Instant Pot Chicken Stock
Make a batch of homemade chicken stock easily in your Instant Pot. Rich and flavorful, it's the most wonderful way to make use of all of a whole chicken and can be used in so many of your favorite recipes.
Ingredients
- 1 chicken carcass or bones from roasted chicken
- 2-3 cups vegetable scraps carrot peels, onions, celery, garlic, etc
- 1-2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
- 1 thyme optional, sprig
- 1 Tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon peppercorns
- 2 bay leaf
- 10 cups water cold
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a pressure cooker and turn the valve to sealing.
- Set for High Pressure for 2 hours.
- When done, let pressure naturally release. Carefully open the lid when all the pressure is released and the pin has dropped.
- Using a large straining spoon, remove bones and vegetable scraps.Using a strainer, strain the liquid into a large pot. Let the liquid cool off.
- Transfer the chicken broth to clean jars and store them in the refrigerator or freezer.
Notes
- If you don't have vegetable scraps, you can roughly chop a couple of carrots, an onion and crush some garlic cloves. No need to peel!
- Allow the chicken stock to cool fully before transferring to jars.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10 cups (approx)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 12
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 12kcal | 1% |
| Carbohydrates | 3g | 1% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 727mg | 30% |
| Potassium | 89mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 4285IU | 86% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 18mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.