Overnight Chicken Stock in Crockpot

Ingredients

• 1 whole(s) left over chicken bones or carcass
• 1 whole(s) onion peeled and loosely chopped
• 1 piece(s) celery roughly chopped
• 1 piece(s) carrot rough chopped (no need to peel)
• 1 piece(s) bay leaf
• 1 sprig(s) fresh parsley
• 1 sprig(s) fresh thyme

Preparation

1. 1. After removing all edible meat from the chicken put/leave the bones, skin, cooking juices, etc. in the crock pot. If you are using the chicken carcass from the “The Best Whole Chicken in the Crock Pot” recipe just leave every single thing that’s leftover (except the good meat of course) in the crock pot including the original onion and spices you used when making the chicken.


2. 2. Add the onion, celery, carrot and spices on top of the bones and fill the crock pot almost to the top with tap water (leaving about ½” at the top).


3. 3. Turn the slow cooker onto “low” after dinner and cook all night long or alternatively you could start it in the morning and cook on “low” for 8 – 10 hours during the day.


4. 4. After the stock is done cooking turn off the heat and, using a soup ladle, pass the stock through a fine sieve to remove all herbs/bones/etc.


5. 5. Either refrigerate or freeze the stock for future use. I usually freeze some in both 1 and 2-cup portions, and I also sometimes freeze stock in ice cube trays just in case I just “need a little” for making sauce or rice. This stock is great in soups like chicken noodle soup and also in rice like risotto.