Lemon Herb Chicken Bone Broth
Having many allergies, I am an avid ingredient label reader, and as such, I have noticed that there aren't many broth options out there that don't have sugar or gluten added to them. Many of the ingredients added to store-bought broths (yes, even the "healthy"-read expensive-ones) have no place being there. Additionally, making your own healthful and flavorful broth is so incredibly easy.
When I first heard the term bone broth, my original thought was, "what is this magical bone broth everyone is talking about" and then I learnt that really bone broth is just what broth is to our parents and grandparents. In the interest of making food go much further and genuinely being a whole food eater, this is probably one of the most simple recipes I can offer you.
My recipe uses a slow cooker because I like the "set it and forget it" function. You can make this on the stovetop or in an instant pot. The benefit to not using the stovetop method is you don't need to worry about things overheating or causing destruction within your house. Bone broth takes at least 24 hours in a slow cooker or on the stovetop, so you can see how a "set it and forget it" system would work best.
Ingredients
1 chicken carcass
4-5 garlic cloves
1 bunch thyme
1 bunch rosemary
1 tbsp coconut vinegar
Directions
Place all ingredients into a slow cooker. Fill the slow cooker with water.
Set to low for as long as your slow cooker will allow. Mine only allows for 20 hours, so I put it for an additional 10 hours on top of that.
Once the broth is done cooking, divide it up into multiple containers. I use 2 and 4 cup sized containers to have different options when I take it out of the freezer, so I don't waste my broth.
*Pro-Tip: DO NOT overfill. Liquid expands when frozen, so if you fill a container to the top, it will overflow, or worse, if you are using a mason jar, it will break your jar, meaning you will have to toss all your broth because there is now the potential that you could swallow glass. For this reason, I typically use Tupperware because it is much more forgiving, and even if I accidentally overfill, the container won't crack
