Homemade Chicken Stock - The Healthy - Unsung Hero Of Great Dishes

Many people think making stock is a lot of troubleIt isn't. And making your own is economical

Usually we just freeze chicken bones and make the stock from them, but sometimes we use a whole chicken. In the video I use a big chicken, it cost a bit over $10.00 but it provided us with 2 litres of stock (Campbell's cost $4.00 a litre) But homemade is tastier, fresher, has not additives. 

In addition to the chicken stock

We had enough chicken to make 4 dinners, and some snacks for our dog.

Give it a go. Make your own stock, use it. When you make it there are no additives, you control the salt and it just flat out taste 100 times better.
We use stock in stews, when making mexican beans, sauces. I even use it to make a quick gravy if we need it.
Use your imagination and you can come up with heaps of ideas, basically if the recipe calls for water you can use, homemade, un-salted chicken stock. Of course, you might not want to use it to make a pie, or cake. But hey! it's yours use it where you want.

Homemade. It's Best. It is probably healthier, But It Isn't Always Possible. What About Partly Homemade

Cooking the food you eat, just, has to be better for you. The more involved you are in the preparation the better it will probably taste. Plus preparing your own food is sort of a personal bond with your body.
I truly believe the above statement, but also know that there are times we just don't have the time or energy to do it all. What about just doing it partly homemade.

Here is a good example. Today we are going to have chicken burritos. I made the shredded chicken along with the sauce to flavour it. Helen-Babes wanted to have some refried beans with the burrito. We had a full day and would not have time to soak and cook some beans so we compromised.

I used some canned kidney beans, drained the mystery liquid they are packed in and cooked them with some of Helen-Babes' homemade chicken stock and some Screwbird Chili powder.

So we have a partly homemade meal which is going to be great; just not as great as if we made the beans from scratch.

Of course I guess it would be better if I raised the chicken.
Grew the tomato and chillis for the sauce.
And grew the beans.
But even retired Grandpas have to draw the line somewhere.