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Chicken Bone Broth

Bone broth has been all the rage in the culinary world for the last few years. People who sip on bone broth regularly tout great health benefits from the broth, ranging from boosting immunity to reducing intestinal inflammation, to improving joint health, to aiding good sleep, to adding essential minerals and vitamins to your body.

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With all these great benefits, why are we not all drinking bone broth every day? Well, if you're looking to buy high-end bone broth, you could spend as much as $10 for an 16 ounces of the stuff in New York City, and if you choose to make it yourself, you need to plan to spend many many hours doing so. But.. it doesn't have to be that way… if you have a pressure cooker!

A white bowl of bone broth with two jars of bone broth on a wooden table.

Bone broth is really a fortified stock – which is a flavorful liquid made from simmering animal bones for several hours (as opposed to broth, which is made from simmering bones and meat). The difference between bone broth and stock is that bone broth is simmered for many more hours, completely crushing the bones and extracting as many nutrients, vitamins and minerals and as much collagen as possible. In addition, because you simmer bone broth for so long, the flavor is concentrated and, quite frankly, delicious. The only downside to this long simmer is that a lot of the liquid evaporates over that period of time, so you're left with less bone broth than you really think you deserve at the end of the process. If you have a pressure cooker, however, you can cut that time simmering down from 12 to 24 hours to roughly 3 hours, and because the pressure cooker doesn't allow for much (if any) evaporation, you're left with more of the delicious liquid at the end.

The secret to making the process of making bone broth at home an easy part of your cooking routine is to save all the chicken bones you usually discard over the course of your regular meals. If you roast a chicken, save the wings and backbone in an airtight bag or container and store it in your freezer, adding to it every time you have any leftover bones. If you have the option to buy a whole chicken instead of pieces, do it! It will be cheaper overall – you can cut the chicken into pieces, saving the raw bones along with all your other scraps. Once you have about 3 pounds of bones, pull out your pressure cooker and make some fortifying bone broth with the recipe below. If you don't have the ability to save chicken bones, you can ask your butcher or meat counter for chicken bones and they will usually be happy to sell you some.

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Chicken Bone Broth

Prep Time: 5 m
Cook Time: 3 h
Total Time: 3 h 5 m
Servings:
16
2 to 3 quarts

Ingredients

2 pounds chicken back bones
1 pound chicken wings
1 stalk celery cut into large 3-inch pieces
1 onion quartered
1 carrot cleaned and cut into large 3-inch pieces
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon sea salt
1 bunch fresh parsley
1 bay leaf
3 quarts or more water

Instructions

Pre-heat the oven to 425°F.
Place the bones on a baking sheet and roast them in the oven for 45 minutes.
Chop the celery, onion and carrots into large but uniform chunks. Place the bones in the pressure cooker and add the chopped vegetables, apple cider vinegar, seal salt, parsley and bay leaf.
Pour the water into the pressure cooker until it reaches the "Max" line and lock the lid in place.
Pressure cook on HIGH for 3 hours. (You may have to set the cooker multiple times)
Let the pressure drop NATURALLY and carefully remove the lid.
Remove the bones and vegetables with a slotted spoon and discard. The bones should almost crumble.
Slowly pour the broth through cheesecloth to remove any particles of food in the broth.
Chill the broth as quickly as possible (an ice bath is the best option). Transfer the cooled broth into jars or containers and chill completely in the refrigerator. (You can also transfer the broth into zipper sealable freezer bags and freeze the broth flat for quick defrosting.) Store the in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or freeze.

Enjoy,

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Nutrition Facts

Chicken Bone Broth

Amount Per Serving

Calories 39 Calories from Fat 18

% Daily Value*

Fat 2g 3%

Saturated Fat 1g 5%

Cholesterol 12mg 4%

Sodium 459mg 19%

Potassium 46mg 1%

Carbohydrates 1g 0%

Fiber 1g 4%

Sugar 1g 1%

Protein 3g 6%

Vitamin A 665IU 13%

Vitamin C 0.9mg 1%

Calcium 10mg 1%

Iron 0.2mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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