How To Make Homemade Chicken Broth in a Slow Cooker
Hey friends! Yesterday I showed you all how I make a whole chicken in my Crockpot. After I made the chicken and removed it from the Crockpot, there was a lot of liquid left in the pot. To be exact, there was about 6 cups of it. Now, I could have easily drained and tossed out the liquid and went on about my day, BUT you know that is not my style. I had to make something with it. Actually, I’ll be making quite a few things with it. How? Well, I turned that leftover liquid into some delicious homemade chicken broth! I’ll be using this broth to flavor several dishes such as collard greens, beans, cabbage…and, of course, soups! Let me tell you how I made this pot of liquid gold!
Okay, so first things first. After I removed the chicken from my Crockpot, I turned the Crockpot off so that the leftover liquid could cool down. Once that the liquid was nice and cool, I poured 2 cups of liquid into gallon freezer bags. I made sure that there was no excess air in the bags, and then I labeled each bag with the date, and, of course, what it was. The bags were stored lying flat in my freezer (this saves room in the freezer). You can store these for several months, but I usually use them within 3 months.
Once I was ready to make my chicken broth, I removed the bags of frozen chicken stuff (heck, I don’t know what to call it because it’s not quite broth or stock yet) from my freezer. Then I cut up a bunch of vegetables, etc: celery, Italian parsley, thyme, lemon, carrots, onion, garlic (onion & garlic not shown).
Next, I tossed everything into my Crockpot and then poured in 6 cups of water. I covered my Crockpot, then set it on LOW for 10 hours…yup…10 whole hours.
I usually make this right before I go to bed, and when I wake up in the morning the house smells amazing!!!
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Homemade Chicken Broth
Ingredients
- 6 cups leftover chicken broth from pot
- 3 celery stalks
- 3 large carrots
- 1 medium sized onion chopped
- 3 whole cloves of garlic
- 5 -6 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 5-6 sprigs of fresh parsley I used Italian parsley
- 2 thin slices of lemon
- 1 tbsp Mrs. Dash seasoning OR 2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Clean all of the vegetables prior to cooking.
- Put the frozen leftover broth into your slow cooker, and add in all of the other ingredients, plus 6 cups of water.
- Cover the slow cooker, and set it on LOW for 10 hours OR high for 6 hours if you’re in a rush.
- Once done, turn off the slow cooker, and let it cool down.
- Pour 2 cups of chicken broth into 1 gallon freezer bags, label, then freeze!
Notes
If you enjoyed my Homemade Chicken Broth, check out these other recipes!
Freezer Rolls – Homemade dinner rolls
Slow Cooker Tex Mex Chicken Soup
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