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Post by petep on May 26, 2021 16:30:05 GMT
so we have done this for years, and it makes so many dishes taste better...and conserves
so get a 1 gallon freezer bag...and every time you chop a vegetable - onion, cauliflower, broccoli, carrot ends, bean ends...anything...whatever scraps you usually toss, put them in the freezer bag..back in the freezer till next time you cut veggies, and over time you will fill the freezer bag
put the contents in a big pot, fill with water to just cover everything, bring to boil then simmer for 90 min to 2 hours...strain the broth and put into smaller containers (ie pint and quart plastic containers...freeze some and keep one in fridge...
next time you make rice which you'd normally make with water, or anything that calls for vegetable broth, use this...you'll be shocked at how much better it tastes...
if you want, you can so the same when you have picked a chicken clean, throw this in with the leftover veggie scraps, and make a stock much the same way...
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Post by Odysseus on May 27, 2021 0:57:09 GMT
I've been doing this for years with chicken and beef bones. Most handy are the newer zip type baggies, gallon size.
I used to do it on the stove top, but a few years ago I picked up an Instapot and it has a broth setting. For bone broth I set it to 30 minutes. Total time is about an hour or less.
I add a dash of salt. a tbs vinegar, and splash of olive oil after adding the bones and water to the Instapot. The salt and vinegar help to soften the bones and release the good inside.
So far, although I eat a lot of veggies, I haven't thought of saving the scraps and using them for a broth as well. Good idea, thanks. I guess this means I have to clear another space in my freezer for the veggie scraps.
And this reminds me that I have another load of chicken bones to make broth from. In fact I have a surplus of broth in the freezer. I guess I need to make some soup, or rice. LOL.
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Post by Odysseus on Dec 10, 2021 3:18:29 GMT
Today I took the bag of Thanksgiving turkey bones out of the freezer and made about eight cups of delicious broth. However, since my last post on this, I have lengthened the Instapot broth setting from 30 minutes to 2-1/2 hours. The result was even better than before.
And tonight I made a nice vegetable soup with a couple of cups of the turkey broth plus some late fall zucchini from the garden and some frozen green beans, broken into spoonable lengths. A dash of salt free spice mix (Kirkland), a little soy sauce, delicious.
The cooked turkey bones went into a container in the fridge. I might pick it over later for the cat(s) to enjoy. Then the bones go into the compost pile.
The other six cups of broth will go into the freezer for later.
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