Bone Broth advice

[T2#Me]

Hi all, hope things are going well.

My wife and I are trying a couple of recipes for bone broth I found in a Jason Fung book and the internet. We have an amazing local butcher who supplies us with bones free.

I wonder if any members have any good tips/warnings and/or recipes they can share?

I have to confess, when I drink the broth whilst fasting, it feels kinda like cheating, as I have only reached OMAD so far ... but who am I to argue with Jason?

I do find it very helpful sometimes, to get past erstwhile meal times.

Any advice appreciated

 

[xfieldok]

I make it in an 11lt pan. 50 50 chicken and pork bones that have been roasted in the oven.

Make sure that you slim the yuk off the surface to keep it clear.

Once it is finished, I sieve it and discard the bones and veg, then I reduce it in smaller pans until it goes dark and sticky. Put into containers, cool and freeze.

Either put into a stew by the tablespoon, or just drink. If it is too strong, dilute with water to taste.

 

[Colin of Kent]

I've just inherited my mum's pressure cooker, as it was redundant at her house. Not only does it make bone broth in just 90 minutes, it actually seems to extract more from the bones, as they are soft and brittle afterwards, in a way that never happened before with ordinary simmering. I strain it through muslin afterwards as well.

This is a good guide: https://ketodietapp.com/Blog/lchf/Keto-Bone-Broth

 

[Pipp]

I think some members use an instant pot / pressure cooker type device to make bone broth quickly. @Brunneria, and @DCUKMod , to name a few.

I use the method my granny taught me, and use a large stove top stock pot. My preference is beef bones, but I sometimes use chicken carcasses instead. Good quality, butcher with grass fed beef. Ask the butcher to cut the leg bones into easily managed size pieces. Wash the bones under cold tap. Place on baking sheet and cook in oven at 200c for about an hour. Starting early next morning, place bones in stock pot, cover with water, and a couple of tablespoons of balsamic vinegar or apple cider vinegar, bring to boil, then skim any scum from top. Simmer for an hour, then add chopped onion, carrot and celery. Keep simmering for at least 12 hours, longer if possible. Stirring and skimming top occasionally. The bones become clean and stripped of all meat, also the marrow from the centre of bones dissolves into the liquid. I usually turn the heat off very late evening, after simmering the broth all day. Then strain the bones out and leave to cool. Sometimes I add a spoonful of Marmite to the broth before it cools. Then strain it again into ice cube trays for freezing individual portions. Use these as base for gravy, soup, or just to drink when fasting, or if I feel ill.
Hope this info is of use.

 

[DCUKMod]

I've just inherited my mum's pressure cooker, as it was redundant at her house. Not only does it make bone broth in just 90 minutes, it actually seems to extract more from the bones, as they are soft and brittle afterwards, in a way that never happened before with ordinary simmering. I strain it through muslin afterwards as well.

This is a good guide: https://ketodietapp.com/Blog/lchf/Keto-Bone-Broth

Hi Colin - As @Pipp says, I'm a real lover of my electric pressure cooker.

My OH, who is the main cook in the house had used pressure cookers for years, but I'd always been a bit scared of all the tales of explosions etc. My slow cooker then developed a crack in it's inner pot, so had to go. I decreed anything replacing it had to do more than slow cooking, so went looking.

Being electric, I can set it off for as long as I choose, with virtually no evaporation from the chamber. Once it finishes cooking, it automatically goes to a Keep warm function which means it is more ace than an ace thing.

I must say, I tend to get my bone broth going in the evening, and then leave it on the keep warm function and deal with it in the morning.

I think life changing is probably a bit on the rich side, but certainly I do love my Instant Pot (other brands are available). It's in use by one of us almost daily.