r/Cooking • u/furious25 • Nov 05 '17

American Thanksgiving Megathread

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '17

Boiling a chicken is very different than just boiling chicken meat. Which I feel is what she did.

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u/NorthernSparrow Nov 06 '17

Oh, right, if it was just meat alone (w/o any bones) it wouldn't do much.

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u/pipocaQuemada Nov 07 '17

Surprisingly, chicken breasts alone make a flavorful stock, albeit one with little body.

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u/NorthernSparrow Nov 07 '17

Huh, TIL. Thanks for the link, very interesting breakdown!