This simple dish is probably one of the most nutritious and energy rich soups you will ever eat. I’m recommending that every house, should have a good old-fashioned reliable stock or broth in the kitchen. Choose only free-range organic meat, bones, vegetables and herbs.
This nutrient rich dish is the perfect boost for modern stress and the affects it can have on our bodies and minds. It will also nourish our constitutions and immune system providing us with that prevention against future ailments and disorders.
It’s also delicious and great tasting.
Bone broth is crammed with nutritional powerhouses, such as glucosamine, chondroitin, essential minerals and gelatine. Take a look at the ingredients and discover that bone broth is simple and inexpensive to make. The cider vinegar used in this recipe helps to release more minerals from the bones.
The recipe below can be altered to suit whatever leftovers you have in the kitchen. Other broths can be made using whole, raw chicken.
To prepare this wholesome nutritious, chicken broth full of essential nutrients, I recommend a heavy-bottomed stock pot and a fine mesh sieve or cheesecloth. You can use kitchen leftovers and scraps, such as carrot peelings, onion ends, celery leaves and bits of leek, which may have been kept in a large plastic bag in the freezer.
Ingredients
- 1 Roast Chicken Carcass leftover
- Vegetable leftovers (onion trimmings, celery leaves, carrot peels, garlic etc)
- 2 Bay Leafs
- 1 Tablespoon Cider Vinegar
Instructions
- Pick the chicken carcass clean of useable meat and keep for another dish.
- Add the chicken carcass, vegetable leftovers and bay leafs to the heavy-bottomed stock pot.
- Pour filtered water over contents to cover.
- Add cider vinegar.
- Simmer for a minimum of 4 hours and up to 12, adding more water as needed or desired.
- Skim any scum that rises to the top.
- Strain solids from the broth through a fine mesh sieve or cheesecloth.
- Bottle and reserve the stock.
- The broth should gel, but it is not necessary.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Nutritional Healing
Nature: Warming
Organ: Spleen and Kidney
Vital Substances: Qi, Blood and Essence
This warming dish Invigorates the Kidney, Strengthens DNA, Supports the Digestive System and Builds Blood. It is perfect in Autumn/Fall/Winter when we are susceptible to cold. Always serve hot and with hot food, but not spicy.
Drink every day for maximum benefits
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Disclaimer: This article is not intended to diagnose or assess. The information provided is not to be considered a substitute for consultation with a qualified health care practitioner.