I’m sure you’ve already heard about bone broth. We love the ease of making crockpot bone broth.
It also tastes yummy, and feels kind of ritualistic. I love a warm beverage in the morning while I sit at my computer and work. And bone broth is a great caffeine-free way to start your day than with a warm mug.
Also, all you do is put everything in your crockpot, and let the magic happen. This one is a no-brainer. Make a batch, and then see how great you start to feel when you drink crockpot bone broth regularly.
Make a batch of crockpot bone broth and enjoy. Tag us on Instagram @realsimplegood so we can see, and leave a comment below to let us know what you think.
Get the Recipe:
Crockpot Bone Broth
Homemade broth made easy with this crockpot bone broth. Soak up all of the goodness of bone broth and let the crockpot do all the work.
Ingredients
- (NOTE: You don't need follow this recipe exactly, just use whatever scraps you have on hand or stashed away in the freezer. Below is what we used to make the batch for this post to give you a starting point)
- 2 carrots, - chopped
- 2 celery stalks, - chopped
- 1 medium onion, - chopped
- 4 cloves of garlic, - peeled
- 3 lb of beef or chicken bones, (or combination of both. We used the frozen leftover bones from two herb roasted chicken dinners.)
- Small handful of fresh herbs if you have them, (sage, rosemary, oregano, parsley, etc.)
- 2 Tbsp whole peppercorns
- 1 Tbsp salt
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- Water
Equipment
Instructions
- Place the bones in your crockpot. The bones should fill up about 1/2 to 3/4 of the pot.
- Chop up your vegetables and add those plus the herbs and peppercorns to the crockpot. Don't worry about how it looks at this point, you'll be straining everything out before consuming the broth.
- Fill the crockpot with water. Season with salt and add in the 2 Tbsp of apple cider vinegar.
- Cook on low and cook for 18-48 hours. The longer you let things cook together, the more intense the broth flavor will be.
- Strain the broth through a strainer and cool. A good broth will usually have a layer of fat on the top, and will gelatinize when thoroughly cool. Remove the fat with a spoon and discard. Store in a jar in the fridge for up to a week or freeze to save for later.
Did you make this recipe?Tag @realsimplegood with hashtag #realsimplegood on Instagram. We love to see what you make!
THANK YOU!!!! I used lemon instead of vinegar. YUM
You’re welcome 🙂
This is the first time of my several attempts at making bone broth that the broth had a gel-like consistency and tastes GREAT. I used turkey and chicken bones. After 5 hours on the slow-cook function of the Instant Pot I switched to the manual setting for 2.5 hours (so the broth could cool before bedtime).
We’re so glad to hear it worked so well! Thanks for taking the time to share on Instagram and also come back and leave a review! 🙂
If i cook a whole chicken in the crockpot can i use that broth for the water in the crock pot? Do i put the skin from the chicken in as well as the bones?
Yes you can use that broth but you will want to add more water unless you want a really thick, gel like broth. We put skin, bones and everything in when we make broth :).
I don’t like leaving appliances on overnight, or even 18 hours is really pushing it, so could I cook the bones 12 hours or is that not enough?
12 hours is fine. The longer you cook the bones the better but 12 would work.