40 clove garlic broth
Level
Easy
Time
40 min
Serves
8
Published February 3, 2025 by Dr. Stephanie Gray, DC
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Boost your immune system with this rich and nourishing 40 Clove Garlic Broth– comforting and anti-oxidant packed. Slow-cooked garlic mellows into a sweet, savoury depth to create a powerhouse of wellness and flavour. Surprisingly, this broth will not leave you with garlic breath, I promise.
Garlic is known for its antimicrobial, anti-viral and immune-supporting properties, making this a go-to for fighting off colds, and promoting overall vitality.
Sip on its own or use it as a base for your homemade soup.
Three methods are included depending on your cooking preference and time. Make this in a pressure cooker in as little as 30 minutes, on a stove-top in a soup pot for 2-3 hours or in a slow cooker on low for 8-10 hours.
This recipe is healthy, inexpensive and very easy to make. It’s made with simple, whole food ingredients. You will need about 4 bulbs of garlic for this recipe. Afraid of using 40 cloves of garlic? No problem! Use as many cloves as you wish. The broth will still taste great and will provide you with health benefits.
Soup broth is something that should always be made in a kitchen and never a factory. Broth is one of the easiest things to make at home. You basically put ingredients in a pot, add liquid and let it cook.
Naturally gluten free, grain free, dairy free, vegan/plant-based.
If you like broth recipe, try some of my soup recipes: 5 minute Instant Pot Cauliflower Soup, or my amazing Roasted Carrot Soup
Here’s a list of some more soups:
Anti-inflammatory Cabbage Soup
Sheet Pan Butternut Squash Soup
Broccoli Soup with Curry & Kale
Roasted Carrot & Sweet Potato Soup
Why make your own broth?
- Commercial broth is also usually full of unhealthy ingredients. Keep reading.
- Commercial broths often have MSG, hidden MSG (yeast extract), sodium, sugar, gluten,and pro-inflammatory seed oils.
- Here’s an example: Campbell’s Ready to Use Chicken Broth promotes all “natural ingredients” on their label. Yet the ingredient label reads: yeast extract (yeast extract is made in a lab, not found in nature, sugar (a highly refined substance) and canola or soybean oil (which are both highly refined, pro-inflammatory seed oils). Common ingredients? Yes. But far from “natural” in my opinion.
- Commercial broths are often very high in sodium. One cup of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup has 1780 mg of sodium. One cup is a pretty small serving. There’s no way one cup of soup is filling me up! If you weren’t aware, the top limit of sodium for people over the age of 14 is 2300 mg /day. So one tiny cup of canned soup gets you pretty close to that limit. Too much dietary sodium is a problem because it causes your body to retain fluid, which can drive up blood pressure.
- Commercial broths also often contain hidden gluten (barley malt extract).
- Homemade broth is super easy and very inexpensive to make at home.
How to Store Broth
Store leftovers in a glass container with a sealable lid. Keep in refrigerator for up to 7 days.
This broth freezes well.
40 Clove Garlic Broth
Equipment
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1 pressure cooker or
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1 large crock-pot or
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1 large soup pot
Ingredients
- 40 cloves garlic; peeled
- 1 onion; roughly chopped no need to peel
- 2 carrots; roughly choppped no need to peel
- 2 celery stalks; roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp black peppercorns substitute 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary or 1 tbsp dried
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme or 1 tbsp dried
- 8 cups water
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
Instructions
Pressure Cooker Method
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Combine all ingredients in your pressure cooker.
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Secure the lid, moving valve to sealed position.
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Pressure cook on HIGH for 30 minutes or up to 120 minutes. 120 minutes will give you a deeper flavour. Quicker release when done.
Crock-Pot Method
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Combine all ingredients in your crock-pot.
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Cook on high for 4-6 hours, on low for 8-10 hours. For deeper flavour, cook overnight on low for up to 24 hours.
Stove Top Method
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Combine all ingredients in your soup pot.
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Cook on low to medium heat for 2-3 hours.
Nutrition
Hi! I’m Dr. Stephanie.
A doctor of chiropractic, with a special interest in nutrition. Food should be made in a kitchen not a factory. I believe in eating whole foods, keeping processed foods to a minimum. It is my goal to show you that eating healthy and cooking at home can be simple and very rewarding! All of my recipes are gluten-free.
