How to make and use bone broth

The Crispy Chicken Stew makes good use of bone broth and cleverly incorporates it in the dish. Photo: Christopher Testani

If you’d like to go on a bone broth diet and see for yourself whether it works or not, here’s how to go about it. First, try to use the bones of organically-grown animals if you can. This means wild-caught seafood, organic or free-range chicken and grass-fed cattle.

The rationale behind this is pretty much the same as whatever else you put into your body – the better the source, the better it is for you. Technically however, as authors of The Bare Bone Broth Cookbook say, “You should use any bones you can get your hands on!”