by June Koppang

Created on: July 24, 2008   Last Updated: August 03, 2010

Fat Free Recipes-Recipe For Chicken Broth

If you go to the supermarket you will find all kinds of chicken broth in a can. But the sodium and fat content is enormous. Anyone on a salt free or low salt diet or low fat diet is in trouble with these soups.

If you are like we are, we are always making recipes that call for chicken broth to be added. It seems almost like all recipes these days include chicken broth. So we decided to make our own chicken broth-free of salt and fat.

It's a little bit of work but well worth it. When you are finished you have a broth that is tasty and also healthy.

I have tried all kinds of recipes, but here is one I made up myself and use all the time. I make the broth and then freeze several bowls of it for use at a later date.

So here is the recipe and I'm sure you'll love it. My family does.

First of all buy a large chicken - roaster or fryer will do.

Then be sure to take off all the skin. This is important if you want this broth to be free of as much fat as possible. It is difficult to skin the wings so I just toss them into the garbage. There's more fat than meat on these wings.

Then wash off the chicken good with running water and put it on a paper towel on your counter so as not to contaminate anything in your kitchen.

I use a pressure cooker but you could use any large covered pot, but of course the cooking time would be much longer. Put the chicken in the cooker and add water to cover. Judge the amount of water by how strong you want your broth to be. I just cover mine with about 8 cups of water but that would be up to your tastes.

Add to this pot-

2 medium sized onions, cut in small pieces

2 carrots medium size, cut in small pieces

2 stalks celery, cut in small pieces

Couple of drops of ketchup

Little dash of Lee & Perrins Sauce

Small amount of parsley

Dash of hot sauce

Dash of oregano

Dash of thyme

Dash of Italian seasoning

Dash of black pepper

3/4 cup white wine

Water to cover, (judge amount you want as to strength of broth)

Fire up your pressure cooker and cook for about 50-60 minutes. If you don't use a pressure cooker, allow for more time. When broth is done, strain it and put it into a large container. Put container in the refrigerator and the next day remove any fat that has surfaced to the top. Now you can put the broth in individual containers and freeze.

We have enjoyed this recipe and hope you will too.

It's ever so much healthier than what you have to buy in cans.

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