Tastes Like Chicken! Recipes
(From Chicken Recipes Compiled Since 1992)

Chicken Broth (Brodo Di Pollo)

Category: Soups

Servings: 8 to 10

Description: Italian chicken broth, flavorful and ideal for soups and recipes.

Ingredients:

• 2 T butter
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 leek, sliced
• 1 celery stalk, sliced
• 1 carrot, sliced
• 4 to 5 lb stewing chicken
• 4 qt water
• 1 T salt
• 1 t white pepper
• 2 cloves
• 2 bay leaves

Instructions:

1. Heat butter in 6-quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
2. Saute garlic, leek, celery and carrot in butter.
3. Add chicken. Cook chicken, turning several times, until brown.
4. Add remaining ingredients. Heat to boiling.
5. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer 1 hour, skimming fat from surface frequently.
6. Remove chicken from broth and cool chicken about 10 minutes or until cool remove skin and bones from chicken and return chicken to broth. Heat to boiling.
7. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer 1 hour. Remove bay leaves and cloves. Serve immediately as soup. Or strain broth through cheesecloth-lined sieve and use broth as directed in recipes calling for Chicken Broth and cooked chicken in other recipes. Or cover and refrigerate up to 24 hours, or freeze for future use.