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How to Make Beef Broth in a Slow Cooker

August 21, 2013 by Alea Milham 4 Comments

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Save your roast beef bones to make beef broth in a slow cooker with these directions.

How to make slow cooker beef broth recipe and tips

I like to stretch my groceries as far as I can. One way I do that is to make homemade broth. When I make a roast I save the bones to make beef broth. I freeze the bones until I have 3 – 4 pounds of meaty bones. Then I pull them out, thaw them in the refrigerator, and add them to the slow cooker to make beef broth.

how to make beef bone broth in a slow cooker - recipe and tips

If you don’t have leftover roast bones, you can buy soup bones at the store. Roast them in the oven for an hour at 350 degrees or until they are a deep brown. Then add them to the slow cooker and follow the directions for making beef broth.

In the recipe below I listed vegetables to add to the beef bone broth. You can save even more money by using the equivalent in vegetable scraps instead. Save the celery tops and carrot peelings to use in broth rather than a stalk of celery or a whole carrot. The broth will taste the same!

Slow Cooker Beef Broth Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 3 – 4 lbs. beef bones
  • 2 stalks celery, coarsely chopped
  • 2 large carrots, coarsely chopped
  • 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped

Directions:

  1. Place the bones in the Crock-Pot. Add the vegetables.
  2. Fill the Crockpot with water. Cook on high for 2 hours. Then reduce heat and cook on low for 10 – 12 hours.
  3. Strain the liquid. Save any bits of meat to use later in soup, but discard the bones and veggies.
  4. Cool the broth in the refrigerator. Line a colander with cheesecloth or a flour sack towel and strain the broth one more time.
  5. Ladle the broth into jars and use a pressure canner to can the broth.
  6. If you do not want to can your broth or do not have a pressure canner, you can freeze it in 1 and 2 cups portions. Just be sure to leave 1 inch of room in the container because the broth will expand when frozen.

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How to make slow cooker beef broth recipe and tips
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Slow Cooker Beef Broth

Slow Cooker Beef Broth Recipe
Course Soup
Cuisine American
Keyword slow cooker beef broth recipe
Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time 14 hours hours
Total Time 14 hours hours 5 minutes minutes
Servings 12
Author Alea Milham

Ingredients

  • 3 - 4 lbs. beef bones
  • 2 stalks celery coarsely chopped
  • 2 large carrots coarsely chopped
  • 1 large onion coarsely chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic coarsely chopped

Instructions

  • Place the bones in the Crock-Pot. Add the vegetables.
  • Fill the Crockpot with water. Cook on high for 2 hours. Then reduce heat and cook on low for 10 – 12 hours.
  • Strain the liquid. Save any bits of meat to use later in soup, but discard the bones and veggies.
  • Cool the broth in the refrigerator. Line a colander with cheesecloth or a flour sack towel and strain the broth one more time.
  • Ladle the broth into jars and use a pressure canner to can the broth.
  • If you do not want to can your broth or do not have a pressure canner, you can freeze it in 1 and 2 cups portions. Just be sure to leave 1 inch of room in the container because the broth will expand when frozen.

 

Recipes Using Beef Broth

  • Swiss Steak
  • Hoppin’ John
  • Beef Stew Casserole
  • Kitchen Garden Skillet
  • Beef Stew with Cabbage
  • Corned Beef Cooked in a Pressure Cooker

More Homemade Broth Recipes

Crock Pot Turkey Broth Recipe

How to Make Chicken Broth in a Slow Cooker

How to Make Vegetable Broth in a Slow Cooker

A Quick and Easy Substitute for  Vegetable Broth

 

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

Comments

  1. Rainee says

    September 9, 2022 at 7:39 pm

    How many quarts of broth did that make?

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  2. Roxanne says

    March 12, 2017 at 6:47 am

    I like your recipe for canning broth. Question is when you pressure can the broth in the jars how long do you pressure cook the jars and at what weight (pounds of pressure)???

    Please reply to me as I’m researching on making my own broth and canning it. Thank you.

    Reply
  3. Sean says

    January 8, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    Simple!

    Reply
  4. Aurelia says

    August 23, 2013 at 7:53 pm

    I’m really new to the world of slow cooking but am slowly (no pun intended lol!) seeing that you really can do everything in there!

    Reply

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On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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