Homemade Chicken Bouillon Cubes

So whenever my wife makes crock-pot chicken, we always seem to have a ridiculous amount of chicken stock leftover. In the past, we would freeze it in large zip lock bags, but we had a eureka moment when we came across our old ice trays in the cupboard. Chicken Bouillon ICE Cubes! 

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An obvious step, but if you are cooking an entire chicken just to get some free broth, I may recommend buying a carton of Swanson's chicken broth.

That being said, the slow cooker will generally leave you with a large amount of chickenny goodness.

Take out the large pieces and then strain with a mesh screen. 

In my case, I couldn't find our mesh strainer, so I ended up using our flour sifter.

How much liquid you used to cook that delicious chicken, will determine how much delicious chicken broth you end up with.

We ended up with about 3 cups.

Really, what I mean is skim off the chicken grease. I personally don't care for a greasy bouillon cube. 

The easiest way to do this is use a spoon to slowly skim it.

After you skim it off, discard it properly.

Slowly pour the broth into some ice trays (that you won't be using for regular ice again).

Carefully place them in the freezer and allow to freeze solid.

When they are frozen solid, turn the cubes out onto a paper towel and place the cubes in freezer bag or freezer safe container.

So, you may be asking yourself, what do I do with all my delicious homemade chicken bouillon cubes?

1. Well, if want them thawed to add to mashed potatoes, you microwave them for 40 seconds and mix them in.

2. If you want to add them to a soup recipe, you drop them right into the pot, frozen, and the cooking process melts them. 

3. If you want to sip a hot cup of chicken broth, you melt as many cubes as you want and drink them.

The choice is yours!

Once again, thanks for reading!