Homemade Chicken Broth

With this Homemade Chicken Broth recipe make your own instead of using bouillon cubes. It is easy and you know what goes in it.

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Two years ago I asked my readers a question: "Do we really do this?". The full question was "do we Dominicans really use sopitas (bouillon cubes) so much?". The question came after a discussion on the subject with some online friends.

Why use homemade ingredients

Coming from a family where cooking with natural ingredients was the norm, I rarely use industrial seasonings in my home and in the recipes I write both for our blog and for my clients.

When I started writing Dominican recipes I often did list these ingredients. A few times some people complained that my recipes were not authentic because this dish, or that other, did not contain seasonings or sopita. As time passed I came to the conclusion that a) This is our blog, I write the recipes. And b) If I wouldn't serve something to my family, why would I "serve" it to my readers?

And on the authenticity argument, I disagree, our grandmothers in the countryside had little access to these "conveniences", and they don't appear in my old Dominican cookbooks. We have been advertised to death until we were convinced that Dominican food has always contained these things.

More homemade goodness

• Homemade tomato sauce
• Seasoning and sofrito
• Rub / seasoning powder
• Savory peanut butter
• (Agrio de Naranja) spicy sauce / spicy vinegar
• Homemade dressing

About this recipe

Nowadays you see list "chicken broth" or "vegetable broth" instead of bouillon cubes. You can also buy low-sodium and low-fat broths. But, why not make it at home? Homemade chicken bone broth recipe is inexpensive (and you know that's one of my favorite words!), it's healthier, you know what's in your food. Better yet, it's easy, very easy. And you can add more or fewer ingredients as you wish. Frozen, it also has a very long shelf life. You can double, triple --or more-- the recipe and have a lot pre-made for later use.

Trust me, as recipes go, this cannot get any easier. It's just "set it and forget it", in the immortal words of Ron Popeil.

Homemade Tomato Sauce and Chicken Broth Recipe

Homemade Tomato Sauce and Chicken Broth Recipe: Instead of using bouillon cubes, and tomato paste, make your own. It is easy and you know what goes in it.

Portions: 8 cups of each

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Course: Soup

Cuisine: Dominican, Latino

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Calories: 215kcal

Recipe Author: Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

For the chicken broth

• 1 (1 lb [0.45 kg]) of chicken ribs and back bones
• 1 medium onion, , quartered
• 1 head of garlic, , peeled
• 1 sprig of oregano
• 1 bunch of parsley or cilantro
• 1 cubanelle pepper, , seeded and halved
• 1 teaspoon of peppercorns
• 1 teaspoon of allspice berries (malagüeta)
• 3 qt [3 lt] of water

Instructions

For the chicken broth

• Mix chicken, onion, garlic, oregano, celery, bell pepper and pepper.
• Add 2 quarts of water, cover and simmer over low heat for an hour and a half. Add more water when it becomes necessary to maintain the same level.
• Remove from the heat and let it cool down to room temperature.
• Strain and get rid of solids.
• Separate into 1 cup portions and freeze.

Tips and Notes

To make the broth, buy a chicken, chop it, and save the parts you can use for another recipe. We'll just need the bones for this recipe. Nothing to waste.

 

See video at the top of the post

Nutrition

Calories: 215kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 68mg | Potassium: 233mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 188IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg