Best Chicken Feet Bone Broth
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They’re pretty ugly,. They’ full of collagen & nutrients. Chicken Feet Bone Broth is my magic elixir of youthfulness, joint care & more!
Chicken Bone Broth Benefits
First of all, maybe if I outline some of the benefits of bone broth, and especially this chicken feet bone broth, you’ll be more inclined to make it.
- Loaded with collagen, it helps nails, sink and hair.
- Helps with skin elasticity.
- Great for joint health because of the chondroitin and glucosamine.
- Can help with blood sugar levels.
- Good for your gut and digestive issues.
- Helps hydrate you!
Best Chicken Bone Broth
Now if you don’t want to spend the time making your own bone broth, then there are alternatives.
Yes, invest in buying the best bone broth on the market. Bone broth that is made from grass-fed and pasture raised animals. Bone broth that’s cooked for 14+ hours. Bone broth that’s nutrient dense and good for you.
Click here to check out Kettle and Fire Bone Broth. If you order, use my discount code, ALLYSKITCHEN, at checkout and save 20%. I keep my pantry stocked with this bone broth, too. Yes, there are times that I just don’t have the time to make my own bone broth!
Making Chicken Bone Broth on Stove Top
I prefer to make my bone broth on the stove top. Yes, the old fashioned way I’ll start early in the morning and let it simmer boil all day, 10+ hours. Then typicaly I’ll let it cool, refrigerate and the next day begin the straining and finishing process to freezer.
Yes, I prefer to freeze it. Sometimes I’ll put some in canning jars knowing I’ll use it in a couple of weeks in sipping and in cooking. However, if I have an ample supply, I’ll just freezer.
Bone Broth Slow Cooker
With a slow cooker, use the low setting.
Add your ingredients and let it cook for about 18 to 24 hours.
Cool, strain and finish for storing.
Chicken Bone Broth InstaPot
You can certainly use an InstaPot or Multi-Cooker like the Cuckoo, which is my favorite!
You’ll put your ingredients in and use low pressure for four hours. Then once that time’s up, reset for another 4 hours.
You can also leave it overnight (about 8-10 hours) on warm and then cool, strain and finish the next morning.
Chicken Bone Broth Recipe Stove Top
I like the stove top method.
Rinse and clean the chicken feet. If you’re using other parts, neck, gizzards, livers, backbone, yes, clean and add them, too.
Put in your large pot based upon the amount of chicken feet/bones you have. Cover about with water leaving about 3-4″ from the top of the pot. Add your aromatics and herbs. Cover with a lid. Turn heat to medium high. Let it come to a simmering boil. Put the lid askew, reduce heat to medium.
This mixture is going to simmer boil for hours, and, yes, you must keep water nearby to add as it reduces and evaporates.
For me, having it in the kitchen on the stove top is really the old-fashioned way. If I need to run out and do things, I can reduce the heat to low, cover and let it continue to slowly cook.
Chicken Feet Bone Broth Benefits
Chicken feet are known to have great collagen reserves! Imagine that! In the feet of those chickens, and your chicken feet MUST be pasture-raised (otherwise you’re not getting a real chicken with all the nutritional benefits, I think).
Chicken feet, yes, those gnarly ugly looking little four pronged ‘feet’ are super rich in collagen and they are a fabulous source of hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate!
It’s like having a magic elixir. A fountain of youth.
And, talk about helping with things like osteoarthritis and your joints.
Now don’t expect miracles and things overnight. I’ve been sipping and cooking with bone broth for decades, and I ascribe a lot of my very good health to it.
Making Bone Broth with Chicken Feet
Making bone broth with chicken feet isn’t complicated. It just takes time and patience. I usually make a pot that yields about 16+ cups and that will last maybe a week or ten days. Why? Well, not only do we sip bone broth, but I cook with it regularly.
That’s why I also keep a big stash of Kettle and Fire in my pantry. Honestly, no way can I keep up with making enough for what just we two people use!
Best Chicken Feet Bone Broth
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 to 2 lbs. chicken feet, pasture-raised, toe nails trimmed off, washed and rinsed, you can add other carcass chicken bones, necks, wing tips
- 1 bundle of fresh herbs with stems, rosemary, thyme, basil, parsey, oregano, tied with cooking twine
- 1/2 sweet onion, large, cut in big chunks
- 2 Tbl. apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- In a large stock pot over medium high heat, put the chicken feet, herb bundle, onions and apple cider vinegar.
- Add water to about 3 inches from the top. Cover and let the water come to a boil. Cook for about 30 minutes at this roaring boil (lid askew).
- Reduce heat to medium, cover, continue to add water and cook for another 8+ hours checking to see when water needs to be added.
