Meat · raw
Boiling fowl
Also called stewing hen, soup chicken, old hen
An older laying hen (Dutch soepkip); tough but very flavourful, simmered for hours for rich chicken soup and stock.
- A kind of Chicken
What can replace it
- T2 · GoodChicken carcasses
Fine for the stock itself but gives no meat for the pot.
- T2 · GoodChicken legs
Less deep, savoury flavour in stock and soup; cooks much faster, so shorten the simmer.
- T2 · GoodChicken thighs
Milder broth than an old hen gives; the meat cooks quickly and stays tender.
- T3 · In a pinchGuinea fowl
Gamier, leaner bird; a lighter broth with a different flavour.
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