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Smoked Bone Broth

Pork bones, carrots, onions and celery browned in smoke, then simmered for hours with mushrooms and pepper into a dark, rounded broth. It is the base for ramen, and enriches sauces, rice and couscous.

  • YieldMakes about 1.9 litres (2 quarts)
  • Hands-on1 h 30 min
  • Total6 h 50 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 2.3 kgpork bones, 5 lb; cut into 8 to 10 cm pieces, heavy femurs split lengthwise
  • 4carrots, peeled
  • 3onions, cut into chunks, skins on
  • 2 stalkscelery, with leaves
  • 3 clovesgarlic
  • 5.7 Lwater, 1 1/2 gallons
  • 4button mushrooms, coarsely chopped, stems included
  • 1 tspkosher salt
  • 1 tbspfreshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tspsugar
  • 2 tbspfresh ginger, gratedoptional

Contains

  • Celery
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Carrot
  • Ginger
  • Black and white pepper
  • Mushrooms (any)
  • Button, cremini and portobello
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Pork

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Smoke
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Brothy

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Grill
  • Smoker

Season

  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Meal prep

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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