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Easiest Broth Ever
Boiling a chicken carcass or some beef knuckles is an important thing to know how to do. You can get a great quantity of delicious and nutritious broth to use while cooking rice, making a soup, or just to enjoy on its own. You can learn more about doing it the proper way here at our video.
But sometimes I am out of fresh broth, or don't have time to deal with un-thawing frozen broth. Enter...the easiest broth ever.
This is so easy you can make it a couple times a day without any trouble. The whole thing takes about 3 minutes!
Ingredients:
1 T Great Lakes unflavored beef gelatin 'collagen joint care' (find online or at some health food stores)
Water
A few dashes of ground black pepper
A few dashes of garlic powder
Two generous pinches rock sea salt, or several dashes of fine sea salt
Set 12 oz. of water to boil
When it's near to boiling, add 1 T cold or room temp. water to your mug
Add the 1 T gelatin and mix immediately
Add the pepper, salt and garlic
Pour in the boiled water and stir
This is a nice, savory cup of broth with many health benefits:
The salt is good to boost to a healthy level of blood pressure and circulation in (common) cases of low adrenal function. It can give you a little pick-me-up.
The gelatin powder has a good amount of protein (11 grams) needed to steady our blood sugar.
Gelatin also has many beneficial amino acids, including glycine, which is calming, and glutamine, which helps heal the gut lining.
Fluids: we all need more, right? Two cups a day gets you 24 more oz., giving you energy and flushing out waste.
I am currently experimenting to see if two mugs a day will help my lower bowel function. Many people report healthier hair and nails as well.
Do you have any broth experiences to share?