Description
Homemade bone broth is easy to make, delicious & incredibly nourishing for your gut & overall health. Here you will find a stovetop & crockpot method that yields perfect broth every time!
Ingredients
Scale
- Chicken bones (we used the leftover bones from one roasted chicken)
- 1/2 a red onion (or white onion), roughly diced
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 4–5 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 inch piece of ginger, roughly diced
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar (or red wine vinegar will work plus 1/2 a lemon)
- 1/2 tsp pink salt (more or less to taste)
- Black pepper
- Optional add-in’s: fresh turmeric root, fresh lemon juice, spices of choice, etc.
- Filtered water (amount will depend on the size of your pot, you want the water to completely cover all of the ingredients)
Instructions
Stovetop Method:
- Add all your ingredients to a large pot ensuring you cover all of the ingredients in the pot with filtered water until it is an inch or two from the top.
- Bring everything to a boil on the stovetop over medium/high heat for a few minutes.
- Then reduce the heat to low, cover & allow the mixture to simmer for 12 hours.
- After 12 hours remove the chicken bones & vegetables, then strain the mixture into a large dish using a fine mesh sieve. We strained ours 2-3 times to make sure it was smooth & any leftover pieces were removed.
- Pour into a mason jar & store in the fridge for up to a week or freeze for several months.
- When you want to enjoy a cup, heat on the stovetop over low heat until warm, enjoy!
Crockpot Method:
- Follow the above steps but instead of using a pot on the stove place everything into the crockpot on low for at least 12 hours.
- Strain & store the same way as above & enjoy!
Notes
***Note: I have found that adding all the ingredients to the pot & leaving it overnight, un-heated, & then cooking it the next morning for at least 12 hours has yielded a really thick & gelatin rich broth.
Keywords: bone broth, broth, chicken broth