chicken broth recipe

Homemade Chicken Broth is a classic kitchen staple sure to take your homemade soups, sauces and all kinds of recipes to the next level!

Chicken Broth Recipe

carrots,

celery,

onion,

garlic

bundle (about a fistful) of thyme

parsley

peppercorns

sea salt

Place your chicken and the remainder of the ingredients into a large soup pot, and add 3 quarts of cold water.

Place the pot over medium-high heat and bring to a vigorous simmer/boil, then cover with a lid slightly askew, reduce heat, and very gently simmer for 4 hours (at least 2).

Carefully lift the chicken out of the broth, and set aside (you can shred the meat for another use if you'd like, just know that it will be pretty overcooked). Then, strain the broth of all the vegetables, and restrain with a finer mesh strainer for extra clarity.

Use immediately for your recipe, or allow the broth to cool completely and portion off quantities in containers or heavy-duty ziplock bags to keep in the freezer to use for future recipes.

This light chicken meatball and orzo broth serves as a hearty midweek meal while being much lower in fat than a classic meatball recipe. Or, for a slightly different take on this brothy soup, check out our chicken, kale and pesto soup. 

Chicken meatball and orzo broth

British free-range chicken sausages, skin removed (see tip)

Finely grated zest ½ lemon

tbsp finely grated parmesan

breadcrumbs

olive oil

chicken stock

dried porcini mushrooms

leek,

orzo pasta

purple sprouting broccoli

1 Mix the sausagemeat, parsley, lemon zest, 2 tbsp of the parmesan, the breadcrumbs and some salt and black pepper in a medium bowl. Form into 16 equal-size meatballs.

Heat the oil in a frying pan, set over a medium-high heat and fry the balls for 4-5 minutes until lightly golden, then set aside. 3 Bring the stock to a simmer in a medium pan and add the porcini mushrooms. Cook for 7 minutes over a low heat, then add the leek and meatballs for 3 minutes more.

Meanwhile, cook the orzo in a separate pan of salted boiling water according to the packet instructions, adding the broccoli for the final 3 minutes. Drain, rinse under cold water, then add to the stock and meatballs and serve with the remaining parmesan on top.

This spicy garlic chicken broth is the magic elixir that soothes sore throats, warms you up on a chilly day and makes instant ramen infinitely better.

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