Chicken Bone Broth

My delicious, nutritious Chicken Bone Broth recipe takes only simple ingredients and is the perfect way to turn scraps into wholesome stock!

Course Sauce

Cuisine American

Keyword chicken bone broth, chicken broth, chicken broth from bones, chicken stock recipe

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 8 20

Total Time 8 25

Servings cups

Calories 23kcal

If you are using bones from a cooked chicken, skip this step! Place bones on a lined-rimmed baking sheet and roast in your oven at 400°F for 20 minutes.
2 lbs Chicken bones
Once prepared, place your chicken bones inside a large pot. Pour in cider vinegar, salt, peppercorns, yellow onion, celery, carrots, garlic, oregano, bay leaves, and fresh thyme.
1 tablespoon Apple cider vinegar, 1 teaspoon Kosher salt, 1 teaspoon Whole peppercorns, 1 large Yellow onion, 3 stalks Celery, 3 Carrots, 2 cloves Garlic, 1 teaspoon Oregano, 2 Bay leaves, 6-8 sprigs Thyme
Add in water to cover fully. Bring to a light boil and then reduce the heat to simmer. Simmer for 8 hours, skimming the fat occasionally off the top.
14-16 cups Water
Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly. Discard any solids and strain the remainder in a bowl through a strainer.
Let the stock cool to room temperature using an ice bath in the sink before storing it!

You can use any chicken bones for this stock. I like to save a bag in the freezer full of bones from chicken thighs, rotisserie chickens, and whole roast chicken. Once I've got enough, it's time for stock!

You'll want to very thoroughly strain the stock once it's all cooked, as the long cook time means that the ingredients will be completely broken down and finely shredded.

Don't mix the stock once it starts cooking! Just skim off the fat with a slotted spoon or strainer. If you keep stirring it, it can start getting cloudy.

It's super important to cool the stock very quickly. If you let it cool to room temperature by just sitting out, it will linger at an unsafe temperature for too long, promoting bacterial growth.

If you're making rotisserie chicken bone broth, cut back on the amount of salt, as rotisserie chicken is already highly salted.

You can make this broth with other sorts of bone, too! Swap the chicken out for beef bones (I like saving short rib bones!) or pork bones and it will be just as delicious!