THE DREGS

the dregs game-changing chicken stock

the dregs game-changing chicken stock 

ingredients:

3 lbs chicken bones, (ask your butcher for necks and backs)

extra virgin olive oil

kosher & sea salt

4 or 5 cloves garlic, smashed

2 carrots, peeled and roughly chopped

2 celery and 2 yellow onions, roughly chopped

bonus points, 1 leek roughly chopped

a handful of whole black peppercorns, fresh thyme, bay leaf

strainer & cheese cloth 

step 1:

heat your oven to 375º. rinse and pat dry your bones. throw them in a roasting pan and toss em liberally with olive oil and kosher salt. throw them in the oven for about 30-40 minutes, until your house is starting to smell like thanksgiving. 

step 2:

while the bones are roasting away, prep, peel, rinse and chop all your veg. toss everything in a stock pot. once the bones are ready to rock, toss them and the drippings into the pot on top of everything else. fill to the top with filtered water. high heat until it simmers (never, ever let it boil), then low heat for 3-5 hours depending on how much time you have. 

step 3:

strain it. once through just mesh, and then once more through cheese cloth. toss it back in the pot, add sea salt to taste. 

done. freeze what you don’t need. use in & on everything.