hello everyone i'm nimon welcome to my youtube channel in this video i will be providing
information about chicken stock i will be talking about what it exactly is how to make it how to
keep and store it and lastly how to use it in our cooking so without further ado let's get into it
what is chicken stock so it's basically a flavorful liquid made from extracting flavor
from chicken bones chicken meat and aromatics chicken stock is the base flavor for soups stews
and some sauces therefore it's very important that you have a good quality chicken stock because you
will be using it in something else and if the chicken stocks quality is not very good your
final outcome your final product it's not going to be good enough because the chicken stock was
not good enough if you want to make chicken stock there is a simple ratio that you have to remember
which is eight pounds of meaty bones five to six quarts of water one pound mirepoix and one sachet
and this ratio yields to one gallon of chicken stock how to make chicken stock so first of all
you have to put all of your meaty bones in a tall stock pot why tall because you don't want a lot of
surface area you want something to be tall with less surface area because it if it has a lot of
surface area the water will evaporate quickly and you won't have enough flavor in your stock so yeah
put all of your meaty bones in a tall stockpot add five to six quarts of cold water this is very
important it has to be cold and put it on the heat source turn on the heat until it starts to boil
as soon as it started to boil you have to turn the heat down so it's sleepy simmers and when it's
when it like starts to simmer you shouldn't stir your stock at all because if you do you'll make
it so cloudy and no one wants a cloudy stock right while the chicken stock is simmering there should
be a layer of white foam on top of the surface of the chicken stock and you should start to skim all
that foam and if you see any fat on the surface of the chicken stock do your best to decrease
all the fat using a ladle and after about two and a half to three hours of simmering you should add
your mirepoix to the sock if you don't know what mirepoix is i've made a video about it make sure
to watch that one too but if you don't want to watch it it's okay mirepoix is basically a
mixture of aromatic vegetables including onion carrot and celery after about 15 to 20 minutes
add your sachet to the stock if you don't know what sachet is i've made a video about it but
if you don't want to watch it it's okay it's basically a tea bag filled with herbs and spices
and when you added your sachet after about 30 to 45 minutes of simmering your stock is ready and
you should strain your stock using a cheesecloth cool your stock and then there you go you have it
a nice clear chicken stock okay so now that you know what chicken stock is and you know how to
make it you might be wondering how to keep in store so chicken stock has to be stored in the
fridge below 41 degrees fahrenheit or 5 degrees celsius and when you refrigerate chicken stock
all the fats in the stock will become solid and they would flow on top of the stock so make sure
to skim all that fat before you reheat your stock you also can freeze your stock up to four to five
months but over time it will lose its freshness quality and flavor it's best to just make little
batches at a time like one gallon batches at a time and just use it fresh you know how to
use chicken stock well there are many many different ways to use chicken stock but you
can use it as the liquid for your soups for your stews or even like some braised meat or chicken
but like whenever you use water to cook something you can use chicken stock instead let's say like
cooking rice if you use chicken stock to cook rice your rice actually has like a flavor to it which
is really nice instead of just plain water making chicken stock is actually not that hard it's just
like following some steps and you have to just make sure to use cold water to add to
your meaty bones do not boil your stock as soon as it started to boil you just have to turn the
heat down so it simmers um do not stir your stock and at the end just strain it using a cheesecloth
and if you follow all these steps like what i said at the at the middle of the video if
you follow all those steps you should have a nice clear chicken stock and when you have a
nice and clear chicken stock your final outcome your final product will have a very good quality
what is chicken stock so it's basically a flavorful liquid made from extracting uh flavor
white foam on top of the surface of the liquid you should start to skim all that foam
and if you see any fat and the surface on the
how do you use chicken stock well there are many diff many alright everyone this is the
end of the video i hope you learned something in this video and if you want to have a better
understanding of chicken stock make sure to watch the mirepoix and sachet video as well because you
will have a better understanding of the process of making chicken stock and that would really
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