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White chicken stock (paitan)

Chicken bones and wings blanched first (the first water is discarded), then boiled for hours at a lively boil with the lid half open, until the stock turns white and opaque; the onion, garlic and ginger go in for the last hour. Based on the recipes themselves, without a verified source.

⏱ 16 min
🥩 Meat🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Rinse the bones, put them in a large pot, cover with cold water and bring to a boil. Cook 5 minutes, discard the water and rinse the scum off the bones.
    StoveLarge potColander
  2. 2
    Return the bones to a clean pot with the water and bring to a hard boil.
    StoveLarge pot
  3. 3
    Cook at a lively boil, with the lid half open, four to five hours. Add boiling water as needed. The stock turns white and opaque.
    Stove
  4. 4
    Strain the stock through a fine strainer. You should have about 8¼ cups.
    Fine sieveLarge pot
56calories
6 gprotein
0 gcarbs
3 gfat
● protein 44%● carbs 0%● fat 56%

Per serving (1000 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Large pot · Also works: Pot (Cook in two batches)
  • Colander · Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)
  • Fine sieve · Also works: Cheesecloth (Cheesecloth over a sieve) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Colander (Lets more through)

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Chicken wings or feet · onion · garlic · Ginger
  • Wording for the bones in the steps: the bones
  • First blanching time (minutes): 5
  • Boiling time: four to five hours
  • How much stock is left: about 2 liters

⇄ Alternative recipes

Chicken stock · Bone Stock · Vegetable stock · Pressure Cooker Chicken Stock · Chicken Stock with Kombu and Shiitake

🔗 Used in

Asian noodle soup (ramen) · Sour Soup · Vegetable soup

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