Erika, I make soup every week with my homemade chicken broth. I save all of my chicken bones and store in freezer. When I need broth I use my instant pot or pressure cooker but you can do this on the stove top. Cover bones with water, add salt and whole peppercorns and veggies if you want. I usually don't. Add 1 tbl of vinegar. It helps to break down the bones. I pressure cook them for 2 hours but on stove top, all day. You want to extract all you can out of those bones. My broth is almost like gelatin. I strain, put into quart plastic containers and put in freezer. When I make soup one quart will be diluted 2 or 3 times, depending on what other liquids I put in there. Please don't use bullion cubes! Too much salt. We will smoke whole chickens and that makes incredible broth. You can also use wings or legs if you dont have a carcass.