BONE BROTH

INGREDIENTS: 

• 4 quarts water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 2 large onions, unpeeled and coarsely chopped
• 2 carrots, scrubbed and coarsely chopped
• 3 celery stalks, coarsely chopped
• 1 bunch fresh parsley
• 2-3 garlic cloves, lightly smashed
• 2-4 lbs. meat or poultry bones

DIRECTIONS:

1. Place all ingredients in a large slow cooker set on high. Bring to a boil, then reduce the setting to low for 12-24 hours. The longer it cooks, the better it tastes! Strain the stock through a fine mesh strainer or coffee filter into a large bowl, and discard the waste.

*Even if you don’t have a slow-cooker you can still reproduce this recipe on a stovetop, with a large pot on low heat.

**Here is a list of vegetables, herbs, and spices you could add to give your broth more flavor. Feel free to mix and match, or invent your own recipe.

• Onion
• Green onion
• Leek
• Carrot
• Garlic
• Celery
• Salt
• Pepper
• Whole peppercorns
• Red pepper flakes
• Parsley
• Bay leaf
• Rosemary
• Thyme
• Sage
• Ginger

Avoid using broccoli, turnip peels, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, green peppers, collard greens, or mustard greens, as they will make your broth bitter.