when i make chicken, i steam the chicken just until i can get it off the
bone, then debone, hold chicken seperately until the end... use the steaming
water as part of the broth, into the steaming water put carrot onion and
celery,

put tht water, the bones and more veg/chicken stock and simmer on low until
the bones are almost soft, i use the crock part for this step.

after bones are done, let to cool to handle, remove/discard bones...

chill broth overnight in a glass or cramic container without the lid so the
fat will rise to top and harden, remove or not as your choice/calorie needs
dictate.

then when you are ready to eat, put broth on to bring to a slow simmer and
add the chicken cut as you like.

add any vegetable in the order of length of cooking, saving the last half
hour for potato or rice, i rarely add either anymore, Lee
"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>I want to do a chicken one next, anyone got a favourite chicken soup
>recipe?
>
> Every time I have made it I have mostly followed my grandmother's recipe.
> The chicken would be an old "boiler" cooked slowly of course. Home made
> stock. Soup always had corn in it She used to scrape the corn off the
> cobs though, I use canned, lol. Potatoes, carrots, onions and fresh peas.
> I always nixed the potatoes. Garlic wasn't anything my nan ever used. I
> don't know anyone back in the day who did use it now I come to think of
> it.
>
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> sounds wonderful, we just finished the last of the beef vegetable, the
>> stock was beef/lamb, Lee
>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Made a full slow cooker full Friday night and had it for lunch as well
>>> yesterday and now today's lunch too. It is ham hock (there was a goodly
>>> amount of ham on the 2 hocks as well). So:
>>>
>>> 2 ham hocks
>>> 2 cans of chopped tomatoes (400gr size so about 13 ounces each?)
>>> chopped celery plus leaves
>>> small amount of cabbage, the last of it or would have been more
>>> chopped onion and garlic
>>> sliced carrots
>>> about half a small packet of red lentils
>>> 1 litre of chicken stock plus a bit of added water
>>> the last of some fresh green beans, cut into pieces
>>> chopped parsley straight from the plant (added in the last few minutes
>>> though)
>>>
>>> That's it I think. Oh I had some broccoli that was just starting to
>>> "turn" so a goodly amount of that too.
>>
>>
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