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    Serenity Valley Farms

    Necks - Chicken pasture raised - AGF

    Necks - Chicken pasture raised - AGF

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    CHICKEN NECKS
    Stock, for almost nothing.
    Bone, skin, and a surprising amount of meat.
    8–10 WEEKS
    GROW-OUT
    STOCK
    WHAT THEY’RE FOR
    4+ HOURS
    SIMMER TIME
    What makes it different
    Why necks
    A neck is mostly bone and skin wrapped around small muscles that work constantly. Bone for body, skin for fat, working muscle for flavor — that combination is what makes a stock taste of chicken rather than of water.
    Better than a carcass
    A roasted carcass has already given up most of what it had. Necks are raw, so everything is still in them.
    There is meat on them too
    Not much per neck, but after a long simmer it falls off, and it is worth picking out for the soup rather than throwing away.
    Add a few chicken feet if you have them. Necks bring flavor and feet bring body — together they make a stock nothing else matches.
    FROM THE FARM
    We raise our birds on pasture here in Monticello, Kentucky and have them processed at a USDA-inspected poultry plant. We grow them eight to ten weeks, which is two to four weeks longer than a commodity bird, and it is the single biggest difference you will taste.
    How to use them
    1
    Rinse them. Roast them at 425°F for twenty minutes first if you want a darker, deeper stock.
    2
    Into a pot with onion, carrot, celery and peppercorns, covered with cold water. Bring it up, then drop it to a bare simmer.
    3
    Four hours at least. Skim whatever rises in the first twenty minutes and then leave it alone.
    4
    Strain it, chill it, and lift the fat off the top. Keep that fat — schmaltz is worth more than the stock.
    What you’re getting
    One package of chicken necks.
    From birds grown eight to ten weeks on pasture.
    Raised on our farm in Monticello, Kentucky, processed at a USDA-inspected plant.
    Weights are averages. Every package is cut by hand, so no two are exactly alike.
    Who vouches for us
    Homegrown By Heroes
    Homegrown By Heroes
    Farmer veteran certified
    Weston A. Price Foundation
    Weston A. Price
    Wise Traditions listed
    Kentucky Proud
    Kentucky Proud
    KY Dept. of Agriculture
    Appalachia Proud
    Appalachia Proud
    Mountains to Market
    USDA inspected · Processed at USDA-inspected facilities in Science Hill, Kentucky and Walling, Tennessee

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    Everything we send is perishable, so nothing spends more than two days in transit. Your order is vacuum-sealed, packed in an insulated liner with reusable ice packs, and ships Mondays and Tuesdays so it never sits over a weekend.

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