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Homemade Chicken Stock

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Course Basics, Mains, Soups

Ingredients
  

  • 3 5-lb roasting chickens (whole chickens)
  • 3 large yellow onions, unpeeled and quartered
  • 6 carrots, unpeeled and halved crosswise
  • 4 celery stalks with leaves, cut into thirds crosswise
  • 4 parsnips, unpeeled and halved crosswise
  • 20 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 15 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 20 sprigs fresh dill
  • 1 head garlic, unpeeled and cut in half crosswise
  • 2 tbsp kosher salt
  • 2 tsp whole black peppercorns (not ground)

Instructions
 

  • Place the chickens, onions, carrots, celery, parsnips, parsley, thyme, dill, garlic, salt, and peppercorns in a 16- to 20-quart stockpot. Add 7 quarts of water and bring to a boil.
  • Lower the heat and simmer uncovered for 4 hours, skimming off any foam that comes to the top. Set aside until cool enough to handle. Strain the entire contents of the pot through a colander and discard the solids.