Chicken Bone Broth Recipe
It's super important to source locally raised or organic and pasture raised chicken for this recipe. Also, choose organic produce and spices whenever possible.
Equipment
- Cutting Board
- Knife
- Roasting pan
- Large Soup Pot
- 8-10 Mason Jars
- Small Strainer that fits over top of Mason Jars
Ingredients
- 1 whole organic pasture raised chicken
- 2 tbsp grass fed ghee, butter, olive oil or avocado oil
- 2-3 tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 1 whole red or yellow onion with skin, quartered
- 3 whole carrots, unpeeled, roughly chopped
- 4 ribs celery with leaves, roughly chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 whole bay leaves
- 1-2 cups additional vegetable scraps such as kale stems, parsley, ginger, carrot tops, vegetable peels, etc.
- 2 tbsp raw apple cider vinegar or distilled vinegar
- 2 tbsp turmeric
- filtered water to fill stock pot
Instructions
- Turn oven on to 350 F
- Coat the inside and outside of the chicken with ghee or butter (or olive oil or avocado oil if you're dairy sensitive), 1 tsp sea salt and 1 tsp black pepper.
- Roast chicken in oven for 1.5 hours (roast for about 20 minutes per pound). Chicken internal temp should reach 165 F with thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh (not touching bone).
- Eat chicken as you normally would for main course meal or use shredded chicken for chicken salad, chicken and rice soup, etc.
- Put the entire chicken carcass (bones + connective tissue) into a large soup pot
- Add vegetables and scraps to pot
- Fill soup pot to top with filtered water, covering bones and veggies
- Add turmeric, bay leaf, apple cider vinegar, and 1-2 tsp sea salt, 1 tsp black pepper (optional)
- Let soup simmer on stovetop with lid on for 24 hours (you may need to add more filtered water as you go if it burns off).
- Within 2 hours of cooling, strain stock into clean mason jars-- leaving a few inches of space at the top.
- Freeze for up to 6 months (sometimes longer). When you thaw your broth make sure to use it within a few days.
- Use in any of your favorite soup recipes or drink it heated up in a coffee mug!
Notes
1.) For an extra boost of collagen and gelatin, add a few pasture raised chicken feet to your soup pot. They're inexpensive and pack a lot of nutritional punch as far as bone broths go.
2.) This recipe can also be done in a crockpot on low setting. Depending on the size of your crockpot you may end up with less broth vs. if done in a large soup pot.