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Oct. 6, 2008~ Getting things done-Thrifty meal tip ~
I have spent the last few days canning. Canning pear syrup, pear butter and chicken broth. Has anyone else noticed how expensive just a plain old box of good for you(or at least as good as it can be) chicken broth has gotten? Here is my little ol recipe for chicken broth that you can can. It actually is a way to make chicken stretch over several days ending in canning the broth.
Here goes...
buy 2 whole chickens ( or get them out of your yard, freezer...whatever works for you)
1st day-
roast 1 chicken on you bbq and have roasted chicken, biscuits, coleslaw and corn on the cob.
save leftover chicken carcass in fridge 2nd day-
have baked chicken and apples(with butter,brown sugar and cinnamon) with stuffing and a salad. save leftover chicken carcass in fridge 3rd day In your crock pot make veggie soup with noodles(making sure to have a good amount of leftovers for tomorrow) and have with biscuits.
On this day take both chickens and put in BIG stock pot, fill with water. Add carrots, onions, celery and any seasonings you like. Simmer half the day on med low- getting really hot but not boiling. Cool and keep in pot overnight in fridge (or porch if it is a cool night) 4th day Put leftover veggie soup on warm in crock pot. Take stock pot w/chickens and take any meat off the chicken carcass(throw the bones away or give them to your chickens to finish off) adding to your veggie soup- you now have chicken noodle soup! You can even add cream to make it a cream of chicken noodle soup. Eat this tonight.
Strain all the liquid out of the stock pot using a jelly bag. Set aside the liquid. Take all the veggies you just strained out and add them to your soup for tonight.
Fill canning jars with the chicken stock you have set aside. Water bath them for 10 min. and you now have chicken broth for several more meals.
Thanks for this great idea, Lori. It's really so much more than plain ol' chicken broth!
I'm not a canner---yet! But I do freeze my broth in quart-size zipper bags. If you squeeze all the air out and freeze 'em flat on a cookie sheet, they stack really well!
I am a wife to a man who can do everything (Lovingly referred to as MacGyver), mom of 10 (1 married in, 1 almost married in and one adopted in) and a Nana to 4.
I am all about growing in Christ, family, handcrafts and the art of homemaking. My newest passion is knitting.
We live on a small homestead in NE Washington. Raising pigs, chickens and goats, growing a garden and revamping an older home.
