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Boiled Stock Recipe

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Chichi Wang
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Boiled Stock Recipe

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Read more: The Nasty Bits: Boiled Bones

  • Yield:makes 1 quart stock
  • Active time: 20 minutes
  • Total time:30 minutes
  • Rated: 1

Ingredients

  • 2 to 4 pounds bones with flesh and skin still attached
  • 5 quarts water plus more to replenish the pot
  • Salt to taste

Directions

  1. 1.

    Place bones in a stock pot and add enough water to cover the bones by a few inches. Bring to a vigorous boil over high heat, then turn the heat down to medium high and keep the water at a boil. Cook for 3 hours or more, occasionally replenishing with more water to maintain the level of liquid in the pot.

  2. 2.

    When sufficiently boiled, remove all the bones and strain the liquid through a fine mesh sieve. Discard the bones. Skim off the fat from the surface of the broth. Use for soups and other purposes.

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Chichi Wang Columnist

I'm a really good eater and a decent cook. Activities in the kitchen that I find soothing: seasoning my cast iron skillets, boiling bones, rendering lard. When I'm not reading, eating, or writing, I try to balance out my life with non-sedentary activities, such as swimming, uh, and walking to restaurants.....

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