Dad's Instant Pot Chicken Broth recipe is a great way to make use of things you would normally throw away.
Dad saves all the scraps from his vegetables and every chicken carcass and throws them in the freezer so he can use them to make this easy Instant Pot Chicken Broth.
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Save all your scraps!
When every you make a meal you always end up with "scraps". Things like the ends of onions, carrots, and celery are things that you normally would throw away become valuable building blocks in this basically free chicken broth recipe.
Don't throw that carcass away!
Dad is still a little amazed by they Sam's Club and Costco rotisserie chickens. They manage to sell them for less than the cost of an uncooked chicken and they honestly taste delicious.
It almost makes it a waste of time and one to roast your own. Dad will pick them whenever he is too tired or busy to cook.
After Dad carves the rotisserie chicken he takes the carcass and throws it in a freezer bag and sticks it in his freezer.
Have fresh chicken?
Dad likes to buy whole chickens and break them down himself. You get a little more value for your money this way and you also end up with things like the carcass, backbone and gizzards that you can roast and use to make an AMAZING chicken broth in the Instant Pot.
All you need to do is coat the chicken parts in some olive oil and spices and roast them in a 350 degree over for 20 to 25 minutes before putting them into the instant pot to make your broth!
Instant Pot Chicken Broth Recipe
Equipment
- Instant Pot or Electric Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 1 Chicken carcass
- 2 cup Vegetable scraps
- 1 tablespoon Garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon Onion powder
- 1 tablespoon Dried basil
- 1 tablespoon Dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon Sea salt
- 1 tablespoon Cracked black pepper
- 1 tablespoon Minced garlic
- 2 tablespoon Olive oil
- Water
Instructions
- If you are using a fresh chicken carcass, backbone other parts coat them in olive oil and season them with the galic powder, onion powder, sea salt, pepper, basil and oregano. If you are using a carcass from a cooked rotiserie chicken you can skip the roasting step and go straight to the instant pot with it.
- Roast the chicken parts in a 450 degree oven for 20-25 minutes. You want to make sure they have some nice color to them from the roasting.
- Take any vegetable scraps you have saved up, fresh or frozen, and put them in the instant pot.
- Fill the instant pot up with fresh water until it hits the PCMAX line.
- Add 1 tablespoon of minced garlic, a teaspoon of basil & a teaspoon of oregano.
- Add salt to taste. Dad uses 1 tablespoon of sea salt.
- Mix everything and add the lid and set it to sealing.
- Cook on the soup/broth or manual setting for 30-90 minutes. A 30-minute broth will be a clearer less intense flavor. The longer you go the more intense the flavor will be.
- When the instant pot is done you can do a quick release and open the instant pot.
- Now strain the broth through a fine mesh colander leaving you with a wonderful, basically free chicken broth.
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