got to have it....BTW thankx for visiting my space....U have a big collection here...good...

Akal's Saappadu said...

creech creech, I just made a couple of days back; I always have a bottle or two in my refrigerator. very useful recipe for everyday!

Cham said...

I never made stock or broth at home! Perfect for this season :)

Cynthia said...

Ummmm, that broth sounds heavenly!

Yasmeen said...

Warming soup,I made some sterday for my sick little one.