Say goodbye to store-bought and hello to homemade goodness with our Instant Pot Chicken Broth. This easy recipe lets you create a flavorful and nourishing broth right in your Instant Pot. With minimal effort, you'll have a rich base for soups, stews, and countless other delicious dishes.
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Why This Recipe Works
- Nutrient-Dense: Homemade broth contains more nutrients than store-bought, boosting your health quotient.
- Flavorful Base: Homemade stock or broth adds a depth of flavor to soups, stews, and sauces.
- Cost-Effective: Utilize leftover chicken bones, reducing waste and saving money.
📋 Ingredients
- Chicken Wings: Are the primary source of flavor, providing a meaty and rich base that is quintessential to the broth.
- Small Carrots (Peeled and Halved): Contribute a gentle sweetness that balances the savory depth of the chicken and other spices.
- Celery Stalks (Cut into Large Chunks): Imparts a fresh, slightly bitter note, adding complexity to the broth's flavor profile.
- Large Onion (Quartered): Lends a sweet and sharp edge to the broth, forming an aromatic backbone for the recipe.
- Garlic Head (Peeled): Infuses the broth with its distinctive pungent and spicy flavor, amplifying the overall taste.
- Water: Acts as a solvent, drawing out the flavors from the chicken and vegetables, and creating the essential liquid base of the broth.
- Bay Leaf: Adds an earthy, slightly floral aroma to the broth, subtly enhancing the taste without overpowering the other ingredients.
- Whole Black Pepper: These little spice bombs add a hint of heat and a layer of pungent, woody flavor to the broth.
- Salt: Enhances all the other flavors, making them more vibrant and pronounced.
For the complete list of ingredients with measurements and instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
🔀 Substitutions & Variations
- Roast Chicken: We use chicken wings for this Instant Pot chicken broth recipe. However feel free to add leftover roasted chicken or a grocery store rotisserie chicken for your recipe.
- Chicken carcass: You can use leftover chicken carcass in the place of the chicken wings for this homemade chicken broth.
🔪How to Make Instant Pot Chicken Broth
- Step 1: Line the inner pot of the Instant Pot with chicken wings. Add all vegetables (carrots, celery, onion, and garlic). Pour water into the inner pot. Add bay leaf, black pepper, and salt.
- Step 2: Add lid to Instant Pot and set on manual high pressure for 45 minutes. Allow for a 30-minute Natural release. Remove the inner pot from the Instant Pot and drain into a large bowl. Use a ladle to add broth into the mason jars. Allow to cool before capping and refrigerating.
👩🍳 Expert Tips
- Use Quality Chicken Parts: For the most flavorful broth, use a combination of chicken parts that include bones, such as necks, backs, wings, and feet. These parts are rich in collagen, which breaks down into gelatin during cooking, giving the broth a rich mouthfeel and body.
- Roast Bones and Vegetables: For a deeper, more caramelized flavor, roast the chicken bones and any vegetables like onions, carrots, and celery in the oven before adding them to the Instant Pot. This step enhances the flavor complexity of your broth.
- Add Aromatics and Herbs: Include aromatics such as garlic, ginger, and fresh herbs like thyme or parsley. These ingredients add subtle flavors and fragrances that deepen the broth's overall aroma and taste.
- Natural Pressure Release: After the cooking process, allow the Instant Pot to release pressure naturally. This slow release helps to extract maximum flavor from the chicken and vegetables, and it ensures that the broth remains clear and not cloudy.
💭 FAQs
Chicken broth and chicken stock are both liquid bases used in cooking. Chicken broth is typically made with just the meat and bones of a chicken, while chicken stock is made with the same ingredients plus vegetables and seasonings.
Chicken broth has a lighter flavor than stock, making it great for soups and sauces. Chicken stock has a richer flavor that’s perfect for braising meats.
Chicken broth is typically made by simmering chicken meat and bones for a shorter time, resulting in a lighter flavor, while bone broth involves a longer cooking process with bones and often meat, resulting in a richer and more gelatinous texture.
Homemade chicken broth can be stored in the refrigerator for 4-5 days. Place in a container with a lid.
You can store stock in the freezer for 6-9 months. Store it in ice cube trays, glass jars with straight sides, or in freezer bags. Do not fill any container completely full.
What Can You Use Chicken Broth For?
Chicken broth is sometimes referred to as stock. It can be used to make all sorts of delicious dishes. It can be used as a cooking liquid for grains, rice, or pasta, or it can be used as a braising liquid for chicken and vegetables. It adds more flavor than using plain water. Here are a few recipes you could use your chicken broth in:
- Instant Pot Chicken and Quinoa: A wholesome and nutritious blend of tender chicken, quinoa, and vegetables in a flavorful broth makes a comforting one-pot meal.
- Instant Pot Peruvian Soup: Peruvian chicken soup, is made from vibrant spices and rich Instant Pot broth.
- Instant Pot Chicken Alfredo: Indulge in creamy goodness with Instant Pot Chicken Alfredo, where perfectly cooked chicken meets luscious Alfredo sauce for a delightful pasta dish.
- Cheesy Ranch Chicken: Elevate your chicken game with Cheesy Ranch Chicken made with broth in the electric pressure cooker.
- Instant Pot Pasta Puttanesca: Dive into the bold and tangy flavors of Instant Pot Pasta Puttanesca, where chicken, olives, capers, and a savory broth create a Mediterranean-inspired pasta sensation.
- Instant Pot Taco Pasta: Spice up your mealtime with Instant Pot Taco Pasta, a fusion of taco flavors and pasta in a savory chicken broth.
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Instant Pot Chicken Broth
Ingredients
- 5-7 Chicken Wings
- 3 Small Carrots peeled and halved
- 2 Stalks Celery cut into large chunks
- 1 Onion quartered
- 1 bulb Garlic peeled
- 8 cups Water
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
- 2 teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- Line the inner pot of Instant Pot with chicken wings. Add all vegetables (carrots, celery, onion and garlic). Pour water into inner pot. Then add bay leaf, black pepper and salt. Add lid to Instant pot and set on manual high pressure for 45 minutes.
- Allow for a 30 min Natural Pressure Release. Once time is up, remove lid. Remove inner pot from Instant Pot and drain into a large bowl.
- Use a ladle to add broth into mason jars. Allow to cool before capping and refrigerating.
Notes
- Roast Chicken: We use chicken wings for this Instant Pot chicken broth recipe. However feel free to add leftover roasted chicken or a grocery store rotisserie chicken for your recipe.
- Chicken carcass: You can use leftover chicken carcass in the place of the chicken wings for this homemade chicken broth.
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