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Mason jar filled with bone broth

Bone Broth Recipe

Rachel
This warming bone broth recipe is perfect to consume if you are newly postpartum, or during any time of your life when you could use some extra nourishment. It’s simple to make and can be used in a huge variety of dishes, or drank on its own.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 10 minutes
Course Broth
Cuisine Broth
Calories 146 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 whole chicken carcass bones have been previously roasted
  • 1 onion large
  • 3 carrots medium size
  • 2 stalks celery
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 6 cups filtered tap water (2 Quarts)
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 3 dried bay leaves
  • 1 teaspoon Pink Himalayan salt or sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Take the meat off of the roasted chicken and place the bones in to a slow cooker (I use a Crock Pot) or a large saucepan with a lid.
    If you are using organic carrots and onions you can leave the skins on, just give them a wash first.
  • Roughly chop the carrots, celery, onions and garlic. Add them to the bones in the slow cooker / pan.
  • Pour over approximately 1.5 litres (6 cups) of filtered water.
    The amount of water you will need depends on the size of your pan. Leave space of at least an inch or so at the top, so that it doesn’t boil over.
  • Add approximately 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar. It doesn’t have to be a precise measurement, just add a splash in.
    Then add the 3 bay leaves, salt and pepper. Again these amounts don’t have to be exact measurements, but you will need a decent amount of seasoning, so don’t skimp on the salt especially.
  • Set the temperature to high.
    Once it has begun to boil, turn the temperature down to a simmer.
    You can pretty much leave it once you have lowered the heat to a simmer. However, you may want to check on it every now and again to give it a stir, or to add some more water if it starts to look low.
    Allow to simmer for at least 8 hours if you are using a slow cooker, or 2-4 hours if you are simmering in a saucepan on the stove.
  • Drain the bone broth
    Once the bone broth is ready you will need to separate the liquid from the solid ingredients.
    I use my steamer for this task, so the solid ingredients are caught in the top colander section and the liquid drains through to the saucepan part below.
    To avoid splashes you may want to use a large spoon to scoop out the solid ingredients first. Then pour the remaining liquid slowly into the colander.
    If you don't have a steamer then a colander, or sieve, sat over another large pan will also work well.
    Once you have separated the solid ingredients from the liquid broth, you can then return the solid ingredients back to the slow cooker and fill it back up again with water, salt and apple cider vinegar to repeat the process.
    You can make several batches of bone broth with the same bones and vegetables!

Notes

How to store bone broth
Once you have your liquid bone broth you will want to store it in a mason jar, or similar glass container with a lid.
If I don’t have a spare mason jar to hand I will pour it in to several glass jam jars with lids.
Bone broth can be stored in the fridge for up to a week, or the freezer for up to 3 months.
If you are planning on freezing your bone broth, be sure to leave a gap of a couple of centimetres at the top of the jar, as the liquid will expand when it is frozen.
How much does this recipe yield?
This can depend on how much water you add to your slow cooker. For this recipe I added 1.5 litres (6 cups) of water to the slow cooker and ended up with 1 litre (4 cups) of bone broth, after the bones and vegetables had simmered for 8 hours.
I use the same bones and vegetables to repeat the process 2 or 3 times. Once I have drained off the bone broth, I return the solid ingredients to the slow cooker and just add more water, salt, pepper and apple cider vinegar.

Nutrition

Serving: 1litres | Calories: 146kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 2593mg | Potassium: 1005mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 30958IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 181mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Keyword bone broth, chicken, slow cooker
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