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Default How to make chicken fat into chicken broth for soup? Seeking suggestions.

In article >,
"cybercat" > wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article
> > >,
> > Gold Finch > wrote:
> >
> >> I made this recipe from Recipezaar:
> >> http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Who...t-Recipe-33671
> >>
> >> I used an Oven Stuffer Roaster and am left with about a quart of spicy-
> >> tasty chicken fat

> >
> > I think you're fibbing.
> >

>
> Barb, these things can be 8-9 lbs. You bet they have a quart of liquid left
> over after you roast them. Not all fat, but a lot of it is. And if the bird
> was rubbed down with butter or oil (which I do not do) there would be even
> more. I used to buy these things until I figured out that I like the flavor
> of smaller birds better.


Liquid is one thing but fat is another. It's just hard for me to
believe a quart of fat from a roasting chicken. <shrug> That, plus the
question about making soup from fat (if it truly was a quart of fat)
sounds like someone on a fishing trip. <shrug>


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