This Beef Bone Broth recipe is incredibly flavorful and nutrient-dense. It's an essential healthy food that starts with roasting various beef bones and gently simmering in the slow cooker.
filtered waterenough water to cover all the ingredients
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. On a rimmed baking sheet, spread out beef bones. Roast for 45 minutes or until browned. Transfer bones with pan drippings to the slow cooker.
Add vegetables and all seasonings on top of the bones.
Add red wine or apple cider vinegar and enough water to cover all the ingredients.
Close the lid and set the slow cooker on low setting for up to 4 hours. Then reduce the temperature by changing the setting to warm to keep it a bare simmer. If you don't have warm setting, set it to lowest temperature and keep the lid slightly ajar. Cook for up to 24 hours total.
Once cooking cycle is complete, allow slow cooker to cool enough to handle. Remove all solids with a web strainer and transfer to colander set over a rimmed dish to collect any broth.
Pour the broth through a fine mesh sieve into mason jars or a glass container with a spout.
When cooled to room temperature, transfer to the refrigerator to completely chill. You may remove the fat solids (tallow) that accumulate on the top.
Notes
Recipe makes 3-4 quarts or 12-16 cups in an 8-quart slow cooker. Serving size is 2 cups.
Use any combination of beef bones available to you but the best broth is one with varied cut of bones.
Vegetables can be any veggie scraps like onion peels, carrot ends, random celery leaves, parsnips, etc.. Same is true for aromatics and herbs. Use whatever is available to you.
You can cook the broth for any length of time but for at least 12 hours for best flavor and maximum nutrition. You can also have it on warm setting for the entire cooking duration.
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