Ingredient Information

Chicken Stock, Prepared

Should You Use Prepared Stocks?

Making your own chicken stock is a lot easier to do even in today’s busy world. You can use leftover vegetable scraps, shrimp shells or chicken bones.  Freeze them and making stock is easy.  The one key is to not let the stock boil as you make it and this does mean that you need to watch stock carefully as it simmers. Boiling results in a cloudy stock and a burned, bitter flavor.

There are a myriad of prepared chicken stocks on the market. A lot of times this will be labeled “chicken broth.” Stocks in the form of boullion cubes or powder make a terrible substitute for chicken stock. Just avoid them.

You can find stock in cans and cartons. They also have a lot of salt in them and many have too much fat as well. Most of these are pretty terrible but there are a few that are good for day to day use.