Comprehensive Guide: $6 Michelin Roast Chicken Stock & Crystal Clear Consommé
A revolutionary approach to stock making that uses a pressure cooker and finely shredded rotisserie chicken to produce restaurant-quality results in under an hour. The guide also covers professional clarification techniques for creating a consommé as clear as whiskey using traditional and modern methods. Chef's tips: (1) Maximizing surface area is key: slicing vegetables thinly and shredding chicken meat allows for much faster flavor extraction (Fick's Law). (2) Meat vs. Bones: Great stock should taste like meat. Using meat rather than just bones provides a deeper 'roasting juice' flavor profile. (3) Time Hack: Using boiling water instead of cold water saves about 10-15 minutes of heating time in the pressure cooker. (4) Pressure vs. Simmer: One hour of pressure cooking is equivalent to over 6 hours of stove-top simmering in terms of extraction levels. (5) Clarity: If you want perfectly clear stock for soup, avoid boiling the stock after straining, or use the ice-filtration method sho…
- Time: 56 min
- Servings: 2
Source: ChefChef
Ingredients
- whole chicken Costco Rotisserie Chicken
- unit, thinly sliced Onion
- unit, thinly sliced Carrot
- cloves, smashed Garlic
- Quarts, boiling Water
- tablespoons Chicken fat or neutral oil
- Leeks, Celery, Carrots, Onions, Thyme Consommé Aromatics
- Raw ground chicken and egg whites Consommé Clarifier