Classic Chicken Broth

Name: Classic Chicken Broth
Yield: Makes 8 cups
Ingredients: 4 pounds, chicken backs and wings; 3 1/2 quarts, water; 1 , onion, chopped; 2 , bay leaves; 2 teaspoons, salt

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2017

This classic approach to making chicken broth calls for gently simmering a mix of chicken backs and wings in water for several hours and requires almost no hands-on work.

SERVES Makes 8 cups

TIME 5½ hours

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