67. Chicken Broth

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
Source
The Modern Housewife
Time
Cook: 60 min Total: 60 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (8)
For the broth
To thicken the broth
Instructions (7)
  1. Put half a raw chicken into a stewpan, with a quart of water, a little leek and celery, with a salt-spoonful of salt, and a few sprigs of parsley (if allowed).
  2. Set the stewpan upon the fire.
  3. When boiling, skim well, and let simmer upon the corner for one hour.
  4. Pass it through a sieve, and it is ready for use.
For a change, chicken-broth in the following way is very nutritious
  1. After having passed the broth through a sieve, pour it back again into the stewpan, which place over the fire.
  2. Moisten a teaspoonful of flour in a cup with a little cold broth or water, and when quite smooth pour it into the broth whilst boiling, stirring quickly.
  3. Let simmer a quarter of an hour, and it is ready.
Original Text
67. Chicken Broth.—Put half a raw chicken into a stewpan, with a quart of water, a little leek and celery, with a salt-spoonful of salt, and a few sprigs of parsley (if allowed), set the stewpan upon the fire; when boiling, skim well, and let simmer upon the corner for one hour; pass it through a sieve, and it is ready for use. The chicken would eat very nice with a little maître d’hôtel sauce, or any other from that series would do for the parlor, that is, when the patient is not allowed to eat it. For a change, chicken-broth in the following way is very nutritious; that is, after having passed the broth through a sieve, pour it back again into the stewpan, which place over the fire; moisten a teaspoonful of flour in a cup with a little cold broth or water, and when quite smooth pour it into the broth whilst boiling, stirring quickly, let simmer a quarter of an hour, and it is ready. Mutton or veal-broth may also be varied the same.
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