Just a quick note, I have always bought my chicken stock for cooking, however, after talking with some girl friends a couple of weeks ago, I tried to make my own last weekend and what do you know, it turned out!!!! All I did was take a "tray" of chicken thighs (I had them in the freezer from a sale this spring so it was time to use them, you can usually get them on sale for $2-4, depending on the sale/coupons) I put the chicken in a "stock pot" (it's all making sense now) covered them with water, I have no clue how much but if I had to guess I would say at least 4 qts. I tossed in some onion and let it boil, and boil, and boil! Then, I turned it off to let it cool somewhat. At this point once it is cooled you could measure it out and freeze it, I decided to go ahead and make soup right away. So, after taking the chicken meat off the bone, I returned half of it back to the pot (I used the rest for BBQ chicken sandwiches later in the week) and added carrots, egg noodles, salt, pepper, celery salt, and some chicken bouillon cubes (those would be optional, but with store bought chicken, I thought it needed the extra flavor!) Just let it simmer and that's all there is too it! Who knew! ;)
