Stocks

Learning to make stocks is one of the most useful skills you can add to your cooking experience. Stocks are essential in the recipes repertoire, more so when used as a soup base and in flavoring...

Tea kettle broth is a weak soup usually fed to invalids and convalescents, most likely those with digestive trouble or weak appetites. The French call it "soup maigre" or "lean soup" in English....

Consider making delicious homemade gravy with your meal. You can make your own gravy with three simple ingredients--fat drippings, flour and water. Although gravy is not a healthy stock to add to...

If you want to make a rich, savory gravy, consider using corned beef. Several corned beef gravy recipes call for substituting butter with bacon and corned beef drippings. To make gravy suited to...

Mushroom stock is a savory addition to many different dishes including pasta and rice dishes, as well as a great substitute for vegetable stock in soups. Mushroom stock is simple to make and store...

Just made this today: I put the carcass in water (just 1/2" above carcass) and boiled for 1/2 hour (then skimming fat out) and then added ingredients as listed below. In another pot, I...

The chicken broth in wonton soup and egg drop soup is a clear, delicate yellow. Chinese restaurants make this in-house; it's not purchased condensed from a soup factory the way most other types of...

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Udon noodle soup can be enjoyed by vegetarians and meat-eaters alike since it can be made with or without meat. The following is a stock recipe for the soup that can be personalized with tofu,...

Fish bone broth is traditionally used in cooking in many cultures. The broth is very good for you and contains phosphorus, silicon, magnesium, and sulfur. It also contains trace minerals. All...

Beef bone broth is delicious in soups and good for you too. When you boil bones for broth the phosphorus, silicon, magnesium, and sulfur contained in the bones are drawn out into the stock along...

Dark chicken stock is a very rich version of chicken stock. Roasting the chicken and vegetables until very dark and adding tomato paste gives it the added richness. Stock can be used in your...

Home made chicken stock is easy to make and enriches soups, stews, and risottos. Whenever you make chicken, whether pieces or whole, save the bones and carcass to use later for stock. The bones...

Learn how to make your own chicken broth free of preservatives and flavorings. The broth can be frozen for future soup creations or used right away. Once you make your own, you will never buy the...

Buying broth is easy, but expensive and not only monetarily. Most canned broths are high in salt and preservative contents, and you don´t know where the ingredients come from. Have you...

Making your own beef stock is easy.

This stock has specific vegetables but you may add any you wish that have a mild flavour and will not overpower the soup you are making.

Soup stock is used for many things, and it is always nice to have some on hand. You can make a large batch of soup stock and freeze it. Freeze the stock in heavy duty freezer bags or...

Barley is a grain high in fiber that may lower cholesterol. It can be eaten like oats or rice, but most often it's used to provide texture and nutritional value to soups and salads. Because it...