I took the skin off the chicken drumsticks I used and there was no "scum" on the surface to skim. I love to take all my herbs and put them into a big tea bag! Have a picture you'd like to add to your comment? After letting it cook for about 12 hours total, I removed the top and let it cook for another 4 hours to allow the liquid to reduce and the flavors to concentrate. I make chicken stock usually every couple of weeks. https://www.flickr.com/photos/75667634@N00/39652827421/in/dateposted-public/. Carrots ensure sweetness. Marvelous flavor and gelling power. I will be making this again and again!! Amanda, that’s so terrific to hear, thank you for taking the time to let us know. Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and place in the bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker. They’ve been a lifesaver! I’d characterize this as a rich stock…great to make on a busy day. Season with salt and pepper. This can help to lock in moisture, speed up cooking time or simply to improve visual appearance of the finished dish. It makes you feel better, a comfort. I then reheat enough to stir thoroughly before dividing into containers. Perhaps because you can walk away from it and not worry about the gas flame being a little too high and causing the stock to boil raucously and turn cloudy and bitter or being a little too low and extending the already long process. I’ve always wanted to make homemade stock because I make almost everything else homemade and I want to avoid the sodium from store-bought stock. Enter your email address and get all of our updates sent to your inbox the moment they're posted. Remove chicken and shred or chop, … We should get more excited about chicken stock. Scatter the herbs around the veggies. Many thanks! Jody, I never realized that. Freeze in resealable plastic bags in 1- to 2-cup portions. That’s another matter entirely. I will never buy a bouillon cube again! Or just the bulb? A great recipe to have during the colder months for all of the soup we all plan to make. If I’ve used a pack of fresh, raw, chicken, put straight into the slow cooker, then I will cook it for 1 hour on HIGH and then 4-5 hours on LOW. They probably have them in the grocery stores..cheese cloth doubled upto works...I do it just to keep it clear! They did not. Still, if you’re the sort who doesn’t like to necessarily adhere to a recipe, we’ve a few things you may wish to consider in terms of ingredients…. This is a wonderful entry-level stock. I am a stock buff. Not having to stir it every few minutes and being able to walk away was great. :). It adds a bit of dimension from anything from this broth to cookie dough and I’ve added it to my repertoire of hmmm-what-IS-that-flavor substitutions like browned butter and buttermilk. i've done this for years! Like the ones you get from Davids Tea. This filled the cooker about half full. Let it be a lesson to you. I know this has become a tome but I would just add that I stopped putting my slow cooker away a couple months ago. I let it go overnight—probably 13 hours—then I shut the slow cooker off and let the stock cool. I usually make my stock the old-fashioned way—a large batch at a time in a huge pot with everything in it and all the stirring and checking. Normally it’s worth making stock the regular way, on the stove, but this was ingenious! Terrific, terrific trick, kitchenbeard. Thanks so much for this easy, adaptable recipe!! I usually freeze stock in 2-cup amounts, which seems to fit most of my needs. Cook on LOW 5-6 hours. Diane, thanks for the tip. WOW! It has always been a guilty pleasure on its own, and now the health benefits are being recognized. I am anxious to try this! If using a whole raw chicken, watch this tutorial on how to cut a whole chicken. 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