Soups or other foods that use a broth or stock made from smoked meats

I got caught out a little bit tonight - got out of the hospital yesterday, the cupboard is bare, and I needed to feed us something without going to the grocery store. There was a leftover half-chicken in the fridge from Tuesday night, because husband and daughter went to a BBQ restaurant and he forgot that the portion sizes are huge even for him. Obviously, it needed to be used. I also had 5 russet potatoes that were at the end of their shelf life. Removed the meat from the chicken and used the bones/skin/bits and bobs to make a quick broth. I didn't even have any celery or onions, I just used celery seeds, onion powder, and dried parsley. Added a pint of homemade stock that I had in the freezer to fortify. Threw in the potatoes. Made a light roux with butter and flour, added about 1.5 cups of milk to make a gravy/sauce, added to the broth. Threw in the chicken long enough to warm it. Y'all, that was some good stuff. (I think it would be even better with jasmine rice versus potatoes, but I needed to use up the taters.) I'm from the US southeast, so obviously I've cooked with a ham bone before, but I don't know why it has never occurred to me to make stocks or broths with other smoked meats. Do you guys have other recipes or just notions of foods that would benefit from stock that is made from smoked meats? submitted by /u/JellyfishFit3871 [link] [comments]