Yes, making homemade chicken broth takes 5 hours. Yes, you have to wait two hours for it to cool before you put it in the fridge. Yes, I requires you to touch a whole raw chicken. But there is no comparison in the flavor of your soups and stews. The other advantage is that in the process of making broth, you cook a whole chicken which you can use in other dishes. The breasts turn out so delicious.
Here's how it goes. Get a really big pot. Put the whole chicken in the pot. Pour in 1 1/2 gallons cold water. Bring it to a boil and then turn the heat down to low. Skim off the foam but leave the fat. Add a whole carrot, a halved onion, head of garlic, a celery stalk, salt, black peppercorns, and a bouquet of fresh herbs. After 1 hour, remove the chicken breasts and return the rest of the chicken to the broth. Simmer for 4-5 hours. Strain. Allow to cool before you put it in the fridge or freezer.
The next day I made chicken noodle soup with onions and oil, broth, carrots, turnips, and the left over chicken. I added noodles to the broth and let them cook during the last 20ish minutes. It was so yummy!
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