Secondary stock

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Chicken carcass
3 slices Ginger root
2 pounds Pork bones
1 Leek
8 cups Water
1 cup Vegetables
½ teaspoon Salt

Directions

1. Chop chicken carcass in chunks. Slice ginger root. Place both in a saucepan with pork bones, leek and cold water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat immediately and skim the surface; then simmer, uncovered, 2 to 4 hours.

Discard bones.

2. Dice vegetables. Add to stock and simmer, covered, about 15 minutes.

During the last 5 minutes, add salt. Strain off vegetables and skim off fat.

VARIATIONS: For the leek, substitute 2 scallion stalks.

Use only ½ pound pork bones (preferably ribs). Add 1 chicken gizzard, cut up, 2 chicken feet, cleaned and skinned, a small piece of ham, and 1 cup bamboo shoots, sliced. Place all ingredients except ham and bamboo shoots in cold water to cover. Bring to a boil. Let boil 3 to 4 minutes.

Pour off the liquid and discard. Then pick up step 1, adding the ham and bamboo shoots.

From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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