House & Home - Ultimate Chicken Stock

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cooking onions, skin on, halved through middle
• 2 carrots, cut into 2″ lengths
• 3–4 lbs. whole chicken (ideally organic)
• 2 stalks celery with tops on, halved
• 1 leek top, rinsed
• 5 large Italian parsley stems (remove leaves, as they can make stock bitter)
• 6 dried shiitake mushrooms (often called black, flower or winter mushrooms)
• 1 tsp black peppercorns
• 12 cups cold water (or enough water to cover chicken)