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Two gallon jars of broth

Leftover Turkey Bone Broth Recipe (Instant Pot or Stove Top)

Make your own homemade turkey stock or bone broth from your Thanksgiving leftovers. Homemade broth can be made in the Instant Pot, Slow Cooker, Stove Top and even an electric Roaster. This same recipe can be made several different ways including using chicken for chicken stock, beef bones for beef bone broth, pork, wild game and even plain vegetable stock. 
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 day
Total Time 1 day 15 minutes
Serving Size 2 Gallons

Ingredients

  • 1-2 Turkey Carcasses
  • 1-2 Onions whole or chopped leave skin on
  • 4-5 Carrots whole or chopped
  • 1/4 cup Apple Cider vinegar
  • Water one gallon per carcass
  • 2-3 tablespoons salt
  • 1 tablespoon whole black pepper corns
  • Optional:
  • 1-2 tablespoons Garlic powder or 1-2 Garlic cloves
  • 1-2 tablespoons Onion powder
  • 1-2 tablespoons of Thyme
  • 1 bay leaf

Instructions

  • To make bone broth, you will need one leftover turkey carcass (chicken, turkey, or wild game will also work) per gallon of water in a large pot, Instant Pot, Slow Cooker or Roaster pan. 
  • To the stock pot with the turkey bones and water; add apple cider vinegar, vegetable scraps (such as onion peels or whole onions, carrots either whole or chopped, celery stalks) and seasonings. I like to use garlic seasoning, onion powder, salt, black peppercorns, bay leaves and thyme. 
  • If you are making broth on the stove top, slow cooker or electric roaster bring the broth to a simmer and continue to cook slowly at around 200 degrees for 12-48 hours.
  • The next day, or once you have simmered your broth around 200 degrees for 12-48 hours, strain broth into storage containers using a fine-mesh sieve or strainer and allow to cool. Discard leftover turkey bones and save leftover meat in a freezer bag for another meal. No bite of Thanksgiving turkey goes to waste using this method. 
  • Once cooled, the fat will rise to the top. Discard the fat or remove and store in the fridge for cooking later. Store broth in the fridge for 3-4 days, or prepare for long term storage.

To Make Turkey Bone Broth in the Instant Pot:

  • If you are making this turkey bone broth recipe in a pressure cooker like the Instant Pot you will only need 2 hours to make bone broth because the Instant Pot uses high pressure to speed up the process. 
  • Follow the directions above for assembling the ingredients being sure not to fill the bowl above the max fill line. Then set your Instant Pot on Soup Mode for 2 hours. Set the vent to sealing and make sure you have the "keep warm" setting on. 
  • This setting will keep the broth warm for up to 18 hours in my model. Be sure to check that you have that feature on the model you are using if you let your broth sit in the Instant Pot after it is initially done cooking. 
  • Continue with the above instructions for straining and storing the broth.

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Notes

  • Once you have strained your broth and removed the excess fat you can choose to either pressure can your bone broth or freeze your broth in a freezer safe ziplock bag, ice cube trays, or silicone freezer safe containers like Souper cubes for long term storage.
  • If you choose to freeze your broth, I recommend portioning your broth into one or two cup portions. Souper cubes are a great tool for quickly freezing liquids in 1 or two cup portions. This is my preferred method of storing frozen broth because the pre-portioned soup cubes can be taken out of the Souper cubes when frozen and placed in a freezer safe ziplock bag. 
  • If you pressure can your broth be sure to follow the NCFHP’s guidelines for canning broth. Pressure canning turkey bone broth in mason jars is a great way to preserve bone broth and create delicious grab and go meals like leftover Thanksgiving turkey soup with the leftover meat.