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Default Chicken breasts for stock/broth

Sqwertz wrote:
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> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:49:30 GMT, notbob wrote:
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> > I jes filleted a couple bone-in chicken breasts and have tossed the
> > remaining ribs/meat into a stock pot. Are bone-in breasts enough to
> > make decent broth or am I wasting my time without dark meat and bones?

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> You're wasting your time making chicken stock out of any two
> pieces of chicken, even if they still had meat on them.


I disagree. I certainly would make a pot of soup
from two sets of bone-in chicken breasts after the
breasts are removed. However, for me, a pot is only
about a quart. I usually cook only for myself, and
I don't usually harbor any leftovers.