Make Bone Broth & Why It Is So Good for Your Health
Edited by Leomar Umpad, Eng, VC
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- 1We all know how much we love bone broth. It's amazing for our health and well-being, good for digestion, and good for energy. Coaches have been doing this for hundreds of years so they know, obviously, the importance of it. Let's keep the tradition going along.Hi, guys, today we're going to learn how to make bone broth.
- 2We're going to show you a chicken broth today. It's very simple. We will actually use the metabolic typing system in understanding what vegetable works for you as it is very important.There are many different ways for you to make bone broth.
- 3Obviously, the first thing we need is chicken bones.
- 4We always want to make sure that the animal is healthy - otherwise, we are eating a sick animal.Before we do that, understanding what meat to get is one of the most important parts of cooking, health, and well-being.
- 5They need to be living a stress-free life. If they are tucked up in a cage somewhere, they are obviously not in a good state of health and they are quite stressed-out. They need to be eating their natural diet. Most places feed them corn, soy, and all these genetically-modified ingredients that can actually make them sick. A good free-range chicken is one of the best things and it's what we are after.When it comes to chickens we prefer free-range chickens.
- 6One chicken can obviously serve a whole family. What we want to do is pull it apart and use it as leftovers for another meal or snacks throughout the week.What we want to do is actually buy the whole chicken, cook it up, and eat it.
- 7We got the free-range chickens and we're ready to rock.
- 8We do not want to use a tap water. Usually, when we drink we don't use the tap water either because it's full of fluoride, chlorine, and a whole lot of chemicals that can actually clog up our body. Either buy a purified water or get a filter. Go to my website and visit my shop. You will see some awesome filters there.The next thing we need to talk about is the water that we are going to use in our broth.
- 9What we are going to do is put the water in a big pot.
- 10The water should sit roughly an inch above the chicken bones.Then, we are going to add the chicken bones to the water.
- 11Obviously, organic wine is the best way to go. We do cook the alcohol out of it so don't worry.Now that we got the chicken bones in our purified water, we need to add half a cup of wine.
- 12You can also use apple cider vinegar if you like - that's a bit of a personal preference. Some find that apple cider vinegar can make it taste a bit funny. This wine does not do too bad of a job.The reason why we use the alcohol is because it draws all the calcium and goodness out of the bones.
- 13We'll just add the wine in.
- 14Fire up the gas stove.
- 15It makes it go sour and it almost ruins your broth. What we are going to do is to bring the water up to a point where it's simmering and let it sit for 2.5 to 3 hours. The good thing about chicken stock is that it's a bit shorter in length in terms of the cooking time.It is very important not to boil your broth.
- 16About an hour into cooking, we can see a bit of scum forming on the outer side.
- 17What we can do is scoop all of the scum off and just throw them away.
- 18We got about another hour and a half to go. We'll check back in.We did not boil the chicken, the simmer is good.
- 19Chicken stock is looking pretty good. Remember, you can go longer if you want to but two and a half hour is enough.Two and a half hour is roughly going by now.
- 20We will just scoop the main part - this goes out first. We know if we've done it right because the chicken just falls apart in our hands.What we want to do is get rid of the carcass.
- 21Get rid of the main bits. We know that we did it right when the bones almost completely disintegrate as well - they fall apart.Get a bag and throw the carcass into it.
- 22The rest of the broth will be sieved.
- 23Now it's time to put the vegetables in.We have taken all the bones out and have put them aside.
- 24Let's put back the heat.We can use another pot to make it a lot easier.
- 25Be careful not to splash them all over the place or someone's going to clean up the mess.Now, let's just put all our vegetables in.
- 26There's some nutritious stuff on it.We can use fennel and keep the top bits on as well.
- 27In the last 20 minutes, we are going to throw in the herbs at the end.We're going to keep all of this herbal stuff until a little bit later on because it's going to be done for another hour or so.
- 28They all work with me and my metabolic type - I'm a parasympathetic dominant. If you don't know what metabolic typing is, go to my website and check the videos in there - one of the best things I highly recommend you guys do.We've used some celery, carrot, fennel, onion, and a couple little things in here such as garlic and ginger.
- 29We are going to add in the rest of the herbs as well.We'll touch the base in about another forty minutes or so.
- 30Many cultures around the world use this as a staple diet especially those cultures who do not have access to dairy. They needed the calcium and all of the other bacteria and trace elements that they cannot get.While the broth is cooking in the background, I just want to talk to you guys about why would we have a bone broth in the first place.
- 31All those broken down bones that we have after a long time of simmering - the bones, tendons, and the cartilage provide us with glucosamine (which is good for our joints), calcium, potassium, and even magnesium as well as many other trace minerals which are very good for us.Basically, bone broth provides us with easily absorbable trace minerals which is one of the most important things that we need.
- 32Some of you may have heard of this before but gelatin is really good for all of that connective tissues in the body. Gelatin is good for our skin and for those people who worry about cellulite. Gelatin is also good for the digestive tract, muscles, heart muscles, and our bones.Another good thing that is provided within our bone broth is gelatin.
- 33Most people these days do have problems with their tummy. Bone broth, when used on a daily basis, can actually aid with the repair of that intestinal infection and damage which is really good for us.One of the good thing about bone broth is that it help clear out our intestinal tract or intestinal wall.
- 34All those amino acids and all the glycine in the broth is great for assisting our liver with the detoxification process.The fantastic thing about bone broth is its ability to help detoxify the body.
- 35Of course, everybody is different. What you put into your bone broth is going to be different as well. Just try a couple of different things and see what works best for you. As I say, a cup of bone broth a day will keep the doctor away. Enjoy!There are so many reasons why we want to have bone broth.
- 36We are just going to throw the rest of the herbs in. We've got some garlic, ginger, and some pepper which are all going in with bay leaves.It's been roughly forty minutes since we've taken the bones out and put the vegetables in.
- 37The turmeric is one of the best foods you can have.Unfortunately, we don't have a fresh turmeric so we are going to use this one for now - nothing beats the fresh stuff.
- 38This adds to the taste. As we go along and once we pour this into a jar, we can taste this. We can actually add more salt if we want to. Natural sea salt is very good for us - not table salt. It is very important that we understand that.Don't forget some natural sea salt, too.
- 39What we are going to do is get the vegetable out but we will not throw them away.We are at the end now.
- 40This on-going winter month, we actually want to have a soup. Let's get a bowl and strain some of the bigger vegetables into the bowl. We will save the rest as well and have a beautiful vegetable stock soup.We would like to actually have a vegetable soup.
- 41What we are going to do is to take the pot into the sink and we will strain the rest.Let's get rid of some vegetables.
- 42Now that the little vegetables, bones, and everything are out of the broth, we can now fill up our mason jars.
- 43See how it got that nice yellow tinge to it? Thanks for the turmeric.Do not spill anything by keeping your hands steady.
- 44We can store them in the fridge. If we want to freeze them, don't fill them up so much because they will expand.We can keep filling them up.
- 45Check out the other video where we discuss on how to cook quinoa using this broth. It's an amazing thing to have - good for energy and digestion. Start making some broth every single week. We promise you that you'll start feeling really good. See you guys very soon.Try to have this first thing in the morning.
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