Basic Vegetable Broth Slow Cooker Recipes

SLOW COOKER BONE BROTH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil; spread beef bones out on prepared baking sheet.
• Roast bones in the preheated oven until browned, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Place carrots, celery, onion, garlic, peppercorns, and bay leaves in a slow cooker. Place roasted bones over vegetables; pour in enough cold water to cover bones. Add apple cider vinegar and kosher salt.
• Cook on Low for 8 hours. Pour broth through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl and discard any strained solids.

SLOW-COOKED VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Place the vegetables in a 3-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the butter, tapioca, sugar, salt and pepper; pour over vegetables and stir well. , Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or until vegetables are tender. Serve with a slotted spoon.

SLOW COOKER VEGETABLE BROTH

Steps:

• Add veggies, water, peppercorns, and bay leaves to your slow cooker.
• Cook on low for 8-10 hours (or on high 4-5 hours), until the broth is golden and the veggies are very tender.
• Remove the lid from the slow cooker and let the broth cool for a bit.
• Use a wooden spoon to gently press on the veggies in the slow cooker to release a little more flavor.
• Grab a large bowl and set a colander over the top. Make sure you're near your kitchen sink! Now carefully pour the mixture into the colander and discard the cooked veggies. Set a fine-mesh sieve over another bowl (or rinse your slow cooker out to use that). Pour the broth over the sieve to strain out the last bit of sediment.
• Add salt if desired.
• Keeps refrigerated in an airtight container for about 5 days, or you can freeze it for later use. Freezer bags are the easiest. To thaw, pull it out of the freezer and place it in the fridge to thaw 12-24 hours ahead of time.

SLOW COOKER VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine 6 cups vegetable broth, frozen vegetables, tomatoes with their juice, potatoes, onion, barley, garlic, parsley, oregano, basil, salt, black pepper, and bay leaf in a slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low for 5 to 6 hours.
• Place flour in a bowl; cut shortening into flour using a pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add 1/4 cup vegetable broth; stir with a fork until dough no longer sticks on sides of bowl. Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface; roll out 1/8 inch thick. Cut dough into strips or small squares. Add to slow cooker; cook until dumplings are soft and cooked in the middle, 1 hour.

BASIC VEGETABLE BROTH

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Add celery, potato, carrot, onion, mushrooms (if using), garlic, water, soy sauce, bay leaves, salt, and pepper in a large pot and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat and let the vegetable broth simmer for at least an hour, covered with a lid.
• Strain out the vegetables and garlic and remove the bay leaves once the broth is done cooking.

BASIC VEGETABLE BROTH (SLOW COOKER)

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in slow cooker with 7 cups water.
• Cook on low heat until vegetables are tender, about 6 hours.
• Strain into large bowl, pressing vegetables to extract liquid.
• Let cool 30 minutes.
• Refrigerate uncovered until cool.
• Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 1 month.

HOW TO MAKE VEGETABLE BROTH

Steps:

• Chop vegetables roughly. In a slow cooker/instant pot - add all vegetables, herbs, and water. See notes for water amount - this will depend on how much your pot can hold.
• Pressure cooker: Set on HIGH for 30 minutes then steam. Slow cooker: Set on HIGH for 2 hours or LOW for 5+ hours.Stovetop: Simmer for 1 or more hours.
• When broth is done, set up a strainer in a large pot. Pour vegetables and broth into strainer to drain broth.
• Let broth come to room temperature - store in the refrigerator in mason jars or freeze in ziplock bags.

BONE BROTH RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the variety of bones.
• Add water to about 2 inches above the bones. If you add too much, you may get a very watery broth. Remember you can always add more later to the cooked bone broth, but removing too much water is a total time suck.
• Add the apple cider vinegar.
• Add other flavorings. I like to use salt, bay leaves, a large onion chopped in quarters, and a carrot or two.
• Pressure cook on high pressure for 2 hours. I haven't seen any additional benefits in a 3 or 4-hour pressure cook, so this is the most efficient way to do it.
• After those two hours are up, you just let the pressure release slowly by itself. This should take about an hour.
• Strain the broth into mason jars using a fat skimmer. Put the broth in the refrigerator overnight. Remove the disk of fat that accumulates on top and discard. Now, you have this briny, tasty bone broth ready to use.
• You will likely have a jellied broth and this is perfect. If you don't, you used too much water, or you used bones without a lot of collagen. But don't despair because that broth still has all the benefits of bone broth.
• Add all of the ingredients to the slow cooker and cook on low for 18 hours minimum and up to 24 hours.
• Allow to cool.
• Strain the broth into mason jars using a fat skimmer. Put the broth in the refrigerator overnight. Remove the disk of fat that accumulates on top and discard. Now, you have this briny, tasty bone broth ready to use.
• You will likely have a jellied broth and this is perfect. If you don't, you used too much water, or you used bones without a lot of collagen. But don't despair because that broth still has all the benefits of bone broth.

BASIC VEGETABLE BROTH

Steps:

• Place all the ingredients in a large pot with 3-4 quarts of water.
• Cover and simmer about 1 hour.
• Strain.
• Variations:.
• You can make this recipe in the slow cooker, which I almost always do, on low for 6 hours or on high for 4.
• This broth freezes very well. Keep it on hand in different sized portions for any recipe that calls for stock. Simply defrost in microwave for a few minutes before adding to another recipe.
• You can add more vegetables and herbs, if you wish, but make sure to add more water if you increase the amount of veggies.
• This recipe will make about 16 cups of stock. Easily double the recipe for more.