Healing Instant Pot Bone Broth

So, what’s so great about bone broth?  Bone broth is full of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids and help heals gut issues.  Healing instant pot bone broth is ready to sip in less than 2 hours start to finish.  Opposed to traditional simmering for hours.  I’m afraid I binged on rich and fabulous foods over the Holidays.  My guts are in need of healing and cleansing.  Bone broth is a nutrient power house and is easy to digest.

I remember my moms vegetable soup always starting off with beef soup bones.  She would simmer the bones in a large pot all day with onions, celery, and carrots, salt and pepper.  Little did I know her soup had magical healing powers that come from the slow simmer of beef or chicken bones.  I didn’t realize her soup was loaded with collagen and gelatin which is great for gut healing support.  Today I can crank out several batches of broth in a day with an Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker.

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One tip I have learned about making bone broth is…Garbage in.  Garbage out.  Use the freshest ingredients you can buy or grow.  Use of fresh, organic ingredients.  I recently dug these carrots that were left in my garden after fall clean up. Utah is missing it’s usual blanket of snow. They look a bit hammered, but they are so sweet.

Healing Instant Pot Bone Broth:

• 4 lbs Beef bones, grass-fed preferred (or organic chicken, wings, backs, legs, etc.)
• 1 large onion, peeled and quarated
• 3 carrots, peeled and cut in half
• 3 celery stalks, cut in half
• 1 tablespoon raw apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
• 3 bay leaves
• large handful fresh parsley
• several sprigs fresh thyme
• Pink Himalayan sea salt
• filtered water

You can use parsnips, leeks, fennel bulb, sage, rosemary, carrot tops, etc.

I use grass-fed beef bones.  These four bones weigh in at about 4.5 lbs.  Roast bones for flavor.  Place the bones on a baking sheet and bake in a 375F degree oven for 20 minutes.  Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly.

Toss everything into the pan of an instant pot or electric pressure cooker.

Barely cover the bones and veggies with filtered water.  Don’t forget to add that raw apple cider vinegar.  This will help pull the nutrients from the bones.  Place lid on the instant pot.  I used the “manual” method then adjusted the timer for 90 minutes with high pressure.  Now just walk away and wait for the magic to happen.

One the 90 minutes of cooking are complete, allow for a natural release.  This can take 20-30 minutes before you can remove the lid.

Strain the broth through a fine mesh strainer.  Sometimes I want a nice clear broth and I strain through a couple layers of cheesecloth.  You can discard the bones and veggies if you want.  This is what I do…I put them all back into the pot add more fresh veggies and herbs.  Cover with water then let it cook another round.  I will do this 3 times.  The first batch is much more gelatinous and rich.  Each consecutive batch becomes a bit weaker.  Sometimes I like a milder broth.  I mark the lids with what number the batch is.  Beef broth #1, Beef broth #2, or Beef broth #3.

Tips for storing broth:

I’m clearing out all plastic containers from my kitchen so I use quart glass jars. HOWEVER, glass can break in the freezer.  It’s just awful to loose a batch of broth because the glass broke during freezing time.

1. Allow broth to cool completely before pouring into clean jars.
2. Only fill jars 2/3 of the way full.  Why not 3/4?  Better to be safe than sorry.
3. Refrigerate the jars overnight before placing in the freezer.
4. After broth has sat overnight in the refrigerator it is easy to remove fat that will solidify.  However, if you want more gut healing power, leave it.

I have not had a jar break using this method.  Right now I have 23 quarts of broth in my freezer.  They are a mixture of beef broth, chicken broth, and vegetable broth.  I love them all and rarely purchase canned or boxed broth.

Nutritional information was difficult to calculate.  Homemade bone broth does not have near the sodium content as purchased broth.  I only add about 1 teaspoons of salt to start.  I add salt as needed in recipes.  Most bone broth only has about 20-30 calories per cup…fat removed.

 

Use healing bone broth to make these healthy meals:

https://www.simplysgood.com/braised-chicken-with-olives-capers-and/

https://www.simplysgood.com/simple-french-lentil-soup-his-and-hers/

https://www.simplysgood.com/just-because-im-cold-and-im-in-need-of/

https://www.simplysgood.com/vegetable-barley-soup/