This Easy Instant Pot Bone Broth recipe is made from just two ingredients in the pressure cooker! Better than any store bought bone broth!
This Easy Instant Pot Bone Broth is one of the easiest recipes you’ll make (and so darn cheap!)
The only thing you need to make chicken bone broth are bones, and water. This is why it *blows* my mind that people are paying $10 a bag for it at the store… It’s crazy.
If you’ve heard about bone broth, but don’t really even get what the hype is about it, let me explain.
What is bone broth?
Chicken bone broth is just a fancy name for chicken stock or broth.
Similar to what you probably grew up eating, chicken bone broth is made from leftover bones from a meal, or bones that are bought specifically for broth.
The chicken bones (or beef bones for beef broth) and vegetables cook low and slow, creating an extremely nutrient dense, delicious broth.
There are all kinds of benefits to drinking broth – and I actually wrote a whole post about it- Bone Broth Benefits.
Many people drink bone broth because it’s so nutrient packed. When the bones are cooked low and slow they release their naturally occurring collagen + gelatin which is thought to be great for your gut health, skin + nails!
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What are the benefits of bone broth?
‘Gut’ health- Many people have chronic stomach pain, issues, or intolerances, coming from an unknown cause. Some holistic health coaches believe that these issues stem from small holes in the intestines called ‘leaky gut’. Bone broth is filled with gelatin and collagen, which many health coaches claim can help repair these holes, and alleviate stomach issues. (Source)
Fuller skin, lips, and healthier hair- When made with specifictypes of bones, broth can beloaded with collagen. Collagen allegedlyhelps to fill out the cells and can give your skin a fuller, brighter appearance.
Amino Acids- Amino acids aregreat for helping recover from your workout, but theycan also help in a number of other areas including digestion and organ function. Most bone broths have a high level of Glutamine, Arginine,Proline, and Glycine.
Beyond all these benefits, bone broth is just delicious + adds so much flavor to pretty much anything.
Yes, bone broth certainly requires a little bit of time and patience to make, but it really requires no labor and is incredibly easy to do! If you have an instant pot I and leftover chicken (or chicken bones!) you’ll be good to go!
What kinds of bones should you use for bone broth?
My favorite way to make bone broth is with leftover bones from a whole chicken. (Check out this Whole Roasted Chicken or Crockpot Whole Chicken, or use a rotisserie chicken!)
After I’ve cooked the chicken, everything goes in the instant pot and gets turned into broth!
However, you can use chicken bones, beef bones, turkey bones, or pork bones. They can be raw or cooked. If you *really* want to go all in.. chicken feet make some of the best bone broth.. but honestly, I just can’t stomach looking at them.. so a regular chicken carcass is fine for me! Check out our Homemade Beef Bone Broth or How to Make Chicken Broth Recipes!
You can roast the bones ahead if they are raw, but this is not necessary. I don’t find it worth the time (or dirtying another dish!)
Chicken Bone Broth Instant Pot Ingredients:
All you need to make bone broth is bones + water.. seriously. That’s IT.
I use the scraps and bones from my Whole Roasted Chicken or my Slow Cooker Whole Chicken. You can also use a turkey carcass (use the leftover scraps from our Crockpot Turkey Breast!). We have a whole post on Turkey Broth here.
You can also add herbs or veggies that you have to the mix. I like to throw in a few carrots, onion + rosemary for flavor – but you can make this with JUST bones and water.
There really is no ‘wrong’ way to do it – it’s totally up to you!
How to make Bone Broth in Instant Pot
Here’s how to make chicken bone broth:
Add your bones in the pressure cooker and fill to the max fill line with water.
Set to sealing, high pressure, 120 minutes. Allow the instant pot to naturally release the pressure.
Once pressure has released, strain the broth through a regular colander.
Introduction: My name is Rueben Jacobs, I am a cooperative, beautiful, kind, comfortable, glamorous, open, magnificent person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
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