One of the key tools for great weeknight cooking lies in a magical ingredient: stock!
We gathered eight tried-and-true stock recipes to boost any recipe you tackle.
Have you made your own stock before?
You should give it a try!
Stock is made by gently simmering bones, seafood shells, or vegetables until their flavors are extracted.
Instead, keep the stock at a gentle simmer and refrain from stirring it.
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Then, youll have to strain and cool the stock.
Once cooled, refrigerate orfreezefor later.
Stock can be used in so many recipes such as insoups,grains, andsauces.
Elise Bauer
I love it inChipotle Turkey Pozolefor an easy weeknight dinner.
The first option is to use the carcass from a roast chicken.
This method takes 4 hours.
Elise Bauer
The second option is to use raw bone-in chicken.
This requires browning the chicken before adding water and the aromatics.
It takes 4 to 6 hours.
Elise Bauer
I can see why!
Its flavorful, inexpensive, and makes a whopping two quarts of deeply flavorful stock.
Ready in about 6 hours.
Simply Recipes / Lori Rice
How to Make Vegetable Stock
Vegetable stock is a relatively easy stock to make.
No bones or carcasses to contend with, just crisper staples like carrots, onions, and celery.
Add dehydrated mushrooms for extra umami.
Elise Bauer
This stock is ready in 2 hours.
They are roasted first for extra flavor and then set to a gentle simmer for 3 to 6 hours.
Add veal bones to increase the amount of gelatin (texture and flavor!)
Nick Evans
It’ll lead to mouth-wateringbisquesand stews all winter long.
It comes together relatively quicklytakes less than 2 hours from start to finish.
Instant Pot Chicken Stock
The pressure cooker is an excellent tool for making chicken stock quickly.
Alison Bickle
It prevents evaporation and cuts out hours of simmering time.
It allows for more flexibility and less hovering over a pot.
The bones and aromatics can simmer in the slow cooker from 8 to 24 hours.
For a full-bodied stock, break the bones to release as much collagen as possible.
