When you want the benefits of homemade bone broth, but don’t want a simmering pot on your stove for 8 plus hours. This Instant Pot bone broth brings us all the benefits of it’s deliciously rich nutrients and collagen in two hours.

What Is Bone Broth?

Bone broth is essentially a stock only it’s cooked for longer and is made with beef, chicken, or turkey bones. Cooking the bones for a prolonged period of time releases gelatin and collagen that thickens the broth. Bone broth is rich in minerals that help build and strengthen your bones. It also contains many other healthy nutrients, including vitamins, amino acids, and essential fatty acids.

Broth has been a staple in my house for many years, It’s a comfort during cold season and makes recurring appearances in soups all season long. You can also use it for mashing potatoes (instead of milk or water), cooking rice in, or just sipping it from a mug.

How To Use Bone Broth

You can use bone broth in any recipe that calls for stock or broth. Or water in some cases. Using homemade bone broth gives recipes a real depth of flavor that makes it extra delicious. A few recipes of mine that call for broth:

Healing Curried Chicken & Vegetable Soup

Slow Cooker Chicken Chile Verde

Whole30 Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Instant Pot Chicken Bone Broth Ingredients:

Bones from (1) 3-4 lb chicken/turkey or beef roast– leftover bones from a rotisserie chicken makes it super easy, or from your Thanksgiving turkey. You can also buy bones direct from your butcher or grocery store meat counter. They can also sometimes be found in the frozen section.
Apple Cider Vinegar – vinegar is a key ingredient as it helps break down the bones & pull out the nutrients
Lemon
Vegetables – Carrots, Celery, Onion, and Garlic. We recommend adding vegetables as they add great flavor and nutrients, however, they are optional. The leaves of celery have the most flavor, don’t throw those away!
Fresh Herbs – we like to use a mix of sage, rosemary, thyme, and/or parsley. Like vegetables, herbs are optional.
Seasoning – tumeric, salt, peppercorns, and a bay leaf

Pro tip: I like to collect leftover bones and vegetable trimmings (like the ends of onions or celery, mushroom stems, ends or peels of carrots) in separate bags in the freezer. Throughout the week, we’ll throw in any leftover bones from our meals, plus any veggies, garlic or herbs that are starting to go downhill. Then, when you’re ready to make some bone broth, you have everything we need in the freezer!

How To Make Instant Pot Bone Broth:

It might sound intimidating, but bone broth is truly so simple to make in your Instant Pot.

Add bones, veggies, herbs/seasonings, apple cider vinegar, and plenty of water to your Instant Pot. Your water level should be just below the “max fill” line.
Lock Instant Pot lid into place, flip vent valve to “Sealing”
Select “Manual” (if you have a newer Instant Pot and don’t have a manual option, select “Soup/Broth” and make sure the setting is on “High Pressure”) and adjust the time to 120 minutes.
When cooking time is done, allow pressure to naturally release (this should take 20-30 minutes).
Allow to cool, then strain into storage containers (I like to use mason jars) to store in the refrigerator or freezer.

How To Store Instant Pot Bone Broth

Broth can be kept in the refrigerator in a sealed container, such as mason jars, for up to 5 days. Freeze or pressure can for longer storage. I always keep leftover glass marinara jars for this!

This is the mesh strainer I use.

How To Freeze Bone Broth:

Freeze broth in silicone muffin cups or ice cube trays
Once broth blocks are solid, remove them from the tray and store the blocks in a reusable ziplock bag or other freezer-friendly sealed container in your freezer.
When you’re ready to use, simply remove the amount you need and reheat on the stove or in the microwave, or throw frozen blocks directly in soups for a flavor boost.