Instant Pot Bone Broth [Recipe] by Chartered Wellness (2024)

FAQs

Does Instant Pot destroy nutrients in bone broth? ›

Is Instant Pot bone broth as healthy? Instant pot bone broth can be as healthy as regular made versions. You can achieve the same gel consistency as you can with a traditional long simmer in a stock pot. This is the hallmark of a high protein and quality bone broth with natural collagen.

Making bone broth in your Instant Pot is easy, economical, and healthy. It's a great way to stretch your food dollar and provide your body with a boost of nutrients and protein.

A pressure cooker makes bone broth in a fraction of the time the slow cooker does, but both are excellent options. We've shared methods for both below, it all depends on what works best for your timeframe.

What kind of bone broth is healthy to drink? Non-gmo beef or chicken bone broth is the healthiest option to drink. Beef and chicken are both great options because they are high in protein, collagen, gelatin and amino acids for gut health and skin hydration.

While bone broth is generally considered safe to consume, there are some potential risks to be aware of. Lead contamination. Some studies show elevated levels of lead in bone broths, which can be harmful to health if consumed in large amounts. Bacterial contamination.

According to some studies, bone broth may be high in glutamate. Glutamate may cause adverse effects such as anxiety, restlessness, low energy, mental exhaustion, sleeplessness, and concentration problems, although there is no scientific evidence to prove this.

Traditional recipes recommend using bones rich in marrow and flavor, such as beef marrow bones, oxtails, beef feet or beef neck bones. For this article, we will focus on beef marrow bones. To make a nutritious and delicious beef bone broth, we recommend using beef marrow bones or beef oxtails.

Bone broth does not raise blood pressure. It actually lowers your blood pressure because of the natural collagen found in it. Collagen is shown to reduce your blood pressure according to a new review of a Japanese study.

It's absolutely possible to overcook Instant Pot bone broth.

Keep an eye on your cook time and especially your depressurizing time. Overcooked bone broth will taste bitter and I can't imagine it'd be very enjoyable.

Wine or apple cider vinegar is often added to bone broth. Their acidity improves the flavor of the broth and helps to break down collagen. The result is a great-tasting broth with a silky texture that becomes gelatinous when it cools.

Why not boil bone broth? ›

Just as when you're making stock for soups or stews, boiling will cause soluble proteins and rendered fat to emulsify into the cooking liquid. By simmering, you avoid emulsifying the fat and thus keep the stock clearer, and we found that the scum created simply settled to the bottom of the pot.

Turmeric, cayenne pepper, and ginger can also be added for extra flavor and possibly even some nutritional benefits. Just make sure that you choose your seasonings based on the type of bone broth you're trying to make and the flavor you're trying to create by the end of it. Not all broths are created equal.

We start with real chicken bones, then we cook our broths to perfection to deliver a unique balance of flavor.

“While beef bone broth and chicken bone broth are healthful, beef bone broth has more collagen per serving. It is also better for gut health, for immunity, for sleep, and for mood. And it's better for skin and nails,” Schiff says.

The bones used to make commercial broth may contain high levels of heavy metals, which could make their way into the broth. However, homemade or store-bought bone broth levels are very low and unlikely to cause health problems.

In many cases, our diet is lacking in many of the vitamins, minerals and amino acids naturally found in bone broth. The long cooking process releases the nutrients into the water, allowing for them to be more easily absorbed during digestion.

“Instant pot recipes are absolutely healthy as long as what you put in the recipe is healthy,” she says. The shorter cooking time may also result in the greater preservation of vitamins and minerals when compared to other longer types of cooking.

The short answer is no, but there are some factors to consider to make sure you're getting the most out of your bone broth. Using fresh bones, adjusting cooking times and pressure, adding acidic ingredients, and utilizing natural release can all help preserve collagen when pressure cooking.

Does pressure canning destroy or take away the nutritional properties of bone broth? No! The appearance of the broth may look different (especially from the outside of the jar), but the jiggly gelatinous broth is the same in both the pressure-canned jar and the non pressure-canned jar.