Instant Pot Bone Broth

I used to always think that the term "bone broth" was so pretentious. I saw celebrities endorsing their morning bone broth in their super cutesie mugs, and all the wanna-be insta-famous girls quickly followed suit. I mean really, who pays twelve freaking dollars for a 16 oz carton of chicken soup without the chicken?? This is part of the reason why I've put off trying it for so long.
But let me tell you, there IS a difference!
First let me clarify the difference between broth, stock, and bone broth. Like many people, I thought they were all one in the same. They are all related, in that they all involve boiling some form of meat, bones, and seasonings, but they are all created for different purposes.

Traditional broth (not to be confused with bone broth) is mainly water boiled with vegetables, seasonings, and some bones. It is very light and flavorful, and stays liquid when chilled.
Stock is much thicker than broth. It is mainly water boiled with bones, sometimes with meat still attached, along with vegetables and seasonings. The point of stock is to extract the collagen and other nutrients from the bones, giving it a heavy gelatinous consistency. It must be watered down in order to be used for soups or other broth-like purposes.
Bone broth is the happy medium between stock and traditional broth. It is thicker than normal broth, due to the fact that the goal is the same when cooking a stock: to extract the nutrients and collagen from the bones. But bone broth is lighter than stock, making it easier to enjoy on its own, or in place of a traditional store-bought broth. In other words, bone broth is packed with all the nutrition of a stock, but with the convenience of a broth. The perfect hybrid.

Drinking bone broth has a multitude of health benefits. It's great for joints due to the fact that it's chock full of glucosamine, chondroitin sulphates and other joint lubricating compounds. It's also a great source of collagen; which has been known to make skin appear younger, along with strengthening hair and nails, helping them to grow more quickly. Others claim it has immune boosting and anti-inflammatory effects (although there is no scientific evidence to support this).
But honestly, the bottom line is that it tastes great, and what the hell...it can't hurt, right?

My bone broth recipe is less of a recipe, and more of a general guideline. Feel free to play with it. I had a leftover rotisserie chicken in the fridge, so I used that, but you can use whatever kind of bones you have lying around. All I did was pick the meat off, throw the bones in, and top with apple cider vinegar, veggies, herbs, and water before I turned on the instant pot.

Ingredients:
-2-3 lbs of Bones (as much or as little as you like, whatever kind you like, I used chicken bones)
-2-3 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
-Assorted vegetables (whatever you have on hand. I used onion, carrots, and celery)
-1 teaspoon sea salt
-Two bay leaves
-Whatever fresh herbs you have on hand

Instructions:
1. Just place the bones in the instant pot and top with ACV, herbs, veggies, and salt
2. Add water until the pot is about 2/3 full
3. Select the "soup" function and set to low. Manually adjust the cooking time to 120 min.
4. Once it is done cooking, allow the pressure to release on its own.
5. Strain all of the bones and vegetables out of the broth and toss them.