Super Immune-Boosting Chicken Bone Broth
If you’ve ever felt stuck between conflicting broth tutorials, this simple, no-waste chicken bone broth is the one you can trust. It’s rich, nourishing, and so easy to fold into your everyday kitchen rhythm. You’ll love having jars of golden broth ready for soups, sauces, and quick, comforting meals.
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Servings: 16 cups
Calories: 26kcal
Cost: Varies
Equipment
- Large Stockpot with lid and strainer
Ingredients
- 2 Whole Roasted Chicken Carcasses with a bit of meat still remaining
- 4 Cups Vegetable Scraps celery, carrots, onions, and garlic
- 20 Pieces Astragalus Root dried
- ¼ Cup Apple Cider Vinegar or apple scrap vinegar
- 2 Gallons Water
Instructions
- Add chicken bones, vegetables (or vegetable scraps), garlic, astragalus root, water, and apple cider vinegar into your stockpot.
- Let ingredients sit in the pot for about 15 minutes to allow the cider vinegar to start working.
- Place the pot on the stove and bring it up to a boil. After about 15 minutes you'll start seeing a bit of scum rising to the surface, this is normal and is just the impurities from the vegetables or the chicken. Skim off as needed.
- Once the broth has come to a boil, reduce heat, cover and allow it to simmer for up to 24 hours. The longer you can let it simmer, the more immune-boosting properties your broth will have.
- Turn off the heat and carefully strain the broth. If you want to get a really clear broth, you can strain it through a cheesecloth, but this isn't necessary.
- It's now ready to use to make soups, stews, chili, sauces and so much more!
Notes
Storage Instructions:
Broth will store well in an airtight container for 3-5 days in the refrigerator.
If you need your broth to last longer, you can also freeze it in freezer bags or glass canning jars up to six months (be sure to leave at least two inches of headspace).
For shelf-stable storage, learn how to can bone broth or make homemade chicken bouillon.
Ways to Use Chicken Bone Broth:
There are so many clever ways to incorporate chicken bone broth into your diet.
- Use it as the liquid for steaming rice or cooking homemade egg noodles.
- Cook potatoes in broth, then reserve the cooking liquid to add back in for mashed potatoes and use the rest for gravy!
- Use your broth in this homemade cream of chicken soup recipe. This recipe can also be modified to replace other canned condensed varieties of soup!
- Ditch the box, and try this Instant Pot macaroni and cheese made with bone broth.
- Use bone broth to deepen the flavor of your favorite beef or chicken chili recipe.
- Need a flavorful base for an easy soup recipe? Bone broth is the ticket!
- Use it to make a quick and easy pan sauce for roasted meats, vegetables, rice, and potatoes.
- Sip on broth throughout the day to add protein to your diet. Don’t enjoy the umami flavor of sipping bone broth? Make hot cocoa with it!
Nutrition
Calories: 26kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 27mg | Potassium: 127mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1mg
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