Reviewed: Feb. 4, 2009

I have been making this for years. I buy double when chicken is on sale and use this recipe to have chicken for the weeks menu. I use it for sandwiches, wraps, casseroles, salads some for the freezer for another time, etc... Excellent.` THX

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Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2009

This is fantastic, and very simple. I use this for a soup, and the larger pieces of meat I use in a casserole the next day.

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Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2009

This was my first time boiling chicken and it came out sooo tender and delicious. I bought a 2 pound WHOLE chicken and all I added in the water were carrots, flattened garlic cloves, pepper, an salt. The rest of the flavors came from the chicken. I simmered the chicken just before boiling (following a reviewer's suggestion) and the meat really did fall off the bone. YUM! Also, since I used a 2 pound chicken it only took me about an hour. I agree with the reviewers that said to keep the skin for the extra flavor, and then skim off the fat later.

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Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2009

Great easy recipe!

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Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2009

I've made this time and time again as a base for my homemade chicken noodle soup and it's perfect! One reminder though, never bring the water to a boil because it makes the chicken tough. It's important to catch it right before a boil and let it simmer from there. Follow that rule and you'll have the best most tender chicken around!

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Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2008

I personally don't like to make alterations to other people's recipes... especially ones that are rated with 5 stars, but I did add a few extra ingredients. Sorry--often annoyed by other reviewers for making so many alterations that it is no longer YOUR recipe. However, your recipe is perfect. I just added some garlic and parsley to suit my tastes. Even without that, it would have been absolutely wonderful. Thank you so much. I searched for this recipe simply because I wasn't sure about the cooking time. Your instructions are immaculate as far as I am concerned. Thanks again.

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Reviewed: Nov. 16, 2008

Skim the top a few times while it's cooking and you have broth for soups - way better than canned and way less wasteful.

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Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2008

This is a very good basic recipe. For those who say that it bland should realize that it is for the basic diced cooked chicken. You spice and season it as you make your final recipe. When I get a great sale on whole chickens, I get out the giant stock pot and fill it and cover with water and start heating it. I like to be able to go out to the garden and snip some fresh herbs. Whatever is growing and looks good. I like my final recipes with dark meat. Some (my SO) do not, so I bag up some different mixes and freeze them. The boil the bones some more and filter the liquid through a fine mesh filter. This liquid freezes into the best broth you can get. I really like to be able to put a bunch of these into the freezer before winter comes. It gives me the cooked chicken for taco, burritos, pot pies, chicken soup, chick and dumplings, etc. at a drop of a hat for a hearty winter supper.

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Reviewed: Sep. 15, 2008

So easy and yummy!! I used this recipe as a base for soup. I used a whole chicken and didn't cut it up (as some other reveiws had suggested) and had no problems, chicken was done in 90 minutes exactly. I did use some salt though, only a pinch. When the chicken was done I removed it from the pot and strained the broth. Way better than broth from a carton or a boullion cube, and although it takes some time its really easy. :)

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Reviewed: Sep. 15, 2008

I've made this recipe for many years. Over 40! There are some hints, however: Use a whole chicken. Cheaper, and more flavor. Don't use boneless, skinless breasts. The meat will be dryer and the broth not as flavorful. After cooking let chicken sit in broth until cool. The meat will not be tough. No need to debone chicken first if you have a big enough soup pot. Another hint: When cooked through, remove large pieces, then pour broth and remaining pieces through a sieve into another container. The little pieces of meat and bones and skin will be left behind. It will be easy then to pick through and get the meat. (Let cool awhile or you could get burned.) Another hint: The broth doesn't have to be used that day. Freeze some in containers, but take an ice tray and put some of the broth in that. This makes bouillon cubes. No more needing to buy artificially flavored, over salted, and MSG filled cubes from the store. Delicious. Update: Forgot to mention. My recipe calls for some herbs. Poultry seasoning, or sage and thyme. Maybe some rosemary.

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Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2008

Great recipe. I used a 5-pound chicken so I cooked it a bit longer, but it was very moist and perfectly done. I also made stock like other reviewers suggested which I am going to use for risotto. Thanks!

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Reviewed: Jun. 29, 2008

This made very nice broth and the chicken was moist and flavorful.

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Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2008

Great recipe for all those chicken uses. Great flavor and so easy.

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Reviewed: Jun. 15, 2008

I didn't actually make this recipe but I boil chicken to debone it constantly. I am responding because of the number of people who stated they are using boneless,skinless chicken breasts for this!?!? Why? The whole point of boiling chicken is to leach flavor from the bones and skin (where the flavor is) into the water for stock and so you can easily remove the meat from the bones and skin afterward. This allows you to use a more economical cut of meat(i.e. bone in skin on chicken breasts,etc.) for your meals that call for shredded chicken (casseroles, chicken salad, etc.) and to save the more expensive cuts for your meals that call for a cutlet (cordon bleu, chicken parmesean, grilled chicken etc.) I would imagine boiled bonesless skinless breasts would result in a very bland stock that would require several buillon cubes to add more flavor as well as very bland chicken meat.

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Reviewed: May 5, 2008

very simple. i use the slow cooker when makeing broths or stocks. i also hate wasteing the vegetables so i do something a friend taught me. i save the ends and parts of the veggies i normaly wouldnt in most recipes, and freeze them. then when i have a decent amount of vegetables saved i make this recipe or broth. works very well and i dont feel quilty discarding them when im done.

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mistycolleen

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Reviewed: May 4, 2008

I never knew how to boil a chicken! Now I do and I save the broth for other recipes. Oh so good. I made a few changes, some because I didn't have ingredients on hand. I used celery flakes instead of fresh and regular pepper instead of peppercorns. I did add a clove of garlic and some parsely for added flavor. Very good - thanks!

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Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2008

Awesome!! I used this recipe for chicken and stock for a chicken noodle soup recipe from this site and it turned out great. I added 2 garlic cloves, crushed but whole so they would be easy to take out, and a bay leaf. I allowed the chicken to cool while sitting in the pot and it turned out tender and full of flavor and the stock was a great start to my soup!! Thanks!

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Reviewed: Feb. 23, 2008

I was sort of skeptical too, but this definitely is the best recipe for the economical cook like me! I boiled chicken breasts to shred and also got a great pot of broth out of it too! Thanks for the tip about cooling the chicken in the broth...my chicken came out tasty and not the least bit dry!

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Home Town: Denville, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2008

Thank you for giving me an idea of how long to cook chicken. Some people may never have to look this information up, and might find it strange, but I really don't know how to cook chicken or fish. My mother rarely cooked meat when I was a child, and somehow beef is easier. Enough of my life story - thanks!

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