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My Attempt At Stock Isn't Working..

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NiceCupOfTea | 22:15 Mon 13th Oct 2014 | Food & Drink
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I use an uncooked chicken carcass after butchering it properly. It's been simmering for hours and strained then resimmered and is still a big watery tasteless mass. Please help!
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let it reduce......
22:16 Mon 13th Oct 2014
Avatar Image boxtops
What else did you put in it, apart from chicken and water?
22:17 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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How much water did you put in ?
22:18 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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How long to though? is it until it's syrupy?
22:18 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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something like this recipe? http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chicken-recipes/easy-chicken-stock/
22:19 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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sorry, more answers after that last one about reducing it. I put in celery, herbs and garlic.
22:20 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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My mother used to cook the chicken, THEN render the carcass for stock.
22:21 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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You would have been better off using a cooked carcass...more flavour to start with. Add carrots,onions and celery if you wantg to use as a soup base. Season well.
22:21 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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Sounds about right, but you'll have to let it cool before you get any 'thickening' ... Let it set first
22:22 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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I agree, I didn't spot that it was raw when you started.
22:22 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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Snap blackadder
22:22 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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Its too late for this time but roasting the bones before making the stock gives a better flavour. For now, boil the stock to reduce it, one chicken carcass wont't make a lot of stock.
22:22 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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Agree with the cooked carcass bit
22:22 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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The water was to cover the carcass when chopped up plus vegetables. How thick do I need to leave it to get to?
22:23 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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Ah, leave it to cool then see?
22:24 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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Reduce the liquid by half...the flavour will be more concentrated.
22:24 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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Just in case, it won't reduce if you have the lid on your pot
22:25 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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It's been cooked and reduced, and left to cool in a nice bowl. Hope it works lol or will be using Knorr in future ha ha
22:33 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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I went in my local co op and asked for some hyena Oxo cubes and was made to feel a total laughing stock at the checkout...
22:35 Mon 13th Oct 2014
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Those old laughing stock jokes hah ha 10Q
22:40 Mon 13th Oct 2014

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