Classic Chicken Stock Recipe

Castellano’s classic chicken stock calls for the leftover carcass of a rotisserie chicken — all the bones, gristle, and whatnot. You’ll also need an onion, carrots, garlic cloves, dried bay leaves, dried thyme, dried rosemary, black peppercorns, fine sea salt, water, and lemon juice.

Castellano notes there’s some wiggle room here. Don’t have a lemon on hand? “Any acid works,” she says. She also adds that “the chicken’s seasoning can be anything, but keep in mind it could change the stock flavor.” So if you purchased, say, a barbecue-spiced chicken, expect your final product to have some of those particular notes. Which hey, could be good!