Easy Mushroom Broth

Makes about 6 cups
Time 1 hr 30 min
Easy Mushroom Broth

This deeply flavorful broth is excellent in soups, stews and sauces. Served on its own in a mug, it makes a warming, comforting beverage. It’s an excellent way to use up mushroom trimmings and stems; think ahead and store these scraps in a bag in your freezer rather than tossing them out.

Special Diets:

Dairy FreeDairy Free
Sugar ConsciousSugar Conscious
Gluten FreeGluten Free
Low SodiumLow Sodium
VeganVegan
VegetarianVegetarian
Low FatLow Fat

Ingredients

    1 largeyellow onion, halved
    1 poundmushrooms and/or mushroom trimmings (such as stems)
    1stalk celery, quartered
    1carrot, quartered, or 1 cup carrot trimmings (such as ends and peels)
    4garlic cloves
    1bay leaf
    3sprigs fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
    4fresh parsley stems
    1/2 teaspoonblack peppercorns, cracked
    1 tablespoonlow-sodium tamari

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Method

Place a grill pan or small cast-iron skillet over high heat. When very hot, place onion halves cut-sides down on the pan and cook until bottoms are charred, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a large pot.


Add mushrooms, celery, carrot, garlic, bay leaf, thyme, parsley, peppercorns, tamari and 11 cups water.


Bring just to a simmer over medium heat. Lower heat and cook at a bare simmer until favorful, about 1 1/4 hours.


To make in a slow cooker, transfer charred onion and remaining ingredients including 11 cups water to a slow cooker. Cook on low for 8 hours.


Strain broth through a fine-mesh sieve, pressing down firmly on solids to extract as much liquid as possible (the mushrooms will absorb a lot!). Discard solids.


Use broth immediately or cool to room temperature; transfer to airtight containers and refrigerate up to 5 days or freeze up to 6 months.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

about 1 cup

Calories

5

Total Fat

0g

Saturated Fat

0g

Cholesterol

0mg

Sodium

120mg

Total Carbohydrate

1g

Dietary Fiber

0g

Total Sugars

0g

Protein

1g

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