How to make Vegetable Stock (from veggies and scraps)

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How to make Vegetable Stock (from veggies and scraps)

Heres is the delicious One pot homemade Vegetable Stock recipe with easy steps to follow. A great way to utilise all the vegetables and its scraps. Make it on stovetop or instant pot, it is so simple, cheaper and better than store bought.

Prep Time5

Cook Time45

Total Time50

Course: How to make

Cuisine: Gluten Free, Vegan

Servings: cups

Calories: 24kcal

Author: Farrukh Aziz

Ingredients

to make vegetable stock from veggies

1 cup carrot roughly chopped
1 cup mushroom sliced
1 large onion roughly sliced
3-4 celery stalks and leaves
¼ cup fresh parsley (or any fresh herbs of your choice)
1 tsp black peppercorns
7-8 garlic
2 bay leaves
8 cups water

to make vegetable stock from scraps

4 cups vegetable scraps (assorted vegetable peels, roots, ends, leaves)
7-8 garlic pods
1 tsp black peppercorns
1 inch ginger roughly chopped
handful celery stalks and leaves
2 bay leaves
8 cups water

Instructions

How to make vegetable stock from scraps

To begin with, add 4 cups of veggies scraps (peels, cuts, ends, leaves, stalks) along with bay leaves, pepper corns, ginger and garlic in the pot.
• You can also add mushrooms along with the peels.
Add 8 cups of water and place the pot on stovetop. Bring it to a boil on high flame, then cover and simmer on low flame for at least 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Once the stock is ready, allow it to rest for 15-20 minutes.
Strain and use to make curries, gravies, stews, pastas and so on

How to make vegetable stock using vegetables

To start with, add sliced mushrooms, roughly chopped carrots, roughly chopped onions, Celery stalks and leaves, parsley, garlic, bay leaves, black pepper corns in the pot
Add 8 cups of water and place the pot on stovetop. Bring it to a boil on high flame, then cover and simmer on low flame for at least 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Once the stock is ready, allow it to rest for 15-20 minutes.
Strain and use to make curries, gravies, stews, pastas and so on

How To Make Instant Pot Vegetable Stock

Add sliced mushrooms, roughly chopped carrots, roughly chopped onions, Celery stalks and leaves, parsley, garlic, bay leaves, black pepper corns in the pot of your IP
Add 7-8 cups of water to the pot.
Put the lid of the pot and close it with pressure valve in sealing position.
Set the timer and pressure cook on high for 40 minutes
Allow the pressure to release naturally and open the pot.
Now, strain the stock using strainer to cheese cloth. Vegetable Stock is ready to use.

Notes

You can add any veggies of your choice to make the stock.
You can use any fresh herbs of your choice
If you are using dried herbs, then add 2 teaspoons of any dried herbs like thyme, rosemary, basil, oregano, sage to the above recipe
Also note that, if you are using dried herbs then strain the stock using very fine strainer to strain all the dried herbs.

Storing the stock: It stay well up to 7 days under refrigeration. If you want to store it beyond, then freeze it in an ice cubes tray, use the cubes as and when required. You can freeze them for more than 6 months (as good as 10 months)

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