[Recipe + Video] Homemade Vegetable Broth

[Recipe + Video] Homemade Vegetable Broth

Many recipes on our blog call for vegetable broth, and many of our readers have asked for a homemade versions over the years. Here's our easy-to-make, inexpensive, tasty vegetable broth.

Course Seasoning

Cuisine Basic

Keyword best vegetable broth, clear vegetable broth, how to make vegetable broth from scraps, low sodium vegetable broth, no sodium vegetable broth

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 2 hours

Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes

Servings cups of each

Calories 11kcal

Author Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

1 bunch cilantro
1 bunch parsley
1 bunch thyme
1 bunch chives
1 sprig oregano (dry, ground)
1 head garlic peeled
1 medium red onion quartered
1 teaspoon peppercorns
1 teaspoon allspice berries (malagüeta)
1 bunch celery
1 cubanela (cubanelle pepper) or 6 ajíes gustosos, seeded and halved
carrot chopped

Instructions

Combining: Place all the ingredients in a large pot. Add ½ gal [2 lt] of water.
Simmer: Cover and simmer over very low heat for 2 hrs.
Add water to replace what evaporated and get the same amount of liquid you added. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.
Straining: Strain and get rid of solids.
Storing: Separate into portions of one cup each and freeze.

Video

Notes

Other possible additions you may like to try: mushroom stems, some soy sauce (for umami and color), whatever herbs you happen to have and like).

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