Easy Chicken Broth Recipe – How to Make Chicken Broth
Save those chicken bones and make your own chicken broth! Broth is so simple to make and you can put your once waste to good use! Way less sodium than the store-bought stuff too!
Servings 8 cups
Calories 13kcal
Ingredients
- chicken carcass bones, skins, fat - We cut up a chicken and fry it, and then use the remaining chicken pieces to make broth. But you can put a whole chicken in and use the meat for something else later if desired.
- 2-3 carrots
- 2-3 stalks of celery
- 1 white onion
- 1 Tablespoon Kosher Salt or to taste
- 1 teaspoon black pepper We love peppercorn
- water
Instructions
- Place chicken bones, skins, and fat in to your stock pot along with carrots, celery, onion, salt & pepper.
- Fill stock pot with water until all ingredients are submerged and covered with water.
- Bring to boil and let simmer for 1-1/2 - 2 hours or until chicken pieces are fully cooked and is falling off of the bones.
- Remove from burner and when cool, strain the broth from the chicken and veggies. Discard veggies and chicken pieces and use chicken broth for a recipe like this Best Chicken Noodle Soup, or save it for later.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 13kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Sodium: 891mg | Potassium: 94mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 2595IU | Vitamin C: 2.2mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 0.1mg