- When finished, remove the bones, skin, etc. with a 'spider' spoon or slotted spoon.
- Let the bone broth cool somewhat then use a mesh strainer and strain twice removing other small things.
- Cool and either put in canning jars and refrigerate or into freezer bags to freezer.
Notes
The broth will keep refrigerated for about 7 days.
If you want to make beef bone broth, the procedure is basically the same. Just use a combination of gbones like knuckle, oxtail, short rib, neck and anything you can beg from your butcher!
Best to use grass-fed beef bones.
The knuckle and neckk bones are packed with collagen!
Freezing the broth will keep for up to about 3 months.
Hi, new to making bone broth. Question, when it’s completed and you store, how do you use it for soups, sipping, etc? Do you add water or is it ready to use without adding water? Thank you!
Hi, Carie! Congratulations, you’re making some super nutritions bone broth! I usually add my bone broth straight into my soup or stew (or even sipping it). Depending upon the consistency that you want your ‘broth’ for the end product (soup, stew, beans), then you can add more water if you choose. But, when I use it it’s the bone broth. In this recipe you can also use other cuts of bone in skin on chicken. Hope you enjoy! xoxx ally
We use bone broth when coming off a true water fast, so onions and garlic ( sattvic foods) are a non-starter. It is still delicious without. Thank you for sharing.
Austin, what a great way to come off of a water fast. Your body must feel super cleansed and happy! xoxx ally
Hi, I love to watch you, Bobby and Rose Honey. Thank you for all your knowledge. I wanted to know if you do anything with the strained veggies, bones etc… that are drained after making the bone broth?
OH, Audra, thank you! I love love being w/Bobby, Dessi and Rose and we always have such fun in the kitchen and just being together as family! Yes, the strained veggies and bones are recycled into the waters where we live and they become healthy food for the acquatic life, crabs, fish, and more! Some people will put the strained veggies in a food processor, pulse into a baby food like mixture and use in soups and stews. Hope this helps, and thank you for your sweet love and sharing w/me! xoxx ally
Thanks for this..will make over the weekend..may i know purpose of adding apple cider vinegar
Hi, and, excited for you to make it! The ACV is acidity that helps breaks down the collagen and makes it more abundant in the broth! Let me know how yours turns out!! xoxx ally
Love your channel. Especially with Rose and Bobby. Where can I find posterized, trimmed, chicken feet? I have been using 12 organic chicken drumsticks. celery, carrots, onions, whole garlic and herbs in a crockpot of 8 hrs, it is so gelatin, but a little pricey. Although I use everything in other recipes.
Hi, Cynthia, THANK YOU! I’m not sure where you located. I simply Googled ‘pasture-raised chicken farmers’ in my state (SC) and found one called Watsons Farms. That’s where I get my great chicken feet and chicken livers. Really reasonably priced. I’m not sure they ship to your location, but you could Google and check. Yes, using the best ingredients does get pricey and it takes time. That’s why I keep a stash of Kettle and Fire Bone Broths in my pantry. Made from grassfed/pasture raised, simmered for 14+ hours, I consider it one of the best on the market. And, yes, it’s not cheap, but we know what it costs to make something of this quality. I do have a 20% off coupon if you’re interested. Just let me know. Hope this helps! xoxx ally
I have been using chicken drumsticks with onions, celery, garlic cloves, herbs and carrots in the crockpot for 8 hrs. So, gelatin, but a little pricey, even though I can use everything else for other recipes. Where can I buy organic, paster raised chicken feet as you describe in your recopies? Love your channel, Especially with Rose and Bobby
Your concoction sounds divine! Yes, I know expensive w/those high-quality ingredients! Thanks for being so supportive, and I do adore and love doing things w/Bobby, Rose and Dessi! They’re part of our big family! Why don’t you Google farmers in your state that raise pasture raised chickens/grassfed beef, etc. and see if any of them deliver. Let me know! xo ally
Are there any other locations for the Grocery Outlet store in NJ?
Hi, Vivian, I really don’t know. What I’d do is Google chicken/beef farms in NJ. (That’s how I found mine in SC.). See if they sell/ship. I think this is what you’re asking. I’m not sure what you mean as to ‘other locations for the Grocery Outlet store’ xoxx allky
Is this the only location for the Grocery Outlet store in NJ?
Hey, Vivian, I’m in SC, not NJ. You’d have to search NJ locations. And, I’m not familiar w/the Grocery OUtlet store chain. xox ally
Our Walmart sells chicken feet in Dayton, Ohio.
You might also ask your grocer to carry it.
They may upon request.
Krogers and Walmart both have oxtail.
OH, great to know. Thank you for those leads! xoxx