How To Make Homemade Chicken Stock | Pressure Canning Your Own Broth at Home

Part of keeping a semi sustainable flock includes culling chickens from time to time. Today we process a rooster and make fresh chicken stock.

Homemade broth is easy to make and is also an incredibly flavorful and versatile ingredient. We pressure can the broth and walk you through the entire process.

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[belewis]

I love how respectful you were to the rooster and thanked him for his service. I appreciate how you use every bit of the bird, from canning and a wholesome dinner to the dogs and compost. Thank you.

[klazyy]

Yup, brought back memories of watching my grandpa "processing" the chickens out by the barn. As a young child, it all made sense when he explained each step and none of us was 'grossed' out and the end products were sure worth it. To this day, no purchased fried chicken or frozen processed chicken meals even taste like 'real' chicken. Of course, those days were back in the '40's and everything we used on the ranch was home grown or came from our livestock. Simpler times, harder times, but in a lot of ways, better times. Thanks for taking me back into grandma's kitchen. Even her pressure cooker was just like yours. Lordy, but time has sure flown by!

[TsunamiKitten]

Just another reason to love you two... You have great respect for animals and I love and appreciate that!!❤️

[richardrick]

One of the things that I like most is when the person has to sacrifice an animal for their own consumption and still have respect for their life.
If you notice this when Arielle explains the process and even in your tone of voice you can feel the weight of the animal's life in favor of it becoming a food, this is praiseworthy for a person who deals with animals and therefore my maximum respect.

(Excuse me if there is something in this incorrect text, English is not my first language, but the google translator helped me with that.)

[ashleyanderson]

I won't be singing around you two!!! LOL

[MrButtercup]

Arielle, you are such a good instructor! I admire your approach to food and sustainability. You explain everything so clearly and you are so relaxed and natural in front of the camera. I really enjoy the content you guys are creating. It's such a good mix of fun/playful day to day, and instructive. Thanks for the hard work!

[RA-sztu]

thank you for educating peeps that most people who harvest their own meat be it wild or tame have much respect for that animal

[dinahquillen]

The broth is so rich looking, a pretty golden color. I prefer leeks over onions, to me they are smoother.

[LindasPantry]

What a wonderful video this was not only informative but I think it was educational for a lot of people out there that have not dispatched chickens or on through the process to put back chicken stoak chicken stock in their pantry I love canning and I really enjoyed watching this video thank you

[brianburnett]

My wife and I really love your videos. It brings back great memories of our time we spent "next door" in Inuvik N.W.T. in the 80s.

[jayraymond]

Did my first two roosters a few days ago. It’s not easy, but it is a part of the life you chose. I too have chosen that life and have learned we are charged with giving them a good life and dispatch them appropriately.

Merry Christmas Eric and Arielle.

[nervousnova]

Love this, growing up in the country and now living in the city, , this brings me back to my roots. Thank you!

[wolverinehoff]

Love you for kissing him first. You are always kind and respectful; your animals have a wonderful life and you eat the best quality food. Thanks for this video!

[neilmunro]

Hi, great video. Have you ever thought of making your own stock cubes... Let stock go cold, remove solidified fat. USE fat for sauteing can be refrigerated, frozen. Reduce stock down to a concentrated syrup-like consistency. decant into a container/Ice cub tray freeze. The gelatinous nature of the reduction frozen stock can be cut into squares and frozen. Reconstitute when needed. Space saver. Kindness your way Neil {Lochness Scottish Highlands }

[Hannahsunshine-]

I've got chicken dinner baking and it's almost as if I have smell-o-vision watching this. It's smells great ☺️

[miguelruizm]

Thanks for showing love and respect to your animals

[anonymousone]

We have 20 hens and 2 1/2 roosters (the half is a little 3 lb, cross eyed bantam my youngest fell in love with🤣). Half of our hens are winding down their laying. I just don't have it in me to do anything else than let them live out their days here. I would have to be in a dire situation to do that since they are technically my youngest daughter's chickens (she is 20 now). They are more like pets who give us eggs as a bonus! That being said I was brought to tears with the respect and love you have given to the rooster who has blessed you with sustenance. God Bless 🥰

[betsymayo]

I love that you appreciate your chickens for all that they have and will give you. they only have one bad day... grew up on a little homestead with sheep and pigs and chickens and I really appreciate your sensitivity to their "bad day".

[Legend]

Thank you for being so realistic, I think farming is such a good teacher about the value of life!

[snoopypeanut]

Always add apple cider vinegar when cooking the stock adds great flavour but also pulls the collagen out of the bones.
Another tip is to take your meat off the bones when cooked how u like it then continue cooking the bones for longer for the best nutrient filled broth