By itself, roasted chicken stock is wonderfully warm and comforting. You can Add it to soup or create a base for your favorite casserole. Your dish will be that perfect balance of comfort and savory, helping you create the feeling of ”home”.
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For several years now I have made my own Chicken stock. I started making it because I was roasting chicken in the oven each week, and it seems wasteful to throw the bones away if I could use them in some way. Through family i learned how to make bone broth by slowly simmering your leftover bones in a pot. its perfectly alright to do it that way, but I enjoy the shortcut and deep flavor that pressure cooking it provides. Oddly it is one of those tasks that I find enjoyable and silly enough, makes me feel like a true ”homemaker”.
While you can use chicken bones from any other dish like chicken thighs or legs, the flavor from a roasted chicken, with the crispy skin and roasted seasonings make for a robust broth that will make most any dish “pop”.
Besides all that, tis good for the bones! Fun facts: Bone broth is good for you, and it has a lot of collagen in it which is key to growing healthy hair, skin and nails.
In the winter season we oven roast at least one chicken each week, so it just makes sense to make stock from the bones and skin too!
Once your chicken is roasted and deboned, put everything left into your instant Pot. You can find one like mine here.
(you can also use a slow cooker or stock pot )
Add any desired vegetables. Roughly cut is fine, as it doesn’t need to be pretty.
Cover with water to the 2/3 full line
Touch the soup or broth option and wait to make sure it starts.
Mine will automatically have the High pressure option, and be set at 30 minutes cook time.
It is optional to make it longer if you prefer. Matter of fact I used to pressure cook it on medium to high for four (4) hours. I now just pressure cook it for 45 minutes. Four hours or 45 minutes, totally your choice.
once the pressure cooker is done, you can leave it on warm for a while or just turn it off and unplug it.
Let the pressure slowly release.
once completely cooled, refrigerate to separate excess fat. it will harden and strain off your chicken stock easier.
When the stock is cold enough to harden the fat, strain the chicken stock through a mesh strainer . Here At home we have a small handy one that gets used all the time.
discard the excess fat, bones and skin.
store the roasted chicken stock in a freezer safe pyrex dish or gallon size freezer zip lock bags for future use
make sure there is a little space at the top for expansion when freezing
When using ziplock bags, freezing it flat makes storing it simpler.
Let me know how you make this recipe!
What do you add to your homemade chicken Stock?
Happy Homemaking,
Lori ~
Savory Roasted Chicken Stock In The Instant Pot
Ingredients
- Bones from 1 whole roasted Chicken, bones, skin and all
- Water
- optional : garlic, celery, bell pepper cuttings
Directions
- Add chicken bones to the instant pot
- cover with water to the 2/3 full line on instant pot. About 2 1/2 to 3 quarts of water.
- Add any remaining desired ingredients such as cut off ends of vegetables or any extra seasoning. keep in mind that the chicken skin and bones will already have salt and other seasoning from preparation of the previous dish.
- Put lid on the instant pot making sure the seal is properly in place. and that the steam release is turned on “seal”
- Use the soup/ broth button. it should automatically set to High for 45 minutes.
otherwise press pressure cook on High for 45 minutes. - Once it is done turn off ”keep warm”. let it cool completely.
- AT this point you can strain it and store it in your desired container in the fridge for up to a week or freeze for three months or so.
- for less fat and a smooth stock, refrigerate before straining to catch excess fat.
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