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Home » Cooking Methods » Slow Cooker » Slow Cooker Chicken Bone Broth

Slow Cooker Chicken Bone Broth

By Taesha Butler May 5, 2016 (Updated November 17, 2021) 10 Comments

Servings6
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5 from 4 votes

This healing Slow Cooker Chicken Bone Broth is the best. Bone broth is one of those kitchen essentials every real food focused household should have a stockpile of at all times. However, it’s is quite pricy to buy and is often thought to be complicated and time consuming to make. Nope. Not in the least. Not when you have a trusty slow cooker by your side.

Making healthy slow cooker chicken bone broth the right way

You guys know me, if I can stick it in a slow cooker, I absolutely will! They make life and real food wildly easier and doable in real life. 

Why bone broth?

Bone broth is one of those incredibly healing wonder foods that our ancestors knew was awesome, yet we lost sight of as convenience foods took over our lives.

Drinking the healing Slow Cooker Chicken Bone Broth

Known for its gut healing, immune boosting, makes-you-feel-awesome-right-down-to-your-toenails ways, bone broth is something I absolutely keep around the house to add to sautées, soups, rice and even just to sip on from a mug.

I use it so often, in fact, that I can ever seem to keep enough of it around. So, whenever I have bones leftover from one of my slow cooker chickens, I make sure to throw those suckers right back into the crock pot for another round to infuse some amazing bone broth for later lovin’.

Love broth? Try my Vegetable Broth! It’s another thing I always have on hand around my real food kitchen. 

Holding a cup of the slow cooker chicken bone broth with two hands.

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5 from 4 votes

Slow Cooker Chicken Bone Broth

This healing Slow Cooker Chicken Bone Broth is the best. Bone broth is one of those kitchen essentials every real food focused household should have a stockpile of at all times. However, it's is quite pricy to buy and is often thought to be complicated and time consuming to make. Nope. Not in the least. Not when you have a trusty slow cooker by your side.
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Keyword: bone broth recipe, healing broth recipe, slow cooker broth
Servings: 6
Calories: 284kcal
Author: Taesha Butler

Ingredients 

  • 1 1 carcass from a 3-4 pound chicken You can throw the skin in there too if you want, but it will make for a fattier broth. I preper just the bones.
  • 6 cups water
  • 1/2 medium yellow onion
  • 1 large carrot or 2-3 small ones
  • 2-3 whole cloves or garlic
  • 1-2 stalks celery
  • 1 bay leaf
  • a small handful whatever fresh herbs you have on hand I like parsley, thyme, rosemary, sage…but seriously anything you have on hand (except maybe mint, that might be a bit too out of the box even for me)
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar

Instructions 

  • Throw all of the ingredients into your slow cooker. Give it a quick stir to combine everything, put the lid on and cook on low for 24 hours. I wouldn’t reccomend cooking this on high for a shorter period of time. Low and slow always works best (in my opinion) for making good bone broth.
  • Once broth is done cooking, strain it carefully (after 24 hours, this stuff is broiling hot!) through a fine mesh strainer. 
  • Portion out into mason jars or another container with an air-tight fitting lid and cool to room temperature before storing in fridge for about 5-7 days. 

Notes

Many digital slow cookers will only let you set the cook time for a max of 12 hours. I just start mine at 7pm and then set it for another 12 hours when it goes of at 7am.

Nutrition

Calories: 284kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 501mg | Potassium: 310mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1908IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 1mg

The nutritional information is provided as an estimate only and may vary based on the product type, servings and other factors. If you are following a diet, please consult with a professional nutritionist or your doctor. Stay healthy!

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    Comments

  1. Krystal

    August 6, 2016 at 4:20 pm

    Does the apple cider vinegar affect the flavor any?

    Reply
  2. Cameron

    July 11, 2017 at 6:37 pm

    Thank you for sharing. It’s great that you use apple cider vinegar instead of a regular one in your recipe. I hope I can make one when I’m not too busy anymore. I’m drinking Au Bon Broth and I like it so far. It has helped me with my sleeping problems and improved my health.

    Reply
    • Taesha Butler

      July 12, 2017 at 2:15 am

      I’m so glad to hear that!

      Reply
  3. Rachel

    August 14, 2018 at 3:21 pm

    Do you ever freeze the broth to use later?

    Reply
    • Taesha Butler

      August 14, 2018 at 7:52 pm

      Yes! I like to freeze it in ice cube trays. It makes them easy to store and portion out later on!

      Reply
  4. Shella

    October 17, 2019 at 5:12 pm

    Hey very interesting blog!

    Reply
  5. Judi online

    November 26, 2019 at 3:45 am

    bookmarked!!, I like your site!

    Reply
  6. cinda

    August 15, 2020 at 12:12 pm

    5 stars
    Thanks

    Reply
  7. max

    September 21, 2020 at 1:15 pm

    5 stars

    Reply
  8. Helena

    November 20, 2021 at 7:09 pm

    5 stars
    Healing and warming… just perfect for the winter!

    Reply

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