Bone broth for chicken noodle soup?

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I am making chicken noodle soup in the pressure cooker today. What I was wondering is if it would be worthwhile to throw the bones from the chicken and liquid back into the pressure cooker for a couple of hours to get all the gelatin from the bones. Then I would combine the shredded chicken, veggies with the strained bone broth. Or would this just be a waste of time?

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Yes, also add any spare chicken parts (neck, wing tips, back bones etc. I’ll make a good broth

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Thanks. I did wind up using the bones/back. I put it back in the pressure cooker for 90 min under pressure. I hope that is enough, but they were already partially cooked for 20 minutes under pressure with the meat on the bone.

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Might be best to make the stock separately to be honest.

Don't just throw anything in. The gizzard is a filter for stones and the liver would give it a strange taste. I tend not to use the heart either.

Best to get the fat off the top once the stock has cooled for a cleaner taste. 

But you're the chef. None of it is going to harm you.

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So I take it you are using a whole chicken - not a carcass - to make soup, and then after the meat has cooked, you are considering using the left over bones to further extract flavour?

Personally I find it a waste of time, as there won't be much flavour left in the bones compared to the broth after the meat has been cooked. Especially with the young chickens you find in supermarkets these days. Situation may be different if you can get older hens. 

This is the way I make soup, cooking the chicken for say 1-1.5 hours and then that's it as far as the chicken is concerned. See recipe here: https://chewtown.com/2014/07/brodo-di-pollo/

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