Delicious Homemade Broth: Elevate Your Cooking with Rich Flavors
If there’s one thing I learned, its everything typically everything tastes better homemade. That’s especially true when it comes to homemade Broth.
It’s also way easier than you think to make broth. I have a great hack that makes it very simple, and it also leaves your house smelling absolutely amazing.
Stock Vs. Broth
Is this a stock or broth? Well, I am simply showing you a method. Weather or not you add seasoning to it is up to you. Personally, sometimes I do, epically if I know I’m making it for a specific recipe down the line. But if I’m just making a baseline to use for anything, I might opt not to season it.
What’s a Stock?
A stock is traditionally made with bones. Typically its either unseasoned or lightly seasoned, and because of the long cooking time, and the collagen in the bones being released, it becomes thicker and a bit more gelatinous.
What’s a Broth?
A broth is typically made with meat, veggies, and is typically seasoned. You don’t cook a broth as much, so it doesn’t have the thicker and gelatinous consistency that the stock does.
What you need:
- Veggie Scraps
- Bones/Carcaus
- Meat
Method
Now, all those things are optional.. It all just depends on how and what you want your stock/broth to be. The contents going into mine are as follows:
Chicken bones
Veggie scraps (Carrots, Celerly, Onions, Garlic)
water
Typically If I add salt, I’ll make sure to write + or – salt on the bag, so that whoever uses this stock, knows that they may need to add salt.
Once I have all my bones and veggies in the pot, which I’ll use the biggest pot I can for this. I’ll fill it with water and put it on the stove until it comes to a boil. Then I’ll reduce it to a simmer and let it cook. anywhere from 1.5 – 3 hours. I like to cover it about 80% or so with a lid so the liquid doesn’t evaporate quite as fast.
Storage
You don’t want to do anything with your stock until it completely cools down. I recommend trying to skim the bits of fat that rise to the top before you freeze it. Some like to place the broth in Ziplock’s, other folks can it, and then some folks freeze it in some Tupperware. Do what you think will work best for you and your family.
