Using chickens necks and bones?(Also, good recipes for using stock??)

[Wolf-Kim]

I heard you could make stew or soup using the chickens bones and necks. We butchered 3 roosters today and DH decided he wanted to try his hand at carving up two of the three. I had the third one and I just quartered it. He and I both agree, we didn't like how much meat was left on the two he removed the thighs, wings, and breasts from. We kept the leftovers for "something".

So what does anyone use those necks and extra pieces for?

Any suggestions on stew or soup?

Do you let these "extra" pieces age just like the other meat?

Thanks!
-Kim

 

[Ang]

Boil all of your parts and pieces to make chicken stock for soup or casseroles. I freeze mine but you can also can it.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

Have any good recipe for using the chicken stock?

-Kim

 

[PurpleChicken]

Wolf, most of our roosters go towards soup. We don't do the internal organs
yet but we do simmer the whole chicken, including feet and neck in the soup
for around 18 hours on low (180 degrees). The neck and feet definately add to
the flavor and intensity of the stock. After cleaning and straining the soup I'll
usually add a few more cups of water and cook for another hour.

You could definately make a stock out of necks and feet. Use it as a soup starter
or add to any recipe calling for water or stock. White rice cooked with some stock
is always a good side dish, very cheap, and tasty too.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

Purple Chicken, have a favorite soup recipe you would like to share with me?

I need to get myself a good cook book. This would be my first time making stock. I wish I would have kept those feet had I known they would have made better stock. I'm kicking myself for it. Now I know for next time.

I'm hoping for a good recipe or two. Hubby is going to call any minute now asking for ingrediants to buy. LOL

It's down to the wire...

-Kim

 

[ninjapoodles]

You mean there are other things to do with raw chicken or turkey necks besides feed them to your dogs?

I'm looking forward to reading all the suggestions.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

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LOL. Yes, even the bones! Do a quick search on "chicken stock" for the recipe section. You can literally use almost every part of the chicken! I haven't found a use for the guts yet. Adam suggested fish/turtle bait! LOL

-Kim

 

[ninjapoodles]

I've made stock and broth from the "frame," but I've never had a neck make it past the dogs, while still raw. Ditto the organs. But then, I've never processed my own birds, either, so it's all a new experience!

 

[PurpleChicken]

I owe the credit for this to MissPrissy and Henrietta, not to mention all the
roos I've experimented with.


A good soup is simple. Most people I know boil the heck outa the chicken,
add way too much spice, and make a rather lame soup. That's what I always
did too.


A crock pot is a wonderful thing or a soup pot cooking on low or simmer for 18 to
24 hours.

One 4 quart crock pot or soup pot
One rooster - 2 pounds or so (We cull our standards at 16 weeks so they aren't big)
Few cloves of garlic
2 onions
6 to 8 carrots cooked whole
Half a celery stalk or romaine lettuce WORKS GREAT
Parsley - Fresh prefered
Salt
Lots of pepper
A boulion cube or two - Not needed but adds a little flavor
Anything else you want

Throw it all together and put the crock pot on low.
24 hours later clean the chicken meat off the bones. I usually
just use a cookie sheet and my fingers. It's amazing how it just falls
off the bones. The bones are so soft you can eat them and I usually
chew a few while sorting out the goodies.

I LOVE to add potatoes after the soup is cleaned/strained and then simmer
for another two hours. If you like potatoes it's SO GOOD.

Throwing in a few chopped tomatoes is another possibilty. If I have a few
getting soggy I'll use them rather than wasting them.

Feel free to mix and match ingredients. Soup through history was a combination
of leftovers and whatever else was available.

Another one of our favorites is to use white rice rather than a pasta to pour
the soup over. Dunking bread is great too.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

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You feed the organs to your dogs? You feed them all or just specifics? Raw or cooked?

Like I said, I'm looking for things to use the guts for.

-Kim