Warms in cool weather and gives strength in hot weather - hot, aromatic and delicious chicken breast broth. The subtleties of cooking, a step by step recipe with a photo and video recipe.
Chicken breast broth is a hearty and tasty dish. Light broth and chicken meat will appeal to almost everyone. The soup will appeal to both adults and children. If you want to make the stew more satisfying, you can add vermicelli or other pasta. Despite the fact that chicken broth seems to be an elementary dish, there are subtleties and nuances in such a simple recipe.
- Fillet, thighs, chicken legs, whole chicken are suitable for broth. From the thighs of the legs and whole poultry, a rich and strong broth will turn out, from the breast and fillet - light and dietary.
- It is not recommended to use entrails (kidneys, lungs) for broth, because they will make the broth cloudy.
- Cut off excess fat so that it does not accumulate on the surface of the broth during cooking.
- Spices with a strong aroma (cloves, allspice and peas) are not recommended to be added to the broth.
- Classic roots that can be put into broth when cooking are carrots, celery stalk, onions, 1-2 champignons.
- From spices and herbs, you can put black peppercorns and bay leaves, dill and parsley.
- It is better to cook broth without a lid. It will boil under the lid, and you will need to control the boiling force.
- A transparent broth will turn out if it does not boil very much, but only slightly simmer over the slowest heat. After all, the transparency of the broth is a matter of aesthetics.
- The broth should be salted depending on how you want to get the result: a delicious broth or chicken meat. If the broth is tasty, then salt at the beginning of cooking after boiling. If you want a delicious boiled chicken, salt it at the end when the broth is almost cooked.
See also the secrets of making chicken broth.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 59 kcal.
- Servings - 3
- Cooking time - 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Chicken breasts - 2 pcs.
- Bay leaf - 2 pcs.
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Salt - 1 tsp or to taste
- Peppercorns - 2-3 pcs.
Step-by-step preparation of chicken breast broth, recipe with photo:
1. Wash the chicken fillet, cut into pieces that you want to see on your plate and put in the cooking pot.
2. Pour the potable water over the meat, place the pot on the stove and bring to a boil.
3. Add bay leaves and peppercorns. Wash the onions and put them in a saucepan. The onion is added to the pan in the husk, because it will give the broth a beautiful golden hue. In this case, remove the top dirty leaves, leaving only the bottom layer. Although you can peel the onion if you wish.
After boiling, simmer the chicken breast broth without a lid over low heat for 1 hour. If foam forms on the surface, remove it.
See also a video recipe on how to cook a clear chicken fillet broth. Secrets of a delicious broth.
