# How many bones do you need for stock? (e.g. chicken or beef stock)

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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** food-cooking
**Created:** [January 5, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bones-do-you-need-for-stock-e-g-chicken-or-beef-stock/977735 "2023-01-05T18:00:46Z")
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### Author: ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bones-do-you-need-for-stock-e-g-chicken-or-beef-stock/977735/25 "2023-01-05T22:39:18Z")

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Mrs. solost gets a rotisserie chicken every time she goes to Costco. I save all carcass bones, I’m not too careful to strip all the meat off the bones, and I freeze the carcass until I have 2 carcasses for a 6 quart instant pot. Or I do one Costco chicken carcass and a handful of raw chicken wings.

Can’t help with beef stock, since my typical beef encounters are boneless cuts like steaks or briskets.

Here’s a chicken stock thread I started a year ago in which people shared a lot of great tips, if you’re interested:

> [@Let’s talk chicken stock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-talk-chicken-stock/958694):
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> I made a batch of it over the weekend and just heated up and enjoyed a big mug of it. So, so good on a cold winter day. My method is, my wife brings home rotisserie chickens when she shops at Costco. I’ll freeze the leftover carcass, and when I have two of them I put them both in an Instant Pot with some celery, onion, garlic, thyme, bay leaf and whole peppercorns. Then I fill with water and a small splash of apple cider vinegar (the vinegar’s acid is supposed to help render more collagen out o…

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