In Ayurveda, the traditional system of medicine from India, meat stock provides incredible health benefits.
Aiding digestion and acting as a healing remedy for the digestive tract, meat stock provides important building blocks for the rapidly growing cells in the gut lining and has a soothing effect on inflammation in the gut.
Almost all diseases are believed to begin with poor digestion in Ayurveda. Digestion is at the very core of health and wellbeing.
Chicken meat stock is recognised as a nutritive, restorative, and medicinal food, especially for Vata and Kapha imbalances or anyone recovering from illness, surgery, or exhaustion.
It is rich in collagen, gelatin, amino acids, and minerals, and is considered deeply nourishing and rebuilding, supporting tissue regeneration. Meat stock is also warm, moist, and grounding, making it ideal for calming Vata related issues like anxiety, insomnia, and constipation and it helps build Ojas—the subtle essence responsible for immunity, vitality, and resilience.
People often assumed that I eat a vegan or vegetarian diet. I have in the past. Each time I had Ayurvedic treatment in India my doctors would prescribe chicken, which often surprised people, assuming that Ayurvedic diets meant not eating meat.
You may have tried bone broth, but meat stock is different in that meat stock is made with raw meat and bones over a few hours. A good meat stock is made with several kinds of bones with the meat still on them.
Follow my recipe below for a lovely Chicken Meat Stock, and show me how yours turned out by tagging me on your instagram!
Ingredients
4 litres of filtered water
1 whole Chicken or 3-4 Chicken Maryland
2 Tbs Celtic of Himalayan Sea Salt
6 cloves of fresh raw garlic
3 onions
3 carrots
3 diced celery sticks (optional)
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar with the mother (optional)
Method
Add all ingredients to a large pot and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 1.5-3 hours. Strain to seperate the stock and the other ingredients. Remove bones. You can enjoy the stock on its own as a beverage, or cut up the chicken and other ingredients and enjoy as a soup. You can keep the bones to make a bone broth another time.
