Usually when I make chicken and dressing, I cook the chicken the night before and separate the broth from the chicken. The next day after refrigerating the broth, I'm able to skim off the fat off and discard it.
Today I needed to make the chicken and dressing in a hurry, so I put the hot broth in a small mixing bowl. I set it in the large mixing bowl with ice and cold water, and let it sit for about an hour. In that time, the broth had set and I was able to skim the fat off to make the chicken and dressing.
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great idea!
Good trick. Have you found a way to extract grease once it has been "hard-cooked" into a broth?
I make soup every month for my grandson. He buys the stuff, I use 4 crock pots at a time and then "cold shock" them, getting the temp down fast so I can chill them. Before I do, I line the top of the soup with cellophane, making sure to get all the wrap on the soup itself, then up the sides with no steam leak holes.
Thanks for the tip, Sandi/Poor But Proud. I'll have to try that!!
The most innovative method to remove broth and stock fat is using airstream blowing to the broth surface. Floating fat will be blown to the other side of the container, leaving a fat free area to scoop out, or skim the cornered fat, very simple.
I am a single man and I am just learning to cook. As I had made chicken soup it ended up as a greasy mess, actually not edible. I scooped all the liquid in a large ziplock bag,zipped it shut and let it sit for a while. You could see through the bag and I saw a dividing line of grease floating on the top. I then cut uf a small bit of a corner and let the soup stock flow out until the fat started to come out. I then stopped the flow and discarded the rest of the ziplock bag. Try it...
That is impressive for a newbie!!You can also put some ice cubes in a circle of cheese cloth and set it inside the cooled soup drawing the fat onto the cloth. Try my method too its super easy!
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