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Taste Test: Chicken Stock

Not all of us have tubs of homemade stock hanging out in the freezer. So when your stuffing or sauce recipes call for stock this year, and you have plenty of other pans to dirty, it's alright to grab the canned or boxed kind. Surely Mark Bittman is somewhere shaking his fist right now. The New York Times recipe columnist pointed out in this piece from January of 2009 that the homemade version—just a half-hour of simmering a carrot, celery stalk, half an onion, and some chicken scraps in water—would be ten times better than any canned stock. But, we won't judge if you use one of these. The contenders: College Inn Chicken Broth, Emeril's Chicken Stock, Swanson's Chicken Broth, Swanson's Chicken Cooking Stock, Herb-ox Instant Chicken Bouillon and Seasoning, Glace de Poulet Gold, and Kitchen Basics Natural Chicken Stock. Find out who won.

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41 Comments | Posted by Erin Zimmer, November 11, 2010 at 7:45 PM
Tagged: chicken stock, holidays, taste tests, Thanksgiving

Video: Tom Colicchio's 'True Blood' Drink for Vampires

Since the world just can't get enough vampires, Tom Colicchio does a little plug for the second season of HBO's True Blood, which returned on Sunday, with this red goo-resembling drink made of beet juice, roasted sugar snap peas, fennel, fava beans, and chicken stock. Colicchio is looking out for all those awkward scenarios when your vamp friends can't eat with the humans and are craving a 98.6°F drink. The video, after the jump....

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6 Comments | Posted by Erin Zimmer, June 16, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Tagged: beets, chicken stock, drinks, fennel, HBO, Tom Colicchio, TV, videos

Store-Bought Chicken Stocks, Reviewed: Which Are the Best?

I sampled every brand in my grocery store, along with batches of the homemade stuff and Mark Bittman's ten-minute wonder broth for comparison.

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97 Comments | Posted by Michele Humes, January 21, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Tagged: broth, chicken broth, chicken stock, Mark Bittman, product reviews, stocks

Fully Stocked

I looked at myself in the mirror, and I said, "Adam, do you want to spend the rest of your life trading integrity for convenience? Stop being a chicken-stock whore. You need to pull yourself together and make this dinner count. Look up some recipes, go to the store, and have the time and patience to do it right."

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10 Comments | Posted by Adam Roberts, March 27, 2007 at 7:15 AM
Tagged: Adam Roberts, chicken stock, The Amateur Gourmet