Homemade chicken bone broth using an electric pressure cooking like the Instant Pot is an easy recipe with many health benefits and tastes great. Making bone broth at home is something I have been doing for years. It is wonderful for healing my gut when I am not feeling well. This simple Instant Pot chicken bone broth is ideal for keto, paleo, low-carb, gluten-free, and diabetic diets. My kids also like soups, so making the bone broth from scratch with leftovers helps me control what I am feeding the kids and what is coming out of my wallet.
Bone broth seems to be the trendy way to say what our parents and grandparents have been calling for years, stock. So whether you call it, bone broth or stock, I highly suggest starting to make this from scratch in your own kitchen. This Instant Pot electric pressure cooker method works with other bones as well; such as a leftover ham bone, turkey carcass, lamb, oxtail, or beef bones. All of these will make a great stock.
Easy to Store & Take To-Go
I like to make a large batch at a time so it can be used for a long time. I store it in mason jars in my refrigerator if I did not use most of it for a big batch of chicken tortilla or pastina. This winter has brought a lot of rain to California so sipping this at work has been great.
Oh, who am I kidding, it is always cold at work. Why do offices insist on making the internal temperature more appropriate for hanging meat rather than working humans? A dear friend of mine routinely also gets so cold during her shift as a 911 dispatcher, we often text about our frigid work environments. We share tips and jokes about staying warm at work to keep the humor about us. I wish she lived closer so I could bring her bone broth deliveries during work breaks. Friends let friends drink bone broth.
Benefits of Bone Broth
- Bone marrow is rich in nutrients like iron, fatty acids, vitamins A & K, selenium, zinc, and magnesium
- Collagen benefits joint and helps fight osteoarthritis
- Amino acids help heal the gut and inflammation
- Supports weight loss by helping you feel full
- A staple for anyone on a paleo, keto, gluten-free, grain-free, diabetic, or Whole30 diet
Making Instant Pot Bone Broth
Using a pressure cooker is the ultimate easy time-saving method for making homemade bone broth. I used to do it low and slow in my crockpot until I got the fabulous instant pot. Admittedly I was both intimidated and scared about using any sort of pressure cooker. Fear of opening it incorrectly or not timing things right held me back. When a friend kept telling me about the instant pot and was shocked I did not have one, the peer pressure won over the fear of pressure cooking in the end.
I am kicking myself now for taking so long to bring one of these into my home. Besides using it to make artichokes and baked potatoes quickly, the main thing I use it for is bone broth. During the winter months, the instant pot converts a lot of leftover Costco rotisserie chicken carcasses into soups.
Prepare the Carcass
Reserve most of the meat off the chicken bones as you can and set aside. That is if there is any. Sometimes in my house, the hungry family has left me with just about nothing worth scraping off. When there is some leftover, I save it to add back to the broth if I am making soup or I use it for other recipes like enchiladas or chicken salad.
Release the Marrow by Breaking the chicken bones!
Remove the leftover meat and be sure to cut larger bones, like legs to expose the inner marrow.
ALWAYS take the time to break the bigger bones up so more of the bone marrow is released. It allows for the collagen to be dissolved easier. After all, the whole point of making bone broth is for the silky mouthfeel that collagen gives. The benefits of collagen also are more concentrated in the bone broth when you do this.
Vegetables & Herbs Bring Depth of Flavor
You cannot make this recipe wrong in any way. It really is forgiving and can be made with the scraps from vegetables, herbs, and ingredients that you and your family enjoy. Here is what I like to use most often:
- Carrots
- Celery
- Parsley
- Lemon juice or Apple Cider Vinegar
- Bay Leaves
- Dried Onion or Onion Peels
- Garlic
- Salt & Pepper
What does your family prefer? What have you tried?
How Long to Cook Chicken Bone Broth
In the Instant Pot, you will have bone broth faster than any other method. In less than 2 hours including prep, coming to pressure, cook time, and pressure release.
Instant Pot ready to be sealed
What to Make with Bone Broth
Once you have all this homemade chicken bone broth, you have unlimited ways to enjoy it. Here are some of my favorite things to cook with or do with any leftovers. Check out these recipe ideas to use your bone broth:
- Bone Broth Risotto
- Use in your Cauliflower Rice
- Soups, of course!
- POT PIE SOUP
- CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP
- SLOW COOKER BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP
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How to Make Instant Pot Bone Broth
Equipment
- electric pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 2 - 2 & ½ LB chicken carcass meat removed & larger bones cut to expose the marrow
- 2 carrots cut in large chunks
- 2 celery stalks or 4 celery tops
- 2 garlic cloves skins can be left on
- 2 TB lemon juice or apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- assorted fresh herbs
Instructions
- To the insert in your instant pot, place carrots, celery, and onion to the bottom. Top with the prepared chicken bones. Add remaining ingredients.
- Add enough water to almost cover the top of the chicken bones, about 8 cups in my 8-quart instant pot. This will fit in a 6-quart instant pot also.
- Place lid on the instant pot and turn to lock in place. Make sure the vent valve is set to the “sealing” position.
- Press the manual button and set the instant pot to 60 on high. It will take about 15-20 min for it to come to pressure.
- Once cooking time is done, let it release pressure naturally for about 15 min. Release the remaining pressure if needed. When releasing the vent valve, be careful – steam will be HOT!
- Allow bone broth to cool before straining. Use a fine-meshed colander or cheesecloth to strain.
- Store in mason jars or other airtight containers.
- As it cools a layer of fat will accumulate on the top and will gelatinize from the marrow. This is your liquid gold and why bone broth is so fabulous. I highly recommend you DO NOT skim the fat. That is your flavor and what will satisfy you.
- Enjoy sipping it as is or use in soups or other recipes that call for bone broth or chicken stock.
Morgan says
I’ve heard bone broth is so good for you but haven’t tried making it yet. Thank you for providing easy to understand instructions on how to make your own!
Angela says
You are welcome. The benefits are many, please try it and yes it is easy!
Angela Greven | Mean Green Chef says
Bone broth is the bomb and using the IP cuts the time so drastically! It's one of our favorites and your recipe is spot on, thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
Angela says
Thank you
Beth says
Nice to have a partner in bone-broth-making, which I started while on the GAPS diet some time ago. I haven't been in the habit of cracking the bones, though, will add that to my list. Thanks!
Angela says
Yes, get all that goodness out of those bones!
Erika says
Thanks for showing us how to make this. I love how simple it is.
Tamara J. says
This is a great tip to help make weeknight meals quicker and just as tasty. Thanks for sharing the tip.
Lori Dorrington says
This is my first visit to your blog; great posts. I will visit again! Cheers!
Lori in Blue Ridge, GA
Angela says
Great, thanks for dropping a comment. Hope you find a lot more to like and visit often.
Emma says
Tried this a few weeks ago and it was so good. Just had the last bit today for a stir fry recipe. I froze some in ice cube trays and it worked great for when I needed just a little bit.