How to Make Homemade Bone Broth in the Instant Pot

Learn how to make bone broth with this easy tutorial using your Instant Pot. An easy, delicious recipe to stock your pantry, and boost nutrition in your foods!

Have you every wondered how to make your own homemade bone broth?

Bone broth is a pantry staple. If I can make it myself, save money, AND pronounce all of the ingredients, it’s a WIN. I know exactly what was put into it, and I can feel confident feeding it to my family. Those are the most important things to me.

Last week’s menu included a roasted chicken. Any time I roast a chicken, I take full advantage and make bone broth. It is so easy to do. If you’ve ever made broth on the stove top, you know it can take a full 24 hours. I’m here to tell you there is a much easier (and faster) way!

Tips for making bone broth

• 1. Use an acid. I like to add a few tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to my water and bones. This helps bring all of the nutrients from the bones into the broth.
• 2. Make sure to use all the bones, joints, and fatty bits! If you feel like you don’t have enough of one type of bones, feel free to mix types. Have a ham bone and some chicken bones? Mix it up! Create your own delicious broth blends.
• 3.Don’t use too much water! Using too much water results in a watered down broth.

How long can I store bone broth?

You can store homemade bone broth in the refrigerator for up to seven days. If you won’t use it before then, it can be stored in the freezer for up to six months. An additional step that requires additional equipment is to pressure can your broth for long term shelf storage. I found a great post on canning bone broth over at The Health Nut Mama if you want to check it out.

A note on freezing:

If you plan to freeze your bone broth in mason jars, be sure to leave a few inches of head space for expansion. If you don’t leave any headspace your jar will likely break. You can also use a quart size freezer bag.

How I use bone broth

I love to use homemade bone broth in any recipe that calls for broth. It’s so good in soups and stews. It’s also great to steam veggies in, or cook rice and noodles for added flavor and nutrition. I also love to substitute water in many recipes with my homemade bone broth.

That’s all there is to it! It really is so simple to do. It’s packed full of immune boosting qualities, and is a powerful gut healer. It adds so much flavor to our favorite soups and stews, and honestly, I’m not sure I could ever go back to using store bought again.

I’d love to know what’s been cooking in your kitchen this week!

As always, thanks for spending a small part of your day with me!

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