Bone Broth

Bone Broth

• Carcass of 1 chicken, plus any other desired feet or organs* Order ours here!

• 1 onion, quartered

• 2 stalks celery, washed and cut in thirds**

• 2 carrots, washed and cut in thirds, peel if not organic (carrots give a sweet taste to broth, so keep that in mind before using. I prefer to leave them out.)

• 4 garlic cloves, smashed

• Few sprigs of thyme, or 1 tsp dried

• 1 TBSP Apple Cider Vinegar (helps pull out collagen)

• 6-10 peppercorns

• Salt to taste

• Water

 

Add all ingredients to a soup pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, then let it go down to a simmer. Cover and let simmer for 10-12 hours. I usually prep the broth the day before, then start it the next morning and let it go all day. You can also use a pressure cooker/Instapot/Ninja Foodi, high pressure for 2 hours. You’ll know you did it right when it firms up when cold! You can see my example in the picture.

 

*The carcass of the chicken can make a big difference in your finished product. Most of the time, I oven roast my chicken for dinner, and use the leftover carcass for my broth. The roasting gives the broth a wonderful golden color. I have used instapot/ninja foodi to pressure cook the chicken, and air fryer to crisp the skin. Good chicken, but I wasn't impressed with the broth I made with the carcass. I'm assuming that pressure cooking the chicken already took out a lot of collagen/flavor, so there wasn't as much leftover to flavor the broth. It was okay, but not my best.

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**Lately, since trying to grow more of my own vegetables, I have used the perennial herb “Lovage” instead of celery. Lovage is what was commonly grown to give that celery flavor before the actual vegetable became widely available. Lovage also has a lot of medicinal properties as well, so it was a multi-use item back in the day.

 

See more about medicinal properties here - https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/herbs/lovage/what-to-do-with-lovage-plants.htm

 

If you want to grow lovage yourself, you will have to buy seed and start it at home, I haven’t seen lovage in the nursery around here. I got my seed at www.rareseed.com

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