Go Back
+ servings
Healing chicken bone broth with a white spoon in it.

Chicken Bone Broth For Colds

Natasha Levai
This delicious healing chicken bone broth is a great way to boost your immune system in the winter season!
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 20 minutes
Course Soup
Cuisine International
Servings 1 pot
Calories 49 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 1 whole chicken or just the chicken bones
  • 1 onion use more if you want to!
  • 2 celery ribs use their leaves as well!
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • 1 large carrot
  • 2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar to help the bones break down faster
  • 1 tablespoon oil for frying the veggies

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 400F/200C. Then take the chicken apart if using a whole chicken. Cut the legs, wings, and breasts off from the carcass.
    Place all the parts onto a sheet pan and put into the oven for about 20 minutes until the chicken becomes brown.
  • Chop up the veggies, and don’t worry about getting them the right size – after boiling they will be no good for food anyway, so you will discard them at the end. You can even place a whole onion into the pot if you want!
    But I like to at least cut them in half so that they can get a bit brown. The same goes for carrots and celery – I find that they create more flavor if cut in pieces versus placed in whole.
  • Preheat a pot and add a bit of oil to the bottom. I use a dutch oven, but you don't have to if you don't have one! Place the veggies in the pot and let them brown. Avoid the temptation to stir constantly – if you stir too much, your veggies won’t caramelize.
  • Add the chicken to the pot, deglaze the sheet pan with some hot water and add that to the pot. Deglazing simply means getting off all the stuff that got stuck to the sheet pan after roasting your chicken.
  • Strain your broth with a cheesecloth or a clean kitchen towel. Discard the vegetables. You can eat chicken meat! Store the broth in the fridge for 3-5 days or freeze for up to 6 months! But make sure your broth has cooled down completely before placing it into the refrigerator.

Notes

- Use herbs to deepen the flavor. You can add any herbs you like! Basil, thyme, rosemary, parsley, etc.
- Roast the chicken and the veggies before adding water. Roasting will add that brown color which brings so much more delicious flavor with it!
- Old chicken gives better results. Old in a sense of the age of the chicken, not in how long it's been laying in the fridge.
- You can add soy sauce or seaweed to give this healing chicken bone broth an Asian spin.
- Don’t add salt. This way you can control the salt levels in the dishes you make with your broth.
- Drink the healing chicken broth on its own with some salt for an immunity boost in winter!

Nutrition

Serving: 300mlCalories: 49kcalCarbohydrates: 1.2gProtein: 6.2gFat: 1.7gSaturated Fat: 0.5gSodium: 968mgPotassium: 262mgSugar: 0.9gCalcium: 12mgIron: 1mg
Keyword chicken bone broth, easy bone broth recipe, healing chicken bone broth
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!