Instant Pot Bone Broth
Bone broth is so easy and cost-effective to make with the instant pot!
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 2-3 lbs bones leftover chicken leg/wing bones, chicken carcass, grass-fed oxtail, or any other bones you have
- 2-3 quarts water Enough to cover the bones plus a little more. Just make sure you don't go past the max fill line on your instant pot.
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- Optional Add-Ins garlic, onion, vegetables such as tomato, celery or carrot, fresh herbs, spices such as ginger, cinnamon or cardamom, 1–2 tbsp apple cider vinegar. All of these additions boost the immune system and create a rich flavor.
Instructions
- Place bones in the Instant Pot.
- Add water, salt, and optional add-ins.
- Set instant pot to sealing and High Pressure for 4 hours.
- Release pressure (natural or quick release).
- Strain broth and let cool. Hot liquid put directly in the fridge may crack the storage jars.
- Store in quart jars (fridge) or pint jars (freeze, leave 1 in headspace).
- Repeat with bones for 3–4 batches until broth weakens.
Notes
Note: These amounts are general guidelines. You can literally just throw in a bunch of bones, cover them with water and set the instant pot to pressure cooking and get some great bone broth. I've found a cook time of 4 hours yields best results, but 1-2 hours will still extract some of the nutrients. You can also recook the bones several times to make multiple batches from the same bones. I usually cook a batch of bones at least 2-3 times and have cooked large batches of bones up to 4-5 times and still gotten broth out of them. It's such a cost-effective way to use leftover bones from your meals! Just keep making batches until you can't get anything else out of the bones. You'll get your money's worth!