Italian Meat Broth - Brodo Di Carne

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Italian Meat Broth - Brodo Di Carne

Try this Italian Meat Broth, made with a few genuine ingredients to have the most nourishing, satisfying and soul-comforting homemade broth.

Prep Time5

Cook Time3

Course: Soup

Cuisine: Italian

Servings:

Calories: 256kcal

Author: Svi

Ingredients

1 ½ pound beef , 1 or 2 meaty cuts (chuck, shoulder flank steak) - about 700 grams
½ pound beef bone-in cut short ribs, beef shank or oxtail, about 250 grams
1 pound chicken legs or ½ stewing hen , about 400 grams
1 carrot
1 onion
2 celery ribs
3-4 whole peppercorns
3 bay leaves
2-3 sprigs parsley
3-4 quarts water 3-4liters
Salt to taste

Instructions

Start by washing all the vegetables. Peel carrot and onion and cut each in half. I like to cut the carrot lengthwise to extract the most flavor.
Pluck chicken to clean any remaining feathers. Run all the meats under cold running water.
Put everything in a pot except chicken, parsley and salt.
Cover with 3-4 quarts (liters) of cold water.
1 ½ pound beef, ½ pound beef bone-in cut, 1 carrot, 1 onion, 2 celery ribs, 3 bay leaves, 3-4 whole peppercorns
Bring to a boil, skimming off any foam/froth as/if it comes to the surface.
Cover with a lid and let simmer on low heat for 2 hours.
Past that time add chicken and parsley sprigs (see notes below).
This is also the time when you should add salt to taste. Keep in mind that it’s best to use less salt and add more if needed than end up with too salty broth AND meat.
1 pound chicken legs or ½ stewing hen, 2-3 sprigs parsley, Salt
Cook on slow simmer for another hour or so.
Remove the meat and strain the broth.
You can also reserve the vegetables and serve them together with the meat for dinner.

Notes

Depending on the type of chicken meat you used add chicken only after 2 hours into cooking as chicken requires less cooking time.

If you cook chicken the same time as the beef it will be overcooked and will “melt” in the broth. If you’re not sure of chicken cooking time and you plan to consume its meat after broth is cooked you can add all meat together, than after 45-60 minutes check chicken for doneness. Depending on the result either remove it from the broth or continue cooking for a little bit more.

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