Chicken Bone Broth

December 31, 2024 • 0 comments

Chicken Bone Broth
If you’re like most people, you want to live your best life and a big part of that is being as healthy as you can be. Ensuring your immune system and that of your kids is working at its best is a crucial first step. One trick I’ve found that helps boost your immune system is making and eating homemade bone broth from the healthy meats and bones of animals grown on our farm. And it's great way to use the entire bird you buy! Nothing goes to waste.
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  • Servings: 4 Quarts

Ingredients

  • (2 Leftover carcasses) Whole Chicken
  • (or one 3 lb pack) Chicken Shells
  • (4 Quarts) Water
  • (1) Onion, quartered
  • (1) Whole Garlic Bulb
  • (2) Carrots, roughly chopped
  • (2) Celery Sticks
  • (1 Tb) Salt
  • (1 Tb) Apple Cider Vinegar

Directions

  1. Chop the garlic in half horizontally across all the cloves.
  2. Place all ingredients in a large pot with a lid on high heat. As soon as it begins to simmer, put the lid on and turn the heat down low to maintain a simmer for 12-24 hours. Do not allow your stock to boil, this can give your stock a offensive taste.
  3. After 12-24 hours, use some tongs or a slotted spoon to remove all the solid ingredients. Discard these.
  4. Strain your stock thoroughly through a strainer lined with a thin hand towel or cheese cloth. This will leave you with a clearer broth as well as remove small bones and remaining solids.
  5. Pour broth into freezer safe jars/containers with lids. If using glass jars, cool below 40F in the fridge before placing in the freezer to avoid shattering the glass.

Bonus note: If you want to condense your stock for sauces or to save room in your freezer, simply simmer the finished, strained stock over medium heat with the lid off. Once the stock has reduced to around 1/3 of its volume, it's sufficiently condensed for storage.

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January 22, 2025 • 0 comments