Bone Broth

[Keith_Beef]

Broth from the chicken carcase is the best bit of the bird.

It deeply saddens me that people throw it away.

The butchers on one of the poultry stalls in the market cut up chickens and ducks to sell the wings, legs and breast meat, then sells the carcasses separately for boiling. I think that a chicken carcase is €0.75 and a duck carcase €0.85.

 

[Chris]

I think I'd have to put wings and thighs as my favourite bits of the bird, but the carcass sure goes a long way to provide nutrition for several meals.

 

[Dan00001]

Weird, our local farm shop always has some.

How about an online butcher? £2.50 per kg and up.

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Yes, that is definitely an option. I have been looking at an online shop in Llanelli called Paleo Wales and their prices don't look too bad.

My sister has just found me some beef rib bones from a Farmers Pantry which is not too far for me. It's all they had today and there's not many of them so I'll try to find something else to add, perhaps i'll just pop into a supermarket and but a whole chicken or somehting.

 

[British Red]

perhaps i'll just pop into a supermarket and but a whole chicken or somehting.

We do the following when jointing birds. When dressed out our birds are 1500 - 2000g. Breast on a utility bird is about 350g. That's a meal for two. Thighs are about the same amount (say 300g). There are then two drumsticks & two wings. We generally batch these up for hot wings or chicken legs. Say 250g of meat all in.

The rest of the meat on the carcass is about 200g this we use for casseroles or chicken & sweetcorn soup

The carcass will get about 2l of stock

So one chicken offers 6 adult meals, 2 bowls of soup or stew & 2 litres of canned stock

 

[Dan00001]

Thank you, sounds good value.

If I wanted to make a soup to eat the same or next day, incorporating bones, marrow, oxtail etc. is there a recipe for that? Would it just be a case of simmering bones for say 12 hours and the just adding meat, vegetables, gravy stock as if I was making a stew, would that taste ok?

 

[Chris]

Thank you, sounds good value.

If I wanted to make a soup to eat the same or next day, incorporating bones, marrow, oxtail etc. is there a recipe for that? Would it just be a case of simmering bones for say 12 hours and the just adding meat, vegetables, gravy stock as if I was making a stew, would that taste ok?

You can add bone-in beef shin into a stew no problem and it'll all dissolve off the bone eventually.

But if you just want assorted bones to make a stock/broth, best bet is to make the stock and sieve it, then reintroduce the stock into your stew/soup. You can do this immediately after straining it, so doesn't take much longer.

Here's an example of a recipe that does that:

Beef Stew From Beef Bone Broth @ Bake It With Love

There's something comforting about a hearty stew, and this Beef Stew from Beef Bone Broth tastes so good it makes any day better! Making your own beef bone broth adds so much flavor! #bakeitwithlove

bakeitwithlove.com

 

[TeeDee]

Thank you, sounds good value.

If I wanted to make a soup to eat the same or next day, incorporating bones, marrow, oxtail etc. is there a recipe for that? Would it just be a case of simmering bones for say 12 hours and the just adding meat, vegetables, gravy stock as if I was making a stew, would that taste ok?

Keep a bag in the freezer - when you are preparing any meals and have some off cuts of random veg put it in the bag. If you have bones from any meals - put them in the bag. Big Sunday roast - carcass goes in the bag - Pork Chops- eat the meat - bone goes in the bag.

End of the week you'll have a little bag of randomness to create soups and broths.

 

[HillBill]

We do the following when jointing birds. When dressed out our birds are 1500 - 2000g. Breast on a utility bird is about 350g. That's a meal for two. Thighs are about the same amount (say 300g). There are then two drumsticks & two wings. We generally batch these up for hot wings or chicken legs. Say 250g of meat all in.

The rest of the meat on the carcass is about 200g this we use for casseroles or chicken & sweetcorn soup

The carcass will get about 2l of stock

So one chicken offers 6 adult meals, 2 bowls of soup or stew & 2 litres of canned stock

We, being greedy buggers, get a sunday dinner from the Breasts, a curry from the rest of the meat, and a stock from the carcass. And the dog and cats get a feed too. We do buy the extra large chucks from Morrisons though... about £7
Bargain to us who dont have the room to raise our own.

 

[British Red]

We, being greedy buggers, get a sunday dinner from the Breasts, a curry from the rest of the meat, and a stock from the carcass. And the dog and cats get a feed too. We do buy the extra large chucks from Morrisons though... about £7
Bargain to us who dont have the room to raise our own.

Oh I'm greedy - but say two thighs will produce two portions of chicken larger than a takeaway main course from really high quality, high welfare meat. Throw in egg fried rice using our eggs & veg cooked in our stock but using first rate Jasmine rice (30p a large portion). Add in some cornflour & a few odds & ends & we are still under £1 a person

General Tso's chicken by English Countrylife, on Flickr

 

[HillBill]

Oh I'm greedy - but say two thighs will produce two portions of chicken larger than a takeaway main course from really high quality, high welfare meat. Throw in egg fried rice using our eggs & veg cooked in our stock but using first rate Jasmine rice (30p a large portion). Add in some cornflour & a few odds & ends & we are still under £1 a person

General Tso's chicken by English Countrylife, on Flickr

Actually looks like a nice starter,

 

[Dan00001]

Get a copy of Delia's book 'Frugal Food' (now out of print). It was my survival bible when a student trying to cook in one-room digs on a very severe budget. It's based on old fashioned ingredients and methods.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Delias-Frugal-Food-Delia-Smith/dp/034091856X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

The book just arrived. How they can sell a book and deliver it next day for £1.99 is amazing.