Slow Cooker Vegetable Broth Recipes

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.

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.

Steps:

• Stir vegetable broth, tortellini, cream cheese, spinach, and mushrooms together in a slow cooker.
• Cook on Low for 5 to 6 hours.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Remove leaves and tender inner parts of celery and set aside.
• Toss onions, carrots, tomatoes, bell peppers and turnips with olive oil. Place vegetables in a roasting pan and place them in the 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) oven. Stir the vegetable every 15 minutes. Cook until all of the vegetables have browned and the onions start to caramelize, this will take over one hour.
• Put the browned vegetables, celery, garlic, cloves, bay leaf, pepper corns, Italian parsley and water into a large stock pot. Bring to a full boil. Reduce heat to simmer. Cook uncovered until liquid is reduced by half.
• Pour the broth through a colander, catching the broth in a large bowl or pot. The liquid caught in the bowl or pot is your vegetable broth it can be used immediately or stored for later use. Although the vegetables are no longer necessary for your broth they are delicious to eat hot or cold, don't waste them!

Steps:

• Place the chicken pieces, water, celery, carrots, onion, and basil in a slow cooker.
• Cook on Low setting for 8 to 10 hours. Strain before using, and discard vegetables. Chicken may be removed from the bones, and used in soup.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a stockpot over medium heat until hot. Add onions, celery and garlic. Cook and stir 5 minutes or until tender. Add leeks and carrots; cook and stir 5 minutes. Add water, mushrooms, parsley, thyme, salt, peppercorns and bay leaf; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 1 hour. , Remove from heat. Strain through a cheesecloth-lined colander; discard vegetables. If using immediately, skim fat. Or, refrigerate 8 hours or overnight; remove fat from surface. Broth can be covered and refrigerated up to 3 days or frozen up to 6 months.

Steps:

• Place the beef in a skillet over medium heat. Mix in green bell pepper. Cook and stir until beef is brown and peppers are tender. Drain grease, and transfer to a slow cooker.
• Mix crushed tomatoes and mixed vegetables into the slow cooker. Pour in beef broth, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
• Cover and cook 7 hours on low.
• Mix pasta into the slow cooker during the last 15 minutes of cook time.

Steps:

• Slice leeks lengthwise and cut into 1/2" slices. Rinse in cold water and separate layers to remove any dirt or debris. Spin dry if possible or dab with paper towel.
• Dice onions and slice celery and carrots reserving 1/2 cup carrots.
• Heat 2 TBSP olive oil over medium heat in Dutch oven and add onions, leeks, celery, carrots, and 4 cloves minced garlic. Sprinkle 1/2 tsp salt on vegetables to induce sweating, and stir occasionally for 10 minutes. **Add seasoning, pepper and celery leaves after 5 minutes.
• After 10 minutes, increase heat and add 1/4 cup dry Vermouth to pot. Stir until evaporated. Remove from heat.
• Add reserved carrots to the pot, chopped parsnips, peppers, zucchini, parsley, and can of tomatoes with juice. Stir to blend well.
• Divide vegetables between large and small crock pots.
• Add two tbsp tomato paste and two bay leaves to large crock and one tbsp tomato paste and 1 bay leaf to small crock pot.
• Fill pots with approx 180 ounces or 1.5 gallons of water.
• Cook on low for 8-10 hours.
• I strain through cheesecloth and freeze in 1 cup servings. I use it in almost everything!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cut leeks in half lengthwise, and then into 1/2" slices. Rinse in water a few times to remove embedded sand and dirt. Spin dry if possible.
• Cut onions, parsnips and carrots into 1/2" dice and toss with half of the leeks in 1 tablespoon of oil. (I like to massage in a ziplock bag.).
• Spread these on a baking sheet or stoneware pan and roast for 40 minutes. Toss a few times to ensure even browning.
• Meanwhile, cut peppers, celery and squash into 1/2" dice.
• Heat 1 TBSP oil over med heat in Dutch oven, and sauté peppers, celery and squash with remaining leeks for approx 10 minutes. **Sprinkle with 1/2 tsp salt to sweat vegetables. Add spices and celery leaves after 5 minutes.
• Stir in 1/4 cup port wine and stir to evaporate, increase heat a bit if necessary. Scrape pan.
• Remove from heat and stir in 2 cloves chopped roasted garlic.
• After 40 minutes, remove vegetables from oven and add to sautéed vegetables. Stir to incorporate.
• Increase oven heat to broil.
• Broil tomatoes at 8" from heat for a few minutes to blacken skin.
• Divide vegetables and bay leaves between two crock pots.
• Add approximately 180 ounces or 1.5 gallons of water to fill crock pots.
• Cook on low for 8-10 hours.
• Usually, I will strain broth though cheesecloth and freeze.
• Sometimes I mill the vegetables and add back to broth for a thicker stock.