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GAPS Intro Stage 1 Chicken Broth

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 GAPS Intro Chicken stock

This is taken from What Can I Eat Now? 30 Days on the GAPS Introduction Diet Handbook.  GAPS Intro chicken stock is different than stock later on, as you don’t brown the bones at all so the stock is pale.  This is to prevent any harder to digest well cooked pieces of chicken from slipping through into the stock.  You can still salt it to taste with sea salt, and broth is recommended to be served with every meal while on Intro.

Equipment: 

Stock pot

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Half Gallon Mason Jars

 

GAPS Introduction Diet Chicken Broth

Keyword: GAPS Intro Diet Chicken Broth
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 16 cups
Calories: 102 kcal
Author: Cara
One to two days before starting intro, you’ll want to familiarize yourself with making chicken broth. Making your own broth can seem weird, but this traditional food is essential for healing.
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Ingredients

  • Whole chicken or chicken pieces with the meat on still
  • Optional: 2 tablespoons fresh thyme, 6 cloves garlic, 1 onion, 1 inch of ginger root, vegetable scraps such as the ends of onions and carrots, core of the cabbage, leaves from celery, etc The rich golden color comes from onion skins and can make broth appear more appetizing, give it a mellow flavor, and add some minerals.
  • Filtered Water

Instructions

  1. Rinse chicken. Reach inside cavity and remove giblet package. Remove giblets from package and add to the stock pot. Place chicken in the stockpot.
  2. Fill pot 3/4 full with filtered water and any optional herbs and vegetables. Cook on medium-high until bubbling, then reduce heat to low and allow to simmer, covered, 4-8 hours. When done, allow to cool then pour broth through a strainer and transfer to mason jars to store in the fridge.

  3. To strain, I use a mesh strainer over a pitcher-style 4-cup measuring cup. This makes transferring the broth to the mason jars easier;
  4. I do one jar at a time, cleaning out the strainer as needed during the process.
  5. Do not discard the soft gelatinous parts around the bones or the skin; reserve that and use an immersion or regular blender to blend it into your broth and soups.
  6. The fat will rise to the top of the jars in the fridge, which can be included in soups or used as a fat for cooking.
  7. Pick any meat off the bones that you can after the chicken broth has been removed, reserve meat to add to soups or serve alongside. Discard the remaining bones in the pot.
  8. Later on the GAPS Diet you can do a ‘second run’ of bone broth with the bones after picking the meat off, but for Intro we want the more gentle meat broth that is made with meat on the bones.

Recipe Notes

The terms 'broth' and 'stock' are often used interchangeably, and can be confusing when trying to figure out the correct form to use for gut healing.  In the GAPS Introduction Diet, the important part is that we use bones that still have the meat and bones on them, and that we don't simmer for an long amount of time. 

I call this 'broth' as in 'meat broth' but some people call this 'meat stock'.  When we simmer our broth for a shorter amount of time, less histamines are produced. Many GAPS people have trouble with histamines, though this intolerance is usually healed when the gut is balanced again. 

Since we keep the skin and meat on the bones (rather than eating it off, and then making stock out of the leftover bones) our broth is more rich in protein and fats than it would be otherwise. 

Nutrition Facts
GAPS Introduction Diet Chicken Broth
Amount Per Serving (1 cup)
Calories 102 Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Fat 7g11%
Saturated Fat 2g10%
Cholesterol 35mg12%
Sodium 33mg1%
Potassium 89mg3%
Protein 8g16%
Vitamin A 65IU1%
Vitamin C 0.7mg1%
Calcium 5mg1%
Iron 0.4mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Pressure Cookers (Instant Pots) on the GAPS Diet

Pressure cookers are not allowed per the GAPS book.  Many of us have experimented with pressure cookers and found no change in how we feel when using them, and so we choose to use them.  Instant Pots can make meat broth in the same way that slow cookers do, but in much less time.

Broth made in the Instant Pot has benefits as well, it is less likely to bother those with histamine sensitivities due to the shorter cooking time. It also is fast to make, and the Instant Pot is well contained, so it contains the smell of simmering broth well.

To make meat broth in the Instant Pot, pressure cook on high pressure for 2 hours using the same directions as for stovetop or slow cooker other than the cooking time.

Extra cooked chicken from making broth? Click here to see how to use it. 

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Cara is the main author here at Health Home and Happiness. She loves the health and energy that eating well and playing well provides and has a goal to share what she's learned with as many families interested in making healthy changes as possible.

She helps other families achieve health in simple steps through healing their gut with the GAPS Diet and helps them stock their freezer for busy days with the Allergy-Friendly Afternoon Freezer Cooking Class.

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  1. Darannie

    May 30, 2013 at 11:24 am

    Hey, just to let you know, you can get “double duty” out of your bones. Instead of discarding after the first boil, put the bones back i the pot with two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, and if you can get the chickens feet and re-boil and re-simmer. Twice the stock and twice the nutrients as the vinegar draws all the good stuff from the bones:)

    Reply
  2. Melissa

    May 31, 2013 at 12:10 pm

    Hi, I am wondering if you can make the broth in the crock pot instead of a stock pot. Cooking it on low for 8-12 hours? Are the benefits the same?

    Reply
    • Colleen O'Leary

      May 23, 2020 at 2:54 pm

      The benefits would be identical. Once it comes to a boil in the crock pot, simmer for the recommended time. As stated, the histamines are increased if you allow it to cook for a very long period like people will do when making bone broth.

      Reply
  3. Marcia

    July 9, 2013 at 5:39 am

    Hi Cara, I just bought your GAPS Intro Guide as we are going to start intro in a few weeks. I’m so glad I got your book because it is really helping me organize all that’s needed to prepare. As stock is such a big part of intro I have a few questions: If using chicken parts how many pounds should I strive for if using a 6 quart pot? Also, would I be messing up intro guidelines if I included a carrot, celery and onion while cooking the broth – but straining it out later? How do you store your broth in the freezer, in glass or plastic? I have had several glass jars crack in the freezer – after I left 2 inches of space and let it cool in fridge first. Thanks for all your help!

    Reply
    • KF

      August 20, 2013 at 3:09 pm

      Carrots and onion are fine cooked in broth in Stage 1 and up. Celery not until stage 3. I am also trying to figure out how many pounds of parts I need.

      Reply
  4. Joy Young

    February 17, 2014 at 7:11 pm

    Does anyone else have trouble with chicken broth? When I drink it I feel bloated and not great. Wondering if that is a detox of sorts or if my body can’t tolerate it. Any ideas of where I can get more information on that? Considering starting the GAPS this summer for my son and I.
    thanks

    Reply
  5. Cynthia C

    March 25, 2014 at 8:08 pm

    When I took all the soft pieces off my chicken, and the skin, and poured in the stock and it all throughmy Vitamix, it got all yucky and kinda gray! My stock then looked emulsified! What did I do wrong?

    Reply
    • Lindsay

      February 22, 2016 at 5:31 pm

      Cooking your stock at too high of heat for too long. You really want the meat and bones to simmer instead of a heavy boil for long periods. A cloudy stock isn’t necessarily bad, just not desirable.

      Reply
    • AlKay

      October 11, 2020 at 12:36 pm

      I blended in the skin fat and it turned the stock white too. Hoping it will separate out in the fridge, but will use it for soups etc… so not so noticeable.

      Reply
  6. Ingrid

    October 7, 2014 at 8:48 pm

    Cara, in the GAPS Dr. Campbell-McBride instructs to cook the chicken for 1 1/2-2 hours. Can you explain your reasoning for cooking yours much longer? Thanks so much!

    Reply

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