2tablespoonapple cider vinegarto help the bones break down faster
1tablespoonoil 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 witha 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!