You may find that store-bought broths usually come with unnecessary ingredients that are used to keep it as fresh as possible. But those ingredients could also be things you are trying to avoid. Luckily, you can learn how to make Instant Pot bone broth at home, and you will know exactly what is in it.
Bone broth is such a healthy ingredient that you can use in many ways. You can make mashed cauliflower with bone broth, healthy soups, and so much more. However, it is always better to make your own broths rather than buy them in a box or a can.
Knowing how to make Instant Pot bone broth can help you save money at the grocery store and add a plethora of bone broth health benefits to your meals. It is easier than you think to learn how to make Instant Pot bone broth.
In fact, there are very few steps and it can all be done within an hour. Bone broth is filled with natural sources of vitamins and minerals that are often left behind after eating chicken.
The only way to get those nutrients is to boil them out of the bones. But you do not want to boil them into water and then toss it out. Instead, you can turn it into a broth filled with veggies and herbs that increase the nutritional value of every spoonful.
Instant Pot Bone Broth Ingredients
The first thing you will need to decide is if you want chicken bone broth or beef bone broth. There are few nutritional differences between the two, but differences, nonetheless. You can then gather the rest of the ingredients which will be the same no matter which protein you choose to use.
Onions, garlic, carrots, celery, ginger, mushrooms, and a bay leaf will all add flavor as well nutritional value. Things get exciting when you add apple cider vinegar which will help with weight loss and add some acidity to the recipe.
Directions
Place the bones you will use on a cooking sheet and roast in the oven at 350 for about 15 minutes. This will help bring out the flavor as they cook in the Instant Pot.
While the bones are roasting, clean all vegetables. Peel and cut the onion and ginger. I prefer to leave the greens on the celery stalks.
After 15 minutes, use a pair of tongs to transfer the bones to the Instant Pot.
Layer all the vegetables, mushrooms, bay leaf and peppercorns on top.
Add the peppercorns and Apple Cider Vinegar.
Pour 8-10 cups of water over the top. Just enough to cover the bones and vegetables but not to the top of the Instant Pot.
Add sea salt to taste.
Be sure your Instant Pot is on “Sealed”.
Set your Instant Pot on Soup/Stew setting for 30 minutes.
Natural Release and let your Instant Pot bone broth recipe sit for 10-15 minutes.
Once cooled off, set a large pot in the sink, and using a mesh strainer, slowly ladle or pour the contents of the bone broth through the strainer, into the pot.
The bone broth will filter through the strainer.
Finally, from the pot, you can use your Instant Pot bone broth immediately or save portions for future use. The broth will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 or 4 days. Also, you can also portion your bone broth into freezer bags or freezer-safe containers, and it will last for a long time.
Always be sure to label the containers before you freeze them.
How to Make Instant Pot Bone Broth
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minutesKnowing how to make Instant Pot bone broth can help you save money at the grocery store and add the plethora of bone broth health benefits to your meals.
Ingredients
2-2 1/2 Lbs Chicken or Beef Bones
1 Medium Onion, Cut into 4 Wedges
2-3 Cloves of Garlic, Smashed
2 Medium Carrots
2 Stalks of Celery
2-3 Thin Slices of Fresh Ginger, Peeled and Sliced to About the Size of a Quarter
1/3 Cup Dried Mushrooms
3-4 Peppercorns
1 Bay Leaf
3 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
Sea Salt to Taste
8-10 Cups of Water
Directions
- Place the bones you will use on a cooking sheet and roast in the oven at 350 for about 15 minutes. This will help bring out the flavor as they cook in the Crock Pot.
- While the bones are roasting, clean all vegetables. Peel and cut the onion and ginger. I prefer to leave the greens on the celery stalks.
- After 15 minutes, use a pair of tongs to transfer the bones to the Instant Pot.
- Layer all the vegetables, mushrooms, bay leaf and peppercorns on top.
- Add the peppercorns and Apple Cider Vinegar.
- Pour 8-10 cups of water over the top. Just enough to cover the bones and vegetables but not to the top of the Instant Pot.
- Add sea salt to taste.
- Be sure your Instant Pot is on “Sealed”.
- Set your Instant Pot on Soup/Stew setting for 30 minutes.
- Natural Release and let your Instant Pot bone broth recipe sit for 10-15 minutes.
- Once cooled off, set a large pot in the sink, and using a mesh strainer, slowly ladle or pour the contents of the bone broth through the strainer, into the pot.
- The bone broth will filter through the strainer.
- Finally, from the pot, you can use your Instant Pot bone broth immediately or save portions for future use.
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