Homemade Chicken Stock

Ingredients:

• 7 pieces of chicken carcasses (bought from wet market costs about $3.00 OR 4 chicken carcasses and 1 dozen of chicken feet

• 3 stalks of spring onion (rinsed)
• 2 stalks of coriander roots (rinsed- optional)
• 2 bulbs/ 10 pieces of garlic (rinsed)
• 2 inches thick ginger (remove skin and smashed)

Method:

• Blanched chicken carcasses and chicken feet to remove blood. Remove, rinsed and set aside. 
• Boil about 2 liters of water in a fresh pot. 
• Placed ingredients spring onion, coriander, ginger and garlic and blanched chicken into the fresh pot of water.
• Bring to a rolling boil for 25mins and lower heat to a simmer. Simmer gently on stove-top for 1-2 hours.

Note: 

I prefer to use a thermal to pot to cook chicken stock. Bring the ingredients to a boil for 15mins. Then transfer to outer pot for at least 6 hours. Reheat thermal pot. Bring to a rolling boil and transfer to outer pot for it to continue to cook for another 6-8hours for thicker broth. You can reheat the third time and chicken stock is good to use. 

Airfry Chicken Lollipops

Running out of ideas for dinner 😛 decided to do a fuss-free dinner by airfrying these chicken lollipops! Simple marination of chicken drumlets using salt, pepper and Nomu poultry rub, which is a convenient mix of spices and herbs in a bottle!

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Ingredients:
12 chicken drumlets

Seasonings:

• 1 tbsp Melted butter 
• 1 tbsp Nomu Poultry rub
• 1 tbsp Garlic powder
• 1/2 tbsp Sea salt
• 1/2 tbsp Black pepper
• 1 tsp dark soy sauce (for colour) 
• 1 tsp Paprika (optional) 

1 tbsp honey mixed with 1 tbsp water for basting wings

Method:

1. Rub drumlets with salt to remove grim and smell. Rinsed and pat dry. 
2. Use scissors to snip heather skin at the end of the bone. Gently snip around the bone and push the skin and flesh downwards to form a round ball like a lollipop. 
3. Tip: Use a fork and poke the drumlets to enable seasonings to penetrate into skin since we have little time to marinate the drumlets. 
4. Mix seasonings in a bowl. Add drumlets and mixed well to coat. Set aside for 15mins. 
5. Preheat airfryer at 190 degrees for 5 minutes. 
6. Spray some oil on the wire mesh of the basket of airfryer before placing marinated drumlets to airfry. 
7. Airfry for 10mins and flip to ensure even colour. 
8. Continue airfry for 5 mins. 
9. Badge wings with honey water and airfry another 5-7mins. Serve hot.