Leftover Turkey Bone Broth on Stovetop or Slow Cooker

Course: Soup

Cuisine: American, Fusion

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 6

Resting Time: 30

Total Time: 6 35

Servings: servings

Calories: 11kcal

Author: Jazzmine Woodard

Nourishing homemade turkey bone broth with instructions for stove top or crockpot cooking.

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Equipment

1 deep stock pot or slow cooker/crockpot
mason jars or other airtight food storage containers

Ingredients

1 turkey carcass
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 orange peels only
½ onion cut into chunks
3 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 bay leaf
cold water

Instructions

Remove as much meat as possible from bones of turkey carcass.
1 turkey carcass
Add turkey carcass, apple cider vinegar, orange peels, onion, garlic cloves, crushed red pepper, and bay leaf to a deep stock pot or the crock of a slow cooker.
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar, 1 orange, ½ onion, 3 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper, 1 bay leaf
Cover ingredients with cold water by about two inches and let sit for 30 minutes to allow the apple cider vinegar enzymes and cultures to jumpstart the breakdown process of the bones.
cold water
Turn heat on high and bring liquid to a boil then reduce heat to low, loosely cover, and simmer for at least six hours.
Cool broth then strain into airtight food storage containers, such as mason jars.

Notes

Tips

With a whole turkey carcass, it might be necessary to break the bones a bit to fit everything in one pot, depending on the size. However, you don't have to break the bones for the purpose of making the broth. I haven't noticed a difference in the quality of the broth when I break the bones versus when I don't.

Let the pot of ingredients sit for at least 30 minutes before turning on the heat to give the live ingredients in the ACV time to jumpstart the breakdown process.

Texture-wise, bone broth should be liquid when warmed but have a jiggly, jelly-like texture when refrigerated--this is a sign of high collagen content. The color of your bone broth will vary depending on how the original turkey was cooked and seasoned and what you add to it, typically ranging from a deeper brown to a golden yellow color.

Storage

Store this homemade turkey bone broth in an airtight container and refrigerate. It will keep for up to five days.

Bone broth freezes really well! Store in airtight, freezer-safe containers for up to 12 months. I recommend freezing in portions in souper cubes for easy reheating then transferring the cubes to freezer safe container.

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