Basic Chicken Stock

Ingredients:
1 medium -sized chicken
6 peppercorns
2 pcs,leeks,cut in 2 cm lenghts
2 carrots chopped coarsely
1 large onion ,halved
2 sticks of celery ,chopped
1 garlic bulb,crushed
2 stalks of chinese celery

Method:
1.Clean the chicken,remove the inside and the skin
2.Boil 3 litres of water in a pot.Put in all the ingredients and allow to simmer on a slow fire.Skim off the scum that appears
3.Add salt to taste .Allow to boil for 1 1/2 hours.Strain the stock through a fine sieve and allow to cool.Store in the fridge .When chicken stock required for a recipe,simply remove the portion recquired and reheat before using