Chicken Soup for the Soul

[MacEggs]

Some of you may remember my chicken back thread:

http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/grilling-bbqing/chicken-backs-never-throw-them-away/


This one is very similar.  Very easy to do ... Some time and patience, but well worth the effort.

Had 6 bags of frozen chicken carcasses in the freezer. 
All of the birds had been cooked on a Weber kettle.




Again, I used my 16 quart SS pot.  Added enough water to cover the scraps.
Brought it to a nice rolling boil, then let that go for at least an hour, maybe a little longer.






After this stage, I pick out most of the scraps, then strain all of it.








This is a 15 quart bowl with the scraps .... Got some work to do.




After straining, I added a huge bowl of cut up veggies .... carrots, celery, onion, garlic, and ginger.
Also picked at the scraps and ended up with a decent amount of small chicken pieces.






I brought it back to a rolling boil, then added 1 cup of pot barley.
Ended up adding ¾ cup more.  Also added ground salt, but not too much.
I learned that one can always add more to suit their individual bowl.




I let this go for the remainder of the afternoon ... About 3-4 hours.

Ready to serve.






Some crusty bread for the side .... A fantastic fall / early winter meal.

I ended up having 3 bowls.  So good!  Lots of leftovers.   

[varekai]

LOOKS DELICIOUS!!!  not quite "soup weather" yet here in california...

[MacEggs]

LOOKS DELICIOUS!!!  not quite "soup weather" yet here in california...

Ha!!  Nice .... been soup weather here for awhile.  I had been putting this off for a time.
It's the perfect weekend, as the white stuff will probably be on the ground come Sunday ... 

[varekai]

it was 65 today, supposedly rain tomorrow and back to mid 60's next week. I cant wait for cooler weather and soup days!

[Hell Fire Grill]

I raise a few turkeys & chix year round and the carcasses get made into some kind of food throughout the year in one recipe or another.

Better to taste it than to waste it.

Dont know if you ever seen the Nourished Kitchen web site but the gal shares some good basic recipes and knowledge of traditional style food with a bit of modern science & health mixed in. Mostly an advertisement to sell her books but good basic information.

http://nourishedkitchen.com/bone-broth/

[TheDude]

Did you make a similar post, last year? Looks just as good.

[Mr.CPHo]

Man that looks good; I especially liked the addition of the barley.


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