Recipe Tuesdays–Homemade Vegetable Broth

15th June, 2010 - Posted by carsi - 3 Comments

I have wanted to try making my own vegetable broth for a long time now, for several reasons. First, it’s so cheap! It saves you from buying the packaged kind over and over again. And I use veggie broth in tons of recipes so this saves me a lot of money. Second, it’s really green! It reuses vegetable scraps and it avoids all that packaging from buying from the store. And finally, it’s really easy and tastes great.

So, the process. It’s really up to you what all you want to put in there. I used this recipe as a guide, but I saved up vegetable scraps in my freezer for several weeks, so I had all kinds of veggies–brussels sprouts, kale, collard greens, onions, carrots, tomato, garlic, broccoli, etc. I don’t even remember what all I put in there. And it doesn’t have to be the parts of the vegetable you would normally eat–onion and garlic skins, tomato tops, carrot peels, and broccoli and kale stems are all perfectly acceptable. Make sure it’s clean and not the bad/rotten parts of the veggie, and it’s good to go! Once you’ve saved up enough vegetables, all you have to do is add some olive oil to the bottom of a large pot, chop everything up (if it’s not already), and throw it all in there. Cover with water and simmer for about an hour. Add some soy sauce and/or sesame oil and/or salt to taste (I used all three) and let it simmer for another 20-30 mins. Strain, pour the broth into containers, and place them in your freezer. The broth should be good for about a week in your fridge and a couple months in the freezer. So simple!


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Posted on: June 15, 2010

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3 Comments

katherine

June 15th, 2010 at 2:41 pm    


I’m excited to try this out! Vegetable broth from the store is so expensive!

emily

June 17th, 2010 at 10:17 am    


Isn’t it the easiest process? Recycling kitchen scraps to make broth has changed my life. Plus it makes the house smell so good while you’re cooking it! :)

carsi

June 21st, 2010 at 10:04 pm    


yeah, definitely! i wanted to make something with it right away!

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