Homemade broth is a breeze to make in the slow cooker. If you don’t have a whole chicken carcass you can also use 2-3 pounds of chicken bones with the meat removed.
-1 whole chicken carcass from a roasted or rotisserie chicken, meat removed
-1 onion, quartered
-random ribs of celery, whole carrots and/ or parsley stems
-1 tsp salt
-1/2 tsp black peppercorns
Place all ingredients in a greased slow cooker and add enough water to cover the chicken. Cook on low for 8-10 hours. Once broth has finished cooking, strain it and discard all solids. At this point you can pour the broth into storage containers for the fridge (if using with 3 days) or freezer.
This is a very frugal & wise thing to do. Every time I cook a chicken, I try to take advantage of the broth so that I can use it for soups, stews, & gravies (you can use your broth and make cream of chicken soup by making a white sauce with the broth).
Shannon,
You are so creative! I don't think I could ever think to try this. I am not a very frugal homemaker I'm afraid. Maybe I will try and reminder to do this broth recipe the next time we have a rotisserie chicken.
Great idea Kim!
Mrs. Lady Sofia,
You can do it, it's so easy, and tastes so good!
Shannon