Homemade Beef Broth

This is a quick inexpensive recipe for some homemade chicken broth that you can make using leftover pieces of chicken and veggies to enrich your savory dish or to add to a soup!

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Total Time2 2

Course: main

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Homemade Beef Broth

Servings: servings

Calories: 79kcal

Author: Wendi Spraker

Cost: $5

Equipment

1 medium saucepan
1 large spoon
1 stovetop

Ingredients

4 Cups water
1 carrot chopped
1 onion chopped
2 stalks celery chopped
1/2 pound Beef Bones with Meat
1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

In a saucepan add all of the ingredients over medium low heat. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat to low.
Simmer for an hour or two. Don't stir. If the water level decreases gently add enough water to bring it back to the level you had before. You shouldn't lose much if you are simmering.
Use a ladle to dip the broth from the top being careful not to disturb the meat or the veggies. This will result in the clearest possible broth. If you don't mind a cloudy broth, then it won't hurt to disturb the veggies and meat. Once you have removed as much of the liquid as possible, you can throw out the remaining veggies and meat.
Allow the broth to sit until room temperature. You may find that fat accumulates on the top. As it hardens you can scoop it out and set aside for a different use at a different time or throw it out.

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Notes

This is a very basic recipe for beef broth and there are many ways to have variations.
If you don't like the veggies used or want to use a different veggie, that is perfectly acceptable. That will yield different flavors which is also ok. You could add anything from garlic to bay leaves to peppers to virtually any vegetable.
Feel free to add other spices, again, I only added salt to keep this the most basic recipe possible. I've had friends who add nutmeg, cloves and other flavorings. Perfectly fine.
I also know someone who only uses meat and salt. No other additions at all. That too is acceptable although less flavorful.
Here's are some ways to have broth on hand at a moments notice. Keep a gallon size zip top bag in the front of your freezer. Whenever you have a celery top or a carrot end or an onion top or (you are getting the idea, right?), Throw it in the bag. How about you took some meat off of a beef bone and now that is left over? Throw those in the bag with the veggies. Then on a day when you will be home for a couple of hours, throw those in a sauce pan together, cover with water, add some salt and let it simmer. Instant tasty homemade broth! You didn't spend a penny for it and its about 1000% better than store-bought, I promise!
PRO TIP - Want to have some seriously good broth, very easily? Add in a tsp of Better than Bouillon, it's terrific, adds a ton of flavor and always comes out perfectly! It is a bit salty, so don't add salt until you taste.

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